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Paul Philip DeOcampo Jr. interviewed by Dr. Kathleen "Kat" Cruz Gutierrez Part 2 of 3

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Paul Philip DeOcampo Jr. interviewed by Dr. Kathleen "Kat" Cruz Gutierrez Part 2 of 3

Description

In the second part of this three part interview, Paul Phillip DeOcampo speaks with Dr. Kathleen "Kat" Cruz Gutierrez, a member of the Watsonville is in the Heart project team. DeOcampo discusses his experience learning about the Watsonville Race Riots later in his life. He also speculates why his parents and uncles hid their experience with racism and intolerance. DeOcampo also recounts growing up with a large age difference between him and his sisters, Antoinette DeOcampo-Lechtenberg and Veronica Hernandez, and with aging parents.

Creator

Paul Phillip DeOcampo Jr. and Kathleen "Kat" Cruz Gutierrez

Date

June 3, 2021

Rights

Watsonville is in the Heart (WIITH) is a community-driven public history initiative to preserve and uplift stories of Filipino migration and labor in the city of Watsonville and greater Pajaro Valley. All oral history interviews are donated to WIITH by the narrators. Copyright is held by WIITH. Oral history interview recordings and transcripts are available for unrestricted use and reproduction by educators and researchers. Please note that the recordings on this website are provided via Soundcloud. For access to oral history audio files, please contact the project director at wiith@ucsc.edu. If you are an oral history narrator and would like to remove your interview from the archive website, please contact the project director.

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

DEO.2021.86

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Dr. Kathleen "Kat" Cruz Gutierrez

Interviewee

Paul Phillip DeOcampo Jr.

Location

UC Santa Cruz

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Duration

36:19

Time Summary

[0:30] Learning about the Watsonville Race Riots and history

[6:10] Origins of the DeOcampo family name

[13:00] Parenting

[22:00] Generational gaps and differences in the Filipino American community

[24:51] Family dynamics while growing up

[29:40] Lessons learned from parents

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Files

Paul Philip DeOcampo Jr. interviewed by Kathleen “Kat” Cruz Gutierrez Part 2 of 3 .pdf

Citation

Paul Phillip DeOcampo Jr. and Kathleen "Kat" Cruz Gutierrez, “Paul Philip DeOcampo Jr. interviewed by Dr. Kathleen "Kat" Cruz Gutierrez Part 2 of 3,” Watsonville is in the Heart: Community Digital Archive, accessed November 7, 2024, https://wiith-archive.ucsc.edu/items/show/58.

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