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It is good to have alternative discourses and be a second language writer. If you have the ability to write in a second language, you can be able to express words and ideas that you probably couldn't in English. This topic reminds me of when i took a humans and language class and i learned that a lot of languages around the world are becoming extinct and we need to preserve them. But why? Because some words or phrases in those languages hold certain information that if we lose, we can never find again.

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In today's world there are many things that people consider to be a "disability". However on the other side many people can disagree to that, its not a disability rather than just a obstacle or even then just something that makes the person unique. As I read more into this topic they tend to put a label on what a disabled person is and how people feel about them, which in my opinion isn't right because no one feels the same about a certain subject, as we discussed in class everyone sees things differently. But continuing this article it reminded me of the movie "Wonder" what Auggie has isn't a disability but rather a rare condition, but throughout this story him and his family struggle as Auggie starts a new journey in school. The article tries to explain the relationships between a disabled person and a sibling. Auggie has a older sister names Olivia, they have a lot of ups and downs just like any brother and sister do. No matter if someone has a "disability" that shouldn't put them down because at the end of the day family is family and no one should want to change that.

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I read the “How Do We Language So People Stop Killing Each Other, Or What Do We Do About White Language Supremacy?” keynote speech given by Asao B. Inoue and the portion that I found most interesting was after the parable where he clarifies his ideas about the parable by stating, “Food is not a metaphor for language in my parable. It is a metaphor for power. People of color have never controlled the standards in schools, or disciplines.” Personally, this reminded me of a book I read called “Lies My Teacher Told Me” by James W. Loewen. This book emphasizes the idea that textbooks fabricate events that have happened throughout history in order to idolize American figures and create a more amusing history for kids to learn. The power given to these textbooks authors and editors is not right and proves Asao B. Inoue’s idea that people of color have no control or power on what they learn, but instead are forced to adapt to white people’s standards of education in order to be “smart”. Many teachers or textbooks authors may feel that they are using their power of authority to better the lives of students of color, by teaching them to better assimilate to the American culture around them. However, I feel that this makes the students of color disengaged in what they are learning because their culture is not being represented even though they are also Americans. In conclusion, I agree with the idea that a change needs to be done so that equal power is given to students of color so that they can succeed without having to give up their culture, background, and language in the process.

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This updated and revised edition of the American Book Award-winner and national bestseller revitalizes the truth of America's history, explores how myths continue to be perpetrated, and includes a new chapter on 9/11 and the Iraq War.

Americans have lost touch with their history, and in Lies My Teacher Told Me Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying eighteen leading high school American history texts, he has concluded that not one does a decent job of making history interesting or memorable. Marred by an embarrassing combination of blind patriotism, mindless optimism, sheer misinformation, and outright lies, these books omit almost all the ambiguity, passion, conflict, and drama from our past.

In this revised edition, packed with updated material, Loewen explores how historical myths continue to be perpetuated in today's climate and adds an eye-opening chapter on the lies surrounding 9/11 and the Iraq War. From the truth about Columbus's historic voyages to an honest evaluation of our national leaders, Loewen revives our history, restoring the vitality and relevance it truly possesses.

Thought provoking, nonpartisan, and often shocking, Loewen unveils the real America in this iconoclastic classic beloved by high school teachers, history buffs, and enlightened citizens across the country.

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lies my teacher told me: everything your american history textbook got wrong

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jim loewen; howard zinn; a people's history of the united states; incorrect textbooks; how confederate lore survives; all things considered; confederate history; confederate flag; american history; myths of american history; course adoption; sundown towns; lies across america; teaching what really happened; american book award; bestseller; fact vs. myth; misinformed; fake news; ambiguity; nonpartisan; history buff; our duty as citizens; liberal; eurocentric; history channel; negro motorist green-book; history teacher; confederate and neo-confederate reader; u.s. history; an indigenous peoples' history of the united states; overthrow; washington's farewell

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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

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Amazon.com: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (8601400328989): Loewen, James W.: Books

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In this paper we are given to understand that various factors go into our forms of communication. We see the example of an essay that was written by Joel Williamson and five others. This essay was given to seven reviewers to analyze it and approve its publishing. Patricia Bizzelle found each of their reviews quite curious. Some noticed his metephores, others noticed his format, and others noticed his personal intake of the whole situation. Joel's goal was to figure out why he had taken so long to realize that perhaps Lynching was an important factor in black-white relations in the south. Since he had experienced the segregation first hand, Patricia believed that his past would have an impact on his form of writting as well as what he was experiencing in the time he wrote it. Some of the reviewers thought it was curious the format he used. He wrote his essay as a historical biography, which to some had quite the impact. Others found it intresting that he wrote metephores of war. Patricia tries to emphasize that, just how those reviewers found different things that made the essay good, todays education system is also trying to find ways for us to feel comfortable with what we are writting. They create more and more formats for different things to try and not limit our writing. She also pointed out that every experience that we have and have had all impact what and how we write.

