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Ben Weeda is the founder of Balenceo (www.bebalanceo.com) and also a white man who has had extensive experience in the Denver Metro Area Nonprofit and entrepreneurial space.In this episode Ben shares his journey of understanding whiteness, it’s pervasiveness in leadership within the nonprofit community, and some great tools to put into practice for those striving to start or continue their antiracist journey.He discusses the pyramid of white supremacy, implicit bias, and microaggressions. Ben recommends reading The New Jim Crow and watching 13th available on Netflix to understand one of the many places we see white supremast ideology and systems enacted.Thank you Ben for being so honest and open about your journey.AND Thank YOU for listening and sharing our stories with the world.Please enjoy this podcast, rate, and subscribe.Yours Truly,- The MixdGen Team -Support the show

It's a holiday season for many cultures throughout the world which is why MixdGen wanted to bring our listeners an episode that talks about food, culture, and storytelling with our our mixd brothers, The Hungry Wons (www.hungrywons.com)The Hungry Wons are two brothers, Andrew and Jona Won who share a passion for food and storytelling in large part because of their family history as Chinese-Peruvian-Colombians. Their paternal grandparents include Jaime Won, born in 1915 in Guangzhou and Leonor Koosau, born in 1927 in Peru but orphaned as a baby and sent to Macau. They bothe emigrated to Peru in 1948  seeking opportunity and a better life and shared an insatiable passion for food, cooking and making memories around the dinner table. They never got a chance to meet their maternal grandfather but their maternal grandmother, Aura Saavedra, was born in 1928 in Bogota, Colombia. She also shared a passion for hearty soups and stews especially Colombian style “sancocho” soup. That legacy lives on with The Hungry Wons as they  bring people together and experiment with new Asian Latino recipes. FUN FACT: It is estimated that up to 20% of Peru’s population today (6 million people) have Chinese ancestry. The first documented Chinese immigrants arrived in Peru in 1849 and were brought over to labor in coastal sugar plantations and mines, to construct rail roads, and to extract guano for fertilizer. “Chifa” cuisine thus emerged as a cross-pollination of Chinese and Peruvian cultures. Thank you for listening and sharing our stories with the world.Please enjoy this podcast, rate, and subscribe.Yours Truly,- The MixdGen Team -Support the show

Co-host Paul Clifton and Cristina Del Hoyo were married July 2019 and have since had significant experiences together as an interracial and intercultural couple.In this episode we get to hear about first impressions upon meeting, racism in Spain versus U.S., and stories about their experiences as an interracial couple.Tune in and enjoy this engaging conversation from “Team Fly” a super fly couple of the MixdGen Family.Thank you for listening and sharing our stories with the world.Please enjoy this podcast, rate, and subscribe.Yours Truly,- The MixdGen Team -Support the show

Peace MixdGen Fam!It's me, Kimberly Ming, your co-host of the MixdGen Podcast. As a writer and performance artist, I wanted to share some of my recent writings with you.This short and sweet episode contains three poems that are connected to my personal life journey and of course, being mixed! - Kimberly MingWe hope all our listeners enjoy this episode of The MixdGen Podcast!***SPECIAL NOTICE: We are currently looking for sponsors that align with our values and vision. Contact us at mixdgen@gmail.com if you are interested.***Please enjoy this podcast, rate, and subscribe.Yours Truly,- The MixdGen Team -#becausetheworldismixingSupport the show

Connecting to Our Linguistic Heritage with Ciera VillegasToday’s guest, Ciera Villegas who identifies as Japanese and Chicana connects with co-host Kimberly Ming on different levels regarding language identity in a mixd family context including: shame when you don’t speak languages of your cultural heritage, how language can get erased, and the tension that exists in our hearts as we desire to connect through multiple language. Join us in celebrating Ciera’s story regarding her cultural heritage and language journey!Thank you for listening and sharing our stories with the world.Please enjoy this podcast, rate, and subscribe.Yours Truly,- The MixdGen Team -#becausetheworldismixingSupport the show

Special: UK Edition"It’s just a lot of expectations from the black community or the white community...I always reference it to a ping pong ball or you being a ping pong ball because you are always battling something from side to side."Today’s guest, Debbie Ingram shares her experience of being the only mixd sibling within her family. We gain thoughtful insight to racial dynamics in England and Debbie’s thoughts as a fellow MIXDGEN community member with a Jamaican mother and White British father.We love Debbie’s powerful metaphors and advocacy for mixd people to share their stories.Thank you for listening and sharing our stories with the world.Please enjoy this podcast, rate, and subscribe.Yours Truly,- The MixdGen Team -#becausetheworldismixingSupport the show

What we love about this episode is that co-host of MixdGen Paul Clifton (@pauljayclif) and his sister Monica Clifton (@mocliff08) who share a special sibling bond talk about their experience growing up in Ogden, Utah. We also hear about how Monica feels within her own family as the recent wave of racial justice unfolds and family members. What does it mean when your racial background as a mixed person is disregarded by another side of your family? When half of your family may not fully understand what it's like to walk in your shoes? Thank you Monica Clifton for sharing your story with us in such a transparent manner! We hope all our listeners enjoy this episode of Season 2/Episode 2 of The MixdGen Podcast!***SPECIAL NOTICE: We are currently looking for sponsors that align with our values and vision.  Contact us at mixdgen@gmail.com if you are interested.***Please enjoy this podcast, rate, and subscribe.Yours Truly,- The MixdGen Team -#becausetheworldismixingSupport the show

