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November 19, 2020November 19, 2020Uncategorized

Week 13 Blog Post

In this article by the Washington Post, we are introduced to Alice Collins Plebuch and her journey of self-discovery. After sending her […]

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020Uncategorized

Make Your Home Among Blog Posts

In this week’s reading, we were asked to review whether or not we felt Georgia Southern University’s burning of this book was […]

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020Uncategorized

Theron Gertz, Redress to Japanese Americans

As an American citizen who was formerly stationed on a Japanese military base, this hearing was exceptionally difficult to watch. Even if […]

October 29, 2020Uncategorized

Blue Collar and Buddha (and Theron)

In the first 5, incredibly uncomfortable minutes of this documentary, we see some of Rockford, Illinois’ bar-goers bemoaning the introduction of a […]

October 22, 2020Uncategorized

A Gentleman’s Blog Post

From the very first shot of black-and-white 1940s Manhattan, I was worried about how this movie would handle its discussion about race. […]

October 15, 2020October 16, 2020Uncategorized

“Gasa Gasa Girl Gets a Review”

Comprised of several short vignettes, Gasa Gasa Girl tells the story of its author Lily Yuriko and her experience coming of age […]

October 2, 2020Uncategorized

Week 6 Blog Post

“The Architecture of Race in American Immigration Law” re-examines the Immigration Act of 1924 by taking a deeper, more comprehensive look into […]

September 24, 2020September 25, 2020Uncategorized

Island Poetry Readings

Theron Gertz Sep 24, 2020 HIST 315 In the pages of Lai’s Island, we get an in-depth look into Chinese immigration during […]

September 17, 2020Uncategorized

Week 4 Blog Post

Sep 17, 2020 HIST 315 Breadgivers Review: “Coming to America” meets “Fiddler on the Roof” As all good “Coming to America” stories […]

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020Uncategorized

Week 3 Blog Post

Within the diaries of both Martin Weitz and The Stille/Krulle Family, we see firsthand accounts of the kinds of hardships faced by […]

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