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Manage episode 315566073 series 3281901
Alayna Kunitake is Japanese/British and lives in Melbourne/Naarm on the lands of the Kulin nation.
We chat about:
- Our parents' controversial relationships
- White passing privilege
- Sushi balls v Sandwiches
- The grudge
- Leaning into being the ‘token’
- Going to a Japanese high school at 14 years old
- Being an idolised other
- Fashion as an act of defiance
- What makes you white?
- Names and having too many of them
- Only child life
- Working in advertising and fighting for diversity
- Gwen Stefani as your example of Japanese representation
- Rina Sawayama
Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson
Guest: Alayna Kunitake
Edited by: Kate Robinson
Music by: Green Twins
Special thanks: Footscray Community Arts Centre
This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation.
If you have any questions or feedback you can find us on Instagram @beingbiracialpodcast or send us an email at beingbiracialpodcast@gmail.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
39 episoder
Manage episode 315566073 series 3281901
Alayna Kunitake is Japanese/British and lives in Melbourne/Naarm on the lands of the Kulin nation.
We chat about:
- Our parents' controversial relationships
- White passing privilege
- Sushi balls v Sandwiches
- The grudge
- Leaning into being the ‘token’
- Going to a Japanese high school at 14 years old
- Being an idolised other
- Fashion as an act of defiance
- What makes you white?
- Names and having too many of them
- Only child life
- Working in advertising and fighting for diversity
- Gwen Stefani as your example of Japanese representation
- Rina Sawayama
Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson
Guest: Alayna Kunitake
Edited by: Kate Robinson
Music by: Green Twins
Special thanks: Footscray Community Arts Centre
This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation.
If you have any questions or feedback you can find us on Instagram @beingbiracialpodcast or send us an email at beingbiracialpodcast@gmail.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
39 episoder
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