Ambar Rizwan and Daanish Rizwan
Recorded
June 4, 2023
Archived
June 4, 2023
44:14 minutes
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Id:
ddb002649
Description
Siblings Ambar Rizwan (36) and Daanish Rizwan [no age given] discuss their childhoods, going to a predominately white High School, and expectations from their parents. Daanish describes his UX work and his efforts to bring about representation and inclusion. Ambar explains her intentions as a teacher and mother.Subject Log / Time Code
Daanish (D) and Ambar (A) describe what they wanted to be when they grew up.
A and D recalls their feelings and impressions of the world at a young age– not seeing themselves represented in popular media.
A and D speak about their favorite happy moments of childhood.
D describes the comfort he found doing work in Radio when in High School.
D and A recount the pressures felt from their parents toward studies and career paths.
A recalls finding self as well as creating safer spaces for herself and other students of color in her High School that was an otherwise fairly white space.
D remembers his High School friend group and how they were mostly immigrants and children of immigrants– a group that he felt better understood him.
A describes the gendered expectations from her parents and needing to fill the role of "obedient eldest daughter".
D speaks about the differences of his experiences with his parents compared with his friends' relationships with their parents.
A describes how she creates safe spaces for her students.
A speaks about how fellow teachers treat students– especially how they treat students of color differently.
A talks about the legacy she hopes to leave as teacher.
A describes the new generation's access to information and misinformation.
D speaks about his UX work and updating his company's website to have more diverse and inclusive representation on the website.
A talks about equity and grading.
D and A speak about hopes and intentions for A's kids.
A describes how the pandemic put a spotlight on the inequities of students and how this has changed her pedagogy.
Participants
- Ambar Rizwan
- Daanish Rizwan