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Interview no. | R-0471 |
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 | 4 April 2011 |
Interviewee | Márquez, Ricardo, pseud. |
Interviewee occupation |
Accountants Agricultural laborers |
Interviewee ethnicity | Hispanic Americans and Latinos |
Interviewer | Markunas, Stephanie. |
Abstract | Ricardo Marquez, (pseudonym) is a Mexican native currently living in Durham, North Carolina. Marquez was raised in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, but decided to migrate to the United States in order to find work. A licensed public accountant in Mexico, Marquez was unable to find employment in Mexico, so he moved, first to Georgia and then North Carolina. In the interview, Marquez discusses differences in gender roles between the United States and Mexico and the state of the economy. |
Subject Topical Other |
Economics Family Gender Labor and employment Migratory experience |
Citation | Interview with Ricardo Marquez, pseud. by Stephanie Markunas, 04 April 2011, R-0471, 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. | R0471_Audio |