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Solone shares memories of the Queens public schools that she attended, particularly Benjamin N. Cardozo High School. Solone speaks about the school's large student body, participating in chorus class from sophomore year to senior year, violent threats and incidents at the school, and the variety of places to get food near the school, including Korean barbeque restaurants. At the time of this interview, Solone was living north of Queens in Middletown, New York. 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Cardozo High School, graduating in 2019. Specifically, Solone spent time living in and visiting Oakland Gardens, Fresh Meadows, and Douglaston. Solone recalls playing at Cunningham Park, spending time with the Korean American community in Oakland Gardens, reading at the Queens Public Library in Fresh Meadows, and playing with neighborhood kids in Douglaston where her mother worked as a nanny. Solone shares memories of the Queens public schools that she attended, particularly Benjamin N. Cardozo High School. Solone speaks about the school's large student body, participating in chorus class from sophomore year to senior year, violent threats and incidents at the school, and the variety of places to get food near the school, including Korean barbeque restaurants. At the time of this interview, Solone was living north of Queens in Middletown, New York. 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This is Kareen Pierre-Louis. I'm here with Niah Solone. We are recording on December 3rd, 2021 for the Queens Memory Project. So Niah, do you agree to the terms and conditions outlined in the Queens Memory informed consent and copyright permission form that I shared with you over email?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=0.0,23.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=23.0,24.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Thank you. So, now could you say your full name and spell it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=24.0,30.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Niah Danielle Solone, first name N-I-A-H, middle name D-A-N-I-E-L-L-E. Last name S-O-L-O-N-E.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=30.0,39.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Awesome. Thank you. And thanks again for agreeing to do the interview. I really appreciate it. So first, why don't you just tell me about some of your childhood memories of Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=39.0,54.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Growing up, I was obviously around a lot of parks, since there are a lot of parks in Queens. So me and my mom would very often go there. I, I was a particularly big fan of swings, so I loved going on swings. That was pretty much all I did, I would just try to swing as high as I possibly could when we went. I really loved ice cream trucks when they passed by. So I would always get the, the ones with the bubble gum eyeballs.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=54.0,89.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs] Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=89.0,89.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: They're either like a SpongeBob one or a Dora one. And they would always come out looking weird, just like their eyes completely askew, half melted, but they were cool. Loved those. Yeah. I think parks were probably my, my favorite childhood memory growing up.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=89.0,108.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: That's cool. What were some of the parks you went to?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=108.0,111.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: I—particularly the one I remember most was Cunningham Park, which was very close to where we lived in Bayside. And we would walk over there, and it had plenty of swings, which of course I love. And we would often go. Anytime I made a new friend, I was like, \"We should go to the park,\" which is why I brought my friend Sadie [refers to picture]. And we—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=111.0,140.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis:\r\nOoh.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=140.0,140.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: —had a whole matching, matching moment. And we went to the park and I brought my bike. I was still on training wheels at the time [laughter] and I managed not to fall. And we were on the swings of course. That's me. [refers to picture] I was—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=140.0,157.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Oh—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=157.0,157.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone:\r\n—adorable [crosstalk]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=157.0,157.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: —my God. So cute.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=157.0,158.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: It was very fun. So I, I—that was a core memory of mine. Loved that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=158.0,164.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Nice. Nice. So from what I understand, you said that you lived in different neighborhoods in Queens, correct?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=164.0,172.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=172.0,173.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Nice. So what were some of those neighborhoods you lived in?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=173.0,177.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: For most of my life, I lived in the Oakland Gardens area, and we moved back and forth between there and Fresh Meadows. And for a time we were sort of close to Douglaston for a little bit.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=177.0,200.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Nice. That's cool. What are some experiences you have in those neighborhoods growing up?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=200.0,207.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Well for Douglaston in particular, that was the area that was close to my mom's place of work. And I would often hang out with the kids in that neighborhood, i.e. this photograph [refers to picture]—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=207.0,224.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=224.0,224.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: —which was on the very long, hilly street on their house. And we would go and we would ride bikes there. Queens in terms of Oakland Gardens was—at least when I was there—a very, a very Korean-American community, which meant I ate a lot of Korean food and it was really good. And I would absolutely love going to like the elderly Korean ladies' houses. And they would give us food all the time, it was great.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=224.0,257.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Ooh, nice.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=257.0,257.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: And then in Fresh Meadows, I remember we were right across the street from one of the Queens Public Libraries. And I would go in there, especially in the summer, at like three, and then I would stay there until it was closing. The librarians would be like, \"Okay, you get out, [laughter] you gotta go.\" And I would sit there and I would just read, 'cause I never ended up actually getting a library card until I was much older for some reason. So I would just sit there and read, and I would go back home when it was time to close. So it was—that was fun.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=257.0,295.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Nice. That sounds really like, relaxing. What were some of the books, or like your favorite genres that you liked to read in the library?