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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Kesha Young, NYC Neighborhood Story Project Manager and editor of From Kingsbridge to Canarsie: Reflections by 8 NYC Girls, talks about working with the eight young authors of the book. Urban Academy High School students Noelle Tannen and Jennifer Arzu, whose work was included in the book, talk about what it was like to write about their neighborhoods.
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Good Job Ladies!
Interesting, what the guest from the Bronx said: I grew up in the "South" Bronx in the 50s and 60s and there were territorial markers too. Only then they were ethnic. You might get teased or even beat up by someone in your own area but if you crossed the line into another ethnic group's area and got harassed you had the protection of your own group even if you weren't of their particular group within the group on your block. Don't know if I made sense but that's the best I can describe it. But it was never as dangerous as it is today, on weapons no killings, mostly verbal and fists. Sometimes a stickball game settled the argument of who was "superior" "the best". Ah the good ol'days when you only got beat up instead of killed. lol.
I like seeing a different perspective for me especially, a white girl from upstate who can learn about other neighborhoods and what it is like living in NYC.
Robert makes it sound like its a gang wars out there. I grew up in Sunset Park (92-99) and never heard of anyone I knew getting stabbed or shot. There were fist-fights, mostly JHS age boys that knew each other though. The worse has past, there's always violence, but its not like the 70's and 80's. These are the good days, not those days when Crack was king and racism was rampant.
Switchbacks! Looking forward to reading more in the book.
Definitely, good job ladies! I am one of the authors in the book "From Kingsbridge to Canarsie: Reflections by 8 NYC Girls" and I must say this is so cool knowing that a wide range of people will get the chance to hear our stories. I'm so proud of everyone that participated in this long and enjoyable experience working with the whole crew of authors, the New York Writers Coalition and of course our wonderful teachers from school. Ahh, yes we are published authors! :-)
I'm so happy and proud!
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