In the first episode of this limited season release of the On Being Biracial Podcast (more to come in 2023!), hosts Daralyse Lyons and Malcolm Burnley explore how multiracial youth are rewriting old assumptions about identity and race. In this episode, you will learn:

• How paradigms such as the “one-drop rule” are being increasingly challenged by youth who embrace their mixed ancestry.

• How their conceptions of their identities are complicated by how others view them, and the binary projections and expectations of race in this country.

• How youth see barriers to acceptance around multiracial identities.

• How they hope to bring about social change and inspire inclusion, not only for themselves, but for future generations.

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 identity.

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 IDENTITY Episode.pdf

In this episode of our limited season release of the On Being Biracial Podcast, hosts Daralyse Lyons and Malcolm Burnley talk with young people ages 4-21 about their personal connections to culture, including the pastimes and familial traditions that mean the most to them. As these mixed-race individuals explore their relationships with culture, and the intergenerational connections that inform their traditions, they demonstrate the dynamic nature of culture and community.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How biracial people persevere in a cultural context when faced with the fact that their ancestral histories often conflict with one another.

• How research shows the lifelong benefits of intergenerational relationships, such as relationships between young folx and their grandparents, on the mental health and outcomes of individuals of all ages.

• How biracial youth are actively reclaiming and honoring their ancestral cultures, which oppression and invasion have sought to suppress, deny, and/or erase.

• How many blended families are embracing the cultural diversity that can come about through stepfamily situations.

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 culture.

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 and source material referenced in this episode, please check out the following links:

Benefits of Intergenerational Connections - www.legacyproject.org

Our Existence Is Resistance | Cultural Survival

Broken Child, Mended Man: An Autobiography

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

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