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Chineta Davis and Sara [No Name Given]
Recorded
June 24, 2023
Archived
June 24, 2023
36:47 minutes
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Id:
mby022847
Description
Chineta Lynn Stephens Davis (56) and Sara [No Name Given] (25) share a conversation about Chineta’s experience growing up, becoming a mother, and how she strives to create generational wealth and foster opportunities for her children. She also reflects on the societal systems that have led to her needing to break a cycle of poverty and the need for reparations for descendants of freedmen.Subject Log / Time Code
Chineta Davis (CD) details her background growing up in Florida.
CD reflects on what life was like growing up with a single mother.
CD remembers moving out of the projects to a small town in Texas.
CD talks about having had children at a young age.
CD emphasizes that no one should have authority over a woman's body and decisions.
CD talks about trying to ensure that her kids did not repeat some of the generational tendencies in her family.
CD reflects on how critical race theory was missing from her education and the multigenerational trauma that impacted her.
CD talks about educating herself, becoming political, and deciding to run for city council.
CD emphasizes the need for reparations for descendants of freedmen.
Participants
- Chineta Davis
- Sara [No Name Given]