Hilda Hernandez: mispronunciation, assimilation and Mexican nicknaming traditions

That's My Name
17/06/2021 39 min Temporada 1 Episodio 3

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Hilda Hernandez is a first generation daughter of a Mexican immigrant family living in the US. This episode explores how Hilda became empowered to correct the pronunciation of her name, the pressures she's experienced to assimilate into US culture and nicknaming traditions that exist in her family town in Mexico.

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