Friday Oct 15, 2021
Episode 402 - The House that Lou Built and Displacement/Disposession
In honour of FIlipino American Heritage Month, Jezzie and Sigi discuss Filipino American author Mae Respicio ‘s YA Novel "The House That Lou Built." The story is centred on Lou Bulosan-Nelson, a 7th grader living with her mom and Lola in San Francisco. Sigi shares with Jezzie how this coming of age story about culture, family and the meaning of home was not only a refreshing read but a relatable story for Filipinos in the diaspora. Lou deals with losing land that her father left for her, and finds support from friends and her extended family in the journey of finding out what home truly means. Later, Jezzie links together how losing land and displacement is only one part of what colonialism is, and discusses further how it's also the act of depriving others of their heritage, their traditions and their culture. He then challenges us to consider how we need to decolonize ourselves by asking what has been displaced in us and what can we do to reclaim it?
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