For my creative remix I will be going around interviewing students on campus on their views and thoughts on DACA students and immigration

PAOLA YEPEZ

This clip is from the Kids TV show Kim possible. In this clip, Ron is reminiscing about their pre school years. He realizes Kim was bullied as a young girl which untimely led her to where she is now. This is an example of displacement because the bullying led her to feel out of place and as a result became this sort of super hero that fights the bad guys, but even then she is still displaced as a teen because she must keep this a secret.

1. What generations is gentrification effecting the most
2. Aside from an increase in rent is there any other negative impact gentrification has on communities?

I read a very interesting scholarly article this weekend assigned for my political science class, that I found to be very interesting and relevant to the issue of displacement. This article is titled “BAD FEMINIST OR BAD-HEJABI?” by Nima Naghibi. It talks about a very complex issue dealing with Iranian women and the Hijab or “veil”. This article speaks about two particular times in history only a few years apart where Iran experienced legislature first making it illegal for women to wear the hijab,  and then banning women who did not wear the hijab. This was very interesting because both movements were were brought upon by elite feminist in Iran but truly had nothing to do with feminism but instead pure politics. Iranian woman especially those of lower social classes never really had a say. They never had an opinion or choice to pick an in-between, it never made it their decision.  This resulted in many woman feeling displaced and never finding a truly safe place in Iranian society. There was a specific quote that stood out to me, it states, “The general thinking about the veil as an unequivocal symbol of either female oppression or of female emancipation.” This quote shows no happy medium, no unbiased thought, it shows either one view or another. This is truly displacement in a very raw form, a very realistic form of displacement by society.

This Story has a very unexpected turn. As I began to read the story I could not visualize this as being any deeper than a pair of “foreigners” on a trip to India. The beginning of this story made it seem very shallow, like it was all about a young pair of inexperienced parents and their chauffeur. However, the connection to displacement was quickly made. Although, Mr. Kapasi, seemed annoyed by Mrs. Das it quickly became evident that they both had a lot in common. Both Mr. Kapasi and Mrs. Das felt like they had little in common with their significant other and were tired and bored of their relationships. It was very unexpected to read and realize how appreciative Mrs. Das was of Mr. Kapasi’s job as a doctor’s interpreter and how much they both had in common. Mrs. Das appeared to be very shallow and at first glance not Mr. Kapasi’s type. However, they soon started getting along until it ended with another unexpected turn. Where Mr. Kapasi learned that Mrs. Das had an affair and how affairs come with a silent curse that destroys families. Overall, this story was actually very enjoyable and holds a connection to displacement that is read between the lines.

Displacement is what can’t be touched but can be seen and felt

It changes you, sometimes even for the better

Displacement is the feeling of discomfort

The feeling of anxiety rushing down your spine

It creates tension that paralyzes you

Humans crave familiarity without such, we feel helpless

Displacement can be as easy as skin color, ethnicity, race and even hair color

The feeling of not belonging brings the feeling of failure

Many wonder how such a horrible feeling can bring any good

But we fail to understand what we have yet to see

To see growth is to step out of your comfort zone

So how can you witness growth when you do everything to avoid it

Displacement is learning how to adapt

Learning to change like the seasons

Fall like autumn

Rise like spring

And shine like the summer

Displacement is learning how to let go but not to forget

Displacement isn’t physical, it is emotional

What we feel takes over what we know

We can feel like we don’t belong

That doesn’t mean we aren’t safe

One can feel displaced in a new town

But that feeling is only there because we got emotionally attached to what was not what is

Displacement is survival

Just because it feel comfortable doesn’t mean it’s the best thing for us

Sometimes displacement is necessary

Sometimes displacement means never settling for the bare minimum

It means becoming stronger

Displacement should no longer be seen as negative

It should be seen as a feeling of human privilege

 

 

 

1. I can write about my experience with displacement arriving to New York from California at the age of 6 and how it impacted my life today
2. I can write about my experience leaving the comfort zone I was in during my high school years. The transition from one atmosphere to another and it’s impact on me
3. I can write about my first language which is Spanish, the way this language has been able to open and close doors. I can elaborate on the many ways this language reflects different aspects of myself

1. How can foreigners help ease the feelings of displacement with so many changes in a city?
2. How is displacement in this piece of writing similar and or different to displacement today?
3. Is the sense of familiarity and connection foreigners make with  objects and places, what helps them cope with reality and their feelings of withdrawal

-Paola Yepez

REVISED

1. In what specific ways did the author cope with feelings of displacement? Cite using the text
2. What similarities and differences does the author find between Straus Park and his home town?
3. compare and contrast ways in which your methods of coping with displacement are similar to the authors