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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Coolies by Yin (A Book Review)
An Ordinary Survival Tale of Two Extraordinary Brothers Who Build Their Own American Dream
Book Reviewed: Coolies
Author: Yin
Illustrator: Chris Soentpiet
Rating: 5.0/5.0 stars
Pros: It is a classic in every sense of the word.
Cons: Not found
“Coolies” by Yin details the story of Chinese railroad workers who endured the harsh working conditions and racial prejudice for a better life for their families. The titled derives from the derogatory name for a lower-class worker often used on Asian descent. (See Wikipedia’s definition here.)For such an emotionally charged term, it can be hard to write a children’s story that doesn’t antagonize or polarize readers. Yin, in the book “Coolies” manages to pull this off with grace and elegance by focusing on the story of two brothers who survive an ordeal that some adults did not.
The book is only about 20 or so
pages long, which makes for a very easy and worthwhile read. The illustrations
by Chris Soentpiet are masterpieces, filled with exquisite detail and emotion
that is needed to handle such an emotionally heavy story. The plot is simple
enough to understand by a five year old, but the way the author delivers the
story makes it a page turner even for adults. Reading the book, I wanted to
know what would happen to Shek and Wong!
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Christopher Columbus and other Migrants
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| disclaimer: People are not illegal - actions are illegal |
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
Born in Italy.
Worked for Spain.
While looking for a shorter route to Asia, Columbus sailed west from Europe, instead of east and landed on the island of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti). This landing started the invasions, murders, rapes, disease outbreaks, theft and colonization of the Americas.
Columbus was not the first to discover the Americas. Indigenous Amerindians discovered it first when they migrated from Asia.
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| From http://drarchaeology.com/culthist/origins.htm |
Next, Bjarni Herjólfsson, a Norse (Norwegian) explorer was the first known European to discover the mainland of the Americas, which he sighted in 985 or 986.
Leif Ericson, another Norwegian, with the knowledge from Herjólfsson, lead an expedition that landing in North America, about 500 years before Columbus.
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| From http://www.lost-civilizations.net/vikings-isle-man-leif-eriksson-page-3.html |
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