Bhangra and skateboarding: 'I can do my own thing and that’s fine with me'

Two stories on our podcast this week about Seattleites breaking free and breaking stereotypes:Jesse Weinstock is an avid skater. “Most of my best friends I met through skateboarding. My oldest friend, Andy, I met on the first day of seventh grade. I was like, 'You have a skate shirt on, do you skate?' We’ve been friends now for 30 years.” Ashveen Matharu has been dancing Bhangra since middle school (she recently graduated high school). “I was motivated to dance Bhangra because it’s a stereotype for girls not to dance Bhangra.” 

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This is the latest of KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media stories, created by young people age 16-20ish. Subscribe to the RadioActive podcast to hear all of our stories.