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Interview no. | R-0822 |
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 | 30 March 2015 |
Interviewee | Sanchez, Erick. |
Interviewee occupation | Students |
Interviewee DOB | 1995 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Hispanic Americans and Latinos |
Interviewer | Acosta, Luis. |
Abstract | Erick Sanchez discusses being a first-generation Mexican in the United States. Sanchez describes the obstacles his parents had to face in order to migrate. Some of these obstacles include crossing a physical border and others involve crossing the language and cultural barriers in order to adapt to the new environment. He makes clear distinctions between his father’s and mother’s journey to the United States and explains why they chose to eventually settle in Charlotte, NC. He talks about how his father juggled many low paying jobs and how he had to slowly climb up these positions in order to get to his current job as supervisor of a window making factory. Sanchez also describes the social dynamics in his parents’ hometown and how it differs from the United States. In Mexico, Sanchez is viewed as an American by his family members and the people of Mexico, but in the US he identifies only as Mexican to Americans. He also describes how his parents’ home state is much more dangerous than other parts of Mexico and explains why that may be towards the end of the interview. |
Subject Topical Other |
Identity Migratory experience Family |
Citation | Interview with Erick Sanchez by Luis Acosta, 30 March 2015, R-0822, 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. | R0822_Audio |