Aria - Rodriguez.
1. "At last, seven years old, I came to believe what had been technically true since my birth: I was an American citizen."
- When I read this quote by the young man I really didn't know what to think at first. I guess it's because I never had this problem and I grew up speaking one language only. It took him seven years for reality to actually set in on him, and for him to realize, wow I really am an american citizen. It must be tough changing such a big part of your life like that, and I really felt bad when I read that line, because I never had to worry about anything like that.
2. "The family's quiet was partly due to the fact that, as we children learned more and more English, we shared fewer and fewer words with our parents."
- So relating by to my first quote on how I thought it was tough just changing such a big part of your life, and now this happens. First you change your main language and now it leads to you and your parents not interacting as much, which I'm sure would make it much harder on any child. That's two things right there that the english language had such a big impact on this family. They had it tough, because I couldn't imagine not speaking to my parents much, they're family you need them in your life and these kids basically lost the privilege of speaking to them because of the language change.
3. "They would have been too painful reminders of how much had changed in my life."
- In this quote he is referring to what he used to call his parents, and now how he feels about it. His life changed drastically just to fit into the American society. He knows it and by this quote obviously doesn't like to think about it because it is so painful he says. If you can't even call your parents what you have been calling them your life while growing up, you know things are changing and stuff is very different now as compared to before.
- I'll refer to what i wrote about McIntosh again right here, when I stated we are all afraid of change. Well this kid right here I'm sure was just as afraid of change as any of us are. He doesn't have the choice to stop it though, and to fit in American society he does what he must. Gives up communication to his family and his whole lifestyle at home is now different.
- We are all afraid of change, but for most of us there comes a point in our life where we are all going to have to sacrifice something and make changes. This kid had to do it at a young age, and this is a drastic change and completely flipped his life upside down. Although, he got through it and showed it's possible. A kid this young going through these tough times and doesn't give up, and that is how the rest of the society should be.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
McIntosh
1. "I can, if I wish, arrange to be in the company of people of my race most of the time."
- I'll start off with her first quote in her list. She is stating here that this is a privelage based on her skin color privelage. I actually disagree with this quote because I believe if anyone wants to arrange such a thing it is possible no matter what color or race you are. It isn't like skin color white is 99% of the U.S. population, because we are now a very diverse country. So I think no matter your skin color if you want to arrange to be in company of your own race, by all means this is a good possibility.
2. "I can go shopping alone most of the time, pretty well assured that I will not be followed or harassed."
- This quote I absolutely agree with. I mean if you think of it a lot of people base the thefts and problems on skin color. For the most part they do not relay it to white people. Normally people tend to think of it as a colored person even though they have no idea. They jump to conclusions because that is how our society works, unfortunately. It is true though, that a white person is less likely to be followed around, because the workers feel they are not as big of a threat. Although, anything could happen so everyone should be treated equally.
3. "I can criticize our government and talk about how much I fear its policies and behavior without being seen as a cultural outsider."
- This is true. A colored person could be more into our government than I am, and know a ton more than I do about it. I'm a white person though so they would take my argument as a valid one and agree that many people have had that argument before. If you are a person of color they might state you are just saying that because you don't know much about the U.S. government because you are of a different color. They might disagree with you and tell you that you're wrong and don't know what your talking about. Although, in reality they could know more than any of the white people, but most people won't seem to admit it.
- The thing I really liked what McIntosh said was on page 2 when she was referring to men having privilege. She said that most of the oppressiveness was unconscious, and I agree totally with that. Whether it has to do with sex, race, or color we were all brought up a certain way. Referring to the male oppressiveness we were all brought up learing certain ways we were supposed to act or think. So it all just comes naturally now and we do have the stuff in our life unconsciously because it just comes as second nature to us. Yes we have been doing that our whole lives but we should try to change it.
- Trying to change this may take a while, and obviously longer for some other than others. It can be done with the men, or the whites, or any other way that the society is not acting equal. You just have to put your mind to it. Although it goes back to Johnson stating "we are all part of the problem." Which goes perfectly here, because no one is really willing to try and fix anything because we all think its fine. Like some people say "if it isn't broke, don't fix it." and that is what a lot of us are thinking. If we try to fix it, it will be a whole new beginning it's like going back to step one and everyone in society is scared of change.
- I'll start off with her first quote in her list. She is stating here that this is a privelage based on her skin color privelage. I actually disagree with this quote because I believe if anyone wants to arrange such a thing it is possible no matter what color or race you are. It isn't like skin color white is 99% of the U.S. population, because we are now a very diverse country. So I think no matter your skin color if you want to arrange to be in company of your own race, by all means this is a good possibility.
2. "I can go shopping alone most of the time, pretty well assured that I will not be followed or harassed."
- This quote I absolutely agree with. I mean if you think of it a lot of people base the thefts and problems on skin color. For the most part they do not relay it to white people. Normally people tend to think of it as a colored person even though they have no idea. They jump to conclusions because that is how our society works, unfortunately. It is true though, that a white person is less likely to be followed around, because the workers feel they are not as big of a threat. Although, anything could happen so everyone should be treated equally.
3. "I can criticize our government and talk about how much I fear its policies and behavior without being seen as a cultural outsider."
- This is true. A colored person could be more into our government than I am, and know a ton more than I do about it. I'm a white person though so they would take my argument as a valid one and agree that many people have had that argument before. If you are a person of color they might state you are just saying that because you don't know much about the U.S. government because you are of a different color. They might disagree with you and tell you that you're wrong and don't know what your talking about. Although, in reality they could know more than any of the white people, but most people won't seem to admit it.
- The thing I really liked what McIntosh said was on page 2 when she was referring to men having privilege. She said that most of the oppressiveness was unconscious, and I agree totally with that. Whether it has to do with sex, race, or color we were all brought up a certain way. Referring to the male oppressiveness we were all brought up learing certain ways we were supposed to act or think. So it all just comes naturally now and we do have the stuff in our life unconsciously because it just comes as second nature to us. Yes we have been doing that our whole lives but we should try to change it.
- Trying to change this may take a while, and obviously longer for some other than others. It can be done with the men, or the whites, or any other way that the society is not acting equal. You just have to put your mind to it. Although it goes back to Johnson stating "we are all part of the problem." Which goes perfectly here, because no one is really willing to try and fix anything because we all think its fine. Like some people say "if it isn't broke, don't fix it." and that is what a lot of us are thinking. If we try to fix it, it will be a whole new beginning it's like going back to step one and everyone in society is scared of change.
Monday, September 7, 2009
About me
I'm Cody Warnock a 20 year old junior transfer from CCRI. This semester is going well and my schedule is a good one, except for one wednesday night class. Other than that things are well, and when I'm not in class I'm hanging with friends or out playing a little basketball and being active. I've never made a blog before so it's new to me, but I'd rather do this than typing out a paper and bringing to class every tuesday. That's all for today. Have a good one. See you all in class Thursday.
- Cody
- Cody
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