Nancy Sing-Bock and Jennifer Bock
Recorded
March 8, 2020
Archived
March 8, 2020
40:14 minutes
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Id:
lmn003979
Description
Nancy Sing-Bock (68) speaks with her daughter Jennifer Bock (28) about their mixed-race identity, Nancy's father An Van Sing, and their journey to understand their cultural and ethnic identity.Subject Log / Time Code
N.S. talks about her father An Van Sing being born in China in 1914 and growing up on a farm. She remembers her father telling her stories fo the Sino-Japanese war.
N.S. remembers how her father emigrated to the United States after aiding the British Military during the Second World War.
N.S. talks about how her father never became a U.S. citizen because he was illiterate. She tells the story of how her father met her mother.
N.S. remembers how her father would take picture books and make up stories for his children with the images even though he was illiterate.
N.S. describes being growing up in housing projects and being bi-racial, she talks about the difficulty of feeling like she belonged in a single ethnic or social group.
N.S. remembers learning how to cook from her parent, she remembers learning how to make egg rolls and wontons.
N.S. tells the story of having to dress up as Ms. Hawaii for a school function and her father making a homemade "grass skirt" instead of buying a costume.
N.S. talks about how her father inspired her work ethic.
N.S, describes the day her father passed away, she remembers how important her family was for him.
N.S. talks about traveling to China and how that trip made her feel close to her father.
Participants
- Nancy Sing-Bock
- Jennifer Bock