Historic FIlipinotown (Preview)
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How Filipino Americans in Southern California are making their heritage more visible.
Filipino Americans work to make their heritage more visible in Los Angeles. In this episode, host Nathan Masters will explore the yo-yo's surprising origin story, tour Historic Filipinotown in a Jeepney and taste classic Filipino street foods. Featured interviews will include: activist/librarian Florante Ibanez and the hosts of “This Filipino American Life” podcast.
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Historic FIlipinotown (Preview)
Preview: Season 6 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Filipino Americans work to make their heritage more visible in Los Angeles. In this episode, host Nathan Masters will explore the yo-yo's surprising origin story, tour Historic Filipinotown in a Jeepney and taste classic Filipino street foods. Featured interviews will include: activist/librarian Florante Ibanez and the hosts of “This Filipino American Life” podcast.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipOne of the hard parts about trying to understand the Filipino-American community is it's not very visible because of the history of colonization.
-So, this is our Jeepney here.
It's our one really visible piece of Filipino culture.
-Most Americans probably are not aware that the yo-yo emerges from the Filipino-American community.
-I love the stories of how we're connected to other communities.
-That's the L.A. story, right?
Filipinos Sparked Farm Workers Movement
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Clip: S6 Ep2 | 1m 22s | Discover the role that Filipino labor organizers played in the farm workers movement. (1m 22s)
Trying Filipino Street Food at Dollar Hits
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Clip: S6 Ep2 | 1m 52s | Dollar Hits in L.A.'s Historic Filipinotown offers sweet and savory street food eats. (1m 52s)
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