“We can’t all be delusional,” she says.
I nod. Nodding offers me a saving vagueness--I can agree with the emotion without promising anything else...I think I mean another: not necessarily fibers under skin but rather some phenomenon of mind or body, maybe both in collusion, expressing god=knows-what into this lonely world.
cutting gazes.
seeing a category, an absurdity, where a person had once been.
hink salad bowl, rather than melting pot
metaphor revised
It should be clear by now that assimilation is primarily about power.
paragraph 10 and 10 on worksheet
Debates about assimilation are different from debates about undocumented immigration,
paragraph 9 and 9 on worksheet
One reason
paragraph 7 and 7a. on worksheet
One of this country’s most cherished myths is the idea that, no matter where you come from, if you work hard, you can be successful. But these ideals have always been combined with a deep suspicion of newcomers.
Whichever
paragraph 3
a process metaphorically described as a melting pot.
2b. on worksheet
For some, assimilation is based on pragmatic considerations, like achieving some fluency in the dominant language, some educational or economic success, some familiarity with the country’s history and culture
2c on worksheet
1st possibility
What
2
Dr. Pauker’s studies have important caveats.
CAVEATS
That’s surely no consolation to the victims of racism,
no kidding
Plenty of research
background on diversity. This may be evidence you want to use at some point in a paper if you're arguing that diversity is beneficial.
developed a distinctive narrative arc.
This is the important bit.
Her first and last names, the most salient parts, look and sound as white as her features.
interesting observation--gets me thinking about then different ways that we signal our identity or maybe the ways are identity is read. One we do and one is done to use?
‘‘The
paragraph 1
The idea of race as an essential aspect of one’s personhood didn’t always dominate, even in the West.
CAN SKIP--historical background
One day, I sat down under an enormous tree on the University of Hawaii at Manoa
personal experience
I’m interested in all of this
Author's personal story--where his interest comes from
She found
Pauker's first study on race essentialism--essentialsim increases with age
Pauker's personal story
heseperennialdebatesoverauthenticity
key area of focus for Yoshino, Gay, and Appiah???
Workingmothers,becausetheyhavefamiliestosupport,havemoretoloseandmaybelesswillingtojeopardizetheircurrentjobsorprofessionalstatusbyspeakingout.Mothersarestillregularlyjudgednegativelybyouremployersandsocietyforchargingaheadprofessionallyafterwehavechildren.Itdoesn’ttakemuchtointernalizethatsexismtoconvinceourselvesthatourkidsarebetteroffwithamotherwhodoesn’thaveademandingjob,whichcanleadustobeingmoreresignedthanfieryaboutbeingpassedoverforapromotionornotcalledbackforajobinterview.Ormaybeworkingmothersarejustplaintired.Butit’salsonoteworthytomethatwe’veneverhadahigh-pr
covering?
“Shewaswaytoofocusedonherpregnancy.Itwasdistractingher.Ididn’tthinkshewasgoingtobecommittedenoughtothejob,soIhadtolethergo.”Ilookedather,stunned.Thiswoman—amotherherself—whoworkedonarangeoninitiativestosupportwomenwasopenlyandcasuallyadmittingtoillegaldiscrimination,againstanothermother.
If you look in the EEOC link, you'll see that this is pregnancy discrimination and is illegal. And yet it happens.
For yet others, the whole idea of assimilation is wrongheaded, and integration — a dynamic process that retains the connotation of individuality — is seen as the better model. Think salad bowl, rather than melting pot: Each ingredient keeps its flavor, even as it mixes with others.
3rd possibility
For others, it runs deeper and involves relinquishing all ties, even linguistic ones, to the old country.
2nd possibility
The word has its roots in the Latin ‘‘simulare,’’ meaning to make similar.
a useful defintion to supplement Yoshino
Thelongdevelopmentalprocessoflearningtoreaddeeplyandwellchangedtheverystructureofthatcircuit’sconnections,whichrewiredthebrain,whichtransformedthenatureofhumanthough
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