The migration of impoverished workers from developing countries to those already developed is akin to a transaction. By tending to work deemed unsatisfactory by middle to upper-class women, migrant workers improve their families’ financial backing to the extent that they become the primary breadwinners within their households. The term household is used loosely in describing […]
The biggest question raised in Ehrenreich and Hochschild’s Global Woman: Nannies, Maids and Sex Workers in the New Economy is: why aren’t we doing more for these women? American feminism has covered issues about women in the workforce, yet we ignore the women who work here from other nations. Now, it has been argued that the […]
The article, Global Women: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy, shocked me because I wasn’t aware that so many women from third world countries migrate to first world countries just to make money by taking care of other people’s children. Of course, I was aware that maids and nannies exist, but I didn’t realize […]
Daniel Cohen Roots Exercise My family are primarily the descendants of Jewish immigrants from Russia, but even my grandparents are second-generation. However, my family looks very, very white, and doesn’t interact with the Jewish community, resulting in a white American lifestyle, and all the benefits and disadvantages that come with it. My mother went to […]
I had gone looking for a field of some sort. As we walked down Broadway, that seemed less and less likely. Feeling pressured by the ticking time, already 5 minutes late, it seemed impossible we would find the right place. Broadway is a busy commercial area. Surely there isn’t space for a graveyard. I pictured […]
I didn’t expect the museum to be so small. To me, such a tragic site deserved much more. And yet, the size was perfect. It was intimate. The exhibition was not about slavery alone, but about people. This is made clear when one sees the central display: models of a family gather around to coffins, […]
The African Burial Ground Memorial visit was mind opening. The memorial was small but it’s significance was far greater. It’s tribute to the real colony builders that sacrificed their flesh and bones for the foundation of New York was touching. The movie that was shown stated that the way we treat our dead is a signifier […]
by Daniel Cohen The African Burial Ground is quiet and peaceful, but it is still in Manhattan. And Manhattan is a very, very noisy place. The burial ground is near the intersection of Lafayette and Centre Streets, not to mention right near Broadway, resulting in the serenity of the memorial sharply interspersed with the noise […]
The African Burial Ground was something I had neither seen nor ever heard of before prior to our trip. The fact that it had never made its way into any of my classrooms before this semester, despite twelve long school years. I found it interesting that I had been to museums and monuments, such as […]
“I WANT TO LIFT THE VEIL OF DELUSION THAT SEPARATES US.” Veil of delusion. Intense words. A delusion implies an irrational belief, so for Anurag Gupta to voice this desire…this attempt to lift a veil of delusion, he must have his own rational argument behind Be More. As I looked through the website some more, […]
At around 1:30pm, I stepped off the subway stairs, leading me to a bright and vibrant Manhattan intersection. The sunlight offered a stark contrast to the dark, artificially lit subway platforms. Screeching, discordant sounds of the subway was replaced by a multitude of indistinguishable voices from people around me. People crowded together in what looked […]
My maternal grandfather completed public high school in Williamsburg. He worked as a clerk for the Metropolitan Transit Authority until his retirement. He did not go to college. My maternal grandmother also grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and attended Brooklyn College. At the time it was free; however she recounts that use of the student […]
The first thing that struck me about the outdoor monument was the scale. I’ve placed a picture of my friend Alice above to indicate the scale of the triangular prism structure at the far end of the monument. This monument really does a good job of impressing the gravity of the site onto visitors. The […]
In class presentation: April 13th Final Upload to class site: April 15th Assignment: In a comprehensive essay — which means don’t just list the answers and create a unique title for it. Answer the tree of life questions. You may want to ask your grandparents, parents or other siblings for information. Disclose as much or […]
We set off for the African Burial Ground at around 12:30. The commute was fairly easy. We took the Q train straight to Canal Street where we got off and walked for a dew minutes. Overa
Around noon on Wednesday, March 30th, I embarked on a trip to African Burial Ground. The weather was sunny and around 50 degrees Fahrenheit. I arrived at the location around 1:30pm via the 5 train from Brooklyn College to City Hall. The area surrounding was an urban district of federal buildings, including the New York […]
Shallow to pensive. The trip to the African Burial Ground completely transformed my mood. “Okay guys, you are about to enter a Federal Building, so this will be a lot like the security check at the airport.” Huh? Where am I? Laughter dominated my experience at the security checkpoint. From the secondary screening to the […]
As part of the Be More campaign, John A. Powell writes about racism as it relates to the unconscious mind. “…we need to look to the unconscious mind, which plays a critical role in creating the discrepancy between our aspirations and our reality,” says Powell. He compares both orders of racism, the old one and […]
I initially thought that race, ethnicity, nationality and culture were all but one the same. However; after closer encounters with these terms and the thorough study of their definitions as stated on the website I realized that there were some profound differences among them. According to the website “race” is based on the color of […]
We filed up in front of the African Burial ground on Wednesday March 30th 2016 at 1:47 pm. The weather was quite chilly considering that It was late March. The cold wind slashed through my body as it gushed past me. The security guard let us in the building four at at time. The inside […]
On Wednesday, Mark, Mitch, Robin, and I went to the African Burial Ground, separately from the rest of the class because of our biology lecture exam at 3:40. We left right after our English class and arrived at the burial ground a bit before noon. My first impressions of the burial ground and the museum […]
After visiting the Be More website, it was interesting to learn that a movement existed which sought to shed light on and mitigate racial bias. Previously, I believed that it was simply common sense that everyone should be treated on their character and merits rather than the color of their skin. I used to subscribe […]
On the 30th of March, at approximately 11:45 AM, our small group consisting of Mark Rayev, Mitch Vutrapongvatana, Sandy Mui, and myself found ourselves at the doors of the African Burial Ground Memorial Museum. The weather was surprisingly pleasant: temperatures fluctuated between 50 and 56 degrees, wind chill was little more than a gentle breeze, […]
What seemed like a long time ago, I took a quiz put on by Harvard that tests if you associate African Americans with violence. It showed you weapons, and ordinary objects, as well as White and Black individuals. Your results were based on your reaction time sorting the two categories to either side. I was […]
