Thursday, May 14, 2009

How did the Dinka culture people met with the American culture?

The Dinka culture has been forced migration for safety. They are located in the southern Sudan. They were walking from the northern part of Sudan, then through Ethiopia, which was lot of walking. They said that the journey was like hell. They had lots of trouble of getting through Ethiopia. They were forced to live their village, because of the assault that was happening at their village. They walk for more than a lot with a group of children ages 5 and above. They haven’s seen their parent for 11 years. When they were walking, they were dodging bullet, animals, and suffering of thirst and hunger. Then they end at refugee of Kenya. When they were at Kenya they were safe from the assault and more luck came to them. For living years at the refugee camp at Kenya. Then luck came to them, they were steeped migrating to U.S. The Dinka cultures are called the lost boys in the U.S. They were separated through different state in the U.S. one of the boys that were enjoying at the U.S. was Peter and Santino. They had to deal with new place, community, language, and other important things. In America they got a free rent for the first four month, and then they had to earned money and find a good work to do. Also they looked and keep contact with each other, when they are living at different places. Some of them likes to be clean and “clean environment always improves your live.” When they are clean, they felt like they are a meaningful person. When they were in America, they felt like they were different from other people. They were different, because in America the black people are a bit brown and the lost boy people were truly very black. They also went to school and when they were there, people respect them. They also tryout for a sport teams, even though they didn’t make the tryout. They also had to live by themselves and earned money and sometimes when they earned the money, it’s not enough. People in America respect them and don’t think of them as a bad person. Sometimes the lost boys’ people aren’t playing fair and nice to people, but they learning how to live by themselves and respect other people. They are also still a little confused on how things work, for example when they had to pay for the rent and also when they got a ticket for driving a car. It was an easy place for them live, but hard to find the money, but they are enjoying it. They also missed their parent in Sudan.

The culture of the lost boys was not what they had expected. There were many things that the lost boys have seen. One thing that they see is how black were they compared though the other black people in America. In America the dark people were not very dark as the lost boys. When they are playing sports with the American people, the lost boy play rude and not respecting, but they are learning how things work. In America it was kind of easy to live there, because it’s not hard as living in Africa. One they have to deal is between work and school. They are living on their own and they have to work, in order to get the money. They deal with those problems everyday and they are happy doing it. At school they are happy when they make new friends and they talk to them every time, so they don’t feel lonely. Even though the languages are hard to speak, they tried to speak. They deal with the problems just by trying it and even though they failed, they try.



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  2. Iqbal, your blog showed Critical Reading and use of material, because you have referred to the documentary several times to develop and make your statements stronger and believable. This are some interesting quote that you have putted in the post: “Some of them likes to be clean and “clean environment always improves your live. “When they are clean, they felt like they are a meaningful person.” This stood out for me because you have taken the original words from the documentary and put it as a source to back up your statement. This quote also shows how the “Lost Boys” have learned something new that they were not used to in Sudan. This is another interesting quote “They deal with the problems just by trying it and even though they failed, they try.” This stood out for me because it is a good sentence to close your post and brings an important meaning; the one of “trying”. It is always important to try, also if you have failed you know you have tried and that builds up self-confidence, I think that is how Santino and Peter survived: by trying. By reading your blog you made me think on how did Peter and Santino’s view of America change from when they were in Africa to America?

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