The chameleon

Being Biracial

Kiyo Egashira is American and also Japanese/Irish. He lives in the UK.

We chat about:

- Limited connections to the ‘homeland’

- ‘Acting’ white

- Before anything being American

- A moment of silence for Pearl Harbour

- Keeping a lid on racial trauma

- Internment camps in the USA

- The impact of 911

- Hawaii: the racial melting pot

- Non-white workplaces

- Hapa (mixed) people being more normal

- White privilege everywhere (except Hawaii?)

- Getting the Japanese entry form

- White first-names and Japanese middle-names

- Blossom and Fast Eddy

- The pressure of naming your baby

Mixed media: The Sign of the Chrysanthemum by Katherine Paterson

Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson

Guest: Kiyo Egashira

Music by: Green Twins

Edited by: Kate Robinson

Special thanks: Footscray Community Arts Centre, Maribyrnong City Council Community Grants Program, and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations.

If you have any questions or feedback you can find us on Instagram @beingbiracialpodcast or send us an email at [e-mail]

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