Is this the real precedence of BANGLADESHI AMERICA?
Not really. In fact, Bangladeshi American aren't solely a minority among the large of wave of Asians that came to the U.S. in the 60s. We have a history in New York, that goes long back.
The purpose of the book Bengali Harlem is to relay the profiles of early Bengali fishermen, and trades people who arrived on New York City's shores, and began their unique lives. They intermarried with Puerto Ricans and Blacks and created a long-lost identity in Baltimore Chicago, and NYC. I'm getting this book in late february from a cousin-friend and am curious to learn about the history of my people in the U.S. I love diversity and the urban minority story of NYC. This book is sure to be a blast, getting to know to transnational stories of Bengali-mixed persons across the socioeconomic spectrum.
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