Welcome to the Diversity Podcast where we will talk about diversity and identity and how our environments, some historical events and other external factors shape us.
My name is Violetta and my ethnicity is Kalmyk and I decided to use it to create a logo so it would have a special meaning to me. So this sign/word you see is in Clear Script, a Kalmyk language which my people used until the 20th century until it was changed to cyrillic script.
This word in Kalmyk cyrillic is Үндстни күч чидл. It can mean a few things: a root; a person, a carrier of foundation, of cause, of nationality.
I thought it's a very beautiful word and has deep-rooted meaning in it and everyone can define for themselves what meaning they would like to put into it. As for me, I feel connected to it on my quest called life, where I live whilst trying to be myself, understand who I am not only ethnically, and connect to other people though this podcast which I hope will be ongoing.
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