136: Chicano PRIDE

The Mortified Podcast

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Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Mortified’s celebration of LGBTQ Pride month continues with stories of first generation kids whose search for happiness takes them in unexpected directions.

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0:00.0	Radio Tapio.
0:04.0	From PRX.
0:10.0	Dear diary.
0:11.0	6th grade. February 14th.
0:13.0	1991.
0:14.0	I am really depressed.
0:15.0	How could she break up with me?
0:17.0	Mom, you can't read this.
0:25.0	I grew up in Southern California.
0:28.0	My parents were basically immigrants so they came from Mexico.
0:32.0	They wanted to make sure that their kids would have a better living situation than they did growing up.
0:39.0	As a first-generation American, Fabian Gedina is carried with him the awesome responsibility
0:44.0	of his parents' sacrifices and their greatest dreams.
0:47.0	And he's not alone.
0:49.0	I was born in El Central, California.
0:52.0	Case in point, Anthony Desemito.
0:55.0	I was actually an anchor baby.
0:58.0	And that means that my mom had me in the U.S.
1:03.0	so then we can come live here.
1:05.0	Which has the potential to bring up a huge question.
1:08.0	If your family goes to extraordinary lengths to give you a better life,
1:12.0	are you beholden to living up to their greatest expectations?
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