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=295.0,304.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Ooh, ah, man, I very much was a historical fiction kind of, kinda gal. So the, the Princess Diary series, with all the albeit fictional retellings of the lives of different princesses throughout history, that captivated me. I [unclear] some of them. I've made my mom buy some of them for me. I think I had like three or four of them, but yeah, I loved those.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=304.0,334.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Nice. That sounds really nice. Like I think spending a lot of time in the library is, you know, it's good for everyone, but definitely helps you like expand your mind, I wanna say. Like, you know, obviously it helps with learning and you know, I think it's a good way to spend your, a lot of your childhood. So that's nice. That sounds really like relaxing, like I said. That's cool. How was it moving between those neighborhoods?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=334.0,363.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: They're all pretty close to each other [unclear]. So for me it wasn't, it wasn't bad. I wasn't very much the kind of kid that would cry when we moved. I, I'd like to think of myself as pretty adaptable to new scenarios. So it was more so we were just moving to different apartments rather than different neighborhoods completely. 'Cause everything was just so close together. So I was still, you know, in the same school system, I was still seeing—the same district, like seeing the same people I had known for years. It wasn't much of a change. So that was, that was good on my, my young mind.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=363.0,400.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs] That's good. Definitely. I know you mentioned that—you said that you used to hang out with the kids from your mom's job. So what did she do?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=400.0,409.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yes, she was a nanny, for a family in Douglaston, that had three kids.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=409.0,417.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Nice, nice. So you got to hang out with them. I know you saw—you showed the picture that you guys were riding bikes together. Was there anything else that you liked to do with them?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=417.0,427.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: We played lots and lots of games, including video games. We were obsessed with Rock Band on the Nintendo. We would play Rock Band. I was always the singer, 'cause I had the best vocals. And one of the other kids, Nicky, he was always on the drums and his older sister Gabby was the guitarist. We would do that a lot.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=427.0,453.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Sounds fun. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=453.0,456.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: It was.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=456.0,456.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: So I wanted to ask you a little bit about your mom. Do you think that you could tell me—because from what I understand, your mom didn't always live in Queens, right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=456.0,466.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yes. So my mom, my mom was born in, in a small island in the Caribbean called St. Lucia, and she lived there for, I wanna say about 22 years before she came to New York. She actually came here on vacation at first, but then she ended up staying. So yeah, that resulted in me being also born here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=466.0,496.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Nice. What made her wanna stay?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=496.0,498.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: I—to be honest I never really asked. I think she just found better job opportunities here, than she had back, back in her home country and things just worked out for the better when she moved here. So she stayed.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=498.0,515.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: That's cool. When she came to the US, did she first go to Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=515.0,523.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: No. She first moved to Brooklyn, thinking at the time it was probably a lot cheaper to live there, but she moved to Queens actually more so for, for me and for work because she found a new job in Queens, as well as it was just safer raising a, a small kid in Queens than it was in Brooklyn, so she moved.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=523.0,551.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah, that makes sense. That's really—that's good that she thought about your safety. So that's really nice. So I wanted to also ask about some of your school experience, because before you mentioned that you kind of stayed in the same school system, so what were some of the schools you went to?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=551.0,572.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Right. So I went to, I think it was two or three different elementary schools. I went to PS 213, it was Carl Ullman Public School. You know, I think it was, maybe 104? That was the very first one I went to from kindergarten to second grade. And then I went to 213 from third grade to fifth. Yeah. And then I stayed in the same middle school, my whole middle school career, which was George J. Ryan middle school. And as well as the same high school, Benjamin Cardozo.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=572.0,617.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Nice. Did you like school or no?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=617.0,622.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: I, I—there were, there were good and the bad—as I feel is the case for most, for most people. But more or less I liked school. I just didn't love the teachers. They were not, [laughs] not great. Any adult that is, isn't, is the best person to hang around, but I, I generally liked school.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=622.0,643.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: That's cool. What was your favorite subject?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=643.0,646.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: My favorite subject has always been English because it's the one I'm always the best at. [laughter] So, yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=646.0,655.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Nice. Were—are there any specific memories you have from your time in your younger school years? Like what were some of the differences between like your elementary school and middle school and high school? I know of course that, you know, it's a big change, but can you tell me maybe about some of the memories you have from the younger years of school as opposed to the older years?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=655.0,684.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yeah, definitely. I—one thing, for some reason that I really enjoyed about elementary school was, my classroom was actually in one of the overflow trailers in the school. So it was, it was kind of as if we have like our own mini school because sometimes our teacher, she would—when it was warm outside, we would go outside and it was kinda like a garden sort of thing out there. And we would, she would have us bring in like blankets and we would lay out blankets and we would read books and there'd be bees and butterflies. It was very picturesque. It was very nice. So I really—I've always had a fondness for overflowed trailer classes for some reason. So when I was in high school, and I had a homeroom in one of those, I was very excited. That was very fun. The transition from elementary school to middle school was a bit more difficult for me because, puberty. Kids are weird. [laughter] So I wasn't a big fan of that, but I, I got into it. Had my, you know, awkward phases in, in school, as, as most kids do. But looking back on it, it wasn't something that I would particularly change because it helped me, it helped me grow, being around all my peers and dealing with typical, typical child drama.