Rachel’s Oral History

Description

Rachel is a Black woman who was 21 at the time of recording. She discussed what it was like being raised by a single mom, her aunt, and her grandmother. Rachel talks about being the primary caregiver for her mother who was sick and passed when Rachel was 13. She candidly discussed what it was like being a multiracial Black woman raised by white women. Rachel talks about being bullied because of her size, Judaism, and queerness in high school. She talks about being a lesbian with chronic pain and struggles with sex and nightlife. Rachel covers interactions with the Lesbian community from a race, gender, and class perspective. She ends with a discussion on where she meets Lesbians, what identifying as a Lesbian means to her, and what Lesbian spaces she wish existed.