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In this TED talk by Kimberlé Crenshaw, we see the importance of how every detail that describes us predicts how people will treat us, also known as discrimination. However sometimes we may not understand that we are being discriminated by two different things at once. Which is why she created the word intersectionality. She noticed that alot of the times we pay attention to just one discrimination at a time, however she also discovered that there are cases where someone is discriminated for two different things at the same time and no one did anything about it. She noticed that when there is a problem, we know that it is there, but sometimes we dont see it. So, she created the term 'intersectionality' to make it easier to picture and to see what that problem is and do something about it. Which is a good thing because she made us realize that more than one problem, or obstacle, can exist at a time and many of us dont know about it. She made me realize that its true. We do tend to be discriminated, not just by one thing, but by many things at once. She gave the example of someone she met that completed a job application at a business. However she believed that she wasnt hired because she was a colored women. Once she took the case to court, she realized that they didnt understand what she was trying to say due to the fact that the judge looked at one discrimination at a time. He realized the business hired women and hired blacks. However what she was trying to say was that the business only hired white women and black males. She didnt know what to do at that point. She was at a crossroad where two different discriminations overlap. Kimberlé thought that something had to be done. So she started to use the word 'intersectionality' to help us actually see what the problem is.

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The reason why I choose this photo is because English is my second language. I am giving a point of view of my a person who has grown up by learning English as my second language. It’s a better way to learn more than one language because it makes you more diverse. Also it will help you when you apply for a job.

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This article explains how an essay published in the academic community ignored its conventions and how reviewers perceived his writing differently, all to prove that “…a diversity of intellectual approaches is exactly what we need.”. Academic discourse is described as the practices, conventions, and customs that are used to write in the academic community. Since academia is comprised of those with specific backgrounds, the discourse reflects that, favoring objective, emotionless, and argumentative conversation. I agree that we need mixed forms of academic discourse namely because it will attract different audiences and provide different perceptions. I used to not like history because of the textbooks that we had to read, they were full of facts but very boring until one teacher used a history book that was written very story-like and included how people felt emotionally and it was immensely more interesting

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In my opinion I think that is good to have an alternative discourses and be a second language writer because if you have that privilege to be able to write in a second language then you could be able to perform, feel, express your thoughts and ides that you have in mind. It is better to take advantage what we learn right now while we still can as students and to take classes of another language and be more diverse.

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Critical Reflection 1:The Urgency of Intersectionality 

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Kimberlé Crenshaw initiated her TED talk by asking her audience to stand if able to, and providing names of individuals, however as the list of names proceeded she asked her audience to sit down if they were unfamiliar with the name. She provided four names and as a result majority of the audience was still standing up meaning they were familiar with the names. She proceeded to name more individuals and as a result majority of the audience started to sit down at the end of the list only a few were standing. All of the individuals named were african americans killed by the police in the past two years, however the difference was that the first list of names were male african americans and the second list were female african americans. With this said the reason that I chose this topic was because like the audience I only was familiar with the majority of the first list and did not know anything about the second list of names, which got me thinking and questioning what could be the cause of this, why does violence against male african americans cause more turbulence in the media than violence against female african americans? This shines light on the topic of "intersectionality", defined by Crenshaw as someone being in the middle of two intersecting roads being impacted by different forces,in this case the forces being gender and race. She also tells a story about an african american woman who applied to a car manufacturing plant and did not get hired, she believed the reason for her denial was because she was an african american woman she made a claim against this car manufacturing plant saying that she was being discriminated against because of her gender and race, but it got dismissed and the argument against her claim was that they did hire women and african americans, however they ignored the fact that the african americans being hired were men and and the women being hired were white. This only adds to the topic of how urgent intersectionality is, this has raised my awareness on how female african americans go along and live their lives and how intersectionality exposes those circumstances under which african american women die which is the whole topic surrounding her TED talk.

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This article was very interesting to me in that they did a study involving siblings of disabled individuals. I watch this Netflix series called “Atypical” which is about a teenage boy who’s on the spectrum and his sister and parents. I never really thought about how much the family of a disabled person is affected and is kind of forced to adapt to a different way of living to accommodate to their loved one. For example, in the show the sister had gotten a scholarship in to a fancy prep school, but the hope of going was immediately turned down by her mom who said her brother needed her at the same high school as him. And it’s not like she was mad at it, she very much understood why she had to sacrifice such an amazing opportunity. It makes sense to how people related to or people really involved with, said, disabled individuals, have a certain understanding and views different from people who are pretty much from the outside looking in. Me watching the show and seeing the sisters situation, I was obviously very sad and kind of angry for her, but for a person like her in the same situation would probably not even question it and forget about it being an option and do the same thing over and over in two seconds for their loved one.