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=684.0,769.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laugh] Yeah—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=769.0,773.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: [crosstalk]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=773.0,773.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah, I know. Middle school and elementary school were very interesting times, I think for most people. Awkward, but you know, like you said, you got through it. [laughs] Do you have like any special memories from Cardozo that kind of like stick out in your head?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=773.0,792.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Cardozo, ah man. We, we had some very good times and some very odd times. There was a big focus on assemblies and we, we had a dance program in the school, so there were always like dance shows, which were very, very entertaining. There were some very talented kids in that school. And then people were also—the question of—it was, it was a large school. So there was, there was a section in the school that was always extremely crowded, to the point where they nicknamed it 42nd street. Cause it was that bad. [laughter]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=792.0,835.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Oh my gosh—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=835.0,836.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: It was a horrible—and I remember, especially when I was a freshman—cause I've always been very small, I'm very small—so when I was a freshman and I had my, you know, huge backpack—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=836.0,846.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Oh no.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=846.0,846.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: —you know how freshmen kids are. They're walkin' around, [laughter] with their massive backpack. I would get like caught. My backpack would like snag on people and I would just get yanked back. [laughter] And I would like struggle to get up, because you don't get up fast enough, you're getting trampled. Quite simply. So that was a bit traumatizing. But eventually I, I maneuvered my way. You gotta learn how to push. You gotta just push people outta your way. Be remorseless. Pushem' away. And I got through it. It was grueling but I did it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=846.0,881.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs] Yeah, I was aboutta say that sounds kinda traumatizing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=881.0,888.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: It was.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=888.0,888.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah. And how many people were in your school?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=888.0,892.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: There were a lot. I think there—in, in the—the seniors made up like half the school and I think it was like a thousand students. It was a lot.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=892.0,905.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Oh my goodness. That's crazy. How do you even—like I guess when you're like making friends, is it difficult to keep up with people? Because that's a lot of students and then you would have different, you know, different classes and then the next year you'll probably have like a lot of other kids. So like, was it difficult keeping up with people?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=905.0,934.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yes. Most definitely. I feel like all of the, the friends I made my freshman year, I had none of those friends my senior year, because we all ended up in different classes. We didn't talk as much. So it was, it was very, very hectic kinda keeping track of people. There were some people that the only class I had with them was gym and that was it. There was not much time to like sit around. We were outside and we were being active. So I feel like there were a lot of missed opportunities there to get to know people, but when you're in a big school like that, there's only so much you can do.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=934.0,981.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah. Yeah. That's a very, interesting experience, I guess a —were your other schools that big too? Because I know—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=981.0,989.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Oh, no.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=989.0,989.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: —also it's different because you know, they're—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=989.0,993.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yeah, they were not nearly, they—I feel like high school is, the ocean in comparison to the lake and the pond that is middle school and elementary school. So it was obviously a lot more people. And I feel like in elementary school, they keep you pretty consistently with your same people that you've, that you've known. I remember in middle school, there were the same people in every year, except for maybe like one or two kids that got transferred to a different program, but it was, it was very consistent and come high school was all over the place.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=993.0,1033.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs] Yeah, for sure. Wow. I was going to ask something, it kind of slips my mind, but I guess I'll ask you [laughs] were you in any clubs at Cardozo High School?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1033.0,1054.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: I wasn't very club going in terms of high school, but I remember I was in [laughs] for a very brief moment, I was in one club called the Breakfast Club, which is obviously a, a use of the—in the movie, Breakfast Club. But it wasn't exclusively breakfast. They would make other, they would make other food. And I joined the club like midway through senior year, went to like two club meetings, [laughter] and never went again. So yeah, I, I think we made like ice cream one time, that was fun. And then I just didn't go again. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1054.0,1098.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: So you missed your opportunity to [laughs] cook food—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1098.0,1101.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: I did, I did. The only reason I went is because a lot of people I knew were in that club, so I was like, \"Might as well.\" But then, since clubs met after school, and I was very much a homebody and I was like, \"I wanna go back home. I don't wanna spend more time in this place than I need to be.\" So I left. I just stopped going. I didn't bother.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1101.0,1123.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah, I totally feel you. Especially like, and sounds like—correct me if I'm wrong, it was a hectic environment, right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1123.0,1131.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Oh yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1131.0,1132.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah. That's understandable. [laughs] Also, you graduated in 2019, right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1132.0,1142.