In this last episode of the limited season release of the On Being Biracial Podcast (with more episodes and new guests to come in 2023!), hosts Daralyse Lyons and Malcolm Burnley discuss the ways multiracial youth perceive belonging, and also crave it when exclusion is part of their experience.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How the secondary school environment, known for its ingroups and cliques, can be especially challenging for multiracial youth who defy singular categorizations.

• How, despite experiences of exclusion, a new generation of multiracial youth is finding it easier to make friends with folks of similar backgrounds and identities.

• Why the ability to navigate multiple social groups and communities can be both a blessing and a curse for multiracial youth

• How structures of systemic racism uniquely impact multiracial children.

• How binary categories of race influence feelings of belonging for multiracial people in various contexts.

The perspectives of youth shared in this episode all derive from first-hand experiences. Interviews were conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic with a special emphasis on educational and social experiences K-12, as they relate to and intersect with the subject of belonging.

This season's interviewees include Jayden, Isaiah and Susannah Starks, Akemi Blake Marquez, Mason, Riley and Reece Mathisen, Zoey and Jackson Mayner, Jackson Medrano, Laila Jacobs, Liam, Adrianna, Oliver and Finley Marion, Whitley Alpher, Tucker, Sam and Zora.

Check out our website: onbeingbiracial.com

And, for more content from our hosts on these topics, please check out the following links to episode one, season one of Daralyse's The Demystifying Diversity podcast and read Malcolm's essay, ‘My Biracial Life':

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-1-biraciality-embracing-the-nuanced-nature/id1526019650?i=1000492117071

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/02/08/my-biracial-life/

To read a transcript of this episode, visit OBB BELONGING Episode.pdf