2.3: Bringing Chinese Culture Into Our Homes with Children's Author Andrea Wang

First Name Basis Podcast

Jasmine Bradshaw

How To, Parenting, Education, Kids & Family

5 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Lunar New Year is right around the corner. What are you doing to teach your children about the traditions and history of this holiday?

Listen in to my conversation with children’s author Andrea Wang to learn how we can bring Chinese culture into our homes and get involved with the Chinese community in our area. Not only is Andrea a talented, hilarious writer, she also has two boys and an advanced degree in environmental science. It was such a joy to connect with someone I admire so much!

In this episode we discuss:

Andrea’s path to becoming an author and her inspiration behind writing “The Nian Monster.”
Lunar New Year, her favorite Lunar New Year traditions, and how families who don’t usually celebrate Lunar New Year can get involved.
Her experiences growing up in a predominantly white community.
The importance of teaching our children about implicit bias and how to help your children dispel stereotypes they may have about the Chinese community
The #ownvoices movement in which authors of color and other marginalized groups are advocating for themselves and fighting for the space to tell their own story
The importance of having an inclusive bookshelf

Articles, Studies, & Podcasts Referenced in the Episode

Andrea Wang’s website

Andrea Wang’s Instagram

Andrea Wang’s Twitter

We Need Diverse Books

Andrea Wang’s books on the First Name Basis Bookshop

OurStory App

Grace Lin’s essay about “Tikki Tikki Tembo”

Song Credit: “Away” by Geographer and “Beach Disco” by Dougie Wood

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the First Name Basis podcast, Season 2, Episode 3, Bringing Chinese Culture into our homes with children's author Andrea Wang.
0:16.2	Welcome to First Name Basis, a community of parents committed to making the transformation,
0:22.3	from good intentions to confident action.
0:25.0	Join us each week as we cover critical topics and answer the questions you've never felt comfortable asking.
0:30.6	We'll use the lessons we learn to teach our children about race, religion, and culture.
0:35.5	I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw.
0:50.8	Music race, religion, and culture. I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw. Hello, First NameBasis, fam.
0:52.9	I am so glad you are here. Lunar New Year is coming up.
0:58.0	So I thought it would be the perfect time for us to be thinking about how we can bring Chinese culture into our homes and teach our children more about our Chinese brothers and sisters.
1:09.0	So there are a ton of Lunar New Year events going on all across
1:14.2	the country and I have highlighted a few of them on our website and I'll also put them up on our
1:19.6	Instagram and I just really encourage you to go. Last year when we went to the one here in Phoenix,
1:25.5	it was by far our favorite cultural festival that we had been
1:28.9	to the entire year. They do such an amazing job with the food, the performances. It was spectacular.
1:35.4	So if you're interested in Lunar New Year events in your area, go to first name basis.org
1:40.6	slash events to learn more. The guests that we have on the podcast today is one of those people that I felt really
1:48.9	starstruck reaching out to her and I was so grateful when she said yes.
1:54.5	Today we get to hear from Andrea Wang and she is a children's book author and a mother
1:59.2	of two and she also is totally amazing and has her
2:04.0	master's in environmental studies so she's been all over the board in terms of the things that
2:08.8	she's done with her life which i think is so admirable i just absolutely look up to her she as i mentioned
2:15.6	is a children's book author she She's written both nonfiction and
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