The Privilege of being White-Passing — Lena Derhally on Rejection and her Christian Palestinian Identity
This episode discusses genocide, war, racism, death threats. Listener discretion advised.
What if the rejection that cuts deepest isn't a stranger's hatred — but the silence of the people who swore they loved you?
Alice is joined by Lena Derhally — licensed trauma-informed psychotherapist, bestselling Palestinian American author, and a white-passing Christian Palestinian who ended friendships of forty years when the people closest to her went silent about Gaza. Lena grew up the daughter of a Bethlehem-born father and a small-town Indiana mother, with a message about her Palestinian identity…
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