*CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains recounts of traumatic post-segregation-era racism inflicted on people of color including the storyteller and those in her community.* Punam Saxena talks about the parallels between religious intolerance in America that she’s experienced, and the religious intolerance plaguing India at the moment. She also shares stories from her childhood in Alabama and Georgia and what it was like for her and other people of color and religious minorities in post-segregation America.  --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nidhi-shastri/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nidhi-shastri/support</a>

Model Minority: Uniquely American

Nidhi Shastri

Punam Saxena | The U.S. South - Immigrant Tales #6

MAR 20, 202411 MIN
Model Minority: Uniquely American

Punam Saxena | The U.S. South - Immigrant Tales #6

MAR 20, 202411 MIN

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*CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains recounts of traumatic post-segregation-era racism inflicted on people of color including the storyteller and those in her community.* Punam Saxena talks about the parallels between religious intolerance in America that she’s experienced, and the religious intolerance plaguing India at the moment. She also shares stories from her childhood in Alabama and Georgia and what it was like for her and other people of color and religious minorities in post-segregation America.  --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nidhi-shastri/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nidhi-shastri/support</a>