Ayiiti: "Don't Be Afraid of Who You Are...‪"‬ Melanin is Human

This has to have been one of my most engaging and energy filled conversation yet. Wow. And still, it has been my most distant one which is quite telling. At one point of our time together on Zoom, it not only felt we were arms length away but that we met before. Crazy how sometimes distance is irrelevant.

Why you should give Ayiiti's story a listen is really up to you.  I invite you into culture complexities of growing up being mixed in a world where that makes you in the minority. Immerse yourself in a small portion of Haitian politics. Engage with the idea of having selective hearing for certain accents, and etc. 

But I think the idea of exposing ourselves to experiences so different from ours, creates an opportunity to see the false conclusions our differences have led us to. This episode is definitely worth your time. I promise.

I challenge you to listen and not find that her story is one that is not only so close to you, but that has some familiarity to it. Maybe it might be your story. 

Who knows?