Interviewer
Catherine Perez
Files
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Ethnic Group
Hmong American
Generation
Elder
Description
“If you work like a slave first—eventually, you’ll get to eat and live like a leader. If you eat and live like a leader first—eventually, you’ll have to eat and live like a slave.”
These are words of wisdom, words that anyone can learn from. They’re words that Teng Lo has never forgotten. Now seventy years old, he has learned many things in life—but those words, spoken by his Hmong elders, are as meaningful today as when he first heard them, years ago and in a very different place, as a twelve-year-old boy.
Keywords
Oral History, Stockton - CA, California, Hmong American, History
Comments
This oral history is part of the STOCKTONSpeaks! Project that ran from 2002-2005 in Stockton, CA. You can read more about STOCKTONSpeaks! on the homepage and the About page.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Amy E.. "Lo Family: Teng Lo (Elder)". (2005). STOCKTONSpeaks! Hmong American Stories. Oral History 4.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/ss-ha/4
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Relatives
Toubee Yang (Middle)
William Yang (Youth)