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The Sugar Cain Manong: Rapping with 20,00 Carabaos in the Dark, Maurice Passion.
Date: 5/10/1985Call Number: IH 053Producers: Al RoblesCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Maurice Passion talks of many subjects that a usual Manilatown manong has gone through in his life. Maurice begins with telling Al Robles about how when he was young there were no Filipina women in San Francisco. Maurice explained his experience dating white women and how white men were suspicious of him and often threaten to beat him up. He further discusses the dynamics and dangers of inter-racial dating during that time. He also contrasts relationships in America with relationships in the Philippines. Maurice explains arranged marriages and trends of infidelity with Filipino men. Towards the end of the interview, Maurice describes vanishing Filipino businesses in Manilatown and the hardship after the eviction. Seven years after the eviction it is still a hole in the ground.
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