Summary: Bethany Ocansey reminisces about the influence of racism on her childhood and how it didn't affect her until she moved from Europe to America.
In 4 minutes Bethaney Ocansey takes a hammer and nails the spectre of racism in the US down to the floor and gives it a personal, engaging, and thorough examination from the perspective of a young woman who was raised outside of America, and whose parent are of different backgrounds: African and British, black and white. This piece is especially effective be cause presumptive listeners with untrained ears, listening to a clear british accent may assume that Ocansey is white.
Her view on racism's subtlties is spot on, and this commentary could be featured as a drop in to Morning Edition or ATC.
I look foward to more observations from Ocansey, a sorely need voice in a time of uncertainty.
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This piece belongs to the series "NPR's Next Generation Radio"
Produced by Bethany Ocansey
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Michael Johnson
Posted on October 03, 2006 at 10:55 PM | Permalink
Review of Realizing Racism in America
In 4 minutes Bethaney Ocansey takes a hammer and nails the spectre of racism in the US down to the floor and gives it a personal, engaging, and thorough examination from the perspective of a young woman who was raised outside of America, and whose parent are of different backgrounds: African and British, black and white. This piece is especially effective be cause presumptive listeners with untrained ears, listening to a clear british accent may assume that Ocansey is white.
Her view on racism's subtlties is spot on, and this commentary could be featured as a drop in to Morning Edition or ATC.
I look foward to more observations from Ocansey, a sorely need voice in a time of uncertainty.