Skyline College/North San Mateo County Oral History Archives, Skyline College Library
Student project for LSCI 110 – Digital Oral Research Project, Skyline College

Arlene Daus-Magbual

Click on the links below to hear audio segments from an April 2012 interview by

Lucas dela Cruz with Arlene Daus-Magbual, who is a Pinay born in East Los Angeles, but raised in Long Beach and Riverside, CA.

You will hear about how her family came to America as well as the Hardship her and her family went through being a Filipino in America.

Table of Contents:
1. Section 1 – Ending up in America
2. Section 2 – Family Background

3. Section 3 – Struggles

4. Section 4 – Culture Shock

5. Section 5 – The Philippines

Section 1 – Ending up in America

Family Arrival in America (00:35)

Housing and Immigration (00:13)

Description of how Arlene’s Family came to America.

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Section 2 – Family Background

Class Difference (1:41)

Class difference between her Mom’s family and Dad’s family

Mom’s American Dream (4:33)

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Section 3 – Struggles in America

Struggles (00:30)

Overview of the struggles in America

Parent’s Discrimination (02:20)

Racism in School (01:57)

Identity Crisis (02:27)

Arlene explains her Identity growing up.

Raising a Pinay (01:40)

Describes some present-day struggles with her 4 year old daughter, Amianan

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Section 4 – Culture Shock

Culture Shock (06:22)

This is how college and Daly City affected her Filipino Identity.

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Section 5 – The Philippines

Returning to the Philippines

1 (00:58)*

2 (00:53)*

3 (00:37)*

4 (01:46)*
Returning to the Philippines and hopes for her Daughter.

*The recording was interrupted so that’s why they are in different segments.

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last revised: 5-17-12
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
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