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This interview was conducted as part of the workshop between the Social Justice Leadership Academy program, part of Kite’s Nest, and Oral History Summer School.
Jason O’Brien will be attending 8th grade next year. He talks about attending school in the Hudson region, education, moving to the Claverack area and the dynamic between students of color and white teachers.
The interview also focuses on O’Brien moving from Hudson to Claverack and the differences he notes between the two regions. In addition, Jason O’Brien talks about his parents, their rules and parenting styles and his favorite activities and pets.
This interview will be of particular interest to people interested in youth, adolescence, race and identity and public education in the area.
Oral history is an iterative process. In keeping with oral history values of anti-fixity, interviewees will have an opportunity to add, annotate and reflect upon their lives and interviews in perpetuity. Talking back to the archive is a form of “shared authority.”