Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Jay Smooth: "Who are you?" "What are you?"


Have you ever been asked, "WHAT ARE YOU?" as a conversation starter on your identity? 
Jay Smooth ( real name John Randolph) is the founder of New York's hip hop program Underground Railroad. He addresses the conflicts of his identity of a "mixed race" and how this, in turn, impacted his life. He shares his story about what it is like to grow up with this type of identity--- yet I think we can all somewhat identify with "WHAT ARE YOU?" type of questions, even if we aren't of a mixed race.


Jay Smooth- How I Learned to Stop Worrying
and Love Discussing Race


Jay Smooth- How To Tell People They
Sound Racist


You can see Smooth's video blog site here

Enjoy :)

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