Sanchez, Rosalinda; Abeyta, Carmen (friend/friend). Penrose Public Library, 2009-10-07T12:30:00

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Interview Description

Rosalinda Sanchez (43) and Carmen Abeyta (63) talk about their experiences as Latinas and Chicanas, their families and their experience with "curanderos ", or healers.

Facilitator Subject Log

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00:48 Rosalinda was born in Washington State. Her parents were migrant farmers with a cucumber farm. Carmen was born in Montrose, CO and her parents were also farmers.

09:30 Rosalinda talks about dealing with racism and discrimination in her life. She describes what it was like to be a Chicana girl in school. She was only two of 10 Latino kids that graduated from high school.

16:30 Carmen talks about her experiences with racism and discrimination in school. She remembers all the kids in her school making fun of the way Mexicans spoke and what they ate, and she remembers being in denial about her culture.

19:55 Rosalinda tells a story about her first year in college, when she was 17, and an experience she had with a girl who used a derogatory term for Hispanics.

25:00 Carmen talks about a time during college when she heard a lecture by a "Curandera "[healer]. She recalls thinking that it was amazing that the college would invite this person from her culture to share her teachings.

36:40 Rosalinda and Carmen talk about what they've learned from their experiences with racism and discrimination.