Malcolm: I want this to be a platform of mentorship for people so hopefully you walk away having learned a lot and feeling boosted but also with real life mentors. Kevin Nesbitt: Historically what a biracial marriage was was a white man and a black woman yeah that was the acceptable form for society goes back hundreds and hundreds of years it was never the reverse. The road is a lot harder when your father's black and your mom is whiteYeah there's a big difference between black father white mother and white father black mother we're actually very different kinds.
Today, we dig into the fascinating life of someone Malcolm knows very well: fellow Pushkin host Justin Richmond. Malcolm and Justin talk about being the product of biracial marriages, surviving racist bullies, and Justin's chance dinner with a megastar that changed his life.
Justin created his newest show, Started from the Bottom, to talk with successful people who grew up as outsiders about how they made it against the odds. Origin stories of mostly men and women of color and brilliant people who others counted out. How they climbed their way up the ladder, and the obstacles they overcame along the way.
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