RACE (Part 1 - w/Sarah & Kwame, and Justin Guarini)

04/08/21 • 32 min

In part one of our exploration of communication with kids about race and skin color, we hear from Sarah Henson-Darko and Kwame Darko, a multiracial couple about the ways they engage on the subject of race with their kids: From being aware of what's happening in culture at large, to leaning in to their Ghanaian heritage, to preparing for "The Talk"—the one about surviving in your skin as a person of color.
We also have a conversation with actor, musician, author, and entrepreneur Justin Guarini, about growing up split down the lines of his own race, struggling to find belonging, and how he has finally begun to fully take ownership of his own identity as a mixed-race person.
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NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION

When we talk about communication most of us default to the assumption that we're talking about...talking. But in this episode we start exploring the importance of non-verbal communication, and especially the ways that relates to our communication with our kids.
We chat with Yolanda Williams about her raising her daughter Gia, advocacy and racial bias in the medical community, and about why viewing single parents as superheroes is counterproductive.
We also talk with Dr. Patricia Speier about the importance of understanding non-verbal communication, and about various strategies that all parents can learn and employ to maximize effective communication between parents and kids.
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Bonus: Justin Guarini Full Interview

This is the full version of our conversation with actor, singer, educator, entertainer, parent, and human Justin Guarini. A portion of this interview appeared as part of our episode, RACE (Part 1).
In this conversation Justin and I chat about finding family balance during COVID, creativity, investing in ourselves, moving forward in faith instead of fear, and the Netflix show Big Mouth.
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The Talk - RACE (Part 1 - w/Sarah & Kwame, and Justin Guarini)

Transcript

Sarah Henson-Darko: Alright, this is Sarah.

Kwame Darko: This is Kwame.

S.H.D.: We are a multiracial family. I am white.

K.D.: And I'm from Ghana.

S.H.D.: And our kids typically describe themselves as being brown, but more recently, when we pushed them a little, also said they identify as being black because they're not white. And so remember, they said, "Because I'm not white."