1. How has the album, Whole Lotta Red, influenced modern day fashion, art, and music?
2. How does NYC Drill compare to UK Drill?
3. How does Anime affect the portal of Asian Americans and their culture in North America?

this music video portrays two men, black and white, having a conversation about race. It represents the issue of racism as a whole in our country. It shows the misunderstandings different races have between each other.

My recommendation for a piece of media would be Memento. Memento was a movie I watched a year back after finding out that it had a similar story to another one of my childhood favorite movies. In fact that other movie’s (Ghajini) story was directly taken from Memento. That connection really made me curious because I really liked the concept of Ghajini. If I had one word to describe Memento, it would be insane. Like literally insane. Its arguably the best written piece of media I have ever watched, read, listened, allat. Putting aside the actual content of the story, just the way the story is presented and the layout, it had me going crazy. The movie is about a man who’s name is Leonard Shelby, and his mission is to avenge his wife who was brutally raped and killed by two men, one of which he killed and the other who goes by the name of John G. The problem is that during the day his wife was killed, he suffered an injury to the head by one of the killers and developed anterograde amnesia. Because of this he can not make any new memories from that day onwards and he forgets everything after a 15 minute period. As a solution, the main character uses tools like a polaroid camera to take pictures of things and people and labels them. He takes an extreme measure and tattoos his body to ingrain information he deems crucial. The whole movie revolves around his inability to remember things and the way its presented is perfect for the topic. The movie essentially starts backwards and its true beginning is in the middle. The first half of the movie is in reverse, then in the middle the movie moves to the start of the story and then presents the rest of the beginning in the end of the movie. That’s mad confusing to explain but here’s a chart of the sequence of the movie. I feel like presenting the story like this is insane because it ties into depicting the aspect of anterograde amnesia so perfectly. The movie has effects like playing scenes in reverse, static, fading and other things that would recreate a foggy memory. It has some scenes in black white and some scenes in all color. When I realized at the end why this was done I was da losing my mind. As i was watching the movie, I myself felt like I couldn’t remember anything that had happened prior to the scene I was watching. Shit added up perfectly with what the movie was tryna portray. I feel like I liked this movie so much due to the fact that I consider my own memory to be very weak. Obviously not to the extent of the main character’s but I be forgetting stuff I did 5 minutes ago. My mind be freezing ode and it gets me mad frustrated. Researchers who work with anterograde amnesia praised the movie for its crazy accurate portrayal of the disease. Watching this movie will leave you ode confused and searching for answers, and when you think about everything that you just watched and when the realization hits you, you’ll start thinking even more about it. Its just such a beautiful, beautiful movie with how everything connects together so unexpectedly and I urge everyone to watch it.

After reading, Vershawn Young’s “Should Writers Use They Own English” and watching Jamila Lyiscott’s “Three Ways to Speak English”, I was surprised by the way both artists conveyed their message. The first thing I noticed was the difficulty in reading Young’s text. Being accustomed to reading what we consider “proper” English, the change in language caught me off guard. The first thing I noticed from Jamila’s TED Talk was her diction. From her own words, her talking manner is very “articulate”. She also talked in a rhythmic manner. Every now and then she would speak a few sentences in her regular voice and then switch to a flow type speaking. Both Jamila and Vershawn include their native lingo while speaking to the audience. Jamila conveys the message that while we may speak English, our English has its own tongue. She conveys this using the three tones/tongues of English that she frequently uses, and describes to us situations where she’s had to switch up her flow of speaking, and communicated with people about it. Despite the English language being one language, Jamila describes herself as trilingual because of the fact that she can speak three different types of English. This was relatable to me because I find myself speaking a different English at home and to people who are not fluent at English, a different English with my friends, and a different English in an academic or professional environment. I can connect both texts because they use an English that is not proper but they want to emphasize that it’s ok to do so. Vershawn’s text has a line that stuck out to me, “You cant start off sayin “disabuse yo’self of the notion that students have a right to they dialect” and then say to tell students “Y’all do have a right.” That be hypocritical”. This line is important to me because despite some people being aware of how they are speaking and the inaccuracies in their dialect, others are quick to judge and correct that language, almost as if they find the differences offensive and insulting to the English language. I found myself agreeing with both authors perspective because the situations they described, in terms of usage and speaking a different English, is something I have found myself in as well.

