Name: Niko Gutiérrez-Kovner | The Latinx List • All Accents Welcome
Uploaded: 2021-01-27T20:15:24.000Z
Duration: 7 min 14 s
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I think the most important thing that we as writers can do

To-infinitive

is to write about the experience that we know,

because there is a good chance that other people

getting their chance to tell their stories the way

One of the beautiful things about the Latin X List

Like, I'm trying to be the artist both my parents

They know how complicated it is being Latinx in this country.

I feel like now, people are willing to pay attention.

I'm Niko Gutiérrez-Kovner, and I am part of the Latinx TV List.

These are my parents, Victoria and Steve Gutiérrez-Kovner.

My step dad had to work three years in the fields

And I was not able to wear the uniform at school--

They called me a traitor, and a gusana, a worm.

And so it was a very difficult three years of feeling

alienated, feeling like I had no home before I left home.

So when we left Cuba, one of the most traumatic things

And that was a really difficult transition.

And I was humiliated because kids would make fun of me.

You were the first in your family to become a citizen,

I was the first in my family-- my mid 20s.

My parents didn't want to become citizens,

with the Cubans remaining there, for the most part, because--

Well they didn't associate themselves with the regime,

but they did with the people, and their land,

I know that you felt lucky having your parents come here

to give you the opportunity to be able to go to school

It was sadder than I thought it would be.

and for our family to not be allowed past to lobby.

You know, it just felt like all the family members

that I had grown up with except a country's worth.

But, you know, you could also sense like, la lucha, you know.

And Cubans are the most, like, inventive people

And there's a humor that, that underlays all that.

They have the most positive outlook on life.

What stuck with you about our Cuban traditions?

Watching with you, like ¿Qué Pasa, USA?

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