tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41912994902632891922024-02-20T14:22:54.196-08:00Blogging at its bestAnnisiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05437529377771447168noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191299490263289192.post-6428429817778119082012-01-22T17:09:00.000-08:002012-01-22T17:09:09.325-08:00OCCUPY PROVIDENCE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;">OCCUPY PROVIDENCE EVERYONE! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Going to Kennedy Plaza in Providence RI has taught me a lot of what fighting for your rights looks like and how strongly these people feeling for what we all deserve when it comes to equality. I went with a group of students from me class; Stephanie, Merylda, Ethan, and Kayla. We talked to a group of three guys who have all been there at different times. I unfortunately do not recall their names but the one man who has been there ever since they opened up the campus on October 2011 spoke very well and helped us understand why they are doing this. Also we spoke with a man who have traveled around to many different camps since he originally started in North Carolina. Well what I got out of the information from him and the other two men was that people in the USA have taken for granted the power certain people have in todays society. As one man said "The rich is getting richer and the poor is getting poorer and we're here to fix it!"As he went on he was right "You can't live today with a job of just working at Mcdonald's and raising a family." Occupy Providence is a place to show others who don't understand what other people go through in the world a way of what life may be like and no one deserves to be less than others. Many may think these people as "scary" and not going to lie I use to think this too but in all reality they're probably the nicest group of individuals I have ever met. YES their opinions are very strong but if you take the time to talk to them and listen your outlook on REALITY may change too like mine did. Take time and listen to what they have to say and support them, this society now a days needs all the help it can get. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">In this video of Cover Girl with Rihanna you can see Meredith Love & Brenda Helmbrecht's thoughts on how media makes women still believe that they must keep this "Perfect Beautiful" appearance up to date. But if you look closely at the entire video at the end Rihanna promotes her new album of "Good Girl Gone Bad". This shows that although Rihanna is beautiful and I guess looking proper, her music portrays her as a different person, who I could agree, fights for women empowerment. This CD of hers was also made to be seen as a fight for "what is right" because it was made after the big assumption that she was hit by Chris Brown who at the time was her boyfriend. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Meredith Love & Brenda Helmbrecht article on women empowerment made me also think back to things we have talked about in class. It brought me back to the Tough Guys Video we watched in class because in the video you can see how media makes men think how they should be/act but Meredith Love & Brenda Helmbrecht just use this to show it in a women's view. Also this article took me back to Cinderella Ate My Daughter. In Cinderella Ate My Daughter it was also about how media (Disney Movies) and toys build to support the ways on how males and females should act from how they did in the past. I could keep going on how Meredith Love & Brenda Helmbrecht writing had many connections with about EVERYTHING we have read in class and learned about this semester. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">While reading Ayvazian's paper she really reached out to me on how I have become this person she is trying to explain to everyone else. This is why I choose to use the format of Reflection on her paper. She goes on to tell her readers how "Allied behavior is intentional, overt, consistent activity that challenges prevailing patterns of oppression, makes privileges that are so often invisible visible, and facilitates the empowerment of persons targeted by oppression." This quote really stuck out to me and made me think of all the times I have acted in this behavior and I must say over the years from just learning from my own and who I want to be in the world, it's happened a lot. Ayvazian made me think back to how one of my very best friends struggled and still struggles with her parents divorce and the problems that happen at home. I may not be part of their family but I always acted like a sister to her, like an ally. She goes on to say, "Some people are, at some point in their lives, entirely dominant; but if they are, they won't be forever. Even a white, able-bodied, heterosexual, Christian male will literally grow out of his total dominance if he reaches old age." This quote meant a lot to me because she's right! You can be "the best" but you won't be "the best" forever. People look at things like this as also a stereotype. You can fulfill all requirements but because you got old you are no longer "perfect". This made me think back to in High School when girls tried so hard to fit in with "the popular group" by changing their appearance, attitude, language, or a combination of all three. But once they went back to being their true selves they were no longer "perfect" to be part of "the popular group". And a lot of the time this leaded to "violence" as others were being picked on because they were not considered "best". Which leads bak to Ayvazian's definition of violence. Sounds stupid, but