[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] We all know who you are. You write books and others.
Just as she said,
it just makes me an easier target.
(laughing) I still laugh at her all the time.
(inaudible) They will start whistling,
and then you're going to be like that.
(laughing) If you get thirsty,
you have to tell me because there's water, there's soda.
I was going to make tea,
and that's what this is.
[Steve Arionus] Thank you.
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] Whichever one you want, you have to say it,
and I'm going to put the glasses out (background).
[Vinicio Sinta] Ma'am, is it okay if I move this chair?
Okay (noise).
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] This is the whole neighborhood.
This house, not this house,
the land and quite a bit all around,
was land that had been given to
a soldier of the Texas Republic.
[Steve Arionus] Oh, really?
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] Yeah. When Mirabeau Lamar
was president of the Republic of Texas.
Its the only other sovereign state
inside this whole nation.
They can hang its flag at
the equal mass of the United States,
because we were a nation.
Apparently because we became a part of the United States,
they gave him that right.
Because I can say just because
we were good, he said no,
it's in the contract when they made
the agreement with the United States.
[Steve Arionus] Which is the other state?
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] There is no other.
[Steve Arionus] It's only Texas, that can do that?
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] Yeah, only Texas. (OVERLAPPING)
[Steve Arionus] Oh, okay.
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] Because Texas was the only one
that was a sovereign state.
[Vinicio Sinta] Right.
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] It was its own country right
after it took it away from
Mexico or fought for to steal it.
It becomes a country,
the Republic of Texas.
It wasn't until after.
(background) I'm just going
to turn this off till later because I'm not going
to watch it and then I'll start with whistling. (noise)
[Vinicio Sinta] Thank you. (noise)
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] Let me have that turnout or will turn off the TV.
[Steve Arionus] Oh, yeah.
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] The long one. All right.
You want to hook somewhere?
Is that okay?
[Vinicio Sinta] Yeah. I think so.
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] Where do you want to put?
[Steve Arionus] I'm just trying to get it out of the chair.
[Vinicio Sinta] On the chair.
[Steve Arionus] Yeah. Okay. How is that image frame?
[Vinicio Sinta] What do you think?
[Steve Arionus] A little up.
[Vinicio Sinta] We can raise the trial pad a little bit.
[Steve Arionus] I thought it was a little low.
All the way up?
[Vinicio Sinta] No.
Pick that little bubble there that shows its level.
All right fancy equipment.
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] This is a TCU project?
[Steve Arionus] Yes.
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] We are long with Michigan,
or you're just volunteering?
[Vinicio Sinta] Just volunteering for the summer.
But we think it's a really good project.
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] Oh, no, I don't have a problem with it. That's not it.
I just wondered who was the one that was doing it.
[Vinicio Sinta] All right. Just as
a brief summary of what we're going to talk about,
it's a life history.
We're going to talk about
your background growing up in Corpus,
your education, how was life in Corpus,
then moving toward,
I suppose you came from Corpus to Austin?
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] Yes.
[Vinicio Sinta] Then how was life in Austin back then?
How was UT?
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] You got it.
[Vinicio Sinta] Activism organization, then we move to your career in
labor and your involvement in the Austin community.
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] Okay.
[Vinicio Sinta] Thank you. Are the papers visible?
[Steve Arionus] No. Oh, that one. (OVERLAPPING)
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] This can be moved to just like this, just reading that.
[Steve Arionus] Is the line of vision good?
[Teresa Perez-Wiseley] Yeah.
[Vinicio Sinta] Yeah.
[Steve Arionus] Okay. Perfect.