S2 E09: Offering Rain on reclaiming their Ecuadorian and Indian roots as a mixed-raced multimedia artist, and the importance of early access to the ar...

GUEST BIO

Offering Rain is an NYC born and based multi-media artist and organizer working in the realms of audio, poetry, painting and design. They utilize their artistic practice in hopes of refreshing the earth like rain through multicultural sound and poetic lyricism. Their previous work has been exhibited at Art on the Ave NYC, Soho House, Knockdown Center and Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance. As a DJ, they have worked in collaboration with HBO Max, mutual.love, Kajal Magazine and their music has been featured on Euphoria, Genera+ion and Walker..

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DEFINITIONS

• Desi: someone who comes from or whose family comes from India, Pakistan, or Bangladesh but who lives in another country
• Masking: hiding your authentic self in an effort to gain greater social acceptance.
• Code switching
• LGBTQIA+
• Queer

TAKEAWAYS

1. Hollywood's caricatures of Indian people created negative stereotypes that cause many Desi kids to be bullied and shamed for their ethnicity.
2. Surrounding ourselves with a supportive community is key to reclaiming our whole identities and finding happiness.
3. Mixed-race kids need the adults in their lives to claim them fully, but also to celebrate their mixed identity by showing interest in the other
4. Events celebrating our ethnicities could also do the same to be more inclusive and welcoming to mixed-race members.
5. Music and art are vehicles of connection. They often are the first experience of representation for people who have felt different their whole life.
6. The arts would be more diverse if more people had access and exposure at a young age. Increasing access to creative tools and spaces is key to
7. Although they received little media attention, there are many diaspora artists that have been paving the way for decades.
8. Feed the fire in you, fan your own flames, people will catch on eventually.

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Hosts: Lazou & Ariadne Mila

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