it's true and this is just one way what Ayvazian is trying to say it. She also speaks of the PFLAG group, which is a group of mainly heterosexuals who organize support groups and engage in advocacy and education among other heterosexuals around issues of gay and lesbian liberation. Back in High School we also had a club GSA (Gay Straight Alliance). Many students and teachers who were involved in the group were not gay or lesbian but helped reach out to others that they are just normal people like the rest of us and they are no different for any reason. One event that the school par-took in was The Day of Silence. This day was a day that students who supported the GSA wore bracelets to signify that they were unable to talk. This symbolized how Gay/Lesbian's felt everyday if they could not "come out of the closet". This day was efficient and many students par-took in it to support the club and also to see how it felt to be in another person's shoes with a secret like that. Andrea Ayvazian reaches very much out to her readers on the importance of acceptance and how there must be a change in the world, very much how Johnson did, and I think because she is brave like many other writers are that they all are very good role models, just like she tells her readers how important it is to be a good role model. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
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</i></u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">I shared with you how I saw myself in Andrea Ayvazian's writing so I hope to see and hear how other people's lives have also been seen in her writing. Sometimes it can be the smallest thing but I think everyone can see a little of themselves in her writing. I picked this video because also back in 6th Grade in Middle School they showed this video to all the students and staff in the school on what being different is like. We are all different and we must all not judge one another because you never know, down the road you might need a friend to help you too. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Feminism is when there should be equality among groups. Economic inequality and feminism is related because feminism is the stuggle for equality among groups and economic inequality is the separation of classes. In each feminism and economic inequality people are struggling to get to a better life and are struggling for people just to accept them for who they are. People in society shouldn’t have to be accepted by society and shouldn’t be judge on their social standings or if they are black, white or gay. Society created this image that connects feminism and economic inequality. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEHhLt24EbnT1iNGCrgK8D80VGOJ284HsCNVRfwONaTKdy9lOA9LTTdhH9iTvSYs2_wa0-hGhs4I4orbqozFLmYEwzivCpOz3x90MIHnEgRbzLUQSWcNv4wo4ihxoXwnxho8HkKkbAUVt/s1600/pknn561l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEHhLt24EbnT1iNGCrgK8D80VGOJ284HsCNVRfwONaTKdy9lOA9LTTdhH9iTvSYs2_wa0-hGhs4I4orbqozFLmYEwzivCpOz3x90MIHnEgRbzLUQSWcNv4wo4ihxoXwnxho8HkKkbAUVt/s320/pknn561l.jpg" width="320" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqYJEnqm5-LZUSmMO7zDz0jMN3uaZRSBfmpBFM2rE337G0GUr7cPW4adq-OD0Y3XiR2EX3FpxA_HYVwrCpP5FCrJ0YxEhhYGn-LhNhkyN5-FJ7ooSxYY7sGTjs9H_B8iM5FP7QEw1g07H/s1600/cartoon_200403_0.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqYJEnqm5-LZUSmMO7zDz0jMN3uaZRSBfmpBFM2rE337G0GUr7cPW4adq-OD0Y3XiR2EX3FpxA_HYVwrCpP5FCrJ0YxEhhYGn-LhNhkyN5-FJ7ooSxYY7sGTjs9H_B8iM5FP7QEw1g07H/s320/cartoon_200403_0.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Economic inequality is the rich against the poor. Feminism is men against women. Society shouldn’t be one against each other it should be equal, which is what everyone is stuggling for. The rich shouldn’t be getting richer while the poor is getting poorer. There is not a balance between the poor and the rich, with the rich having all the power the poor don’t have the proper resources and equal opportunity the rich have. I think it is down right wrong that the poor get judged and discriminated against because they don’t have a fancy house and a fancy car. The poor shouldn’t be looked down upon because they need assistant. They get help because they need help. Its not always the case that they are lazy its because they physically or mentally can’t find a job. In this website it mentions that people assume just because they made a decision out of stupidity its their fault when it reality they made that decision because they are very limited and that was the only choice. When a person is very limited it can lead to stealing or lying concluding that is the only way to protect their family and put food on their tables, which leads society looking down on them. On the People Like Us website the WASPs are the perfect example of people that need to get the stick out of their asses and open up their eyes. Just because they are richer doesn’t mean they are better, smarter and treat people better it means that they are too stuck up to realize that just because they have everything in the world, that others don’t have to work for a living. Others have to struggle and go through harsh experiences its what makes people stronger and a better person. Struggling, fighting and pushing for what you need and believe in makes you better not your social standing. