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Personal oral histories, a thread. I think these are some of the best ways to know more about the world. It’s amazing how many there are, it’s amazing how many more there could be. We should all contribute our stories https://t.co/IzY2H4q3Sg
1. Growing up in the Miami Cuban diaspora, then visiting Cuba and witnessing the difference. The nuances of political repression, the shadow and threat of violence https://t.co/xjKduDcWcc
2. Painful, dark, moving personal history of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots https://t.co/pPDnreGQIK
3. The Book of Kapoors https://t.co/fTTz1QWLnq
4. Growing up as the son of an immigrant who ran a Texaco gas station https://t.co/QUy9jV9cN0
5. OP’s dad could fix anything https://t.co/UwK5xn0px0
6. How nationalist fervor in Yugoslavia tore apart OP’s mum’s friends https://t.co/KTyPddRF9b
7. What do you do when US-led forces invade your country? You tape up your windows and block them, you fill every receptacle with water, you stockpile canned food, and you wait. [2003] https://t.co/ggZn1diWaO
8. A Muslim woman’s story https://t.co/ahraKxCkx7
9. Sometimes current events resurface old memories https://t.co/V8JVb8rPhF
10. June 4th https://t.co/5bavgx1PoW
11. the psychological challenges of pivoting a company https://t.co/EuR5xJfXxU