For our group project, I feel we had a difficult time just settling on a topic. There were so many different things that we wanted to focus on, however, we managed to find a commonality in all the subjects. When we first started to construct our NYT page, I named it Race Relations, because that’s exactly what out main focus on. It was on the actions and reactions of people of different race. Our topic did not necessarily have to do with discrimination, but how diversity of race has effected our city, our country, and our world. I felt that it was difficult to narrow down a topic that we could use, but by settling for the topic we have, i felt that it was broad enough and narrow enough for all my group members to have different kinds of articles that served the same purpose.

The articles that i chose had to do with the increase in minority unionized workers and racial discrimination in a sorority. I chose the article with the minority unionized workers because I felt that it showed how the diversity of race  in our city is changing the functions of everyday life. We as a city are continuously diversifying every force there is whether it be the work force or the political arena. However, there are the downfalls of this diversity, which is why i thought the racial discrimination article was very appropriate. It showed that, yes, our population is diversifying, however the cost of that would be that the disapproval for this blend. People who are not accepting of diversifying in regards to race will sometimes show that disapproval. That is just something that people will have to deal with because there will always be a person who has their prejudices.

Midterm Retake

Dear Professor,

I understand that there was a scheduled midterm on the 21st of October, however I was unable to take due to a severe illness. I do not want my grades to go down because of this. Therefore, it would be highly appreciated if you would allow me to take a re-take of the exam. Please let me know. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Shumana Ashique

https://play.spotify.com/user/shumi126/playlist/7kI96HJ53rF8gvu6DLAI2S

Hey my name’s Shumana Ashique but a lot of my friends just call me Shumi. If you look at my playlist, you can tell that it is kind of, sort of, just a little… all over the place. You’ll see that I prefer music from different languages and the genre of the music that i listen varies as well. I think that this diversity in my music taste actually represents who I am as a person. I would say that I am someone who can adapt to anything and everything and embrace all situations thrown at me, good or bad. I know that at this point i sound very optimistic, but that’s just because I am very optimistic, although my friends may disagree with me.

I was born to Bengali parents and am a first generation American. With that being said, I am not like other first generation Bengali- Americans, because i tend to embrace my culture a lot. Maybe even a little bit too much. Even though Punjabi and Hindi music is not really the same thing as Bengali music, it is pretty close. And hey I’m brown so people call me Indian anyways. One thing that should stick out, is probably the random Korean song just chilling in the middle of my playlist. So, I must confess that I am an avid K-pop listener and embrace Korean culture as much as I embrace my own.

 Other genres of music on my playlist include rap, pop, r&b, and even rock. So, as you can see there is really no consistency with my taste in music. I’ll listen to anything that’s good. I see life the same way. It it is possible, I’ll give it a shot. I don’t like to be biased, although it might happen sometimes without me knowing. That’s why me entering Baruch has been a pleasant experience for me so far. the transitioning of high school life to college life has not brought me down either. I came in ready to embrace the entirety of what is college and Baruch, and I’d have to say that I am pretty content so far.