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I think the fact that Vessa Rinehart on the People Like Us webcite, asked an author how to marry into the rich life is pathetic. I think that if she wants to move into the rich life and wants to depend on a guy to get her that way is wrong. If she wants to be rich and have certain things she should get herself into the rich life. If she wants to have life of luxuries she doesn’t need to depend on a guy. She needs to get herself a job and work hard to get where she wants to be. If she wants to turn her life around finding a “rich” guy isn’t the answer. Society from the beginning created this image like mention in this website <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(<a href="http://www.unpac.ca/economy/ecofem.html"><span style="font: 16.0px Times; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0225a3; text-decoration: underline;"><b>here</b></span></a></span></span><span style="font: 16.0px Times; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #232323;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">),</span> </b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">women should depend on men for providing the money and women be at home which should NEVER be the case. Women are capable of making a great living by themselves even if some people today believe women are not seen as the “bread winners.” Society has made people make assumptions which brings in the topic of feminism. It SHOULD NEVER BE men against women. Women and men are equal, women could do a job just as well as a man if not better. Society shouldn’t discriminate against women or color of someone’s skin and keep them from doing a job that they are perfectly fit for even if they can’t see past the masks they have put on others. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVpUOttaCX1OFAG1LFY7AyW2s7wFerNUykk_Zo5_kNE0567JJ0sEgs9FTrt_WcxOK8gOQHLqLmSt7jiwqhWQRv0efIZWyUZdwRazXM2okupWmU8DKTjQgpNiUQDJiVGTw4YOC3vUz1jZ6/s1600/wage+inequality.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVpUOttaCX1OFAG1LFY7AyW2s7wFerNUykk_Zo5_kNE0567JJ0sEgs9FTrt_WcxOK8gOQHLqLmSt7jiwqhWQRv0efIZWyUZdwRazXM2okupWmU8DKTjQgpNiUQDJiVGTw4YOC3vUz1jZ6/s1600/wage+inequality.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In conclusion economic inequality and feminism is related because there is a constant struggle involving them both. There is a constant fight against someone else. Everyone should have an equal chance and equal opportunity no matter the case. Its not the color of your skin, men or women, or rich or poor that decides if your fit for something its how you do it and how well you do it. I think that people who need assistants or ask for assistant are strong people that should be rewarded. When they ask someone or get assistant they are putting their pride aside and realizing that they should put their family first and want to get a better life. Society is the reason for most of the stuggles that people face today. Feminists believe in equality people should praise their people for their understandings and learn from example. The stereotypes that people put up should be put aside. Social class is a struggle that will constantly be around no matter how you look at it. The lower class will fight everyday just to make it through the day while the upper class doesn’t even bother to understand the difference between upper class and lower class. Feminism understands that we need a change. I believe that if people stop letting stereotypes and society make decisions for them and make decision through new eyes that the gap between social classes and feminist and nonfeminist will subside. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
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</div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">For this assignment I decided to do Extended Comments because when I read Brandon's Hyperlinks Blog on this assignment I agreed with everything he said and also felt strongly on what he said. Brandon starts off very strong statements based on what the author is telling her readers by saying, "Adrienne Rich believes that heterosexuality is pushed to hard in society and makes it much harder for lesbians to live a normal life. She mentions that many lesbians have to disguise themselves to prevent from being harassed and mistreated. "I very much believe that they probably do feel uncomfortable to try to fit into our society and that the way they are looked in society does not help them be more like their true selves. He goes on to prove that when you look at the media there is only one homosextual TV show host and that is Ellen DeGeneres. But don't you think she's brave to put herself out there like that, as her true self and not to hide like many others do. Brandon goes on to explain another point that Adrienne Rich makes and that is "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">the list of characteristics of male power: Rich mentioned that men have a lot of control over contraception and childbirth". The video Brandon shares with us shows exactly what Rich means that many insurance companies do cover viagra but not many cover birth control. Is this to be seen that men should be having sexual confrontations with women to be manly but women should be ashamed to not want to have children at a given moment, accident or not accident. Brandon also shares in his post that Rich also takes about the characteristics of male power and I found it very interesting that he said how Rich "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">talked about men raping and beating women, which reminded me a lot about the video we saw today in class. The video mentioned that 99.8% of people in jail for rape are men! It also said that men account for 90% of the violence in the world." The video we watched today gave many statistics and percentages on male power. The video also backs up its information with the reasons that yes it is society that has changed how they should be perceived and how they should act. The risk men take by changing themselves to be seen "macho" (Anzeldua) changes their behavior, beliefs, and true selves into someone society has molded them into. Some other cracks on the glass that Brandon could also have said, other than the legalization of same sex marriage, is that there are some things like dance as if they are ballerinas goes against a masculine identity. Brandon has very good detail and examples that support Adrienne Rich. </span><br />
