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friends always asked me. I came to the United States when I was thirteen as a sophomore in a private Christian high school in suburb Chicago, and that is where I discovered my passion in filmmaking. However, by that time, I still had no idea what experimental films were all about. I was making films in an extremely sheltered environment, but I knew deep in my heart that I wanted to create something more extreme and more conceptual. Then I moved to New York City, and I encountered this art form…

It is hard to describe and write letter to America, but things have changed a lot before and now. Before America was number one country in the world and most immigrant were willing to come and worked here. An immigrant from other countries believed that their life would be better and secure if they come to live US and work. But now everything is change and has different situations, so it will hard to scope their dream in America. When I came to US, economic was not that bad, I saw people happy…

words; however, those simple words could have a deeper meaning than that of the ocean. One of these poets, Langston B. Hughes, was born in Joplin, Missouri. As an African-American, he faced many hardships in furthering his learning. While studying in New York during the Harlem Renaissance, he was inspired to write poetry. He had many works of poetry, “Theme for English B” being a product of the Harlem Renaissance. Everyone in the world has a distinct inclination to meanings of poems, and with…

marijuana should be legal has caused controversy in the United States. In her article “The Truth About Marijuana: Health Risks Trivialized” Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum focuses on the negative effects of this narcotic. On the opposite side of the argument is the Editorial Board of The New York Times. In their article, “Repeal Prohibition, Again” they give the economic reasons for legalizing marijuana. Although both The Editorial Board of The New York Times and Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum effectively use the…

Celtics, New York Yankees, or San Francisco 49ers was playing, I would tell you to switch to all of them. Those are the sports teams that I follow religiously and I have multiple reasons why. The New York Yankees is one of the most well-known…

Many developers did not care about preserving the architecture of the community while renovating. In figure 2, after renovation a modern designed floor was added to include all the new features. I find it disturbing because this one of the historic building of New York City, particularly Harlem. The addition of new floor stands out any spectators because the architecture added floor does not match with that of the historic building. The houses in Harlem were built by experienced European…

This process means to gentrify the neighborhood, building around the highly valued institution of the Yale-New Haven Hospital. However, the gentrifying process overlooks the implications for the marginalized group already there (Loughran). The displacement of the densely low income populated residential area over the school construction is what Harvey would…

After we finished decorating the cards we started to play a made up game called “What is That?” The goal of the game was for me to correctly pronounce the name of the picture. Every time I pronounced the name of the picture correctly I was given a new shiny penny to add to my light pink piggy bank. It became a sacred tradition that at the end of the day we would play a fun game of “What is…

Not necessarily, I do maintain any order of my reading, neither do I control. There isn’t a clue what factor dominates the list of my readings! Lately, my fiction reading narrowed in a specific area, obviously the criteria of selections indicate my recent reading focal point. It’s Bengali Diaspora literature, not the whole, but a major portion of the chunk, which is available in the open market. I remember the instigation of this diasporas reading. It is Zadie Smith, who I consider the pioneer…

In 2002, The American Council of the Blind sued the United States Government for discrimination because the size and feel of American banknotes are identical regardless of their face value. The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff in 2008 (The American Council of the Blind v. Paulson). The case struck me when I first heard it, and I am still fascinated by it. It sparked an epiphany in terms of my own creativity; it’s dangerous to follow repetitive routine blindly. I discovered my passion for…