@Kimberly.Ming and @PaulJayClif are back with Season 2 of the MixdGen Podcast. Listen as they share about the various episodes they recorded solo with different people right before and during the first pandemic either have faced, working 40 hour+ work weeks, and navigating personal life.They share where they've both been with their creative flow and Kimberly's hypothesis of our racialized America might be shifting as Paul drops this gem:          Nothing can substantially occur if you can't see someone's humanity without          knowing someone that belongs to that ethnic group." Some real points and some real episodes we have coming to you all! ***SPECIAL NOTICE: We are currently looking for sponsors that align with our values and vision.  Contact us at mixdgen@gmail.com if you are interested.***Please enjoy this podcast, rate, and subscribe.Yours Truly,- The MixdGen Team -#becausetheworldismixingInstagram: @kimberly.ming @pauljayclif @mixdgenSupport the show

The Black (ex)Mormon: Co-Host Paul Clifton"I've changed a lot because I don't really care anymore about that. Because I know who I am I know I'm a Black male who's mixed. You know? But that the value I have is what I do. Being an educator. Advocating for immigrant families. The stuff I am trying to build in my community is greater than talking white."Paul Clifton is the co-host and editor of the MixdGen Podcast. He shares with us his family's background starting with his father's experience as a sharecropper picking cotton in Alabama in the segregated south of the Unites States. On his mother's side he shares his mother's history as Mormon pioneers from Ireland.In this episode we get a deeper understanding to the intricacies of Mormon culture in Utah, the racial dynamics and demographics of Utah which is 1.1% African American, and hear how Paul developed his racial identity growing up and how it's changed over the years.Thank you for listening and sharing our stories with the world.Please enjoy this podcast, rate, and subscribe.Yours Truly,- The MixdGen Team -Support the show

Mr. Chin!? Mr. Lee?! Mr. Wong!?: Gavin Goodall“I grew up in Jamaica, in Kingston and in Jamaica 96% or 98% of people are Black. And so even though I am mixed Black and Chinese I identified as Chinese, because that is what told me...Like, people that didn't know me would say 'Hey, what's up Mr. Chin, Mr. Lee, Mr. Wong.'” Gavin Goodall grew up with two mixed parents of Jamaican-Chinese decent. In this episode Gavin dives into his experiences as a MIXD person which includes the immigrant experience and learning overtime how racial identity and oppression has impacted our African American/Black American family differently. Topics from cultural differences, feeling a sense of belonging, searching for who to identify with, confronting stereotypes, immigrant perspectives, and relationships are all topics that we touch on today.Please enjoy this podcast, rate, and subscribe.Yours Truly,- The MixdGen Team -Support the show

African born in America: Benzel Jimmerson (@benzeljimmerson)“I don’t disassociate because there is a gift in all people. I’m not rejective of that side I just have chosen to understand it, understand the mentalities, and be able to utilize that understanding as a gift to the people I identify with."Benzel Jimmerson, Owner of Diversity Dynamics and Chair of the Economic Development Committee for NAACP Colorado Chapter, describes his experiences of being MIXD. From black cowboy to hip hop, Benzel highlights his experiences of accessing two different worlds. One of whiteness from his Irish and German mother and as an African born in America from his father’s side. Join us on a unique journey into Benzel’s life as a MIXD male and a glimpse of what has lead him to fuel his current life work today.To view "The Mixed Bill of Rights" by Maria Roots as mentioned at the end of this episode go to our instagram page.Please enjoy this podcast, rate, and subscribe. Yours Truly,- The MixdGen Team -Support the show

#mamason - Black | Mexican | Bolivian: Marisela and Alex (@mari_maudi)“I think as parents sometimes we don’t even want to have those conversations, right? Like, I know I’ve had those moments where I’m like, okay I have to talk about this you know. I have to make sure things are good and how do I start that conversation? But no matter what you have to get yourself to do it because no one else is going to do it for you." - Marisela, MIXD mama“We still remember our ethnicity, we still remember who we are, but we still remember that we are not alone and we can be friends with anybody who accepts us with who we are." - Alex, MIXD son, 12 years oldMama Marisela has been on the search for conversations and spaces for MIXD families for years. Now, she’s on our podcast with her 12 year old son, Alex.In this episode Marisela speaks about growing up and being from a U.S. cultural identity, Mexican identity, and Bolivian due to her stepfathers influence. She speaks openly about being called “La Morena” or “the brown/tanned/dark skinned girl” highlighting the ways in which color naming play a role in Mexican culture growing up. Her son Alex shares his experience as a Black and Mexican boy with comments directed toward him like “You don’t act Mexican enough. You don’t act Black enough.” He shares gems with us that reflect what it looks like when you are told to embrace all you are in whichever setting you are in.At MixdGen, you are always ENOUGH & MORE because we know that being your authentic self is the best self to be! Please enjoy this podcast, rate, and subscribe. Yours Truly,- The MixdGen Team -Support the show

The LatinAsian: Kimberly Ming (@kimberly.ming)“I wouldn’t be sharing my story if I didn’t think I that I could help other families dialogue and break the ice and learn.”Kimberly Ming, founder of MixdGen and creator of Youtube video “The LatinAsian: A Chinese and Puerto Rican Woman” has had personal struggles and celebrations within her identity of being MIXD. This podcast has been one of her dreams since she realized the lack of narratives for and by mixed race, multicultural, and interracial families and friends. In this episode we hear from her as she breaks down the constructs of race and ethnicity in an open conversation about her life growing up in a predominantly white community in Fort Collins, Colorado with Chinese and Puerto Rican parents. She talks about her hopes for the podcast with hints that this is only the beginning of a journey ahead, because the world is mixing.Please enjoy this podcast, rate, and subscribe.Yours Truly,- The MixdGen Team -Support the show