Category: Racism within the Asian community

• S4 E03: Ryan Alexander Holmes reminds us the importance of art to connect us with our humanity, and that Asians don’t all look alike.

  

  “It’s not that I don’t look Asian, you just haven’t seen an Asian like me before” – Ryan Alexander Holmes shares his journey embracing both his Black and Chinese roots, and his passion for creating art that speaks to people.

  nuancespod

  February 25, 2024

  Advocacy, Allyship, Asian American Guests, Capitalism, chinese-american, De-centering whiteness in liberation movements, Film, Media representation, Mixed Race Experiences, Racial profiling, Racism at school/in childhood, Racism within the Asian community, Systemic oppression, Unconventional Career Choices

  Actor, Apple TV+, Asian American, blasian, Dear White People, Mixed Race Experience, nuancespod, ryanalexh, The Morning Show

• S3 E13: Samantha Ong on the need for representation in toys, colorism in Asian culture, and how her culturally accurate dolls sold out on launch day.

  

  Samantha Ong is a photographer turned CEO of her own toy company. She talks about growing up in Australia, living in Canada, becoming a mom, and wanting her kids to have the representation she didn’t have when she was growing up.

  nuancespod

  September 10, 2023

  Asian Canadian Guests, Beauty standards, Business, chinese canadian, Media representation, Microaggression, Racism at school/in childhood, Racism within the Asian community

  asian women entrepreneurs, asian women in podcasting, australians in canada, chinese doll, culturally accurate dolls, entrepreneur moms, filipino doll, indian doll, joeydolls, korean doll, nuancespod, representation in toys, vietnamese doll