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on the problem with the  diversity in video game

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on the problem with the  diversity in video game

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It not really a problem for me, but wouldn't hurt to have more. Games can have a player cuntrole.

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Being exposed to diversity is when ideas are born, having the ability to understand, write, speak another language is an advantage to all of us, you have the ability to express yourself to a lager audience, sometime there are things that you cant express in certain  languages example "sana sana colita de rana" if we translate this phrase to English, It doesn't make sense. also I agree with the article, usually people that know a second language tend to score lower in competency exams which not necessary mean that they are dumb. When I was in high school, I will take exams and I will score very low, it want because I was dumb, it was because I couldn't express myself in English. I work hard to learn the language at the point that I feel more comfortable to write in English than Spanish. knowing a second language also opens more doors for your future, now days companies want people who have the ability to speak another language.

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Personally, I wish that I am able to speak another language, because not only does it look good on an application; it helps you face the real world. In the real world many people speak multiple languages. Alternative discourses allow any student, especially those who speak more than one language, to be able to express themselves through their own work of literature and it allows for new creative ideas to be born. Throughout a students academic years it is vital for them to understand and experience academic discourses, because it will help them grow as an individual and a student.

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This reading talked about an alternative discourse. It defined alternative as “the status of the discourse in relation to mainstream discourses. I love how this mentioned that “second-language writers are even good writers in their own languages.” This reading reminded me so much of my English 1301 class. The professor I had, had us do our own reader here paper and told us to come up with it and type it in the language we felt most comfortable with (English or Spanish.) We had to interview someone, make and answer questions and told us that there was no right or wrong way in doing it. Also, another profesor I had would tell us to do readings and he would get the readings for us in either Spanish or English and we were able to do our essays in either or. Understanding that someone is able to express their selves in another language and letting them do it is something amazing!

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While reading alternative discourse I really like that portion in which stated that "the static view of writing is becoming increasingly outdated as the make up of the audience is becoming increasingly diverse" because I agree with that statement. I believe different language speakers have different cultures and bring a different mindset which will change the English language. As proven by the whofians hypothesis, linguistics relativism, which states that language influences the way one thinks for example in Mandarin culture, there is a word in their society called “lao,” and it means “respect for the elderly” and in English we don’t. Therefore, Linguistic Relativism states that because they have a word for “respect for the elderly” they will think about it differently than English speakers do because English speakers don’t have a word. And some might argue that because the Mandarins have a word they respect their elders better than English speaker. So it's only natural for multi-cultured bilingual individuals to change an outdated discourse if writing.

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As I reading this chapter, I started to find connection with alternative discourse and to students in the valley.  Since the majority of students in this region are able to write and read between two or more languages, or at least able to get by decently, and they have a better advantage than people who are monolingual. However, it is difficult to understand and write for people from different backgrounds that are coming to the valley or if someone from the valley moved to a different location. That is why I believe that alternative discourses not just to engage more diversity between people, but also so people can be able to adapt into new locations other than where they were from.

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I think it’s a great thing that we have discourses because we are able to write what we feel in different languages. By that I mean sometimes you can be writing in English but when you put some words in Spanish it just sounds and makes everything a whole different feel or stronger meaning.

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To this day, racism is still a big problem in the United States. I always see videos on the internet how non-whites are mistreated in places such as restaurants, subways, etc. I think it is important to enforce the idea of equality to the young generation to slowly end racism. We live in a age where everyone is and should be treated equally yet however there are sill people who can't seem to grasp that idea. Since i live in the valley which is made of of mostly hispanics, i have never truly experienced racism. However, i have friends who have traveled to different parts of the United States and have been treated as inferior. We should enforce Racial Literacy so that hopefully the next generation of minorities do not have to experience that.

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Growing up in the Rio Grande Valley everyone here is basically expected to know 2 languages, English and Spanish. As I grew up I just wasn't as fluent with Spanish as other students. I really envy people who can speak Spanish because the reality is if you don't know Spanish down here then your basically not Hispanic. However having a Discourse is great, especially for students down here. Overall knowing more than one language is powerful and is key into having a good future.

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Critical Reflection 2:Alternative Discourses 

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In "Alternative Discourses A Synthesis by Paul Kei Matsuda he mentions that the "apparent lack of coherence is not an indication of the lack of intelligence, instead it may come from different definitions of what constitutes good writing". I agree with this statement for the reasons that "good writing" is not defined by what you write instead it's defined by those who you are writing to, I believe the audience plays a major component in "good writing" because as long as you know what your audience wants to hear and get that message across clearly they won't discredit your writing. I came to this conclusion on the premise of my definition of "good writing", however there are many other definitions that people may have of what is considered "good writing".

