May
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Wonderings (Weekend #1)
Posted by: Natasha Chiang | May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment
I wonder what it is that they stare at. Maybe it’s my clothes, which are clean of dirt and free of rips and holes. Perhaps it’s my light skin, suggesting an idyllic life wherever I’m from. Or maybe they are trying to gauge my attitude, to see if I smile at them, or wave, or […]
May
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May 12, 2011
Posted by: Natasha Chiang | May 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment
May 12, 2011 During lunch we had a discussion about class mobility. People in Uganda belong to so many different tribes, and they have few tourists hanging around on the streets. They have fewer minority groups, so they generalize when addressing the different skin tones. For example, light skinned foreigners are called Mzungus, while Asians […]
May
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May 13, 2011 (Kampala City)
Posted by: Natasha Chiang | May 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment
I felt a lot of fear yesterday during our exploration of Kampala City. Fear comes in many different forms, I think, and is sourced from different things. Perhaps how I process this experience of fear depends on how I decide to frame it in my written reflections and conversations with my colleagues. I really wanted […]