"We Are the Fruit Bowl" Place, Cultural Identity, and Social Ties among Immigrant Residents in Public Housing

They [HUD] only gave a small percent [of the HOPE VI grant] for translating languages. I think it was one percent of the budget, and I said "That's impossible for us" [and the HUD staff person said]: "Oh you just need to translate it into Spanish" and I go "no!" an...

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Published inTranscultural Cities pp. 135 - 148
Main Author Manzo, Lynne C.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 2013
Edition1
Subjects
Juice Boxes
Ko Myo
Dan Street
Sweet Rolls
Karen Peoples
Dragon Head
Downtown Yangon
Juice
Cross-cultural Understanding
Red Envelopes
Follow
Large Family
Gateway
Held
Young Men
Lion Dance
Military Junta
Martial Arts Associations
Transcultural Cities
Dragon Dance
Unlawful Association Act
Tactical Maneuvers
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Summary:They [HUD] only gave a small percent [of the HOPE VI grant] for translating languages. I think it was one percent of the budget, and I said "That's impossible for us" [and the HUD staff person said]: "Oh you just need to translate it into Spanish" and I go "no!" and he goes "No? What do you mean, no?" [I said] "There's eighteen different languages!" and it just blew the whole room. They could not comprehend it. We are one community and we are a mixture of people. We are the fruit bowl.
ISBN:0415631424
9780415631419
0415631416
9780415631426
DOI:10.4324/9780203075777-13