Hyphen Nation Reflection by Kelsey Arsenault https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em en-us 2021-06-29 22:35:16 UTC 2021-07-01 16:16:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Something that stood out to me is that all of those people just wanted to fit in and "be American" when they realized that they didn't need to be. gkf7zqxfp4 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633597818 2021-07-01 15:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633597818 What stood out to me the most is they they were not afraid. They were here, proud, and ready to show you how they are treated. https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633598011 2021-07-01 15:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633598011 I think all of their stories hit a different note in me. All the questions they get "What are you?" "Where are you from?" all of them were question that I have heard and it made me feel less alone that these nine other people and countless Americans had heard that question too . https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633598710 2021-07-01 15:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633598710 What stood out to me was they were all bullied some how and it was because of their looks, skin tone, accent, ect. and other people who were white were treat WAY different and didn't stand up for them. 2027garciastellas https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633599036 2021-07-01 15:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633599036 What stood out to me most was that everyone in the series was born in America, but no one else in their experiences considered them American. https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633599238 2021-07-01 15:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633599238 This piece was called hyphen nation because of the hyphens people of color get as an ethnic choice on surveys, ect. An example would be American-Indian or African-American. https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633600138 2021-07-01 15:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633600138 ashleydong2019 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633600375 Several people described of themselves feeling alienated or socially isolated when in a group of non-coloured people. Often society ignores the fact that these people were born and raised in America, and they merely focus on their differences in skin color, culture, ethnicity, etc. 

]]> 2021-07-01 15:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633600375 Someone's identity can shape someone's experience in America a lot. In Armando's story, he mentions how he was beaten by the police just because of who he was. Also in Mallika's story, she was told that she was a terrorist just because of how she looked. Identity's can make someone's experience better or worse in America. https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633600407 2021-07-01 15:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633600407 All of the stories were about being bullied for their looks but they are being compared to white people and it happens a lot but they all got asked, are you this or that because of just their looks or accents, which I don't really get asked too often. 2027garciastellas https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633601210 2021-07-01 15:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633601210 jjzhangg https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633601287 One I really related to was Wendy's. Since she mentioned being friends with one other Chinese boy, the only one in the grade and people would make rude jokes about how they would get married. When I was younger this was also going on, too. ]]> 2021-07-01 15:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633601287 All of the stories resonated differently, but the one that resonated the most was Roy's. I was born in America but becasue one of my parents was born in India, a lot of people think that I only eat indian foods and do Indian things. gkf7zqxfp4 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633601614 2021-07-01 15:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633601614 What stood out to me was that all of them tired really hard for america to be their home but at the end they came to realize that it wasn't really a home to them. wenyuki26 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633601926 2021-07-01 15:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633601926 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633602154 Identity shapes a lot of how people treat you. For example, when Michaela's friend's mother heard she was black she immediately changed how she treated her. She was treating her fine when she thought she was 'one of her own' but different when she learned she was African. ]]> 2021-07-01 15:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633602154 jjzhangg https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633602362 I think this piece is called hyphen-nation because they are always assigned something such as African-American or Asian-American , not merely just American]]> 2021-07-01 15:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633602362 I think that they were made to feel like they weren't a real American just because their ancestors weren't born in America. https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633602823 2021-07-01 15:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633602823 I think this piece was called Hyphen Nation because of how someone's ethnic identity is hyphenated. The people in this piece were American, but their hyphenated ethnic identity shaped their experiences. https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633603460 2021-07-01 15:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633603460 ashleydong2019 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633603559 Society is often merely focused on an individual's outer looks and their social identity. Thus, they often ignore one's personal identity and simply lets the stereotypes replace who they are and what their potential can be. ]]> 2021-07-01 15:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633603559 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633603740 They felt they weren't a 'real American' because America is a country that has so many white people and less of colored. They've had white male presidents and white teachers and white athletes and white everyone. It's hard to feel the same when they keep showing you again and again just how different you are from them. ]]> 2021-07-01 15:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633603740 The group is called Hyphen-Nation because of the hyphens used to describe people whose ethnicity originates from another country. gkf7zqxfp4 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633603931 2021-07-01 15:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633603931 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633605272 I think that Mallika's story resonated the most with me because of my family's own experiences. My dad moved here from Turkey when he was an adult and was discriminated against often because of what he looks like and because he is Muslim. One time, soon after 9\11 like Mallika, he overheard someone commenting that all Muslims were "bloodsuckers".]]> 2021-07-01 15:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633605272 Several of the people described feeling like they weren't real Americans because of the stereotypes and false beliefs of their ethnicity. gkf7zqxfp4 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633605296 2021-07-01 15:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633605296 A lot of society is based on people's identities and physical appearance. When Michaela was revealed to be black to her friend's mom, she could no longer go to her friends house. gkf7zqxfp4 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633606280 2021-07-01 15:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633606280 Identity can shape someones experience in america by how they will treat you like how Armondo got beaten up but no one else did, it was just because he wasn't white and like everybody else. 2027garciastellas https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633606689 2021-07-01 15:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633606689 I think this is because they didn't look the way americans looked in many stereotypes. they were also constantly being judged which made them feel left out because of how different they were from the stereotypes. wenyuki26 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633607545 2021-07-01 15:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633607545 So many times in this country, american rights and human rights are convulted. Therefore those that are not considered americans are not even granted basic human rights. This is why these people want to fit in, for survival kmt226 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633607951 2021-07-01 15:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633607951 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633608518 it shows people don't think that they are american.]]> 2021-07-01 15:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633608518 jjzhangg https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633608592 what stood out to me most was that it was always something small but important that led them to feeling American. In one video, she mentions that standing up during baseball and putting her hand on her heart makes her feel very American. ]]> 2021-07-01 15:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633608592 ashleydong2019 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633608917 What stood out the most to me about this series is discovering what the true criteria for being an American is. The way an individual looks or their social identity is what sets them apart from being an American. It doesn't matter if they were born or raised in America. ]]> 2021-07-01 15:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633608917 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633609653 I'm from america and Nigeria so when I go to Nigeria I feel like an tourist or an outsider even when I'm partly from here]]> 2021-07-01 15:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633609653 Because it is mostly white people and people get treated differently if they aren't white so they feel like they don't fit in. 2027garciastellas https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633610087 2021-07-01 15:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633610087 Mallika's story resonated with me too. My dad moved here when he was 30, and he was financially abused because he could not understand English. He worked a job for $3/hr, way below the minimum wage. Additionally people thought he was stupid and made fun of his accent. Assimilation and erasure of culture is many times not a choice but a decision made for survival kmt226 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633611508 2021-07-01 15:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633611508 I think it's called hyphen-nation because of peoples ethnicity that aren't american and they are asian american or indian americann. 2027garciastellas https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633611963 2021-07-01 15:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633611963 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633612019 because they are half american

]]> 2021-07-01 15:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633612019 Mallika's story just speaks to how much being an American kmt226 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633614776 2021-07-01 16:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633614776 ashleydong2019 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633614877 I believe that the people in this series represent a group in America that must have their ethnic identities hyphenated. In society, their cultural and ethnic differences must be emphasized and shown. ]]> 2021-07-01 16:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633614877 ashleydong2019 https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633618559 All of the stories resonated to me in different ways. Everyone talked about their struggles when faced with society, and how society has a set criteria (their social identity). Each talks about having feelings of alienation as a result of something they cannot change about themselves. ]]> 2021-07-01 16:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsarsen/cuub4q2zb3tl53em/wish/1633618559