Blooming Voices Podcast
Do you listen to all the experts on podcasts and think, “no wonder they’re experts; they’re awesome, they’re smart, they’re....” Stop right there! You’re awesome!You have a story to tell, and there really is no one like you. Embrace your story. Celebrate yourself. Of course we all have room for growth, and no one is ever done growing. Just because you don’t know the answer to something today doesn’t make you a loser or does it? Naaa, of course it doesn’t! It makes you a human on life’s journey, just learning new things day to day! The more you know, the more you know what you don’t know. You're a little bud in the process of blooming... ready to share your truth and grow.Join two halves of two twin pairs as we share inspiring stories and a variety of perspectives about identity. We talk about our own unique backgrounds and how it unravels in the pursuit of finding identity, individuality, and an authentic voice. Religion, confrontations, twin questions, equality, being voice over artists, entrepreneurship, travel, movies... nothing is off limits! A true variety of topics and questions is how we grow best.
Blooming Voices Podcast
Episode 22 - People of Global Majority
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Jordan Drayer and Dalia Ramahi
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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Takeaways
- People of Global Majority is a term that has replaced BIPOC or POC (People of Color) among a majority of non-white people.
- PGM is meant to be an empowering term. It is not anti-white. It is pro diversity and inclusion.
- “People of color” was meant to differentiate non-whites for their lack of whiteness in order to keep “whiteness” as the norm.
- Using the term people of global majority seeks to challenge the status quo, especially in entertainment and the media.
- The best actor for the role is one who can accurately portray that experience - meaning a person of that background.
- If it’s a dubbed fictional anime character, why must they be white?
- Collaborative writing staffs with people of multiple backgrounds are necessary.
- White privilege exists and something that non-whites are aware of but many whites deny.
- White privilege is something to be aware of, to understand that certain things in life might come easier to you for being white such as jobs and houses.
- That privilege doesn’t make white people bad, it’s simply something to be aware of next time a white person uses stereotypes or racist tropes to explain why a non-white can’t achieve what a white person can.
- You don’t need to put yourself down for being white, but be aware why things might be difficult in life for others.
- This term, People of Global Majority, is another example of not taking anything personally.
Links
“The North American media tends to exclude Arabs, West Asians, Mediterraneans, South Asians, East Asians, Latinx folkshttps://twitter.com/pgmvolist?lang=en, Pacific Islanders, and Aboriginals from the term “people of color." … The term “global majority” is empowering. It unites people from all corners of the world that are struggling against white oppression.”
- https://encompassmovement.org/blog/language-matters-poc-caucus-renamed-global-majority-caucus
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/global-majority-we-need-talk-labels-bame-campbell-stephens-mbe/
- https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/02/09/we-are-not-visible-minorities-we-are-the-global-majority.html
- PGM Casting Roster - The PGM VO List (@pgmvolist) / Twitter
- https://www.cnn.com/2012/09/27/us/census-more-people-identify-as-mixed-race/index.html
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