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1142.0,1143.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Right. So that—kind of graduated before big wave of COVID. How does that feel that you just, you basically like missed it by a year? [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1143.0,1156.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: I know. I'm honestly pretty appreciative because I, I don't know how I would, how I would feel if I had lost like a portion of my high school experience to, to a pandemic. I mean, you, you grow up watching like TV shows and like depictions of high school and you kind of romanticize it in your head. And even though my experience wasn't exactly like that, it was still pretty cool. So if I had missed that, to a disease, [laughter] I would imagine that wouldn't be very fun for me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1156.0,1194.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah. I totally understand. And kind of talking about that, is there anything from Cardozo that you miss?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1194.0,1206.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yes, definitely. I, I loved my chorus class. I was in chorus from sophomore year to senior year and it was a very close knit group. We—there was even an extension of the chorus class that was for songwriters, and I was super into songwriting in high school. So, we would kind of sing our songs to each other and get some feedback. So that was really fun. I loved being in all like, the chorus shows in school. That was great. I, I—whenever I think about high school, my brain immediately goes there. Everyone from my chorus signed my yearbook. [laughter]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1206.0,1247.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Nice. So by the sh—when you said shows, did you mean like, like I'm probably gonna say the wrong thing, but not like plays, right? Like—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1247.0,1260.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Oh, no. It was just, we would have like a certain set of songs that we would practice and sing. And then typically it was actually conjoined with the dance program. So it would be an assembly of partially chorus, and then partially the dance, so—'cause we were super boring. All we would sing would be like, Latin songs, and people didn't care about it. They were like \"Get outta here, we want the dance team.\" But it was fun anyway. I still loved it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1260.0,1291.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Did you understand any of the Latin songs?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1291.0,1294.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: No.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1294.0,1295.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1295.0,1296.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Not at all. But they sounded cool to me. I, I liked them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1296.0,1302.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs] Yeah. That's what matters. Do you get to perform any of the songs that you wrote? Or did anybody get to perform any of the songs that they wrote?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1302.0,1310.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yes. There were a lot of very, very talented singers and songwriters in chorus and the songwriting club. So, occasionally they would do solos at some of these performances. And I think there were probably only three people who had the, the courage to put their own work up in front of, of an entire room full of their peers. [laughter] But they did it, and they were really, really good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1310.0,1343.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Nice. Yeah, that definitely takes a lot of courage. [laugh] Wow. So, you know, I know that you don't live in the borough of Queens anymore. Where do you live now?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1343.0,1358.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Now I live a little bit further upstate in Middletown.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1358.0,1363.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Nice. So why did you decide to move?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1363.0,1368.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: We actually—one of my, my mom's friends—who's like an aunt to me—she moved up here, a couple years before we did and we would come up to visit with her and my mom kind of fell in love with the area. Of course she's from an island, so she's very much about trees and scenery and laid-backness. So, she wasn't getting that in the city [laughter] as much. So, we moved up here, which honestly isn't much of a difference. It's still very suburban. [laughs] The only difference is there aren't many big buildings, or, buses. That's not the only difference.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1368.0,1406.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Really. Interesting. It's not as many people though, right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1406.0,1414.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: No, it's just a, it's definitely less congested, especially—I mean, you can drive like five minutes out and get [unclear] landscapes and huge houses. So it's, it's a little, it's a little less dense in terms of population.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1414.0,1435.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah, that makes sense. So is there anything, like, that you miss from Queens now that you're upstate?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1435.0,1447.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yes. Surprisingly the buses.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1447.0,1454.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1454.0,1454.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: I never thought I'd miss a bus so much, because up here you need a car. You need a car to go everywhere. And me—being a very poor college student—I have no funds for a car. [laughter] So, you know what would be great? A bus, but—and they do have buses, but they don't go where ya need them to go. Yeah, it's just like a general path. So I was like \"Man, I never thought I'd miss public transit as much as I do.\" But I do.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1454.0,1484.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Wow. Yeah. What—when you did live in Queens, what were some of the buses that you took, like to get to wherever?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1484.0,1492.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Ooh, there were a lot of buses. I, I didn't take any to go to when I was in high school because I lived close enough to walk. But when I was in middle school, I used to take the 37, down the Horace Harding Way to get to my middle school for, I think seventh and, and eighth grade mostly. Yeah. That was my main bus experience. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1492.0,1529.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Did you ever feel like nervous going on the bus? I don't know if you went by yourself. But I know sometimes, like depending on your personality or going on the bus it's—I think it's a pretty much a New Yorker thing, but, like what were some of those experiences? Cause I know sometimes the bus can get very crazy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1529.0,1552.