Tuesday Morning Notes

Mississippi Masala

• instead of leaving home, being forced out of your home
• Indians considered white in Uganda, black in America – colorism.
• finding home in your culture but your culture might be rejecting you, leaving you feeling homeless
• having to choose between cultures instead of integrating (leave Uganda, choosing your partner over your family, subscribing to the regular tradition or running away, etc.)
• I appreciate the family genuinely loving each other and still upholding tradition as opposed to “tradition dictates that you…”
• The divisiveness of race is not always necessarily white/non-white.

Tuesday Afternoon Notes

• the borders of South Asia changed historically, creating different borders as immigration policies and attitudes changed
• the “inbetweenness” of white and black of South Asians led to a similar colorist view on what it is to be white and black, one South Asian creating a case similar to Ozawa vs US
• the stereotype of APIA being very skilled is the fact many immigrants were only allowed in if they learned very valuable skills such as medicine or engineering
• many south asian representation is from weird fetishization of culture though actual representation does exist
• after 9/11, many South Asians were mistaken for Muslims and increased discrimination/a lot of confusion in representation mixing Muslims and South Asians incorrectly

Wednesday

Writing Workshop

• remember: Writing is cyclical. There is no such thing as a perfect writer, editor, or story.
• Easybib and other citation generators aren’t as good as your high school teachers and previous professors claim.
• Get your Academic Statement together.