Category: Mauritius

• S3 E11: Nastassia Jagatsingh on deconstructing her Mauritian and Canadian identities, unlearning colorism, and living with chronic illness.

  

  Nastassia Jagatsingh & I debunk some myths about Canada and Mauritius. As two Mauritian Canadians of different ethnic backgrounds, we grapple with our place in these conversations as privileged expats as we unpack what white supremacy looks like in Mauritius, how the Indian caste system still rules Mauritius, and why the Canadian dream isn’t as…

  sherrylynnlee

  August 27, 2023

  Asian Canadian Guests, Caste system, De-centering whiteness in liberation movements, disability grief, Disability justice, Indo-Mauritian, Intersectionality, journalism/writing, Mauritius, Patriotism, Sino-Mauritian, Systemic oppression

  1999 mauritian riots, bipoc, blm protests, canadian dream, Caste system, disabilitygrief, indomauritian, kaya, mauritiancanadian, nuancespod, sexism in mauritius

• S3 E03: Dr. Manijeh Moradian on why Iran isn’t always considered part of Asia, and how the West may be misinterpreting what Iranians truly want out of the current feminist revolution.

  

  If you’ve ever wondered why Iran sometimes is, sometimes isn’t considered part of Asia, this episode has the answer. Because of the revolution in Iran, I really wanted to talk to a woman from the Iranian American diaspora and had the privilege of talking to Women’s, Gender & Sexuality studies professor, Dr. Manijeh Moradian. Manijeh…

  nuancespod

  July 2, 2023

  Capitalism, Conservatism, De-centering whiteness in liberation movements, Feminism, Iran’s resistance to European domination, iranian american, Islam, journalism/writing, Mauritius, Media representation, Orientalism, Patriarchal cultural norms, Religion, Systemic oppression, Zoroastrianism

  feminists for jina, iranian, iranian american, iranian revolution, manijeh moradian, nuancespod, this flame within