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Podcast: Where Are You From? A TCK Podcast
Episode: Episode 20: BONUS ROUND with Dr. Rachel Cason. Racism, Language Imperialism and other light topics .. :D
Description: In the second half, Mike gets into some juicy topics in and around Dr. Rachel Cason's book, Incredible Lives and the Courage to Live Them: Thoughts of a Third Culture Kid therapist. Rachel first answers the question (2:30) of whether or not TCK's are less racist. Rachel talks about the necessary process of "de-othering" (8:00), and they each trade stories (9:20) of the power dynamics involved in being white and privileged in a foreign country. We then get into language imperialism (11:40). Mike asks questions from the perspective of being an English educator. Then they trade emotional stories (13:20) of their losses linguistically from...