EPISODE · Jul 6, 2018 · 46 MIN
We Are All Americans - episode three
from We Are All Americans · host Michele Jaquis
In episode three* Daniel Corral shares stories with Michele Jaquis about his Lola and Lolo, who was recruited into the US military after his time as a Filipino guerrilla fighter during WWII.We Are All Americans is a podcast series Inspired by the fact that my Russian great-grandfather gained his US citizenship after serving in the US Army and my Lithuanian (or Austrian, or Russian, or Latvian - depending on who is telling the story) great-grandmother entered the US on fake passport. Each episode is a different recorded conversations about how family stories are passed down from generation to generation and what it means to be American in the contexts of multiculturalism, immigration, military service, black lives matter, white privilege, and indigeneity.*Recorded June 15, 2018 in South Pasadena, CA
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In episode three* Daniel Corral shares stories with Michele Jaquis about his Lola and Lolo, who was recruited into the US military after his time as a Filipino guerrilla fighter during WWII. We Are All Americans is a podcast series Inspired by the fact that my Russian great-grandfather gained his US citizenship after serving in the US Army and my Lithuanian (or Austrian, or Russian, or Latvian - depending on who is telling the story) great-grandmother entered the US on fake passport. Each episode is a different recorded conversations about how family stories are passed down from generation to generation and what it means to be American in the contexts of multiculturalism, immigration, military service, black lives matter, white privilege, and indigeneity. *Recorded June 15, 2018 in South Pasadena, CA
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