Tessy Thykkuttathil and Teresa Walker
Recorded
September 23, 2021
Archived
September 23, 2021
01:13:35
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hub000412
Description
One Small Step conversation partners Tessy Thykkuttathil (69) and Teresa Walker (62) discuss their Christian faith, growing up in India (Tessy) and Texas (Teresa), racism, the impact of their parents, traveling in India and navigating political discussions with friends who don't share your beliefs.Subject Log / Time Code
Introductions
Teresa talks about her trip to India and her mother.
Tessy talks about arranged marriage and adoption. Her brother died and she and her husband adopted his son.
More discussion of adoption and Tessy's adoption of another child from Mother Teresa's orphanage.
Both discuss influential person--Tessy father-in-law.
Teresa talks about her mom who "Introduced her to Christ and taught me to love" She was "close to slavery" because she experienced picking cotton and sharecropping.
Both discuss feelings about the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent rallies and the divide they feel with Anglo friends over issues of race.
Teresa tells a story of experience in 8th grade with a teacher regarding race and ancestry.
Both discuss abortion issue and conflict.
Teresa explains vaccine hesitancy and African-American experience.
Participants
- Tessy Thykkuttathil
- Teresa Walker