TitleOral history interview with Christina Li on 2020 May 13.
Summary(2:19) Lives between Borough Park and Sunset Park -- (2:44) Attends Brooklyn Latin School, Williamsburg, remote learning -- (4:10) Changes in theater class -- (5:25) Keeping in touch with friends on social media -- (6:20) How her family shares space in the apartment -- (8:00) More school work than before -- (8:52) Summer plans -- (9:50) Peers’ worries about the pandemic -- (11:30) Concerned about anti-Asian sentiment -- (12:25) Bullied by peers because she is Asian -- (13:40) Has not gone outside at all -- (14:30) Neighborhood very empty -- (15:15) Hopes Brooklyn will be better -- (16:55) Distracts self by writing.
NoteAudio interview conducted on May 13, 2020, by Virginia Marshall. Collected for the Covid-19 Oral History Project through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
SubjectQuarantine ; COVID-19 (Disease) ; Epidemics ; Coronaviruses ; Asian Americans ; Race discrimination--United States ; Computer-assisted instruction ; High school students
Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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