A Desi Woman Podcast hosted by Soniya Gokhale features dynamic, bold thought leaders from all over the world who are on an endless pursuit of self-empowerment, growth & fulfillment. What is a Desi? Desi is a colloquial term that refers to the people & culture of India and its Diaspora. The voices we are seeking for this podcast may be voices you have never heard before, but you are sure to be inspired by them!
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episode 11: A Desi Woman with Soniya Gokhale: 'Confederates in my Closet'--a Conversation with Writer Ann Banks
Writer Ann Banks is an award winning writer whose work has been published in the Smithsonian, the New York Times Magazine, the NYT Book Review, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, USA Today and The Nation to name a few. First Person America, her anthology of oral histories from the Federal Writers Project was published by Knopf and Norton and she co-produced a National Public Radio series on the subject. Ann discusses a blog she launched entitled, "Confederates In My Closet" which takes readers on a journey through her family history whereby her great, great grandfather, AJ Pickett owned two cotton plantations in Alabama and were slaveholders. In this episode, we discuss Ann's deeply personal journey through her family archives and relics which are inextricably entwined with the Confederacy and Slavery in the U.S. We also discuss the relevance to Social Justice, Reparations for Slavery and a Resurgence of Populist Nationalism and White Supremacy in the United States.