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New York City · New YorkJoel Ramirez used to count in English to impress his Spanish-speaking relatives in the Dominican Republic. At 5 years old, he would rattle off numbers until reaching 49. Then he gave a long pause before saying 50. That pause earned him a nickname: “49.” Ramirez embraced it. Years later, he would ask a football teammate to borrow his number, 49, for practice. And now it’s the namesake for his fashion brand, 49archive. The origin story 49archive …Read Article
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New York State · New YorkGrowing up in New Jersey, Shreya Sunderram did not learn about Asian American and Pacific Islander history until she attended Barnard College. Now she’s spearheading an effort to change that, at least for New York City schoolchildren. An Indian American and doctoral candidate for Urban Education at the CUNY Graduate Center, Sunderram also serves as the director of the Localized History Project at the Asian American/Asian Research Institute at C…Read Article
