In this podcast, Yichi and her research interlocutor Shannon Chen-See Nehemiah discuss Shannon’s life experiences growing up as a fourth-generation Chinese Jamaican and an active poet and artist. They ruminate upon the commonality of minority experiences, which relate to being different from others and learning to embrace that difference. Their friendship also blooms through connections with the Chinese identity—a journey of forming relationships by encountering and going beyond people’s sameness and differences. Shannon also reads her poem about the minority experience and discusses its creation.

Visit Shannon’s website, where you can also find the poem read on the episode: https://www.watchensee.xyz/art-poetry