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Today is Saturday, April 25th, 2015. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=4.71,12.6"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So if you could tell us your name.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=12.6,13.71"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And read the.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=13.71,15.57"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yeah. If you could read this. Hi. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=15.57,17.23"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Hi, my name is Marilia, I'm 25, no 24 years old.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=17.23,20.7"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I was born in the Dominican Republic. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=20.7,23.54918"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=23.54918,26.22121"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And where were your parents born?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=26.22121,27.39"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Dominican Republic as well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=27.39,29.16"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Same city or.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=29.16,30.84"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"No, my dad is from the north west side.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=30.84,38.31"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Close to the border with Haiti. Border with Haiti. My mom was born more in the middle of","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=38.31,43.29"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"the country.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=43.29,44.52"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And you were born-","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=44.52,45.72"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"In Santiago, which is like in, like the middle of the Dominican Republic, too.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=45.72,50.59233"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay. And what did your parents do? Well let me ask first. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=50.59233,53.9704"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"When did you come to Houston?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=53.9704,55.35"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Came to Houston six, seven years ago. From Miami.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=55.35,60.62"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You know, I lived from the Dominican Republic. My mom's sister and I came to","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=60.62,63.96"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Miami. Then from there, we came to Houston six years ago.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=63.96,67.71"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And how old were you when you moved to?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=67.71,71.13"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I was 12.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=71.13,72.27"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"12, yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=72.27,73.98"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Why did you guys leave?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=73.98,76.41"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Miami?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=76.41,77.28"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"No, no.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=77.28,77.94"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The Dominican Republic.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=77.94,79.66475"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":" Oh the Dominican Republic? Pretty much my grandma had, like,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=79.66475,82.77"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"done the papers for my mom to come here to the United States. So we came just pretty","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=82.77,88.86"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"much looking for a better life in the United States because the Caribbean is really not","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=88.86,93.15"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"good, especially for single mothers. You know, they don't have welfare and things like","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=93.15,97.32"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"that. So it's very difficult to raise two children.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=97.32,100.59"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So you have one sister?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=100.59,101.97"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yeah. She was in the restroom, right now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=101.97,105.33"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oops. That'll be on record forever [laughing]. We can edit it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=105.33,109.98"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay. So you were 12 years old when you moved.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=109.98,114.39"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And how did you feel about the move?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=114.39,116.52"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Well, it was difficult learning how to speak English.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=116.52,120.9"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I kind of didn't fit in to well, even though in Miami it's a very big immigration, immigrant","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=120.9,127.95"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"population from the Caribbean. But it's kind of divided to where if you're from Cuba, you","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=127.95,132.81"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"know, you stick with Cubans, Dominicans with Dominicans and things like that. So it was","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=132.81,137.37"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"kind of hard for me to fit in not speaking English. 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Definitely, Definitely.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=145.86,151.89"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And what part of-","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=151.89,153.84"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So you were living in an area in Miami that was also with other Dominicans?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=153.84,158.61"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"No, it was mostly Cubans.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=158.61,161.15039"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mostly Cubans, yeah. 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Why you ended up in this specific neighborhood?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=166.5,170.58"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"My aunt, my mom's sister, when we came here, she we moved with her. And then after that,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=170.58,176.49"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"we kind of moved on our own. 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So that really helped when we came here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=423.38,427.69"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/121","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay. So how do you identify yourself when you introduce yourself? Do you say I'm","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=427.69,434.27"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/122","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Dominican, I'm American? Am I what do you what do you use?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=434.27,438.02"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/123","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Well, for me, you know, I use Dominican. 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So when I introduced, as I say, I'm Dominican,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=474.17,477.95"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/131","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"if they ask for like a broader term, I say I'm Caribbean because that's what I prefer.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=477.95,481.55"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/132","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Like my culture is Afro-Caribbean. That's what I identify as. 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Six years.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=492.14,494.87"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/135","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Fill in this blank.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=494.87,496.19"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/136","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Houston feels like home. Oh, well, Houston feels like home because, like, from the very","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=496.19,504.2"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/137","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"beginning, it was a very welcoming city. It's a very big city. It's very diverse. It's not","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=504.2,510.41"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/138","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"like in Miami. It's diverse, like nationality wise. But here it's like you have like so","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=510.41,515.42"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/139","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"many people from so many different parts of the world. So it's kind of. Like you can just","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=515.42,524.38"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/140","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"fit like, you know, you can just fit in no matter where because nobody here is going to,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=524.38,528.61"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/141","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"like, look at you here because you're from this part of the country or you're from","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=528.61,534.58"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/142","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"non-Cuban or Dominican or Venezuelan. It's kind of like here, everybody just kind of","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=534.58,539.11"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/143","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"comes together to make Houston a really good, diverse city where we can just I don't know,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=539.11,545.33"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/144","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"it's just I really it feels like home because of that, because it's just like so many","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=545.33,548.53"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/145","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"people from so many different parts of the world. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=548.53,550.92839"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/146","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That's why I love Houston. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=550.92839,553.53284"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/147","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Do you-do you feel that there is authenticity here? Like if you were to go to a restaurant that","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=553.53284,559.47"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/148","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"serves American food, is it authentic or would you consider?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=559.47,562.38"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/149","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yeah, definitely. Definitely. There's not that much of the Dominican community here is","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=562.38,566.19"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/150","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"not that big and there's not that many restaurants. But the ones that I've been to,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=566.19,570.51"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/151","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"it's they felt like very authentic Dominican food. And it's pretty much the same with like","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=570.51,575.7"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/152","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"any ethnicity or race.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=575.7,577.74"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/153","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It's like the food is very, very authentic. So that's what I like. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=577.74,583.38"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/154","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Is there anything else you'd like to add?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=583.38,585.69"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/155","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I love Houston.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=585.69,587.7"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/156","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Perfect. Thank you. Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972#t=587.7,589.59"}]},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["English [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2464/collection_resources/109492/file/210972/transcript/64654/annotation/157","type":"Annotation","motivation":"subtitling","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/file_transcripts/associated_files/000/064/654/original/transcript_1707949277.vtt20240214-425865-aeemyu.vtt?1707931277","format":"text/vtt","language":"en"},"target":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/file_transcripts/associated_files/000/064/654/original/transcript_1707949277.vtt20240214-425865-aeemyu.vtt?1707931277"}]}]}]}