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yes. I, I was actually very excited to go on the bus. I felt like it was a very grown up independent thing. I was very excited to do it. I was a little nervous the first time. I was worried I wouldn't ring the, the bell in time [laughter] to get to the right stop. I was so scared I would get lost or that I would get on the wrong bus. But after like four or five times I had it down pat. There wasn't anything to worry about. The only thing I had to worry about were the crazy people that were on the bus sometimes, but we kinda learned how to maneuver around that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1552.0,1590.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah, for sure. [laughs] Do you remember any stories of—I mean, I don't wanna bring back bad memories [laughter]—but do you remember like any really—things that stand out in your mind about some of the—those crazy people on the bus?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1590.0,1609.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yes. I do recall there was, there was this lady who came on the bus and I don't know if she just had a bad day, or if she was a little loco, but, she came on the bus and little 13 year old me was sitting closer to the front by the driver, you know, like that set of three in the front? I was sitting on the leftmost seat and another person was sitting right next to me and she came on the bus and she just started like eyeing all the young people. 'Cause there were, there were a lot of kids, leaving school, going on the bus and she would start like, giving us all the stink eye for some reason. And she started going on this whole tirade about how disrespectful kids are, about how they never offer seats to be elderly. Meanwhile, this woman can't be more than like 40. She can stand. And on top of that, there is an open seat, directly to her left, [laughter] the one at the end of where I'm sitting. And she's like going on and on and on. And, this is very satisfying, but the bus driver, was just like, \"Sit down, be quiet. I—we—we're not moving this bus if you do not stop. [laughter] So that was, that was a very therapeutic moment for me. I was like, \"Yes, you deserve that comeuppance crazy lady.\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1609.0,1697.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Put her in her place. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1697.0,1698.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Indeed. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1698.0,1700.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/107","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah. I—[laughs] it's funny because, I know the bus is filled with crazy people and like now I, I have to get a taste of some of it. 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Is there—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1725.0,1731.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Oh no.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1731.0,1731.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: —anything else [laughs] that you don't miss about Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1731.0,1737.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/114","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: I don't know if it's specifically the Queens mentality that [laughs] some people have, but, especially with the younger, the younger folks, my peers in my school particularly were very, over the top, to put it kindly. There were many occasions where there were fights. Our school was in the news for one of those. One girl had a fight with another, they had a whole exchange over Snapchat, evidently, the night before, discussing where and when they would fight. And, the day of, one of the girls brought like a utility belt of, of weapons [laughs] to—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1737.0,1791.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/115","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Oh no.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1791.0,1791.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/116","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: —combat the other girl with. She had bleach and vinegar in a bottle, and she cut the other girl's hair. She was promptly expelled. But at the same time, there was like bleach and vinegar along the whole hall, so that hall had to be cut, cut off. We couldn't go down that hall for like fumes and stuff. So that was horrible. That was a horrible day. I was very inconvenienced. I had to go all the way around to get to one of my classes. I was upset about that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1791.0,1817.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/117","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Oh no. Not being able to go to your class.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1817.0,1822.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: I know. How dare they. They—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1822.0,1823.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [crosstalk]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1823.0,1823.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/120","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: —couldn't have done it outside? They had to do it in the school?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1823.0,1827.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/121","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: I know—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1827.0,1828.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/122","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: [crosstalk] Tryna hinder my education. I don't appreciate that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1828.0,1831.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/123","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: So inconsiderate.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1831.0,1832.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/124","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: I know. [laughter].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1832.0,1835.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/125","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: So yeah, that's, that's honestly very crazy. Yikes. Did anything else like that happen at your school?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1835.0,1843.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/126","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Oh, my school was a mess. There were constant—there were very frequent threats. We had knife threats, and bomb threats, and it got to the point where there had to be like metal detectors to come in and like have us walk through. And I remember—oh man, this was honestly kind of funny—but there was this kid named Jonathan. Very nice kid. He was on the wrestling team, big dude. He ate a lot. And he, he had like a, like a bento box lunch. And he had a fork in there and it was a metal fork, [laughs] and they took his fork.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1843.0,1887.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/127","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1887.0,1888.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/128","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: He went through it and they took his fork. And we were like, \"John, what happened to your fork?\" And he was like, \"They took it.\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1888.0,1896.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/129","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1896.0,1896.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/130","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: And I felt so bad.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1896.0,1898.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/131","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: It didn't pass through the metal detector?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1898.0,1900.