Stories For Change: Talking To Your Filipino Parents About Race
Stories with Sapphire
Around The CampPhire
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🗓️ 5 June 2020
⏱️ 19 minutes
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"Finding Our Place" - https://www.inheritancemag.com/stories/finding-our-place
"Black Pain and Korean Empathy" - https://www.inheritancemag.com/stories/black-pain-and-korean-empathy Sojourners
"Comfortable in My Own Skin" - https://sojo.net/magazine/january-2020/comfortable-my-own-skin
Ways to commemorate Breonna Taylor's life for her birthday: Sign The Petition - https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor
Donate to her family's GoFundMe - https://gf.me/u/x6ngqj
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| 0:00.0 | On March 13th, 2020, Brianna Taylor was killed in her own home by police officers. |
| 0:07.0 | The officers involved in the shooting are on administrative leave, but as of this recording, |
| 0:12.1 | none have been charged with a crime. |
| 0:15.0 | Today, June 5th, would have been her 27th birthday. |
| 0:19.4 | The birthday for Brianna campaign was created to offer concrete steps we can take to |
| 0:24.3 | commemorate her life and fight for her to get justice. The link is in the show |
| 0:29.2 | notes. Welcome to stories for Change, an offshoot of my podcast where I share the history and |
| 0:48.4 | stories that have helped me overcome my own prejudices, as well as speak to those who have successfully helped others overcome |
| 0:56.1 | their own. |
| 0:57.6 | On stories with Sapphire, I love sharing stories about Filipino culture, but it no longer feels appropriate to continue doing so without |
| 1:05.9 | addressing our community's issues with colorism and anti-Blackness. |
| 1:11.0 | This is my way of learning how to handle these conversations better with certain family members who disagree with me. |
| 1:18.0 | And I hope hearing other people's stories helps you start these difficult conversations as well. |
| 1:24.7 | Recently I saw a post where someone stated that trying to change your racist family |
| 1:30.0 | member is not the place to spend your energy right now because they'll believe |
| 1:34.2 | what they want to believe and arguing with them is useless. And while I agree |
| 1:39.2 | that it may not be the most pressing matter, it is still important. |
| 1:44.0 | Yes, there are people who will remain stubborn to the end, |
| 1:47.4 | but there are plenty of people who are our friends and family |
| 1:51.0 | who, with the right right strategy can be awakened. |
| 1:55.0 | My first guest, we'll call her Lily, |
| 1:58.0 | used to get into screaming matches with her family |
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