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</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tomorrow in class I also agree with Brandon and would too love to see the other ways that homosexual woman would feel more comfortable in society or how things have changed for them to be more comfortable. I would also like to discuss many other Cracks on the Glass for characteristics of male power like the example I gave. Hope to see different ideas how all of Rich's points can be more socially accepted around the world.<br />
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</div>Annisiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05437529377771447168noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191299490263289192.post-33970898741108665442012-01-10T15:55:00.000-08:002012-01-10T16:21:50.788-08:00Assignment 3: Cinderella Ate My Daughter<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella Ate My Daughter</span></b><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Well I just wanted to start with a little introduction as to why I chose to use Hyperlinks for this Assignment. Peggy Orenstein gives us so many examples in her writing on what parents expected from just the gender of their child and it has not stopped today. I have learned so much on the Disney Princess's that I would have NEVER guessed why they are made this way. I want to give Orenstein's example vision to her readers in my blog. So here are a few of my examples that fit Orenstein's article. </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This video is GREAT it goes through many Disney Princess's and writes what each of them teach your children. Orenstein would have very much agreed with this video because many of her words are seen here. WATCH THE WHOLE THING! The ending explains it to what Disney Prince's Teach Children.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well I think that we should really talk about in class is how these toys affect later generations and how we as adults deal with things like body image and beauty for the rest of our lives because of society. Its not fair that we should have to think like this and without it I think people would live better lives. We use this to our advantage to get into others minds but is it the wrong thing to do? I think limits are to be set for what we should be teaching our children so they don't have to think the same way we do unconsciously. This could help not with just sexism, feminism, and mascularism.<b> But we can change much more than just that one step at a time!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span>Annisiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05437529377771447168noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191299490263289192.post-54900740214153868762012-01-08T19:03:00.000-08:002012-01-08T19:03:49.345-08:00Assignment Two: Gloria AnzaldunLa concienca de la mastiza<br />
By: Gloria Anzaldun<br />
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#1: "We are a blending that proves that all blood is intricately woven together, and that we are spawned out of similar souls."<br />
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This quote really shows the true self of what we are everywhere. Even though that people may all have types of different skin tone or different features we are all just different blood lines woven together. Like Anzaldun says we are mestiza (mixed). I come from a very Portuguese family and yes it is the only heritage I know from my parents but because we live in the United States, America has given me the opportunity to learn others. We are all similar in many ways just like a dog is similar but may all look different. Their needs are still the same regardless and humans are the same. This quote explains to readers that Anzaldun wants to be knows as the same to everyone else and that just because she may be a little different because of her heritage she shouldn't be treated differently.<br />
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#2: "I will not be shamed again. Now will i shame myself."<br />
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This quote stood out to me very much because it showed me how strong Anzaldun really is. She explains in her writing on what a woman and what a mans responsibility to family and society was but how she knew that molding herself into this person she was ashamed of being was wrong. She reaches out to her readers when she assures herself that she should never be ashamed of who she is and nor should anyone else. We are all human and that is one thing that no one can say is different about us no matter how we look.<br />
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#3: "This land was Mexican once was Indian always and is. And will be again."<br />
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I loved how Anzaldun ended this story with this quote because it really did sum up all that she was trying to get across to her readers. This land is to be known as the land of the free and great but as we look at our past it doesn't seem that way at all. History has so many bumps in the road and shortcuts that people take to ignore the real truths. She goes on to tell us that yes this land was Mexican once but no one seems to see it that way and that we all see it as of the Indians always and forever.<br />
