There is always that expectation that each generation do better than the last. |
Tashi Lhewa |
Tibetan |
Education, Family, Work, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
Gyuto Monastery: Only seventy-five monks survived to rebuild a monastery in India. |
Thupten Dadak |
Tibetan |
Ceremonies & Rituals, Religion, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
They are a part of this community and they have to work together. |
Tashi Lhewa |
Tibetan |
Community, Identity, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
Over fifteen plus years I’ve been working as a teacher. |
Wangyal Ritzekura |
Tibetan |
Education, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
Seeing no improvement taking place in Tibet my parents decided to escape to India. |
Wangyal Ritzekura |
Tibetan |
Escape, Oppression, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
I don’t want to die in the United States. |
Tsewang Sangmo Lama |
Tibetan |
Ceremonies & Rituals, Culture Clash, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
Soon after a person dies, a high religious teacher performs 'Phowa'. |
Yangchen Dolkar |
Tibetan |
Ceremonies & Rituals, Religion, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
Exile in Nepal. |
Yangchen Dolkar |
Tibetan |
Economics, Escape, Oppression, Work, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
Regardless of if you were boys or girls, education is very important. |
Kim Yang |
Hmong |
Education, Family, Gender Roles, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
The work of a shaman. |
Nhia Yer Yang |
Hmong |
Ceremonies & Rituals, Community, Religion, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
Early marriages. |
Kim Yang |
Hmong |
Gender Roles, Marriage, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
Women were doing everything they could to help out in spite of the dangers and hardships during the war. |
Kim Yang |
Hmong |
Family, Gender Roles, War, Work, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
My dream was to have a lot of land and have people work for me. |
Cher Vang |
Hmong |
Economics, Work, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
I was a soldier and a mayor until 1960 when the American people came. |
Nhia Yer Yang |
Hmong |
Economics, War, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
By the time I was fifteen, I was a soldier. |
Yang Cha Ying |
Hmong |
War, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
Raising children in Somalia. |
Abdisalam Adam |
Somali |
Family, Gender Roles, Generation Gap, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
When I was growing up, I was a shepherd. |
Abdisalam Adam |
Somali |
Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
I grew up in a system where there is no government. |
Hared Mah |
Somali |
Education, War, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
We have so much respect for our elders. |
Sumaya Yusuf and Bibi Abdalla |
Somali |
Family, Gender Roles, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
Escape from the Khmer Rouge: Part 1. |
Thaly Chhour |
Khmer |
Genocide, War, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
They took my father. |
Henry Nelson |
Khmer |
Genocide, Oppression, War, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
Obey Anka, or die. |
Henry Nelson |
Khmer |
Genocide, Oppression, War, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
I know that I'm not dead yet. |
Henry Nelson |
Khmer |
Genocide, Oppression, War, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
I run toward Thailand - they catch me again. |
Henry Nelson |
Khmer |
Escape, Genocide, Oppression, War, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
A child in the work camps: Part 1. |
Monoram Hang |
Khmer |
Genocide, Oppression, War, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
In marriage it is never white for the bride. |
Kusum Saxena |
Asian Indian |
Ceremonies & Rituals, Family, Gender Roles, Marriage, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
50 Years of India's Independence. |
Vasant Sukhatme |
Asian Indian |
Ethnic Festivals, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
We had a big drought in India - we felt that maybe we should do something about it. |
Jagadish Desai |
Asian Indian |
Cultural Centers, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
Sacrifices made for the sake of education. |
Lisa Gada Norton |
Asian Indian |
Education, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
Finding a wife in India. |
Ram Gada |
Asian Indian |
Family, Gender Roles, Marriage, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
It was made clear from day one that you would go to college. |
Pennamma Cherucheril |
Asian Indian |
Education, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
The relatives ask, 'Why isn’t she married?' |
Nayana Ramakrishnan |
Asian Indian |
Family, Gender Roles, Marriage, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
I don't see divorce as an option. |
Deepak Nath |
Asian Indian |
Family, Gender Roles, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
In India, the bricks of society are the family. |
Nirupama Misra |
Asian Indian |
Family, Gender Roles, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
In India, they call them servants. |
Deepak Nath |
