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Interview no. | R-0667 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | R.34. Special Research Projects: New Roots |
Project description | Interviews, 2007-ongoing, focus on issues related to Latin American immigration to North Carolina and the formation of Latino communities. Interviewers are conducted by undergraduate students in courses taught by Hannah Gill at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Interviewees include immigrants, United States-born second generations, professionals who work with immigrants, policy-makers, religious leaders, educators, students, and local business owners. |
Date | 2 April 2013 |
Interviewee | Lozano, Germán. |
Interviewee ethnicity | Hispanic Americans and Latinos |
Interviewer | Hage, Joel. |
Abstract | German Lozano has recently immigrated to the United States from Colombia. Lozano explains that as a Colombian in Colombia, there is never a need to state your nationality or explain your background or where you are from. However, once you arrive in the United States as an immigrant, people often impose identity labels on you. The terms Latino and Hispanic (a term created for the U.S. census) are examples of identity labels. Lozano discusses the meanings of those two terms, elaborating on his personal usage of the terms and well as the ways in which the Latin American community in the United States uses them. He also goes into some detail about the use of the term Latin American, or "Latinoamericano" in Spanish. Often, such identity labels reinforce stereotypes by grouping diverse people into one big group. Lozano addresses such concerns and discusses the ways in which his identity has changed since moving to the United States. |
Subject Topical Other |
Identity Language and communication |
Citation | Interview with German Lozano by Joel Hage, 02 April 2013, R-0667, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | R0667_Transcript |