Sandra Taitt-Eaddy and Doreen Richardson
Recorded
August 21, 2021
47:48 minutes
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Id:
mby021001
Description
Friends, Doreen Richardson (52) and Sandra Taitt-Eaddy (58), discuss their Barbadian identity and the differences in their experience as migrant women.Subject Log / Time Code
DR asks STE about her immigration experience from Barbados to the United States. STE asks DR to share her story.
DR reflects on leaving Barbados, saying your family is more than just the people you live with; it’s the surrounding community.
DR shares her experience living in Connecticut with her mother and sister and going into business school.
STE describes her experience of moving into a majority white neighborhood and school and the way her identity was being rejected.
DR asks STE when she thinks she found her tribe and her stride.
DR reflects on the role her intellect played in her transition into Connecticut.
STE shares that her American Dream is to feel safe, and that the American Dream can turn into a nightmare, sometimes.
DR reflects on not finding America any less hostile than when she first arrived.
STE discusses being both Barbadian and American.
DR says as she shares her hope for oppression to be eradicated from the United States.
Participants
- Sandra Taitt-Eaddy
- Doreen Richardson