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The Beauty of TCKness: LaTonia Robinson
For fashion model LaTonia Robinson, being a Third Culture Kid (TCK) is not a label. Rather, it’s a journey. Robinson and being Jamaican-American Robinson is Jamaican-American who was born and raised in New York and now lives in Florida. She […]
Hiba Tawaji: A Lebanese Soprano, Actor and TCK
Hiba Tawaji Is a multi-talented artist who studied under some of the best Jazz, Gospel, and Pop coaches in the USA. She collaborated and acted in four plays produced by Mansour & Oussama Rahbani, and has recorded three chart-topping studio albums […]
Why ‘Black-ish’ is the Show To Watch From a Cross-Cultural and Hidden Diversity Perspective
Diversity is not constricted to how you look or your race, it is much more than that. Diversity is more than what meets the eye. When I think diverse, I think of more than one or a collection of ideologies, […]
How Maz Jobrani Made an Arab Laugh
Maziyar Jobrani, known as Maz, is an Iranian-American comedian born in Tehran, Iran, but moved to California when he was six years old. While he was born a Muslim, he describes himself as “Muslim-ish.” Jobrani was enrolled in a Ph.D. program at UCLA when he decided […]
SERIES – PART 3 OF 3 : How Global Culture is a Personal Concept – Naomi Hattaway
Naomi Hattaway “I think culture is imperative.” In the previous article, we featured Terri Mairley and how culture played a role in her children’s lives. In this article, Naomi Hattaway takes the stage on her experiences and how they shaped her concept […]
SERIES- PART 2 OF 3 : How Global Culture is a Personal Concept featuring Terri Mairley
Terri Mairley “Culture makes the world go round.” In the earlier article, we touched upon Robert’s family. In this article, we will be zooming in on his daughter and cross-cultural kid (CCK), Terri Mairley. Mairley is an African-American woman […]
SERIES- PART 1 OF 3 : How Global Culture is a Personal Concept
Robert Mairley “You have to have an open mind.” Mairley is an African-American man who was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Cultural discovery has affected his cultural worldview. 1. The Military Let’s start when Mairley first “met and associated […]
5 Things That Come to Mind When Thinking of Thanksgiving: Featuring Xiaoya Cheng and Claire Crookston
The month of November holds many traditions. Starting from no shave November all the way up to The Day of the Dead. However, people in the United States of America think of November as one Holiday only, Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Day […]