Author: Soniya Munshi

This week, there is no discussion board, but we will use this space to post the Archive assignment. Below you can see the THREE different ways that you can post your assignment with one sample item and caption.

1. You can link a Google Slide Presentation in your post. If you do this, make sure you have adjusted the share settings so that anyone can view the file.

To do this, you will add a title and then use the hyperlink button in the toolbar above this text box.

From Basti to New York City: an archive of my mother’s migration 

2. You can upload a Powerpoint presentation in your post. To do this, you will need to select the Add Media button on the top of this text box, upload the file and then select “Insert into Post” on the bottom right of the Upload page.

SAMPLE SLIDE

3. You can make a presentation directly into the post by uploading the media into the post. Once you have put the image in the post, you can click on the little pencil icon and add some basic information in the caption box– you can see that it shows up underneath the photo. You can then write your text next to the image, as below. You can move the photo to be in the left, right, or center of the page.

 

My parents got married in New York City– my father (all the way on the left) was a social worker at Bellevue Hospital and my mother (all the way on the right) was working there as a temp. For Indian immigrants at that time, their marriage was untraditional– they are from different religious background and ethnicities. She was the first person in her family to marry a non-Sikh. My mom says that they held the first Indian wedding reception in New York City, but this claim to fame has not been verified. My mother came to the U.S. on her own, on a visa, to visit her older brother (second from right) who was studying to become a dentist in Philadelphia. He also had a nontraditional relationship and later married my aunt (second from left), making their marriage the first Sikh-Muslim relationship in our family (that we know about). By marrying my father, my mother was able to apply for a Green Card and stay here permanently. She later became a U.S. citizen.

 

Post/Comment on Discussion Board #13

Post due Monday, November 30 by 12 Noon
Comments (2) due Monday, November 30 by 11:59 PM

• For this week’s discussion board, please discuss the two pieces and the Letter.
• What is Phi’s point about Asian Americans’ relationship to police and police violence? What is the goal of his piece?
• What do you learn about “Chinese conservatism” from the article by Zen and what are the responses from other Chinese community members? How does this piece relate to Phi’s writing?
• What is the goal of the letter? Do you think this letter meets the goal? Why or why not?