Being Bi

Frankie Lai is Chinese/Australian and lives in Melbourne on the lands of the Wurundjeri people.

We chat about:

- DNA testing

- Choosing to raise kids as ‘white’ and not teach them Cantonese

- The desire to assimilate to avoid racism

- Language and connection barriers with grandparents

- Mispronouncing your own name

- Niche Italian names

- Tattoos as representations of heritage

- People assuming you have no roots to a place

- Excluded yourself from your culture by being vegetarian

- Looking less asian over time

- Worrying about taking up space as a person ‘of colour’

- Tiger parenting

- Why Frankie and Kate are lawyers

- Chinese vs white love languages

- The position of white passing people in racist conversations

- Processing being biracial using the language of being bisexual

- Ethnic family secrets

Mixed media: Subtle Asian traits, The Farewell

Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson

Guest: Francesca Lai

Music by: Green Twins

Edited by: Kate Robinson

Special thanks: Footscray Community Arts, Maribyrnong City Council Community Grants Program, and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations.

If you have any questions or feedback you can find us on Instagram @beingbiracialpodcast or send us an email at beingbiracialpodcast@gmail.com

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