Prasanta Verma on Ethnic Loneliness and Finding Belonging
Be the Bridge Podcast with Latasha Morrison
Be the Bridge
4.9 • 774 Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Latasha Morrison hosts a conversation with author, speaker, and public health professional Prasanta Verma about her experiences as an immigrant and the themes of belonging, ethnic loneliness, and cultural identity. They explore the differences between race and ethnicity, the impact of assimilation on cultural identity, and the importance of community and connection in overcoming feelings of marginalization.
Prasanta shares insights from her book, Beyond Ethnic Loneliness: The Pain of Marginalization and the Path to Belonging, and discusses the significance of understanding one's cultural background in a diverse society. The conversation also touches on the hope found in younger generations and the importance of faith and community support in addressing these issues.
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Producer - Sarah Connatser
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Be the Bridge podcast. Be The Bridge exists to empower people and culture toward racial healing, equity, and reconciliation. |
| 0:12.8 | LaTasha Morrison founded Be The Bridge in 2016 to foster needed dialogue and brave spaces, and to give people the tools to pursue racial justice. |
| 0:22.9 | We provide resources and community to do just that. |
| 0:26.0 | And this podcast is one of those resources. |
| 0:28.6 | You'll hear interviews hosted by Latasha and our team, conversations about current events, and encouragement for your racial literacy journey. |
| 0:37.0 | Thank you for listening, subscribing, and engaging in this important work. |
| 0:42.9 | I am so excited be the bridge community. |
| 0:46.3 | I always open with that because I am literally excited. |
| 0:50.2 | Anytime that I get to talk to people that helps equip our community to be better and keep us |
| 0:58.1 | on a path toward racial literacy. And so today I have Prasanta, Burma. She has her MBA and |
| 1:06.8 | MPH. She was born under the Asian son, raised in Appalachian foothills in the South. |
| 1:14.8 | I want to know more about that one. And now resides in Upper Midwest. Her essays and |
| 1:20.5 | poetry have been published as Sojourners, Propel Women, Encourage, Inheritance Magazine, and the Indianapolis Review, Bairn magazine |
| 1:31.0 | in the Mudroom blog. She served as a speech and debate coach for over 10 years. |
| 1:38.9 | I want to know more about that. When she's not writing, speaking, or working, she's drinking |
| 1:44.0 | chai, walking or reading. |
| 1:46.7 | Prasanta lives with her family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. So it's a pleasure to have you here |
| 1:52.8 | with the Be the Bridge community. We're so excited for you. And you told us as we started that you two were in a B the Bridge group at your |
| 2:04.3 | church. I was. I am so thrilled to be here. It's an honor to have this time with you. I have been |
| 2:11.7 | looking forward to this for a very long time. So thank you for having me. Yeah, I am so, I was part of a Be the Bridge small group at my |
| 2:20.0 | church that we did several years ago. And we met virtually and we went through the Be the Bridge |
| 2:24.8 | curriculum. So I enjoyed that. I've been following your journey and reading your books. And like I said, |
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