Asian Indian |
Culture Clash, Economics, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
In India, if you got a job, it stays with you your whole life. |
Sudhansu Misra |
Asian Indian |
Work, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
The value of hard work cannot be substituted with anything in this world. |
Deepak Nath |
Asian Indian |
Education, Family, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
A different way of thinking. |
Aparna Ganguli |
Asian Indian |
Culture Clash, Family, Gender Roles, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
A child in the work camps: Part 2. |
Monoram Hang |
Khmer |
Genocide, Oppression, War, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
Escape from the Khmer Rouge: Part 2. |
Thaly Chhour |
Khmer |
Escape, Genocide, Oppression, War, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
A lot of relatives say we are wealthy, so they give us their children. |
Khou Xiong |
Hmong |
Economics, Family, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
Growing up in the Philippines. |
Adelbert Batica |
Filipino |
Family, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
It was just like an army. |
Belen Andrada |
Filipino |
Family, Gender Roles, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
School was very stressful. |
Maryam Beltran Shapland |
Filipino |
Education, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
I loved the city where I lived. |
Victorino Alojado |
Filipino |
Family, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
I was already teaching. |
Belen Andrada |
Filipino |
Education, Work, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
I was paid 200 pesos a month. |
Adelbert Batica |
Filipino |
Economics, Work, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
I also remember our yaya. |
Patrick Faunillan |
Filipino |
Family, Youth Experiences, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
I had to cut firewood; that’s the job they gave me. |
Victorino Alojado |
Filipino |
Economics, Work, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
It’s not expensive to raise nine children, because the children don’t complain. |
Victorino Alojado |
Filipino |
Education, Family, Marriage, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
All of these things happened during the leadership of Ferdinand Marcos. |
Adelbert Batica |
Filipino |
Civic Engagement, Oppression, Politics, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
Experiences as a political detainee. |
Adelbert Batica |
Filipino |
Oppression, Politics, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
I had been praying for that day to come. |
Adelbert Batica |
Filipino |
Civic Engagement, Oppression, Politics, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
We had just gotten the notice that the Japanese were coming. |
Belen Andrada |
Filipino |
War, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
There was no school at all. |
Belen Andrada |
Filipino |
Education, Language, Oppression, War, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
I was twenty years old when the war broke out. |
Victorino Alojado |
Filipino |
Food, War, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
The Japanese would spank you. |
Victorino Alojado |
Filipino |
Oppression, War, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
Guatemala: A lot of great traditions. |
Emiliano Chagil |
Latino |
Ceremonies & Rituals, Religion, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
I had a really wonderful, fun childhood. |
Susana de León |
Latino |
Family, Food, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
I was fourteen when my husband asked me to marry him. |
Anna Amaya |
Latino |
Marriage, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
To go to the hospital we had to be really, really sick. |
Anna Amaya |
Latino |
Economics, New Immigrant Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
We had to speak two languages growing up. |
Emiliano Chagil |
Latino |
Language, Work, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
Ninety percent of the Mayan people, the indigenous people, were poor people. |
Emiliano Chagil |
Latino |
Economics, Oppression, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
There was never enough of anything, especially food. |
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin |
Latino |
Economics, Food, War, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
I grew up learning the trade as an upholsterer. |
Ramón León |
Latino |
Work, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
It was beautiful – it was hard. |
Susana de León |
Latino |
Economics, Family, Youth Experiences, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
I saw many friends, many colleagues disappear. |
Emiliano Chagil |
Latino |
Oppression, War, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
We were called communists. |
José H. Trejo |
Latino |
Economics, Oppression, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
The government started to kill people. |
Mario Duarte |
Latino |
Oppression, War, Work, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
It was a permanent state of fear. |
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin |
Latino |
Oppression, War, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |