For Tuesday, May 10th: After reading The Namesake, “Funny in Farsi: The ‘F Word’” by Dumas, and “American Immigrants and the Dilemma of ‘WhiteSounding’ Names” by Pinsker, write 2 to 3 pages on the following topic:
Immigrants face many problems when they come to the United States and try to adjust to life here. For instance, they usually must learn a new language or a
new form of English, they must find housing, and a job. But there are other, subtler, unexpected problems that they face. For instance, Dumas writes: “All of us
immigrants knew that moving to America would be fraught with challenges, but none of us thought that our names would be such an obstacle.”
What do all the authors say about issues that immigrants encounter because of their names?