Jason Sears and Joyce Chu
Recorded
October 20, 2022
Archived
October 20, 2022
49:01 minutes
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Id:
ddv002106
Description
One Small Step partners Jason Sears (51) and Joyce Chu (30) share their reflections on the Hong Kong protests in 2019, the George Floyd protests in 2020, and their experiences with racism. Joyce also shares her experience of being excommunicated from her church.Subject Log / Time Code
Joyce (JC) talks about her experiences growing up as a Chinese-American, and how she came to recognize her internalized racism. Jason (JS) shares how he felt about being Black while growing up in the Midwest.
JC says she participated in the 2019 protests in Hong Kong, and considers the impact that experience had on her.
JS reflects on how the 2020 George Floyd protests influenced him.
JS shares a bit about his family’s history in Kansas City, and shares how he came to work in education administration. He also considers the impacts that the 2020 protests had on the young people he works with.
JC discusses anti-Asian racism, particularly through the Covid-19 pandemic.
JC begins to share her experience of being excommunicated from her church.
JC says that her church’s leaders began to preach about Trump and talks about how it made her uncomfortable.
JS says he’s had friends who also begin to share the same beliefs in conspiracy theories.
Participants
- Jason Sears
- Joyce Chu