Being An Asian In Modern British Society
Oct 6, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 15 segments
In this episode, me and Mia delve into our dual heritage experiences through school and general life. Mia shares her pageanting and social media stories and how dual heritage has shaped her…
But yeah, so I wanna get stuck into the part of your childhood.
So let's go back there, rewind a little bit, because a lot of people, um, don't know this, but I'm half, um, Afghani and half Bengali, and a lot of people just assume I'm Indian.
And when you're from a dual heritage background, there are a lot of pros and cons.
Um, the perks are that you get to embrace these two cultures, and you get to be a part of different environments, but then the downfalls are society doesn't like someone who's different.
And I don't know about you, but I was subject to a lot of discrimination, bullying, all that kind of thing.
So what would you describe your experience as growing up? So first off, like, what is your heritage?
Mm-hmm
English Irish.
Oh, wow.
Bit of spice.
Bit of spice spice.
[laughs]
Mm-hmm
So with that, sometimes I, like, struggle a little bit to connect with the Pakistanis that I do meet, especially in the UK.
Yeah.
So a lot of the Pakistanis that live in the UK come from Mirpur, and a lot of the ones that I meet, um, just, like, day to day and everything, sometimes I feel like can be a bit thingy about, like, people from Jhelum.
What's, what's thingy? What do you mean by thingy?
But yeah, so I wanna get stuck into the part of your childhood.
So let's go back there, rewind a little bit, because a lot of people, um, don't know this, but I'm half, um, Afghani and half Bengali, and a lot of people just assume I'm Indian.
And when you're from a dual heritage background, there are a lot of pros and cons.
Um, the perks are that you get to embrace these two cultures, and you get to be a part of different environments, but then the downfalls are society doesn't like someone who's different.
And I don't know about you, but I was subject to a lot of discrimination, bullying, all that kind of thing.
So what would you describe your experience as growing up? So first off, like, what is your heritage?
Mm-hmm
English Irish.
Oh, wow.
Bit of spice.
Bit of spice spice.
[laughs]
Mm-hmm
So with that, sometimes I, like, struggle a little bit to connect with the Pakistanis that I do meet, especially in the UK.
Yeah.
So a lot of the Pakistanis that live in the UK come from Mirpur, and a lot of the ones that I meet, um, just, like, day to day and everything, sometimes I feel like can be a bit thingy about, like, people from Jhelum.
What's, what's thingy? What do you mean by thingy?
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