Celina Wright
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281 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2023
last heard Jul 2024
Celina Wright’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So they didn't teach their children the language.
They discouraged their children from using the language.
And then that passed down generationally, where my generation, um, in my family, a lot of us aren't bilingual.
And it's been a pain point for me.
Um, and I've, you know, tried uh to pick up and I speak some, but
I think that
I've
Thought there's so much more to like pe I think that's the other thing is sometimes people view culture in a very myopic lens.
It's it's very
It's very s uh narrow.
And you have to do X, Y, and Z.
And if you don't you, you know, we don't identify you that way.
It's like, but there's so much more art and culture and all of these other things that I do participate in that if you were in my life, you would see and recognize.
Um, and so then I think
Far too many of us don't sit in the seat of curiosity to learn more about people.
We think we already know you.
We think, oh, and because you don't clearly match my definition of what a Hispanic woman should and should like how she should sound or what language she should.
Then I already know that you're not.
Um, instead of being curious and asking about my lived experience and what my story looks like.
That's another thing I've invested a lot in the last few years is the story work and holding other people's story and in that.
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