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/132","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: It didn't. It didn't. And they were like, \"We have to confiscate—\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1900.0,1907.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/133","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs] That—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1907.0,1907.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/134","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: This man's fork.\r\n\r\n[00:31:47)\r\nKareen Pierre-Louis: —is so weird.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1907.0,1909.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/135","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: I don't know if he ever got it back, but it was very sad. And he wasn't able to pick up like one of those flimsy little sporks from the, [laughs] from the cafeteria. So he [unclear] with his, his great spread. He had like rice, and meat, and all sorts of fun things. And think this was how [unclear] they took my fork.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1909.0,1932.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/136","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1932.0,1932.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/137","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Justice for John and his fork.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1932.0,1935.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/138","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Oh my God. [laughter] He should have thought of that, but, [crosstalk]—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1935.0,1943.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/139","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: I know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1943.0,1943.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/140","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Crazy—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1943.0,1943.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/141","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: It's a fork I—it's literally gonna [laughter] [crosstalk] a little fork.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1943.0,1948.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/142","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Oh wow. That's that's really interesting experience, like who knew that they would take a fork away 'cause it didn't pass the metal detector? That is really interesting. [laughs] I just thought of this. You said that there were places to eat around your school, right? Your old school?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1948.0,1975.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/143","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yep, there were quite a few. As I mentioned, that area was very Korean-American, so there were quite a few KBBQ places which was great for me. There was a Chinese restaurant, there was a Dunkin', there was after a while a Starbucks, which we were very happy about. There was a pizza place, there was like a, like and a wing and empanada place. There was a McDonald's, but they got rid of it because the high schoolers would come in and like trash, the place, [laughter] so they got rid of it, and they turned into, they turned it into another KBBQ place. There was a kosher deli. We would get bagels from there all the time. And there were a lot of, a lot of halal carts. There was one, right on Bell Boulevard in that little, like intersection. And there was another one that was—'cause we were—our school was right in front of Queensborough Community College. So there was like another two back there, and there's a halal cart and there was like a breakfast kinda cart thing, and people go there and I'm gonna swear by this: [claps] bagel, [claps] cream cheese, [claps] bacon, [claps] jelly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=1975.0,2054.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/144","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Wait, jelly?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2054.0,2056.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/145","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yes. Don't gimme that look. It's delicious.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2056.0,2059.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/146","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs] You know—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2059.0,2061.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/147","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: I'm tellin' you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2061.0,2061.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/148","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: —I feel like, I feel like somebody told me this before, and I was like, \"Huh?\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2061.0,2067.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/149","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: [laughs] It, it doesn't—you get like the sweet, and the savory. It's a good combination. It su—it's surprisingly good. And I don't even like jelly, but it was phenomenal.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2067.0,2082.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/150","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Interesting. [laughs] Which—around your school with all those food spots, which one was your favorite?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2082.0,2090.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/151","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Ooh. The halal cart on Bell. 'Cause we would get—I would get chicken over rice, and the guy there—I don't know where he was from. I think he was like, some sort of Middle Eastern. His name was Ahmed. He was so chill. He would, he would load me up. He give me extra of everything. So I would get chicken over rice, and like a little salad on the side with the white sauce, and barbecue sauce. And you got a drink, all for $5. It was like this big container—couldn't even finish it. It was so good. Loved that. Loved it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2090.0,2127.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/152","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: That sounds amazing—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2127.0,2129.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/153","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: I'd get that all the time. Even in the summer when it was like hot, I'm still be like, \"I'm gonna get my chicken over rice.\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2129.0,2134.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/154","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2134.0,2134.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/155","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: \"I'm gonna be sweating while I eat it. 'Cause it's so hot out here.\" [laughter] But it was good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2134.0,2138.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/156","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: No, yeah, that sounds really good. And inflation is real because when I go to halal carts now, by Queens College, [laughs] it's like $7—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2138.0,2153.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/157","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: What?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2153.0,2153.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/158","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: —and that's not including a drink.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2153.0,2156.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/159","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: [imitates voice] Raise of prices, back in my day [laughter] it was cheaper than that. I don't [crosstalk]—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2156.0,2159.