There was a time when I took comments like “your English is so good” as a compliment. English took some time for me to learn and was a source of great stress when I first moved to this country. I would say I was completely fluent two years after I moved to the country, since […]
In Robert G. Lee’s article, the author brings up the point that people of certain ethnicities show better performance and economic standing than others. In modern day society, Asian Americans are often thought of as having high levels of educational attainment, as well as enjoying economic success and stability. The reason behind these achievements are […]
The name Pearl River may not sound like much among big brand names like Steinway & Sons and Bosendorfer, but it was the first piano that I played. In 1999 when my grandfather decided to purchase a piano for me and my cousin, I was one year old and he was just born. I started […]
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 […]
In Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s book “Racism without Racists,” the author raises an interesting point about visibility of certain minority groups. Regarding Asian Americans, Bonilla states that in addition to doing well economically and educationally, they are still viewed as the “rising powers of East Asia,” a stereotype formed in the 1990s. Bonilla cites the 1998 Disney […]
I visited the High Line on a very cold day, around 2:01pm. The temperature was definitely below zero and it seemed as it was about to snow. The High Line is a former industrial railway. The first thing I noticed was the salt on the ground in preparation for the possible snowfall. As I walked […]
