Prior to doing this exercise, I thought I knew all there was to know about my family history. And maybe this is true, but reflecting on my roots really got me thinking about what exactly I felt connected to. And it also really got me thinking about how choices my family had made in the […]
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
I didn’t really know what to expect when I first opened up “Be More”, I didn’t know what the website would advocate, so I was a little surprised when I saw that it had to do with the issue of race. And I guess that the reason I was surprised was because the issue of […]
When did white become the default race? In today’s society it seems as though you’re “diverse” if you aren’t Caucasian. And you’re ethnic if you don’t fit into the standard mold of being white or black. Taking all of these things into account, it’s hard not to wonder how this all came to be? In […]
There are times when I can go through life barely trying to look at things for more than they appear on the outside. But recently I’ve been questioning a lot about how society operates and why we do the things we do and see the things we see. The piece, Racial Formation in the United […]
While reading Peter Kwong’s piece, What’s wrong with the U.S. Immigration Debate, a concept that was totally lost on me was the lack of human compassion that many people feel when discussing the immigrant issue. But even before that, the fact that immigration is viewed as “issue” is unsettling to me. Is America not a […]
Field Notes: The Highline I visited the Highline at around two o’clock in the afternoon. It was relatively bright outside and the sky was clear. The weather however wasn’t as forgiving. It was freezing cold. The type of cold that forces your hands into your pockets even with gloves on in fear that your fingers […]
