Final Exhibitions of Learning - Project Outcomes

Student Publication

 

Inside View - An Urban Student Magazine Inside View - An Urban Student Magazine is a project in which students edit and publish a magazine with the goal of expressing the differences and similarities of people around the world by showing their ethnic beauty. "Inside View" seeks to decrease prejudice, increase understanding and promote unity among teens and adults with different religions, and racial and ethnic backgrounds. The annual print publication draws from discussions such as the one below that take place year round on the project's online forum. Inside View Mix It Up Hello Insiders, ( If i can call you all that ) My name is Michael ( yes again ). You know, the 16 Year old from New York City ( NYC ). I am very interested in mixing up cultures, for instance Me. I am what some people might call 'Nuyorican' , no it is not a country, but it is an identity, a culture. In new york city there are many, many, many cultures. we have Hasidic Jews, Hispanics (Dominicans, Puertoricans, Cubans, Colombians, Mexicans, and more ethnicities that i choose not to name ) Black People ( or to be Politically Correct: African-Americans ), White People ( politically correct terms: Caucasians, Euro-Americans ) etc. I am of Puertorican Descent, but i have little Puertorican Culture, but I am also New York American. I am Human First, American second, and Puertorican third. That is where i derived 'Nuyorican' from, Nuyo- is from New Yo' ,and -rican is from Puertorican . I am part black from previous generations. See Puerto Rico was one of the places where the African Slaves were shipped of to, and sold to others. Of course the Africans brought over some of there culture. That mixed in with some of the Native's cultures, and with the Spanish conquest, we have a lot of Spanish culture mixed in aswell. And as many people and cultures from around the world, many people came to the US of A, for what ever reason, and that mixed in some American/Puritan/Anglo Saxon Cultures. And in New York City you have a somewhat different culture than the rest of the country, that just adds more stuf into the Mix. As a teenager I am trying real hard to try to indentify myself. I have found out that i am influnced by many Cultures, and peoples. I think one should be proud of their identity. Nuyorican is what I am , I think? I would like to know what cultures influence your identity. Is there any Mixing of cultures and/or races? Anything about your culture or indentity that yuo are proud of or think is amazing? Write in to the Conference. Keep the telecommnication flowing, Michael Gonzalez ( Spanish last name ) Hi, My name is Leinz Vales from Brooklyn, New York. Even though my nationality is Haitian, and I call myself a Black youth. You can see that I have a set identity, that I share with my parents. All the time I find myself looking for another identity that I can belong to. I feel that all these other nationalities and cultures are so great and have a lot to offer, that I feel the need to learn a language, cook some food, or talk to some one from a different background than I am. I am the only one who feels this way, Do you long for belonging to different cultures? Imagine you were made up of all the different nationalities in the world. Okay you would have an identity problem, but you would be made up of fantistic cultures. You would be a global Kid! Later Leinz