\u201cMixed-race identity presents opportunities and challenges. There's some bad, but there's also some good. So I have to take both.\u201d\nRemi Adekoya is a Polish-Nigerian living in the UK, and the author of \u201cBiracial Britain: A Different Way of Looking at Race\u201d - and we had a great conversation on biracial identity \u2014 growing up, fitting in, standing out...and kids. Born the son of a Nigerian father and a Polish mother, Remi\u2019s a lecturer of politics a the University of York, the former political editor of the Warsaw Business Journal, and he\u2019s written for Foreign Affairs, Politico, and several well known Polish newspapers. Remi\u2019s currently conducting PhD research on identity politics, having provided socio-political commentary and analysis for the BBC, Foreign Policy, Stratfor, and Radio France International, among others. But as a bi-racial man, researcher, author, journalist, and father - Remi engages in conversation with a unique lens to uncover common - and uncommon - truths. Basically, Remi\u2019s the perfect podcast guest for us, and for anyone who wants to understand the inevitable makeup of the biracial world we are living in =)\nLEARN ABOUT REMI\n\nTW: @RemiAdekoya1\n\nWORK: york.ac.uk/politics/people/academicstaff/adekoyaremi\n\nBOOK: Biracial Britain: goodreads.com/book/show/50412190-biracial-britain\n\n\nMENTIONS\n\nTV: Game of Thrones (as a study on power dynamics): imdb.com/title/tt0944947/\n\nPERSON: Barack Obama: wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices