Riddled throughout this weeks texts were examples of a lack of belonging. In “The Beautiful Country” Binh is treated poorly in Vietnam because of his status as “bui doi,” the son of an American soldier. However, after coming to America… Continue Reading →
This week was a little bit different in terms of schedule. On Tuesday (Halloween, yay!) we allotted the morning session to conferences. This was helpful to me because I feel like after having a conversation about my essay it finally… Continue Reading →
On Tuesday of week five we started off the day with a lesson about Asian Americans in music, featuring the likes of The Black Eyed Peas and Blue Scholars. The Blue Scholars track we analyzed was called “Morning in America,”… Continue Reading →
In my quest for an Asian American perspective of jazz music, I happened upon an NPR interview that was conducted by Thai-American Patrick Jarrenwattananon, as he interview Japanese American bassist Tatsu Aoki. Throughout the interview Aoki is asked about his… Continue Reading →
This weeks novel brought up some interesting cultural perspectives, both through a Filipino lens, as well as a period filter. In terms of timeline, it felt as though a lot of the attitude toward women was outdated and unnecessary in… Continue Reading →
Glenn Horiuchi was an Asian American jazz pianist and composer. His album Manzanar voices was released in 1989. I chose this particular chart as a highlight because it was has a familiar sound to some of the jazz I… Continue Reading →
This week I had a big revelation during Wednesdays class session. Up until that point i had been struggling to marry the idea of my home with APIA culture. However, during the free write time we had I was able… Continue Reading →
Tuesday morning was spent watching the documentary Twinsters. The film followed a young woman who was adopted from Korea named Sam. She was an actress living in Hollywood, and one day she received a message on Facebook notifying her that… Continue Reading →
In my search for an article to give context to my research grounding Asian American Jazz within my home, I found an article entitled “Jazz: America’s Music.” This article dates jazz back to the early 1900’s, originating in New Orleans…. Continue Reading →
Tuesday morning was spent learning about Evergreen’s library resources. Although I have seen presentations from Stokley before, I feel that I retain more information on how to find reliable sources each time. After that we spent a bit of time… Continue Reading →
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