In Part One of my interview with Masami Tyson, I talked about Masami's commitment to honesty and integrity. In Part Two, those traits dovetail with her self-awareness and form the common thread that runs throughout everything she shares.  The depth of her self-awareness and her willingness to share how she has grown are such  good examples for all of us. I hope you will take everything she says  to heart and learn from her.  She is also quite knowledgeable about Asian Americans as the "invisible minority" and the "model minority." 

In Part One of our discussion, Masami Tyson and I talk about what she experienced when she moved to the United States at the age of 18, and how life has been for her as a first generation immigrant from Japan. In particular, she describes what she knew of the United States while growing up in Japan vs. what it was actually like once she moved here. Her poignant honesty will leave you encouraged and desiring to pursue this type of courage in your own life.

What would happen if you focused on systems in the dominant culture rather than minorities who've struggled? That's exactly what Dr. Alexander Jun did 7-8 years ago when he switched from focusing his research on minority issues in higher education to the institutions that have caused the problems. Join me as Dr. Jun discusses white privilege (or really, the privilege of any dominant group or sub-group in a culture), micro- and macro-aggressions, implicit biases we all have, and even a little bit about Critical Race Theory.