Conversations with Chanury

Meet Chanury. She was born in Curacao, a major stop in the slave trade, owned by the Dutch, raised in the Netherlands, lived in China and now calls Portugal home. A true #blackandabroad gal! She guides us through what it is like being Black and Dutch. She takes us into her history, her home, and her culture as she educates us on the unique relationship the Netherlands has with Blue Curacao. She tells us how Black Dutch in Amsterdam are standing for #blacklivesmatter and the fight for equality. Take a seat and meet our sister, Chanury. 

Om Podcasten

Blackness is not a monolithic culture as displayed in the media. The diversity of the Black experience has a lot to do with where we’re raised. But what about when we migrate into a different country where the dynamics of race are different than how we learned to navigate our Blackness? How do we adapt? Do we assimilate? Millennial Blacks from the diaspora are finding themselves all over the globe as they migrate for school, life, work or to escape the cultural confines they experienced back home. As I interview Blacks across the world, we will look at how their identity is formed, experienced, accepted or rejected as we explore the intersectionality of culture and race. As the world becomes more global than ever, this podcast will allow us to see what is like to be Black when we are uprooted from our comfort zones.