Elyse Cizek

This week, Margaret talks with author and actress Elyse Cizek about the personal reckoning she went through about her racial identity and how it impacted her writing on the latest spate of police violence against black people in the USA. To read Elyse’s writing, including articles mentioned in this podcast, visit her Medium page: https://medium.com/@elysecizekYou can also follow Elyse on instagram @elyse_just_elyseThe Margaret Cho is an Earios production.Theme music by Garrison Starr.Contact Margaret at Margaret@earios.net.Edited by Tracy Levy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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With anti-Asian hate crimes at record numbers, season two of THE MARGARET CHO - MORTAL MINORITY, Margaret's examining the HISTORICAL CRIMES that laid the GROUNDWORK for this recent onslaught of VIOLENCE. The 1871 Chinatown Massacre, The Fortune Teller Murders, the 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre. Margaret talks with Asian comedians, authors, journalists, podcasters as well as the organizations and people working to stop Asian hate. Subscribe to THE MARGARET CHO MORTAL MINORITY - wherever you listen to podcasts.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.