Exam

Question 1

Olivia Chung
“Finding My Eye-Dentity”

Answer 1

• her mother wants her to get eyelid surgery
• growing up she was insecure about having mono lid as her friends were all also insecure about their eyes and she was called the c-slur by children growing up.
• she knows she doesn’t want the eyelid surgery because of her belief in god and knowing everyone is beautiful

Question 2

Mariam Gomaa
“American Hijab - Why My Scarf is A Sociopolitical Statement, Not A Symbol of My Religiosity”

Answer 2

• Mariam grew tired of the misconception of Muslims in America
• Hijab became a symbol of rejection to white-passing, a privilege she had but often many nonwhite Americans could not afford
• Women wore hijab during Islamic rerivial rejecting Western Influence, reconstructing narrative of Islam in America
• Socioeconomic because it rejects social pressure and influence of western media, declaring difference in society that rejects Muslim narratives

Question 3

Quique Aviles “My Tounge is Divided into Two”

Answer 3

Quique’s mother went to america to work and got her children to come there one by one oldest to youngest.
- Phase 1: curiosity
reading gifts, and watching movies, English language because language of the enemy
- Phase 2: English became imperil liberator
- started to go to ESL classes, his actual ESL teacher became his friend Pichi who taught him “black english”
- he realized that normal theater had no place for him
- he used “black english” to write poetry as revenge
Phase 3: Subtlety and Payback
- writing and performing one person shows
- challenging English speakers with English shows talking about immigration and topics that make them uncomfortable
- working mostly with black kids
- challenging them to write about tender moments rather than people’s stereotypical perception of poor kids