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Comment on Conversations With My Immigrant Parents by Steve Bentley
['Erica Mcqueen']
Comments for Tearaway
With co-hosting duo Julie Zhu and Saraid de Silva, the series features nine candid heart-to-heart family conversations about intrepid journeys to Aotearoa, bringing to light the often under-discussed aspects of being an immigrant minority in New Zealand. Both hosts come from immigrant minority backgrounds, with de Silva’s mother immigrating from Sri Lanka at the age of seven, and Zhu migrating from China herself when she was only two. “New Zealand is still very monocultural in many ways and I’m really interested in spinning immigrant narratives away from only seeing the perspectives of the assimilated immigrant child (in opposition to their parents) but leaning more into hearing the voices of immigrant parents and adults articulated for themselves.