cultural identity Archives - Interrupting Privilege

Seattle in the Civil Rights Era

Listen as this community leader recalls her time in Seattle.

Accumulation of Wealth

Listen as this mother speaks to her young daughter about racialized social inequities.

Being Black in Seattle

Listen in this clip as the speaker reflects on her time in Seattle.

Youth Connections – Zootopia

Listen as this youth draws a connection between lived experiences and an animated film.

Core Aspects of Life

Listen to this clip of a youth and their mentor recognizing the benefits of mentorship.

Paving the Way

Listen as this speaker shares his story of mentoring young people through to college years.

Polarizing Personalities

Listen as Reggie Oliver talks about his coming up in New York City.

Radicalization After Malcolm

Listen as Reggie Oliver talks about his coming of age in the wake of the Civil Rights Era.

Youth Companionship

Listen as two youth share their perspectives on what they like about being Black, and their school environment.

Language and Power

In this clip, two Black girls discuss the power of language and responsibility.

Colorism and Learning Self Love

In this clip, two Black girls talk about colorism, media representation, and self love.

Representing Voices That Are Not Your Own

In this clip, a visitor to the Northwest African American Museum on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2024 talks about representing diverse voices in mural art.

Life Hitting the Brick Wall of the Pandemic

In this clip, listen as a graduate student shares the challenges and changes they faced with starting graduate school in the pandemic.

Tracing the Roots of Capitalism

In this clip, Alex and Syreeta trace the roots of capitalism, a system of oppression built off the descendants of enslaved Africans.

Let the Ancestors Guide You

In this clip, we will listen to community members discuss their experiences with home, connecting to roots and the values of our ancestors.

Worth Risking Offending Somebody

Two students give advice to teachers about the importance about talking about race and how talking about race can help educate people.

Advice to Teachers

Students of color give advice to teachers about what it looks like to address racism in the classroom and where to ask questions about race if they don’t know how to address it.

Healing Circles

Students share how their teachers engage in restorative justice by facilitating healing circles and making sure all student voices are heard.

Standing Up to Other People

Interviewer asks a student what they think it looks like for white teachers to be an ally for students of color.

Cultural Identity in Chinese Immersion School

Two students and a parent discuss experiences in a Chinese immersion school and what they wished the teachers would do differently.

Cultural Identity and Holidays

Mother talks with her children about how they celebrate cultural identity and holidays in their mixed household.

Grace vs. Race

Two students describe their identities and how they respond to people who ask them what their race is.

I Like Being Different, I Always Am Who I Am

Insightful young student describes how she approaches her cultural identity and the way it impacts (or doesn’t) how people might see her.

Talking Race at Home

Students tell interviewers where they talk about race and how they talk about it between home and school.

Addressing Racial Tension

Student, teachers, and parents describe the role their racial and cultural identity play in their interactions and how they navigate addressing racial tension in a school setting.

Discipline and Differential Treatment

Parents and students reflect on their experiences with differential treatment and discipline in school.

Diversity Committees and Affinity Groups: Who Benefits from These Spaces

UW Communications · Diversity Committees And Affinty Groups, Who Benefits From These Spaces

Diversity Committee

White friend describes her position on a diversity committee and how she talks to her Black friend for advice

Teaching Identity

Mixed race students discuss what they learn in school and the messages about identity they receive based on who and what teachers choose to prioritize in their lessons.

Singling Out Mixed Kids

Mixed race students describe their experiences in school being the singled out and bearing the weight of expectations to speak on racial or cultural topics because of their “mixed-ness.”

Which Box Do I Check?

Mixed race students describe their experiences navigating their mixed identity in a world that constantly wants to figure them out or force them to choose only one.