Collected Item: “What COVID-19 Meant for My Mother: A Latina Small-Business Owner’s Experience in the Bronx.”
Give your story or documents a proposed title
What COVID-19 Meant for My Mother:
A Latina Small-Business Owner’s Experience in the Bronx.
A Latina Small-Business Owner’s Experience in the Bronx.
Tell us a story; share your experience. Or describe the item you are submitting. What does the object or story you've uploaded say about the pandemic, and/or why is it important to you?
The item I am submitting is a pandemic auto-ethnography detailing the disproportionately negative impact of COVID-19 on Latinx businesses. I do so through the narrative of my own family's experience, specifically my mother, as well as supporting academic research of general demographic trends. This piece speaks to how the pandemic, while in and of itself does not discriminate, has proportions of its impact that demonstrate a systemic bias leaving certain racial and ethnic groups less protected and far more targeted than others. The piece also connects how these discrepancies are not products of the pandemic, but rather were already systemically there and exacerbated by the pandemic.
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.? And where did you find it?
It is a text-story. It is a personal narrative combined with academic data which are cited in the document.
Are you the sole creator of these materials? Then select "I am sole creator." If no, please select "I have co-creators" and list the names of the content co-creators, their contact information, and the circumstances of how you came to have the materials. IMPORTANT: Each co-creator must fill out this form in order for the item to be accepted by the archives. However, only one co-creator is required to upload any document.)
I am sole creator
Name of the item creator, unless anonymous
Destiny Gabin
Use tags (separated by commas) to describe your story or documents. For example: Does it relate to a particular neighborhood? Does it relate to a particular aspect of the pandemic: school, work, family, hospital.
the Bronx, New York, Latinx, Work
Give a date associated with this story or documents.
2021-08-22
What is your affiliation, if any, with Brooklyn College? (e.g. Junior undergrad majoring in history; faculty in the English Dept; human resources staff member; alumni; community member; Brooklyn resident; etc.)
Brooklyn College alumna, majored in Political Science for undergrad.
If what you are submitting was created as part of a Brooklyn College class, please indicate the course code (i.e., ENG1010) semester, and professor:
Not a part of a Brooklyn College class.
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