APPENDIX 2

ETHNIC IDENTITY INTERVIEW

1. 1. Download the StoryCorps App. Visit this webpage to get tips, ideas, and best practices:

   • https://storycorps.org/participate/storycorps-app

   • Take some time to listen to some of the most popular interviews on StoryCorps.

   • Now go and do your own!

2. 2. Here is a sample script to start your recording: My name is _____. I am __ years old, and I am here with _______. My hope is to better understand ethnic identity, justice, and reconciliation. Specifically, I want to learn __________ because I don’t know ______ and haven’t experienced _____________. I appreciate _____ taking the time to share his/her story with me.

   • Could you tell me a little about your mom and dad, and where they were from?

   • What were a few of the common sounds and smells in the house where you grew up?

   • What phrases, sayings, or languages stick with you from your childhood?

   • What would a typical meal during the week look like for you? (Example: What was in your school lunch or for dinner on a Tuesday night?)

   • What did you see and hear when you stepped out of your front door?

   • Who were some of your favorite people in your neighborhood? Why?

   • What are/were some of the experiences that made you feel at home there or unwelcome?

   • What are your fears or hesitations about talking about race and racism with white people?

     • With people of your ethnic identity?

     • With people of other ethnic backgrounds?

   • What advice, warnings, or orders did your parents or grandparents give you about friendships and dating?

   • What were the education and career expectations for you?

   • How does your family treat its elders?

   • What is one thing you wish your white friends understood about you and your background?

   • What questions do you wish those from other ethnic backgrounds would ask or not ask?

   • What experiences would you invite your friends of different ethnicities to in order to get to know you better?

   • What is the most important thing you would like for me and listeners to remember from our time together?

   • Thank you so much for sharing your story with me. I really appreciate ______.

The hashtag for this exercise is #12Lies. Please share your interviews with us and others online!