Season 5: Episode 2

Title: #Multicultural Living

Summary:

In this episode, UAlbany students Sophia Smith and Bianca Zazzarini-Leon discuss what it was like to grow up in a multicultural household. Sophia and Bianca delve into how their identities have evolved and what hardships come with negotiating identity. Both students discuss how violent being multicultural in the U.S can be, centering stories of racism and prejudice. However, they also highlight the benefits of having a multicultural background,that privilege bilingualism and multiple perspectives. These stories of resilience remind us of how proud of our own cultures we should be.

Warning Explicit Language

Time Stamps:

0:00- Introduction

0:31 – Findout about Sophia’s heritages!

1:40 –Ancestry and me

2:34 -Gloria, Gloria!

4:36- Sophia’s family and their cultures

6:11-Bianca’s heritages!

7:47- We all love potatoes!

9:05- A plate of sancocho and pastelitos will always wait for you!

9:52-What culture does Sophia identify with?

14:15–Argentine and Dominican fusion

16:11- Dialects are hard

16:31-Latin America does not equate to Spanish

17:13-Don’t impose identities on others.

17:26-Sophia’s identities

21:44 -Bianca’s identities

25:38- A perspective on Belize’s reality

29:41- A perspective on the Dominican Republic’s reality

35:35- Sophia and Bianca’s future household

41:05- Bye, thanks for listening!

Contributors:

Sophia Smith (StoryTeller/Host), BiancaZazzarini-León (StoryTeller/Marketing) Ryan Pare (Host, Editor), Carmen Serrano (Editor/Executive Producer). UAlbany Student Stories, Season 5, Episode 2[podcast]. Music from El Pañuelo de Pepa by Javier Colina and Pepe Rivero. José Cruz, Executive Producer.

Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital Scholarship Center Training Specialist, for allowing us to use the equipment and recording studio.

Email CarmenSerrano: cserrano4@albany.edu

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