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

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