“If I had to answer, ‘What am I?’, however, I would say I am American. I am this melting pot of values and cultures, and I now know that I do not have to choose between these things to know who I am.”
Category: Interviews
Rho on ‘Where are you from?’ + Asian + American Culture
“Does it change the conversation if you know what Asian I am? It seems like a filler question that other people ask, but cannot relate to the answer. And I cannot flip the question onto them.”
Charles Brown on Protest Organizing + BLM + Police Reform
“If you are human, you cannot watch someone murdered before your eyes and not feel some sort of compassion or empathy.”
Ricky Evans on Racism + Love + Beauty in Education
“I think that the beautiful part about learning is that once you equip yourself with the truth, the truth makes you move differently and it challenges you to be different.”
Maria Sole Campinoti + the Italian Government during COVID-19
“The Prime Minister talks about bridging the gender gap, but for normal women, he has done nothing.”
Kyu Min Huh on South Korea + COVID-19
I am in South Korea now. I actually should be in New Orleans, but delayed my flight to April 20th. I was going to be a part-time volunteer intern before getting a job, but got an email two days ago that New Orleans became another hotspot for covid-19. I really haven’t expected New Orleans to…
Susana Palacios Pizarro on Chile’s Revolution— Mapuche Style
“We have been told to be reasonable and rational, and it didn’t work. Now, it is Mapuche way.”
The Life, Philosophy, and Religion of Kholqui “Rocky” Skouri– a Blue Man of Morocco
“All religion, they asking the same thing. Don’t do bad to human. That’s it, this is the thing. Finished. Don’t do bad to human.”
Malick Diedhiou on Senegalese Culture + Racism in Italy
“God can’t give you all, you know. White people, you are rich. You have money and cars, but you are not happy. Black people, we are poor. But we are full of love. We know our neighbors; we can go to anyone’s house to eat and talk. We are full of love. God cannot give you everything.”
Camila Diaz on Latin America + Complexities in Equality + Love + Beauty
“We are set on thinking that everything is beautiful, but sometimes you have to embrace the ugliness.”