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Appalachia

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts) Tue Apr 15, 2014, 03:57 AM Apr 2014

The Latino Experience In Appalachia

from NPR
The Latino Experience In Appalachia
April 14, 201412:33 PM ET

Appalachia boasts a thriving Latino population, and the University of Kentucky is documenting their often untold stories. Pedro Santiago Martinez and Ann Kingsolver discuss their project.

For a transcript or to listen to the story, see http://www.npr.org/2014/04/14/302906863/the-latino-experience-in-appalachia

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The Latino Experience In Appalachia (Original Post) theHandpuppet Apr 2014 OP

Very interesting Tsiyu Apr 2014 #1

Tsiyu

(18,186 posts)

1. Very interesting

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Tue Apr 15, 2014, 09:18 AM

Apr 2014

I find people in my poor, rural mountain community far more accepting of latinos than the people in Atlanta ever were.

Latinos live in the hollers and the gaps, too, here. Some run very successful businesses in the community.

Some are my very dear friends.

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