Summary: The first interview was about a couple Mahmmoud and Farah. They were both born in Iraq and lived there during the war. Mahmmoud's father was killed by the military because he was an engineer at a University. Farah ended up getting pregnant, so she said she was a refugee and she moved to the US in order to raise her daughter in a better environment. She obviously wanted her daughter to be safe and live a better life than she did. Although they both miss Iraq they are happy that they are able to be free in the US. The second interviewee was Felix Lohitai who was born in Rokon, Sudan. When the war was going on between the North and the South he decided that he wanted to join the rebel army so that he wouldn't have to fight against his own people. He and his family moved to refugee camps trying to stay safe. He faced many problems with money and transportation, but he finally made it to the US. The third interviewee was Dolores Wilson who was born in Chicago,Illinois .She lived in an apartment and had to move because of her husbands job. Around this time MLK had just been killed so there was chaos in the streets. Her son was killed by someone with a sniper and the cops did not worry about bringing the killer to justice. Although it was dangerous she loved where she lived and where she came from. When she was very elderly she had to move due to some construction, and she lost a lot of memories. The last person interviewed in this section was Yusuf Mosely who was born in Columbia, Mississippi. He worked in the fields but obviously his parents wanted him to live a better life than that, they did not want him working in the fields. Where he lived people were very racist, they did not like black people, but they did really like black women. When he was walking on the white side of town he was called out because he was black. He flipped the man off, and the guy decided to try to hit Yusuf with a bat. The police was called and Ysufu was taken into custody even though he wasn't the person that started the problems. He was part of the freedom riders, and then was convicted for murder and thrown in jail for a while. When he was released he had to work in order to get his life in the right direction again.
Comment: I think the interview that bothered me the most was the interview with Yusuf. What he had to go through was sort of unbelievable. I don't understand why people need to be racist. He was arrested just because he was black and the guy that actually started the problem was white. Our community even now is a lot like this. There is a lot of problems concerning police brutality and how the police handle certain situations especially with people of color. I think we as a community can do a lot more to help these type of things change. We need to stand up for what we think is right and help people defend their own rights.
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