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/160","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2159.0,2159.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/161","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: [crosstalk]—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2159.0,2162.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/162","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Inflation is real.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2162.0,2163.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/163","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yeah. Are they giving you more? They better be giving you more.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2163.0,2169.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/164","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: I mean like don't get me wrong. The portion is good, but like, still, like I would've liked to get $5 halal. [laughter]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2169.0,2179.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/165","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: I know. With a drink too.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2179.0,2181.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/166","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah, it's crazy. [laughs] And since you said that the area around your school was very Korean-American, what about, like did you get to, like—what was your experience with that? Like did you get to learn any more things about Korean culture, or like dive into the food a little more? I know you said that there was the Korean barbecue places nearby.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2181.0,2209.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/167","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: It was the—food was definitely the, the instigator in my general love of the culture. There were a lot of Korean kids at my school. There was Korean offered as a language at my school, 'cause there was, there was such a big, I guess, demand for that. I got super into the food, and super into culture. I tried learning Korean in high school as a result which is—like the, the written language is surprisingly easy. I was not, I was not prepared for like the—it, it took me like three hours to learn the written language. Very easy. I had some help from Mr. Kim, the Korean teacher. He was, he was also a history teacher. Very inefficient in history, very good at teaching Korean.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2209.0,2263.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/168","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2263.0,2264.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/169","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: It was weird [laughs] Yeah. And there was, there was this one girl who would always—when we had like cultural fairs in school—she would—I think her parents were like—they owned a catering company or something, but they would bring kimbap, which is like sushi, but Korean. And they would bring huge, huge trays of it. And I, I got good with her 'cause I was tryna to get a little extra. [laughter] So I would get like, two or three extra rolls and I would bring those home and I would eat those up. Man, it was so good. It was really good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2264.0,2303.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/170","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: That sounds so good. I really like black noodles—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2303.0,2309.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/171","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Oh yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2309.0,2309.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/172","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: —I don't remember the Korean name, but do you know—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2309.0,2312.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/173","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Jajangmyeon.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2312.0,2312.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/174","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: —what I'm talking about? Okay. There we go.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2312.0,2315.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/175","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Jajangmyeon. They're really good. The black bean noodles, ugh.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2315.0,2318.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/176","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: So good. Oh my gosh. Did, did you have any of that around your school or no?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2318.0,2322.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/177","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yes. There—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2322.0,2323.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/178","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Ooh.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2323.0,2323.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/179","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: —there was quite a lot. There was like an actual kimbap place called Rolly Kimbab that had—I don't know if they had jajangmyeon, but they'd probably had it at one of the other KBBQ places on that same block. It was really good. And they had a bubble tea place across the street.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2323.0,2345.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/180","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Really?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2345.0,2348.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/181","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yup.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2348.0,2348.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/182","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Wow—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2348.0,2348.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/183","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: It was called Hi Tea. And I would get passion fruit with the, with the bubbles, the tapioca pearls. So good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2348.0,2357.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/184","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Oh my gosh. That sounds amazing. I am like kind of salivating now [laughter] 'cause o—yeah, I love, I love Korean food. It is really amazing. And you're really lucky that you got to have it so close—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2357.0,2373.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/185","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yup.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2373.0,2373.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/186","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: —by.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2373.0,2373.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/187","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: On my way home from school I would just get a little bit of everything. Great.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2373.0,2380.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/188","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah. Do you have as many Korean restaurants nearby where you live now?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2380.0,2387.