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Jade Thiraswas: Young Cash Karen
December 1st – January 20th, 2024
Opening Reception: December 1st, 6 – 9 PM
“oung Cash Karen is an ongoing project about a close-knit community of young refugees from Myanmar (or Burma) who have resettled in Rochester, New York. They are Karen (pronounced kuh-ren), an indigenous ethnic minority that has fought a decades long and still ongoing civil war against the Burmese military regime, the Tatmadaw, over the native lands of their people and for their very right to exist. The Tatmadaw systemically attacks Karen villages, killing and displacing hundreds of thousands of Karen people. For most or all of their lives, these young men lived in remote refugee camps across the Myanmar border in Thailand, until taking the leap to resettle in the United States. “Young Cash Karen” is the self-chosen name of the brotherhood they have formed together. They proudly use the name to express a sense of belonging and solidarity amongst each other and with the global Karen refugee diaspora.”
Filter Space
1821 W Hubbard St
Suite 207
Chicago IL
Location: Chicago, Illinois Type: Exhibition
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