Author Archives: Sam George
Storefront Survivors – Raw Materials – Khan’s Tutorial
Khan’s Tutorial Nayeema Khan: How has your consumer base changed from when you first opened till now? When my son Ivan was studying for the SHSAT test, my late husband decided to teach Ivan and two of his friends and … Continue reading
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Looking Forward, Looking Back
Khan’s Tutorial is tutoring center located on 73rd St in Jackson Heights. Jackson Heights is a hyper-diverse area, where immigrants from South and South East Asia, Latin America, and South America are landing. This diversity gives a business, like Khan’s … Continue reading
Zooming in, Zooming out
The neighborhood that we analyzed was Jackson Heights and I decided to focus especially on the area around Khan’s Tutorial. Jackson Heights is very interesting because it is known as one of the most diverse places in the city. I … Continue reading
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Ethnic Enclaves
In Guest’s “God in Chinatown”, Portes and Bach describe the function of ethnic enclaves as a method to “utilize networks of ethnic solidarity to mobilize needed cultural or social capital”, and the way that ethnic enclaves are capable of generating … Continue reading
Your Story, Our Story
When my parents, my sister and I immigrated from India in 2001, we couldn’t bring everything that everything that we wanted to. We only brought certain items because it had a use when we started a new life the United … Continue reading
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Deli & Grocery
Finding our second interview proved to be a lot more difficult than before. We made multiple trips to Jackson Heights walking in different directions every time. This gave us the opportunity to further explore the neighborhood. When we got off … Continue reading
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What is “American” Cuisine?
The discussion between what is “American” food has been a debate that my parents and I have had years. When I am with my family, “American” food is classified as anything that did not originate from India and was not … Continue reading
Khan’s Tutorial
When we were trying to pick a neighborhood to investigate, Shahdi brought up Jackson Heights. I had never been to Jackson Heights, but I knew of a few people who had family in Jackson Heights. My initial observation of Jackson … Continue reading
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Dead Rabbits Riot
The Dead Rabbits Riot was between the Nativists, people who feared immigration, and the immigrants, predominantly people of German and Irish descent. The Nativists allied themselves with the Bowery Boys and the immigrants allied themselves with the Dead Rabbits. The … Continue reading
Assimilation
Growing up in an immigrant household was very different than how my friends grew up with. My life could easily be divided into two realms: an American realm, that encompassed school, friends, and work, and an Indian realm, that encompassed … Continue reading
