![]() I was in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a Labor Fellow for a two-month art residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute with other artists and writers working on the theme of labor. One auntie-the most respectable, oldest, and shortest kingpin of them all-was determined to make me her tutor, booking me the next day, because fuck the hangovers. I felt responsible, as a first generation of a diaspora, seeing the process of assimilation and naturalization to become “Americanized” that many without the cultural or language barrier took for granted. ![]() It sobered up the conversation a little, the hint of voting and racial discrimination being part of the many dark fabrics of this country, until the tipsy answers mixed with Issan dialect were blurted out again when we started the next question. The test said only that they both “fought for civil rights.” In my broken Thai mixed with first-generation English, I explained that she was a white woman, and he was a Black man. To add my own flair, I lingered on Susan B. Two of the Aunties were about to take a citizenship test in the upcoming month, which was why one of them handed me her iPhone and had me read questions from a YouTube video of a US citizenship flashcard test. After the World Wars, and Cold War, the Korean War, and Vietnam were named, they were surprised to find the (Persian) Gulf War as the sixth, forgotten one. “Name one war the United States has fought in the 1900s,” I asked. In a friend’s living-room-turned-artist-studio, six Thai people of various generations loudly, drunkenly, and crassly covered the civics questions of the American citizenship test. “WAR!” the other yelled, tipsy from the wine, the tequila, or both.Īs the February New Mexico sun died down, the drinking game continued on. What is one power of the federal government?” Wilkes-Barre, PA: 335 New Commerce Blvd.At the communal dinner where we all sat on the floor next to the blue plaid tablecloth highlighting the green curries and the fermented fish sauce, I projected my voice: “Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. Richardson, TX: 3300 E Renner Road Richardson, TX 75082, Phone: +146 Ext. Richardson, TX: 3101, President George Bush Highway, Richardson, TX 75082, Phone: +1 973-3010158 Portland, OR: Tiffany Center 1410 SW Morrison Street, Portland, Suite 700 OR, 97205 Palo Alto, CA: 3300 Hillview Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304 New York: 521 5th Ave, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10175 Jacksonville, FL: 6737 Southpoint Drive South, Jacksonville, FL 32216, Phone: +1 94 20 & 21, Sector – 135, Noida - 201301, Uttar Pradesh, India, Phone: +91 1Ītlanta, GA: 8010 Roswell Road, Atlanta, GA, 30350, Phone: +1 67Ītlanta, GA: Atlanta Galleria Office Tower #100, 100 Galleria Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30399īentonville, AR: 2600 NE 11th Street, Bentonville, AR 72712 Phone+1 26Ĭhicago, IL: One Prudential Plaza, 130 Randolph Street, 23rd Floor Chicago Il 60601ĭanville, IL: 1901 E Voorhees Rd., Danville, IL 61834, Phone: +1 2 Noida: Unitech Info Park, Tower 8, Plot No. Mumbai: Axis Office: 3rd Floor, The Ruby 29, Senapati Bapat Marg, Dadar (West), Mumbai - 400 028, Maharastra, India, Phone: +91 22 6155 1000 Mumbai: Pharmalink Office: Tower 2, 7th Floor, Raiaskaran Tech Park (Logitech Park) Velocity, Business Center, Andheri Kurla Road, Sakinaka Mumbai, 400072, India, Phone: +91 22 6229 8500 Kolkata: Unitech Hi-Tech Structures Ltd, IT/ITES SEZ Block-G, Tower-G3, Infospace, Ground & 1st Floor, Plot No. ![]() Jaipur: Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Malviya Nagar, Near Venkateshwara Temple, Jaipur - 302017, Rajasthan, India, Phone: +91 1 Hyderabad-Uppal: 14-45, IDA Uppal, Opp NGRI, Habsiguda, Hyderabad, India, Phone: +91 40 6611 4411 Hyderabad-Pocharam: GENPACT, 4th, 5th & 6th Floors, Building 8, Raheja Mind Space, Pocharam, Ranga Reddy, Secunderabad, Telangana 500088, India, Phone: +91 40 6613 4411 Ext. Gurgaon: DLF City - Phase V, Sector 53, Gurgaon - 122002, Haryana, India, Phone: +91 1 Bangalore: 99, Surya Park, Electronic City, Phase 1, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Phone: +91 80 4119 8999, Pin: 560100
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