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 |
Exile in Nepal. |
Yangchen Dolkar |
Tibetan |
Economics, Escape, Oppression, Work, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
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 |
I grew up in a system where there is no government. |
Hared Mah |
Somali |
Education, War, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |