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KIMBERLY HONG posted a new activity comment 6 years, 7 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly edited the blog post Week 10 responses in the group Ethnic Diversity and the City: Hi everyone, Please reply to this thread with your responses (150-300 words) to this week’s r […] ViewThe film Do the Right Thing was a fantastic movie that accurately reflected on the many topics that was discussed in this course throughout the weeks. It is crazy to wrap my mind around the fact that this movie was filmed nearly 25 years ago, but the contents of the film is still portrayed in our society to this very day. Our society has not only…[Read more]
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KIMBERLY HONG commented on the post, Week 9 responses, on the site 6 years, 7 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly wrote a new post on the site Ethnic Diversity in the City Hi everyone, Please reply to this thread with your responses (150-300 words) to this week’s readings. Some guidelines for f […] ViewThis week’s reading has shined light on refugees and the arbitrary ideas America has regarding towards refugee relocation. The different articles that were read throughout the week shared a similar aspect in which they oversimplified the journey of the integration of refugee in America. For Wednesday’s reading, the two narratives did depict the…[Read more]
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KIMBERLY HONG posted a new activity comment 6 years, 8 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly edited the blog post Week 8 responses in the group Ethnic Diversity and the City: Hi everyone, Please reply to this thread with your responses (150-300 words) to this week’s readings. Some g […] ViewThis week we discussed about sanctuary cities and how after Trump’s administration, immigrant groups are being targeted and deported with biased and discriminative perspective. After some threats of possible retaliation from Trump administration, California became a sanctuary state in against of the Senate Bill 54. We discussed in lecture how s…[Read more]
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KIMBERLY HONG commented on the post, Week 7 responses, on the site 6 years, 8 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly wrote a new post on the site Ethnic Diversity in the City Hi everyone, Please reply to this thread with your responses (150-300 words) to this week’s readings. Some guidelines for f […] ViewIn class we’ve discussed about how America has two perspectives on immigration, whether it is accepting and embracing the idea of America is a “melting pot” of culture and race, or completely rejecting the concept of immigration and believing in America ultimate goal in achieve complete dominance in whiteness. In Mai Ngai reading, she discu…[Read more]
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KIMBERLY HONG posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly edited the blog post Week 4 responses in the group Ethnic Diversity and the City: Hi everyone, Please reply to this thread with your responses (150-300 words) to this week’s readings. Some g […] ViewIn LeDuff’s reading “What Killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones” he used local anecdotes to depict Detroit instead of focusing on the institutional aspect. I personally dislike the way he portrayed Detroit because his perspective was very biased and had a strong blaming tone. Although he is from Detroit, his perspectives was still from a white man’s biased…[Read more]
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KIMBERLY HONG commented on the post, Week 3 responses, on the site 6 years, 9 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly wrote a new post on the site Ethnic Diversity in the City Hi everyone, Please reply to this thread with your responses (150-300 words) to this week’s readings. Some guidelines for f […] ViewThis week’s theme is ‘The many faces of segregation’ and the readings has seriously opened my eyes to the intensity and how real segregation is still upon us. To this day, African Americans are still subjected to living in the ghettos and regardless of their resilience and fight for a better future; white people will continue to abuse their power…[Read more]
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KIMBERLY HONG commented on the post, Week 2 responses, on the site 6 years, 9 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly wrote a new post on the site Ethnic Diversity in the City Hi everyone, Please reply to this thread with your responses (150-300 words) to this week’s readings. Some guidelines for f […] ViewThe Construction of the Ghetto reading was such an eye-opener, and it had enlightened me in how the “ghettos” had become the way they are now. I find it contradicting where America claims itself to be a diverse and welcoming country. The upbringing of America brought immigrants from all over to come together to contribute in making America the cou…[Read more]
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KIMBERLY HONG posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly edited the blog post Week 1 responses in the group Ethnic Diversity and the City: Hi everyone, Please reply to this thread with your responses (150-300 words) to this week’s readings. Some g […] ViewWeek 1 theme focuses on modernizing the city, and a common factor throughout the readings is that social actions are merely based on sociality in respect to selfishness based on privilege. Each readings had different perspectives in explaining the difficulties in managing a city, whether it was the struggle to be innovative to all communities, or…[Read more]