Terry Katz Clip 3: Assimilation
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Terry Katz
Date: Time Period: 1972-2017; 2017-10-27; Interview recorded: October 27, 2017
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 00:02:26
Creator: Terry Katz interviewed by Jacqueline Colson
Identifier: aql:25502 katz_terry_clip3
Description: Terry goes onto describing the importance of the word ‘assimilation’. At the present days, people are not familiar with the importance of the word. When Terry was growing up in Pomonok everyone was an American. No one was left out. “Everyone was part of the same tribe.” However, Terry notes that in the present time people are too intense on nationalism that they forget about assimilation. He feels as if it’s one of the biggest issues we face today in terms of the acceptance of diversity.
Creator :
Terry Katz interviewed by Jacqueline Colson
Date :
Time Period: 1972-2017; 2017-10-27; Interview recorded: October 27, 2017
Summary/Description :
Terry goes onto describing the importance of the word ‘assimilation’. At the present days, people are not familiar with the importance of the word. When Terry was growing up in Pomonok everyone was an American. No one was left out. “Everyone was part of the same tribe.” However, Terry notes that in the present time people are too intense on nationalism that they forget about assimilation. He feels as if it’s one of the biggest issues we face today in terms of the acceptance of diversity.
Subject :
Assimilation (Sociology)
Rights :
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Pomonok, Queens, NY Queens (New York, N.Y.) Flushing (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 00:02:26
Identifier :
aql:25502 katz_terry_clip3
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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