| Approx. time |
Expression |
Explanation |
| 0:30 |
2nd generation |
born in a country where
your parents were immigrants |
| 0:39 |
itinerant |
traveling, moving from
place to place |
| 3:15 |
sticking point |
obstacle, barrier to
progress |
| 3:48 |
stereotype |
a common and
oversimplified idea of a person |
| 4:20 |
Apu, Kwik-E-Mart owner |
the stereotyped Indian
owner of a convenience store on the TV show, The
Simpsons |
| 4:30 |
thick skin |
resistance to being hurt
by unkindness or thoughtlessness |
| 5:06 |
culprits |
the people responsible for
a bad act |
| 5:10 |
Eastern seaboard |
east coast of the U.S. |
| 5:31 |
backlash |
strong negative reaction
to a event |
| 5:56 |
distraught |
unhappy, deeply upset |
| 6:02 |
foul language, ethnic
slurs |
strong or vulgar language,
bad names based on one’s racial or tribal heritage |
| 6:07 |
ethnicity |
group or tribal membership |
| 7:09 |
liberal arts college |
college which advocates
studying broadly across all fields |
| 7:27 |
mangled |
damaged, torn,
disfigured |
| 7:36 |
euphoric |
extremely happy |
| 7:41 |
nonetheless |
even so, despite this |
| 7:51 |
gears turning in your head |
having an idea, creating
connections in your mind |
| 8:02 |
phonetic spelling |
using linguistic symbols
to spell a word or name |
| 8:35 |
Name Coach |
https://www.name-coach.com |
| 8:50 |
deans |
heads of schools within a
university (higher than dept. chair, lower than the provost) |
| 9:20 |
consonant |
language sounds that you
cannot sing (like b, t, v, k, m, etc.) |
| 9:23 |
stack vowels |
put many vowel letters
(like a, e, i, o, u) together |
| 9:25 |
freak out |
panic, develop high level
of worry |
| 10:18 |
microaggressions |
small but hurtful words or
acts against a person of a minority background |
| 10:20 |
small slights |
small insults or
discourtesies |
| 10:23 |
an “other,” an alien |
someone from the outside,
not a member of the group |
| 12:02 |
Name Badge |
https://www.name-coach.com/namebadge |
| 12:55 |
grandiose |
very large or grand, often
pretentiously so |
| 14:51 |
Anapama |
Praveen’s mother’s name |
| 16:00 |
non-immigrants |
people who were born in a
country |
| 16:48 |
self-identified |
labeling oneself in a
certain way or claiming a certain group membership |
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