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Riding For Change: Amy Denet Deal’s Skateboarding Revolution

Tammy Rae Matthews — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:00:49 +0000

In the vast, wind-swept expanses of the Navajo Nation, where the echoes of tradition reverberate through the canyons, Amy Denet Deal crafts a new narrative of cruising skateboards and flying dreams.

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TCKs Find Themselves through Art

phawthorne — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Third Culture Kids (TCKs) Grace Kim and Susan Mousakhani use their art to highlight their globally mobile lifestyles while growing up. Understanding the world Kim spent more time living nomadically throughout her life than she ever spent in her passport country of South Korea. Growing up, she lived in six different countries on three different […]

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Netflix’s Original Film ‘The Irishman’ is Filled With Hidden Diversity

danielhobbs — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:00:00 +0000

Films, TV series, music, photography, you name it, they all show a select audience a certain theme or message. But most directors and photographers go beyond the “surface” message to incorporate several hidden themes or ideologies. Some ideas are so subtle and subconscious that it’s not until you go looking for them that they present themselves. This is very much the case with the […]

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Korean Adoptee Creates Community Through Art

rhenderson — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0000

Transnational transracial adoption can add a layer of complication to the identity journey of an adoptee. A.D. Herzel is an internationally recognized artist, educator, designer, writer. She is also a Korean adoptee who explores her identity and creates community through her art. Herzel grew up in a deeply religious household. Her adopted parents were part of the peak of Americans adopting children orphaned during the Korean American War. The origin of this type of adoption traces back to when Harry Holt and his wife Bertha adopted 8 Korean orphans from Korea in 1956.

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OF TRADITION, FOOD AND CULTURE. Bridging Cultures with food & customs.

CULTURS — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 02:00:34 +0000

An Adult Third Culture Kid and International Adoptee Shares how her Swedish Family Instilled a Strong Sense of Identity. 6 MINUTE READ by Anna Svedberg Growing up as a Third Culture Kid can be complicated enough, navigating different cultures and customs while still maintaining the common thread of identity. Add another layer, such as being […]

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