EP 2 – The return of the cursing stones
Anusha Kenny is Sri Lankan/Irish and lives in Melbourne/Naarm on the lands of the Kulin nation.
We chat about:
un Projects
The Sri Lankan civil war
Parental power imbalances
Divorce in Sri Lankan communities
Uber drivers asking “where are you from?”
The white father thing
Conditional passing
Microaggressions
Our auto-reply to racism
Learning to love your name
Becoming a mother
Repatriation of smuggled artefacts
Sinhalese privilege
How representation isn’t the end game
Mixed Media: Racial weathering https://www.self.com/story/weathering-and-its-deadly-effect-on-black-mothers
Guest: Anusha Kenny
Edited by: Maria Birch-Morunga