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I don't know why but this really made me think of the movie The Luck of The Irish that use to give on Disney when I was a little kid I found the song on youtube of how the movie ends and how you see all different type of heritages come together as one and I think that this is what Anzaldun would really want life to be like everywhere in America. In class I'd like to know others opinions on how we can make this world a "fairer world" and if Anzaldun's points on the only way we can really change something is if we can picture changing it is true and what changes should be made to make America and the world better for all.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/2oh-156TQHw?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Annisiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05437529377771447168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191299490263289192.post-45464982261173484542012-01-04T17:50:00.000-08:002012-01-08T19:05:56.038-08:00Assignment 1: Privilege, Power, & DifferencePrivilege, Power, & Difference<br />
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This author, Allan G. Johnson, argues that differences in society that humans perceive each other are based on gender and race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and social class. John says in his introduction that "It is about how we think, but always the purpose is to change how we think so that we can change how we act and by changing how we participate in the world become part of the complex dynamic through which the world itself will change." His idea on changing how we think to change how we act could be very effective in many ways in which we can accept each other. His story of Rodney King's Question opens the idea of why "Can't we just all get along". Since the Civil War until now the answer is still no. People think the words he uses to explain what really is at the core problems to why gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and social class are offensive in anyones language but to accept and fix the problem he believes proper language is the only way to fully understand its meaning. He makes it clear and argues that people are not getting along and he sums them up into four categories. First he says that "the answer for some people is some variation on human nature" and that people "fear the unfamiliar". Second he says that "woman and men are so dissimilar its as though they come from separate planets" but some way get along. Third he says that some people think that there is only one natural sex orientation which is to be heterosextual. And lastly he states that some live by the thought that "those who are more capable will get more than everyone else they always have and they always will." Each aspect contributes and is an example of gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and social class. Johnson makes a tough argument as to the reason why we "Can't all just get along" is because of our own selves and we are the reason why we turned society like this from our ancestors. In Chapter 2 he goes on to explain how people need to feel comfortable and feeling good about themselves and others and that "a trouble we can not talk about is a trouble we can not do anything about". He goes on to tell us in Chapter 3 the kinds of trouble we are in and what being "privilege" looks like. The lengthly list he gives us shows us how it allows people and societies to view others and what they think society accepts, when we should not be looking at it from this aspect at all. There are privileges for just about every example of gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and social class. Allan G. Johnson reaches out to his readers by explaining to us that gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and social class should not let us fear and judge each other he says "we don't need to love one another or even like one another to work together or just share space in the world" but he also means "something as minimal as mere tolerance or refraining from overt violence" but that "you'd think we could treat one another with decency and respect and appreciate if not support the best we have in us". Johnson's little book has a strong main point to that only us people can change our Privilege, Power, and Difference.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/ufUnGG8FGG4?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Annisiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05437529377771447168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191299490263289192.post-26369947679873331222012-01-04T12:39:00.000-08:002012-01-04T12:42:53.435-08:00First PostMy name is Annisia and just a little about myself is I am currently an undergraduate at RIC as an intended major in Nursing. I am taking this class because Stephanie is making me take this class. Over break I worked and reconnected with High School friends who are home from college. Uhm I am hating this weather because it is far to cold outside and summer is my favorite season. Last summer I visited family in Acores, Portugal for three weeks alone and it was the best experience I have ever had. Look forward to giving my opinion in this class based on what we read.Annisiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05437529377771447168noreply@blogger.com2