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    Sokeo Ros

    Content Warnings: death, physical violence

    Audio Quality Notes: Audio is of good sound quality.

    At a Glance

    Public Housing Residency: Rhode Island Housing Authority, Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency

    Themes: Culture, diversity, Thailand Refugee Camp, Cambodian Civil War and Genocide, Experiencing and Coping with Trauma

    Content Warnings: death, physical violence

    Primary time periods: 1980s–2000s

    Primary locations: Iowa, Providence, Rhode Island (West End), California

    Keywords: public assistance, education, trauma, gangs, self-identity, Tupac Shakur, James Baldwin, religion, history, hip-hop, arts, jail, migration, college unbound

    Descriptive Context

    Interview Summary

    Content Warnings: death, physical violence

    Sokeo Ros shares his early experience escaping from genocide from his motherland of Cambodia. He along with his family fled to a Thai refugee camp. After moving a few times, Sokeo describes moving into a traumatizing neighborhood prior to going to a performing arts school that led to his lifelong love of the arts and future career in performing arts.

    About the Narrator

    Narrator Full Name: Sokeo Ros

    Narrator pronouns: he/him

    Refer to as: None

    Self-identified race and/or ethnicity: Trinidadian Muslim Cambodian

    Biographical Context:
    None
    Life Dates:
    • Birth: 1980
    About the Interview

    Interviewer: Shakira Johnson

    Date of Interview: 2021-15-01

    Method of Interview: remote

    Location of Interview: Chicago, IL, Providence, Rhode Island

    Language: English

    Duration: 00:33:25

    Formats Available: .wav, mp4

    Audio Quality and other notes: Audio is of good sound quality.

    Post-Production by: Nedra Deadwyler, Shakira Johnson

    Contextual Information Last Updated: None

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