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Cid De Leon
MC = Mariana Cid De Leon EC = Eduardo Casas
MC: Okay, so umm where were you born and raised?
EC: I was born in South Texas in the Rio Grande Valley. I was born in Weslaco, Texas ...
MC: And uh, what was your primary language?
EC: My primary language was Spanish
MC: Spanish? Did setting change that?
EC: Uh, no because everyone in the neighborhood eventually started speaking English when we
went into the 151 grade
MC: Oh, ok so was it like, uh, when you went to school you had to speak it?
EC: Yes, it was a requirement to speak English throughout the whole day. Including the
playgrounds, on the way to the bathroom, on the way to the cafeteria, and stuff like that. You
were not.. .you could NOT speak Spanish, if you did, you would get disciplined meaning you
would get paddled.
MC: Paddled?
EC: Yes, paddled, as in spankings.
MC: Yeah ...
EC: Usually the P.E. Coach was assigned, and this was regardless if you were in elementary
school, middle school, or high school. It was the P .E. Coach that was assigned and would take
you to what they call the ball room [spells the word] *B .. A .. L..L..R .. O .. O .. M* because that was
where they kept the baseballs, the basketballs, soccer balls and all that. So, that's where they
would take you and then you would have to bend over, hold on to the table, and with a paddle a
wooden paddle they would spank you, and they were called licks [ spdls the word]
*L..LC..K .. S* and you'd get like 1 lick, 2 lick .. .
MC: How many did they ever. ..
EC: It depended on the infraction. For speaking Spanish in the classroom you could get up to
three, for speaking Spanish on your way toward th~ bathroom you could get one. In other words,
when you were in line, if you were talking Spanish in line.
MC: Ok, and uh what part of town did you live in?
EC: I lived in a barrio, I loved in a barrio on the Westside. It was a small town but it was a barrio,
it was small Westside.
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| Transcript | Cid De Leon MC = Mariana Cid De Leon EC = Eduardo Casas MC: Okay, so umm where were you born and raised? EC: I was born in South Texas in the Rio Grande Valley. I was born in Weslaco, Texas ... MC: And uh, what was your primary language? EC: My primary language was Spanish MC: Spanish? Did setting change that? EC: Uh, no because everyone in the neighborhood eventually started speaking English when we went into the 151 grade MC: Oh, ok so was it like, uh, when you went to school you had to speak it? EC: Yes, it was a requirement to speak English throughout the whole day. Including the playgrounds, on the way to the bathroom, on the way to the cafeteria, and stuff like that. You were not.. .you could NOT speak Spanish, if you did, you would get disciplined meaning you would get paddled. MC: Paddled? EC: Yes, paddled, as in spankings. MC: Yeah ... EC: Usually the P.E. Coach was assigned, and this was regardless if you were in elementary school, middle school, or high school. It was the P .E. Coach that was assigned and would take you to what they call the ball room [spells the word] *B .. A .. L..L..R .. O .. O .. M* because that was where they kept the baseballs, the basketballs, soccer balls and all that. So, that's where they would take you and then you would have to bend over, hold on to the table, and with a paddle a wooden paddle they would spank you, and they were called licks [ spdls the word] *L..LC..K .. S* and you'd get like 1 lick, 2 lick .. . MC: How many did they ever. .. EC: It depended on the infraction. For speaking Spanish in the classroom you could get up to three, for speaking Spanish on your way toward th~ bathroom you could get one. In other words, when you were in line, if you were talking Spanish in line. MC: Ok, and uh what part of town did you live in? EC: I lived in a barrio, I loved in a barrio on the Westside. It was a small town but it was a barrio, it was small Westside. |
