Who said this
“You were born where you were born and faced the future that you faced because you were black and for no other reason.”
James Baldwin
bell hooks – Feminism is for Everybody
Feminism seeks to end sexism and create equality for all people.
bell hooks would say that speaking up about racism is unnecessary if it makes others uncomfortable.
False – she encourages speaking up, especially when it challenges systems of oppression.
James Baldwin wrote the letter to who..
His nephew, James
In the discussion board for Hooks, Baldwin and Oluo, who did Enoch dedicate his letter to..
His future daughter
Unless the car is nearly full, colorwill determine, even if it doesn’t exactly clarify, why 9 times out of 10 people will shun a free seat if it means sitting beside me.
John Edgar Wideman
Michael Kimmel – Guy Code
Masculinity is shaped by social pressure to conform to restrictive norms.
Baldwin would argue that identity in America is completely shaped by individual effort, not societal structures.
False – Baldwin emphasizes how systemic racism shapes identity.
According to Arlene Davila- What has the US school system failed to provide to its Latinx students?
The lack of representation and accuracy in history books about Latinx populations struggles and achievements in the US.
What three voices does Kriti use for her dialogue poem to discuss the cost of performing a binary identity in the discussion board for Kimmel, Baker & Iantaffi?
Bro's before Hoes, Bodies, Relationships.
I live in a world where if I have a 'black sounding' name,I'm less likely to even be called for a job interview.
Ijeoma Oluo
Why did Bell Hook's write "Talking back"?
Silence to speech.
Challenging Patriarchy and Marginalization, aimed to silence women but particularly black women.
Kimmel would say that societal pressures on men to conform to “traditional masculinity” can be harmful.
True – he highlights the social and emotional costs of these pressures.
The video we watched in class:How racial bias works and how to disrupt it-Jennifer L. Eberhardt
How do we disrupt racial bias?
Focus on Actions, Not Appearance Instead of making assumptions based on a person’s race, we should pause and ask, "What is this person doing that is actually suspicious?"
"hooks: Many women also have to check their privilege and stand up for the rights and needs of the most marginalized – black, lower-class women. If a wealthy white woman is not using her privilege to build feminist political solidarity, she is simply contributing to and exacerbating our sexist system..."
Who wrote this response in the discussion board?
Yumiko
It is that act of speech, of “talking back,” that is no mere gesture of empty words,that is the expression of our movement from object to subject—the liberated vioce
bell hooks
How was Ijeoma Oluo and John Edgar Wideman challenging the narrative that we are NOT in a "post racial" era?
post-racial" narrative by arguing that symbolic progress, such as the election of a Black president, has not dismantled the systemic and interpersonal mechanics of racial exclusion
Chapter 3 - The author would claim that romantic relationships are inherently more important than friendships.
False – the text critiques privileging partners over friends and values all relationships.
In Timothy Kudo- A Racist Purge Almost Destroyed my Family. What are some parallel between what Japanese-americans went through in the 20th century to what is currently going on today under Trump's administration?
"Mr. Trump has exploited the fear and anger surging through the country after an uncontrolled epidemic and an economy devastated by a major recession to scapegoat a group ofpeople who’d come here in search of nothing more than the American dream."
violations of the 14th Amendment, which guarantees that those born or naturalized in the United States are citizens.
Winnie & Johaly have a similar theme in response to the discussion board for Kimmel,Barker & Iantaffi. What was the theme we touched on?
How relationship dynamics are viewed through a societal lens, and the hierarchy that comes along with it.
“Guy code is the collection of attitudes, values, and traits that together compose what it means to be a man.”
Michael Kimmel
Ijeoma Oluo – So You Want to Talk About Race
Racism is systemic and requires honest, uncomfortable conversations to address.
bell hooks would argue that only women in positions of power need to challenge inequality.
False – she emphasizes that everyone, especially those in marginalized positions, should challenge inequality.
Optional & fun reading: Dr. Seuss, The Sneeches
What is The Sneeches by Dr. Seuss about? and how is it tied to Baldwin and Wideman & Oluo readings?
It is about yellow creatures called 'Sneeches' some of them have a green star on their belly (insiders) while others have no star on their belly (Outersiders). Claiming superiority from the non-star sneeches.
"social construct", Physical exclusion,
Baldwin describes the hierarchy as essential to the identity of the dominant group,Wideman reflects on the "sad" and "dangerous" nature of being treated as an invisible or avoided object
"How do you think we can better encourage others to start that 'consciousness-raising' journey without making them feel defensive?" This was Persis peer question to a discussion board (from Hooks, Bladwin& Olulo)made by a classmate.
Whos discussion board was Persis replying too?
Yuka