Ari Joseph: Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations oral history collection: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids

Scope and Contents

In the interview, Joseph discusses his racial identity; encounters with racism; educational experiences; parents' religious traditions; mother's Spanish and Chinese heritage; family visits to Peru; and impressions of gentrification in Brooklyn, New York. Interview conducted by Manissa Maharawal.

Biographical note

Ari Joseph was born to a mixed race Peruvian Catholic mother and a white American Jewish father and raised in New York City. Joseph received a B.A. from Middlebury College in Vermont and an M.P.S. from New York University in New York City. He worked for Hostelling International in New York City.

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the interview is available onsite at the Brooklyn Historical Society's Othmer Library. The Brooklyn Historical Society does not have permission to license oral history audio recordings or transcripts to third parties.

Subjects

Topics

Catholicism; Education |z New York (State) |z New York; Racially mixed people; Racially mixed families; Race identity; Judaism; Interfaith families; Gentrification |z New York (State) |z Kings County

Places

Peru; Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)

Related Materials

Oral history with Ari Joseph's partner, Emily Pinkowitz, 2011.019.039.

Ari Joseph, 2012 June 6, inclusive