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In this documentary, high schoolers talk about the gender expectations they face and how they have to change themselves to meet them. The message of this video is that these expectations really do force you to become somebody you’re not, even if you don’t want to. This connects to Halsy’s poem “Inconvenient Women” because both give details experiences of men and/or women who are looked down upon because of the way they act, dress, or talk. The difference between this documentary and all of the other sources found, is that the women and men in it abide by the gender expectations instead of defying them. It brings up the realization that in our world, that this is how a lot of people have to act. They don’t always act like themselves in fear of others thinking differently of them or even hurting them, and these young adults are just one example of that.

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In this article, the author describes her healthy home life with her husband and two sons, as they all contribute to do the tasks a woman is stereotyped to do. They all cook, clean, iron, and so on. This article builds off of the other sources, like “Shrinking Women” where the speaker talks about her home life of her mom doing all the tasks. The two women have the same response to their mothers teaching them the “mother’s duty”, which was that they shouldn’t have to. Both women acknowledge the fact that they shouldn’t have to do all the domestic work alone, and they both make a change. In the book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie does domestic work with her first two husbands, but it isn’t until her third, Tea Cake, where they both contribute to domestic work, which Janie comes to appreciate.

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In this poem, Halsy addresses the role of women in society, from the workplace to the home, and the double standards faced. This poem is similar to the slam poetry “Shrinking Women” because both talk about the expectations of women from their place in the kitchen, to quieting characteristics, and their roles in a man’s life. However, this speech is quite different from Emma Watson’s UN Speech. Both women speak confidently and insightful, yet Halsy speaks with more insight of the stereotypical problems for women, whereas Watson does a good job addressing the problem from a man’s perspective. With detail and examples, Halsy is able to get her message across bold and powerful. Being that women shouldn’t be expected to do anything other than what they want to and women weren’t put on Earth to make men’s life easier. Our world today could use her poem to understand the deeper impact that the expectations have on a women, not matter the age.

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In Emma Watson’s United Nations speech, she tackles the topics of, not only of women’s rights, but the stereotyping of men in today’s society. Unlike the slam poem “Shrinking Women” Watson’s speech defends the topic of male stereotyping in a negative way instead of a positive one. She makes strong points that men should be able to be human and express their emotion however they want, and that society has made that hard for them. “Shrinking Women” and Watson’s speech both have one point in common, that society, as a whole, is one of the biggest causes of this stereotyping. In our world today, men and women have a standard they’re held to, and both sources have claims the source of that to be the society.

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In this slam poem, Lily Myers expresses that stereotypes of men and women are passed down from generation to generation. Myers reads that her entire childhood, her mother had been teaching her the “right way” to be a women, which included shrinking herself so the men in her life could get bigger. This relates to Their Eyes Were Watching God because Janie’s grandmother teaches her what she thinks it means to prosper in society, marrying based on the opportunity, not love. Janie spends her life shrinking herself, quieting her opinions, and doing what her husband’s tell her to do. Like the writer of the poetry, Janie soon finds that that isn’t the way to go about life, and that speaking your truth is.

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Blackface: A Cultural History of a Racist Art Form

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Blackface: A Cultural History of a Racist Art Form

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This short video explores the history of the art form blackface and how it was used back in the nineteenth century and the effects today. The whole concept connects to Their Eyes Were Watching God because during the time the book was taking place, blackface was going on and Jim Crow Laws were going into effect. Blackface was demeaning and a racist portrayal of black men and women. Tea Cake faces demeaning actions from white men during the book, as he is forced to bury the deceased of the hurricane into graves. The white recieve wooden coffins, while the black deceased are thrown into dirt holes. This shows that African American men and women are less than the white, even after death. This video does a good job of showing just how racist and disgusting blackface was back in Their Eyes Were Watching God time and still today.

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Why I, as a Black Man, Attend KKK Rallies.

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Why I, as a Black Man, Attend KKK Rallies.

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In this Ted Talk, musician, Daryl Davis, speaks about his experience making friends with KKK leader, Roger Kelly. The purpose of Davis’ speech was to explain to others that the key to understanding someone different from you is to respect each other enough to sit down and have a conversation about your opposing views. This shares a similar quality to the other sources, because they all express that talking about yourself, your views, and your experiences can lead to better understandings. However, Daryl Davis took a different approach to this by actually throwing himself into the danger of the KKK group, who unexpectedly accepted and respected him. With such a hateful group and history, you don’t expect Davis and Kelly to become good friends or even respect one another, but in the end Davis does enough talking to ultimately get Kelly to leave the KKK group. I was surprised at the outcome of this crazy story and the bravery of Davis.

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In this slam poem by Alex Dang, racism, lack of representation, and struggle of the Asian race is masked behind the question “what kind of asian are you?” Dang expresses his experience with racist questions and assumptions made by others that ultimately strip away Asian identity. However, Dang talks greatly about telling others his story and explaining whatever a white person may want to know. This relates to both “What is White Privilege, Really?” and “The Danger of a Single Story” who talk about educating others and explaining race and racist comments. They also all hit the point that racist comments can be so subtle that a white person doesn’t even realize the meaning behind it, which is another type of ignorance on its own. Dang uses lots of examples of Asian stereotypes in his poem to get across his point of racism and ultimately express his story.

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The author, Cory Collins, explains the real meaning of the term white privilege in this article. Collins’ purpose was to educate others on the definition of white privilege and injustices around you and to show how you can use your privilege to help those who don’t receive the same. This is comparable to “The Danger of a Single Story” Ted Talk because both address the fact of educating yourself and others before making assumptions. This also connects with Their Eyes Were Watching God, as Janie deals with rumors and gossip about herself and Tea Cake. The overall message of this article can relate to current day movements like Black Lives Matter and smaller movements like more than an athlete.

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In this moving TED Talk, Chimamanda Adichie talks about her realization that only hearing one story about another person or place can lead to a complete misunderstanding about them. This can connect to our world today because as a country, we don't learn their full story before making assumptions. We judge others based on what our friends tell us and we hate on others because we don't know the full story. This big idea behind Adichie's speech relates to Their Eyes Were Watching God because Janie's town of Eatonville is full of people who make assumptions before hearing more than one take on a story. An example is the townspeople who gossip when Joe Starks is ill and a rumor makes its way around that Janie is poisoning him. This source also connects to the book because it’s about being able to tell your own story, which is what Janie does when she is on trial for killing Tea Cake, others don’t believe her innocence until she is able to tell her own experience. The townspeople make assumptions without hearing the entire story or even any knowledge on the situation, just like Adichie explains in her speech.