Not Your Cup Of Chai

Welcome to Not Your Cup of Chai, a podcast hosted by Kiran Opal and Bisha K. Ali where we discuss feminism, politics, war, and social and cultural news, from an intersectional, no-BS lens. Please support our work by pledging for us on Patreon. Your support and love are greatly appreciated! ☕️❤️☕️ Check out bonus episodes & rewards! www.patreon.com/notyourcupofchai   ______________________________________________ In Episode 7, we discuss our experiences of being immigrants in multiple places, and over multiple generations. We ponder whether one ever really stops being an immigrant, and what it means to have an immigrant identity, which is often dehumanized and otherized by people who don't personally know many people who have migrated; what it takes to give up everything you've known and why people migrate in the first place. We also discuss the way that UK and US imperialism have shaped the countries and places from which we migrated, and what today's ongoing imperialistic rhetoric and acts are lik