Category: indian american
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S3 E08: Kiran Kaur Gill on fighting Turban Myths with occupationally relevant training programs at the TSA, FBI, and other law enforcement agencies.
Kiran Kaur Gill shares how overnight, Sikh Americans became feared and presumed terrorists because they happen to wear turbans that reminded Americans of Bin Laden. Ever since, the Sikh American Legal Defense & Education Fund (SALDEF) has been countering hate and ignorance with education programs nationwide, training over 135,000 officers nationwide, from local & federal…
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S2 E11: AIR APPARENT (Neil Sethi) on his kinship with Southerners, what California could learn from Georgia, using his music as a platform for change, and embracing his own unique path.
AIR APPARENT (Neil Sethi) on his kinship with Southerners, what California could learn from Georgia, using his music as a platform for change, and embracing his own unique path.
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S2 E10: Jess Pillay on juggling multiple cultural identities as an Indo-Fijian-American, finding applicable career advice as a woman of color, and reconnecting with her faith through therapy.
Summary GUEST BIO Jess Pillay is an Indo-Fijian-American independent singer/songwriter and podcaster from the Pacific Northwest. Growing up in Seattle with Indo-Fijian roots, she spent most of her life feeling like a cultural orphan, but music gave her a sense of identity and purpose. Now in her 30s, she’s deeply passionate about racial and gender…
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S2 E09: Offering Rain on reclaiming their Ecuadorian and Indian roots as a mixed-raced multimedia artist, and the importance of early access to the arts to increase diversity in the creative fields.
Offering Rain on reclaiming their Ecuadorian and Indian roots as a mixed-raced multimedia artist, and the importance of early access to the arts to increase diversity in the creative fields.
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S2 E6: Summer Swee-Singh on becoming a successful pianist with zero connections, being female and Asian in the industry, the importance of representation, and how colorism affects mixed-race kids.
Summary GUEST BIO Summer Swee-Singh is an AAPI studio/event/touring pianist and keyboardist, string and orchestral arranger, composer, music director, string contractor, backing vocalist, and music educator. Summer graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Legal Studies and a Music Minor. After graduating, she worked full-time at Jones Day San Francisco, a law firm, as…