In this two-part exploration of distances between us, we look at how colonial powers have tried to destroy the histories and complexities of racialized communities by deeming them as subordinate. 

Featured in this episode:  

• Alyssa Sy de Jesus (@alyssabethandra) is a writer and cultural worker. "Twice removed" from the motherland, she is a fourth generation Chinese settler from the Philippines based today on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tlseil-Waututh territory.

• Sumaiya Matin (@sumaiya.matin) is a writer, social worker/psychotherapist, and public policy professional. She loves exploring the intersections of mental health and literature. She is the author of the literary memoir The Shaytan Bride, and is currently a Master of Fine Arts candidate at the University of British Columbia.

• Sarrah G. Malek (@sarrah3g) is a Palestinian writer and spoken word poet living in T'Karanto, Canada. She writes on colonization and resistance using creative performance and magical realism. She is co-editor of Min Fami: Arab feminist reflections on space, identity, and resistance published in 2014. 

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