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/189","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: There aren't as many. The community isn't as big here, but the few places that there are, are still pretty good. There's a, there's a bubble tea shop called Kung Fu Tea. That's pretty good. And there, there aren't many, but there are a few Asian supermarkets where I get a lot of like imported snacks, and those are great. Love those.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2387.0,2416.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/190","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Nice, nice. That's cool. So I also wanted to ask, how do you think that living in Queens for most of your life has impacted you as a person?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2416.0,2432.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/191","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: It gives you a very, very different mindset. One that you don't realize you have until you go somewhere else. So even though Queens is a, is a touch more suburban than say Manhattan, and maybe even Brooklyn, but it still very fast paced. You gotta kinda know what you're doing a lot of times. And when you go, not even to a different state, just a different county, honestly, like I live in Orange County and people were genuinely surprised. The people who've lived here all their life are genuinely surprised. The stories I told them about Queens that, you know, in my head perfectly normal, this isn't weird or crazy at all, but then they were like, \"Are you okay? I'm glad you moved.\" And I was like, \"What? No, it was great. What are you talking about?\" [laughter] You kinda get like, conditioned to it. And in, in the moment it's not bad, but you look back and you're like, \"I went through a lot,\" but that—it definitely shaped me as a person. Like growing up, I was very, I was very shy, and I was very quiet, but just the general populace of Queens is very loud and outspoken and culturally diverse. So there was no time and no room for me to be quiet inside. I had to get over that and I did. And I'm very happy I did.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2432.0,2527.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/192","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Nice. That's really awesome. Kinda pushed you outta your shell.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2527.0,2536.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/193","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: [gestures]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2536.0,2536.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/194","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs] What are some of the things that people get surprised at, when you tell them about your experiences in the borough?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2536.0,2544.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/195","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Honestly it's mostly school-related.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2544.0,2547.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/196","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Oh.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2547.0,2548.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/197","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yeah they were mostly school related. And also the bus thing. Like people are, are surprised at the—in comparison to up here, the proficiency of the bus. Like if you live down there, you're like \"These buses never come. Why? Why is the buses not here?\" But [laughs] like in comparison with up here, we got it pretty good in Queens. These buses are a-okay. And I was like, \"Yeah, no, you can catch a bus literally anywhere.\" And they're like \"For real? So insane.\" And I tell them about, my school experiences, and they're like, \"They allowed that? That was, that was accepted?\" and I was like, \"Not necessarily, but it happened.\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2548.0,2589.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/198","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2589.0,2591.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/199","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: You know, 'cause up here, it's—there's quite a lot of like private Catholic schools, which they have in Queens, but I feel like it's a, it's a little bit more intense up here. [laughter] People are, are very much more—how do I say it without sounding kinda mean?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2591.0,2611.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/200","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2611.0,2612.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/201","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Almost purist in their, in their ways. They kinda get a little bit more offended than we do. So some of the things I'll like, I'll say, or do, they're like \"That's a little weird, but okay.\" Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2612.0,2633.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/202","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah. That's—Yeah, it's definitely a big change. Li—I think people a lot of the time can tell when you're from somewhere different because you know, it's a whole, it's a whole different vibe and a whole different—like you said, it like changes the way you think the way that you kind of see the world so it, I think it definitely shows— especially here in New York, people can often tell when you're from the city compared to upstate, but yeah. That's really interesting. Yeah. How would you say—so overall you enjoyed your experience in Queens, right? Would you say like it—do you think it changed you for the better? I know that you've said that, it helps you definitely break outta your shell, but would you say that overall it was like a nice experience?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2633.0,2689.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/203","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: Yes, definitely. I, I guess maybe I haven't been living up here long enough to really appreciate it, but if you told me I was moving back to Queens, I'd be like, \"Cool, yay—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2689.0,2701.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/204","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2701.0,2701.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/205","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: —I'm ready to go.\" It's—I consider it my home. I've lived up here. I've lived in Brooklyn, but I lived in Queens for the majority of my life. And it's the place I feel comfortable. I know the names of the streets. [laughter] I know how to get places. I know where to get good deals on pizza slices. I know where the best shops are, and it's, it's where I felt comfortable. And even though, I had a great experience up here too, I just, I feel more at home in Queens. [laughter] Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2701.0,2739.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/206","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah, it's what you know. So, yeah. But I think that that was a really good—some really good stories that you shared. So thank you so much for sharing it. It was really cool listening to a lot of the stuff that you said about definitely the food [laughs] around your school. But yeah, just some of your like, personal history. So thanks for that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2739.0,2766.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/207","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Niah Solone: No problem.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2766.0,2769.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391/transcript/44915/annotation/208","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kareen Pierre-Louis: Yeah, so—appreciate it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/98197/file/195391#t=2769.0,2773.301"}]}]}]}