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Category Archives: Gabrielle Kirschner
Changing Actions and Perceptions
In Robert Orsi’s piece, “The Religious Boundaries of an Inbetween People,” Orsi discusses a challenging piece of racism. One man confessed in an autobiography, “it really bugged me when the paddies [white ethnics] called us Puerto Ricans the same names … Continue reading
Posted in April 16, Gabrielle Kirschner
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Racial Perceptions
Reading Nancy Foner’s chapter, “The Sting of Prejudice,” I felt a personal connection to the vignette that Foner describes of racial prejudices against Jewish immigrants. I personally have been blessed to grow up without the threat of racial insults being … Continue reading
Posted in April 9, Gabrielle Kirschner
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Changing Atmospheres for Women
Nancy Foner’s chapter titled, Immigrant Women and Work, was an interesting read, because it addressed issues that I had not previously thought much about. In Eastern Europe, Jewish women were more likely to work outside of the home than they … Continue reading
Posted in Gabrielle Kirschner, March 12
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Tenement Living
You know a situation is bad if you cringe reading about it. Learning about the extent of the unsanitary, inadequate, and horrible tenement life was definitely cringe-worthy. At some points, it was difficult to continue reading, because I felt such … Continue reading
Posted in Gabrielle Kirschner, March 5
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Revising Perceptions of Immigrants
In popular culture and within immigration discussions, a dichotomy between the “old immigrants” and the “new immigrants” is constantly in focus. To define my terms, old immigrants refers to the mainly Italian and Russian Jewish immigration wave just before and … Continue reading
Posted in February 26, Gabrielle Kirschner
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Not The Place I Call Home
Learning about the history of colonial slavery as an elementary school student definitely did not include the picture of New Amsterdam or New York as described by Harris and Foote. My rosy colored image of New York showed the colony … Continue reading
Posted in February 19, Gabrielle Kirschner
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Americans and Immigrants: One And The Same?
Immigration and the question of the “quintessential American” are two topics that go hand in hand. In Michael Waizer’s piece “What Does it Mean to be American,” he said, “It is a country of immigrants who, however grateful they are … Continue reading
Posted in February 12, Gabrielle Kirschner
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