Week Thirteen
“Who Was She?” explores the concept of identity and heritage in a world where DNA tests are cheap, accurate, and accessible to […]
“Who Was She?” explores the concept of identity and heritage in a world where DNA tests are cheap, accurate, and accessible to […]
Make Your Home Among Strangers by Jeannine Capo Crucet follows Lizet, a Cuban American who attends Rawlings, an elite, predominately white, northeastern college, as she struggles with […]
Norman Mineta was the first speaker of the Redress to Japanese American hearing. He talked about the experiences of him and his family in […]
Blue Collar and Buddha is a documentary released in 1987 that explores a rural, working class community with Laotian refugees and the […]
Gentleman’s Agreement follows reporter Philip Green as he comes to New York City and pretends to be Jewish to gain an understanding […]
Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey recalls her time in the Japanese internment camps during World War II as a child in Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to […]
“The Architecture of Race in American Immigration Law” examined the Immigration Act of 1924 and the introduction of an immigration quota system […]
The collection of poetry in Island, salvaged from the walls of the immigration facility on Angel Island, provides a great, tragic insight […]
Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska follows Sara Smolinsky, a Jewish American immigrant from Poland, as she grapples with her culture and forging a life for […]
Martin Weitz was a German from Schotten who immigrated to the United States. Schotten had infertile soil and a harsh climate, which […]