Classy with Jonathan Menjivar

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This week Latino USA brings you an episode of the podcast, Classy with Jonathan Menjivar.

In this episode, we can’t talk about class without talking about race. Through eye-opening conversations with two people of color in the fashion industry, Jonathan realizes some hard truths about the ways he’s adapted in order to blend in. And he reveals how one small, but bold act is helping him to reclaim his cultural identity.

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0:00.0	Hey Dear listener, a quick favor. We're conducting an audience survey and we'd be really
0:06.5	grateful if you could take just a few minutes and answer it. So please visit survey.
0:12.1	ERX.org slash futuro to take our survey today.
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0:23.0	Grazias.
0:24.0	Futuro. Hello, dear listener,
0:34.0	that was so Radieu Escucha, like
0:36.0	stan.
0:38.0	Today we're going to bring you an episode from Classy.
0:41.0	It's a new podcast hosted by Jonathan Menhevar in which he explores a topic that, well, a lot of people find uncomfortable. It's the issue of class.
0:50.0	Jonathan grew up in a working class family in a suburb of Los Angeles.
0:54.1	His dad is from El Salvador and as Jonathan built a career in public radio
0:59.2	he didn't talk about his past and that was because of the issue of class.
1:05.0	Now you can't separate class from race. They often go hand in hand with the way we
1:10.8	look the way we dress and so in this episode of Classy,
1:15.0	Jonathan interviews two people of color who work in the fashion industry.
1:20.0	One of them is Brenda Ekejo,
1:22.0	a Latina designer who has turned our beloved Kobijas into a luxury fashion
1:28.0	item.
1:29.0	Because why should we feel guilty about wanting nice things?
1:33.7	And who decides which things are considered nice and which things aren't?
1:39.7	Here's Jonathan Manhiva with this episode of Classy.
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