Latino/Latina/Latinx
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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Scope Note: The LC authorized form conflates Hispanic with Latino/a; these have distinct meanings. For more information, see https://remezcla.com/features/culture/latino-vs-hispanic-vs-latinx-how-these-words-originated/
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Willians Silva interview, 2020-08-13
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc027_05.wav
Abstract
The interview is in Spanish. Willians Silva talks about his early years in Peru before he immigrated to the Washington metro area. He talks about his first job in housekeeping at the Grand Hotel in Washington D.C.. He talks about being fired for trying to organize a union at that hotel. He talks about the difficulties of union organizing. But despite his despair at being fired, Silva met Arturo Griffiths who was an Organizer with Local 25. That friendship led to Silva's participation in the...
Dates:
2020-08-13