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Professor: Dr. Peter Vellon
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Instructional Technology Fellow: Caroline Erb-Medina
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Author Archives: mmoy
My Parents Transnational Story
My parents immigrated to the U.S. from Hong Kong. They still follow Hong Kong news after 30 years via the Hong Kong T.V. channel, even though they are permanent settlers of U.S. and are not discriminated against. Hong Kong still … Continue reading
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Going to School
For immigrants in NYC, going to school was a very different experience in the early 1900s than the early 2000s because of the different requirements and contexts. For example, it’s hard to imagine how it was normal for 3 elementary … Continue reading
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Comparisons
In Canarsie, Brooklyn, people were organized against the blacks based on protecting their money and children. Because the white people could not leave as a result of the house mortgages, they punished the blacks how they saw fit, according to … Continue reading
Posted in April 23
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Remaking of a Slum
After the Civil War, Five Points went through some changes, yet stayed the same in some aspects. Even though many immigrants moved into better neighborhoods, overcrowding and dirtiness persisted. Even with the building codes that included tenement regulations and the … Continue reading
Posted in April 16
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Irony of Italians’ Inbetweeness in Harlem
The Southern Italians were targets of discrimination in their home country and the U.S. Because they were considered outsiders ever since they were born, when a wave of Puerto Rican immigrants resided in Harlem, the Italians did not want to … Continue reading
Posted in April 16
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East Village-Chapter 5
I find the hippies living in East Village in the 1970s similar to the well-off people who went slumming because both of the groups could go back to their middle and upper class statuses and their nice houses after “playing … Continue reading
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Racism and Discrimination
Reading Foner’s chapter on race made me think back to my sociology class; we learned that race is not biologically real, but that it was a social construction that plays an integral role in shaping society, even though race was … Continue reading
Posted in March 12, Marilyn Moy
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A Connection to The Chinese Immigration Experience
Upon reading Bernard Wong’s article, I was astounded to find how much my father’s side of the family applied to the history I was reading. It was cool to put faces and stories to the history. My family is Toysan, … Continue reading
