{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Violence of Migration with Natividad Huff","description":"War, marriage, and opportunity are just some of the reasons we might uproot our entire lives from one homestead to another. And while there are incredible opportunities that come with leaving all that we know and love behind, there can also be immense violence and loss -- be it to culture, identity, or life. What is at stake for those who try to assimilate into a brand new world?    In episode two of Lagralane Spirits, The Violence of Migration, we tell our own migration stories and explore what our roots mean to our past, present, and future. We dig into this joy and pain with guest Natividad Lagramada Huff, also affectionately known as \u201cMama Nattie.\u201d   This week:  Enjoy a Sazerac and share this recipe\u2019s origins  Yvonne asks, \u201cWhat gets lost in migration?\u201d Yvonne dives into the importance of language in her biracial household  Yvonne shares with Jason how war played a part in how her parents met  Jason poses a question, \u201cOur complete identity cannot be wrapped up in our name, so does that make us other?\u201d Jason shares his thoughts on the current racial climate in America and how we are going through a reconstruction era again where we\u2019re finding out more information about the meaning of race in our country  Jason and Yvonne talk to Mama Nattie, Yvonne\u2019s mother, about her migration story from the Philippines  to The United States  Mamma Nattie explains to  Yvonne that when she moved to America, she didn\u2019t have many people to speak Tagalog with and how that affected her using the language at home, and why it wasn\u2019t taught to her children. Mamma Nattie tells Yvonne and Jason, \u201cWherever you guys are I\u2019ll be home."   Cocktail: Sazerac Recipe 1.5 oz of Cognac or Rye Whiskey 1.4 oz Absinthe  1 Sugar Cube 3 dashes of Peychaud's Bitters   History & Meaning The Sazerac was invented in 1838 by Antoine Amedie Peychaud. Peychaud was a Creole apothecary who immigrated to New Orleans from the West Indies. This drink was invented in the same year the forced migration of the Trail of Tears took place. Peychaud was living in New Orleans during the Slave Trade, which forcibly migrated and sold millions of West African people to slave trading ports all over the New World, including a port in New Orleans. ","author_name":"Lagralane Spirits","author_url":"http:\/\/lagralanespiritspodcast.libsyn.com\/website","html":"