George’s perspective to writing a first draft is very clear. He wants to invest time into his draft and he has certain goals he wants to achieve. For him, his thoughts are built upon the ones that come before. This means he uses his writings initial opening to construct his next sentence. Therefore, he can’t afford to have “shitty” sentences because in his viewpoint it would hinder his ability to write down the line. Anne, on the other hand, understands that her first draft will lead to another and allow her to get closer to the perfect piece. For her, she needs words on her paper to allow her to pour in more of her thoughts. Anything that she can think of goes on her paper and as her piece progresses, she can refine her thoughts. I would say my writing is more like Anne’s but I would want it to be like George’s. Articulating my thoughts into writing is what I find most difficult and I feel like if I adopted George’s way of writing, I would be able to improve writing that is at a sufficient level to an even higher level. George’s way of writing would also help me develop skills that allow me to diversify my vocabulary from the get-go without having to use external sources.

Amy Tan’s essay, titled “Mother Tongue” is a very relatable and heartwarming essay. The essay starts off with Amy describing her thoughts on language and more specifically English. She goes onto mention how she unknowingly has developed multiple types of Englishes. At a point in my life, I too unknowingly was speaking different types of Englishes, and for the same reasons as Amy. I grew up with immigrant parents who were not very fluent in English and this led to my brother and I, at a very young age, speaking for/helping them speak in instances where someone with fluent English was needed. My brother and I had to start reading and translating government letters, stuff related to healthcare, bills and also had to speak on the phone to people many many years older than us. As a young child, there was immense pressure on us to not screw up while speaking to these people. I also found myself having to learn the most random things just so I can explain them to my parents. Going back to language and mother tongue, I grew up in a Punjabi household, so my mother tongue would be Punjabi. However, I was never fluent at Punjabi until my late teen years. So as a young child, having to translate things from one language to another, one that I wasn’t really good at, became extremely difficult. My parent’s inability to be fluent in English did disappoint me and make me feel ashamed, but the respect I had for them did not decrease. I understood that learning English wasn’t an easy task. Looking back, I realize how language influences identity and every identity is one to be proud of.

While reading “The First Day” by Edward P. Jones, some vivid words left a considerable impression on me. In the first paragraph, the author tries to paint this picture in which she is getting ready for school with the help of her mother. He uses words like “my nose fills with the faint smell of Dixie Peach hair grease” that describe her situation distinctly. The choice of words make it effortlessly easy to visualize what is going on.  However, I do feel that despite the author trying his best to make the story descriptive, he has also wrote the story in a way where little to no emotion exists. There are instances where the story seem very straightforward, monotone and bleak. The situation the story portrays, a first day of school experience, is also very relatable. Your first day of school is usually easier to recall, whether it was a positive or negative experience, and I feel like that ties up with the story effectively because it has been described in a similar, detailed way.

Hey everyone, Khushpreet here. You guys can call me Khush if Khushpreet is too long. My pronouns are he/him. I was born and raised in Queens but ethnically I’m Punjabi. I grew up in Richmond Hill until I was 12 and then my family and I moved to South Ozone Park. I lived in NYC for my whole life and am very fond of this city. I attended Brooklyn Technical High School and my experience there made it much smoother for me in adjusting to college. With a high-school that had 6,000+ students and moved at a fast place, it almost felt like college. I really enjoy playing soccer as it has taught me a lot and helped me grow as a person. I love listening to music and am usually open to any type so let me know if you have any recommendations. I also enjoy socializing with new people and friends and going out since I love to travel to new places. I’m entering Baruch College as a Finance major and I plan on sticking with it. Initially, I didn’t really know what I was going to do in college in terms of my major, and I still feel like I’m not completely sure but Finance seems like a safe bet. With Covid being a large part of most of our lives in the past year and half, I tried to make the most of the pandemic. I picked up and started learning new skills like designing, editing, and fiction writing. Both of my parents grew up in Punjab, India and have strongly imposed their roots on me, something that I actually appreciate. It helps me connect with a different culture, something unique and exciting. I hope Baruch helps me connect with new people and put me onto a path of success.