Youth Radio - Topic: History

How Do You Identify Yourself

aminto — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:00:57 -0600

How do you identify yourself? People identify themselves as all types of different races but they don’t know anything about them. Do they actually get involved with the culture and traditions? I think people think its cool to just identify themselves as all these different races because they think being what they are is too plain. Maybe if they focus on what they are they could actually learn something about themselves. I think if someone actually do say that they are a particular race they should associate with customs and background. I mean what's the point of claiming something if you don’t know anything about. So okay, you are 12% Japanese…do you at least know how to cook something related from the Japanese culture? I just think it would be a lot more fun to actually get involved with the culture instead of just claiming it.

National Hispanic Cultural Center's 10th Year Celebration: Frederico Vigil

nmexico — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:27:20 -0500

On October 10, 2010 the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) celebrated its ten-year anniversary in Albuquerque, NM with a community open house. They NHCC featured local performers, behind the scenes tours, dance classes, hands-on art, and the unveiling of the fresco inside the Torreon. KUNM Youth Radio Project's Victor Torres interviews Frederico Vigil, the Artist of the Fresco. Vigil gives the history of the Fresco and explains the importance of the National Hispanic Cultural Center and the fresco.

National Hispanic Cultural Center's 10th Year Celebration: Senator Tom Udall

nmexico — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:43:34 -0500

National Hispanic Cultural Center's 10th Year Celebration: Dr. Estevan Rael-Galvez

nmexico — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:32:54 -0500

On October 10, 2010 the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) celebrated its ten-year anniversary in Albuquerque, NM with a community open house. The NHCC featured local performers, behind the scenes tours, dance classes, hands-on art, and the unveiling of the fresco inside the Torreon. KUNM Youth Radio Project's Luna Olavarria-Gallegos interviews, Dr. Estavan Rael-Galvez, Executive Director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Dr. Rael-Galvez explains what the 10 years of the NHCC symbolizes and his vision for the future of the NHCC. Dr. Rael-Galvez expresses his honor to be interviewed by youth, who are "the voices that are going to help us really realize the fullness of our identity".

what is Family To You?

sanfran — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:02:35 -0500

By: Dequan Carter

What is family to you? For me family is a group of loved ones that care about and help guide me toward the right path for my future. My family is so important to me because they're always there to support me. We even have our traditional summer reunion every year where we play games like play football, Twister, Bones, egg toss etc.

The typical food we always have is barbeque and potato salad. For dessert there's always sweet potato pie. I must say that after so much barbeque I have no taste for it anymore. At these reunions we all get together and talk about our family tree and the stories of our ancestors. My age group usually reads or writes poems or we sing if they ask us to. As we start to close the reunion the oldest adult in the family, which this year was cousin Buck, takes a long rope type string and as we sit and watch he ties it together to symbolically show we our unity.

These reunions are special because I get to meet family members I've never met before, since we have family from all over the country that comes over. This year I met cousins from Georgia. I plan on always attending the reunions even when I have my own kids since I want them to grow up with the same family tradition that I did.

Black History

rebecca — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:52:39 -0500

by Kalina Harrison, Grady High School

(aired on WABE FM April 25, 2009)

I recently watched a movie during school about the Holocaust called “The Boy with The Striped Pajamas.” It showed the life of a Jewish child in a concentration camp. A girl in my class asked our teacher why the Jews didn’t fight back against the Germans. My teacher compared the experience to African Americans being unable to resist slavery. Furious, I blurted out, “Yes, we did!” But when my teacher, who is white asked me to elaborate, I paused. Finally, I recalled the rebellion led by Nat Turner but I couldn’t think of any more and no one else could either.

Surely, there were other slave revolts. I felt ashamed for not knowing and angry my teacher and classmates were just as uninformed. With just a few minutes of computer research, I read of other heroes and I’m sure there are many others whose names we’ll never know.

There is pain in my heart when I think about how little I have learned about my ancestors. I also think I may not be learning enough about others’ ancestors as well. While watching a movie or participating in class surely helps, I can’t just rely on that. I know it is up to me to learn history – so next time I won’t feel so ignorant.