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The Video Game Industry's Problem With  Racial Diversity.

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The Video Game Industry's Problem With  Racial Diversity.

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In the video of the game called Mafia 3 is really relate-able to the world because the sad part about it is that its actually happening to us, to people that we know or even right under your noses. Plus these people that have the time to stop and recreate these problems and putting it to a video game good and bad at the same time. It's good because it makes us the buyers/players realize about what's actually happening in the world where we call it peace and love or even home. But it's bad to because some kids who play these types of video games have that mind set that most of what they see in video games it is okay and they just see it as something normal. However, some kids open their eyes and do see it as something wrong and whenever they face a real life problem similar to the ones in the video games they already have and idea of what to do and what not to do. My answer would be both yes and no depending on what the players mind set is at.

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The most interesting moment of this talk was when they demonstrated how a couple were in conflict because one of them failed to see the importance of food in the others culture due to differing primary discourses. This happens all the time and especially online, one example is when a person sees a family smash someone’s face in their birthday cake and sees it as cruel instead of a tradition.

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I think the most important thing i learned throughout this text was to value my ability to know two languages. Personally, I have never felt pressured to have perfect English, however I know that my brother has. Spanish was not my first language but Spanish was my brothers first language. Once he started school he was told to speak only English. The use of only English throughout school caused him to forget most of the Spanish he was taught as a child. I feel that many teachers believe that teaching kids to speak perfect sophisticated English will allow them to succeed in life, but I have found that the true purpose of language is to communicate with others. This communication does not need to be done with fancy words or long essays. It took my brother a long time to find a job once he graduated because people want to hire someone who is bilingual, but he was no longer able to speak Spanish. As you can see the lack of integration of Spanish in my brothers classrooms hindered his ability to find a job, and while he may be able to write a good essay, his bilingual skills and closeness to his culture has faded. In the end I think that being able to appropriately communicate ones idea should be both written and spoken should be the objective in English classrooms.

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This article was very interesting to me because I don’t think I’ve ever given thought about second language writers. It’s true that even if they can’t write perfect English , it doesn’t mean they are any less intelligent. Grammar shouldn’t matter in essays, I mean as long as the point gets across. I love how the writer is talking to writing specialists and how they should work on expanding their knowledge of different alternative discourses and encourage students to use them as well in the classroom. We really should take in consideration second language writers. Reading this article, really does make me think how exclusive and racist universities can be, I mean everyone, no matter where they come from, should have the right to the same education and opportunities. It just blows my mind that I’ve never even thought of this before, and I probably never would have, until I read this article, and I am Hispanic! You would think I would know, but I really never thought about it that way.

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Knowing more than one language not only looks good on job applications, but it help us as a person expand into new resources, new communities that we werent a part of when we only knew one language. When we are kids, we spend most of our time at home, so our parents start teaching us how to walk, how to talk, and maybe even how to eat propely. Howerver, once we start going into headstart or elementary school, we become more exposed to otherthings that our parents hadnt taughg us. For example, another language, and learning ro read and write in that language. Alot of us may not have realized it at that time but once we knew english, we could have talked to anyone in the world, scince its the most spoken language. However, knowing two languages helps us get to those parts of the world where english isnt very common. It makes us more available to whatever language another person knows. Learning a second language is one of the best decisions anyone could every make.

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This article was very interesting to read and it does shows the significant  an essay has on its impact on the subject that focused on. Although the article mention the essay's military metaphors and its formatting, the main focus, in my opinion, is the history of black and white relations in the south, most specifically on the topic of lynching in the south. The author of the essay may purposely delay mentioning lynching or downplaying the impact lynching has on the region. The essay was meant to be historical autobiography yet failed to explained how lynching is connected to the south. I could imagine that the author did not wanted the essay's audience to believe that he may involved himself into a few of these violent acts, whether or not it is true that the author was apart of, he still needed to mentioned how lynching impacted people in the south emotionally and historically. So in present we could learn from these events and prevent these racial violence from happening again.

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There are times when we start to realize that the worl doesnt revolve around us. Howerver, what this article was saying is that it does keep on revolving around you if you have a disability. Having a disability doesnt mean that we are different from the rest. It just means that we cant do things most people can. For example, when i was diagnosed with ADHD, the doctors always told me that it was a disability, that i needed to go to counseling and take depressants to help my hyperactivity. However, once i started taking those pills, my mom noticed that i wouldnt eat. The pills would make me loose my appetite, and asside from that, she noticed that i always seemed so lifeless. I cant remember what it felt like being on those pills, but the memories of going to school all that time on pills just feels like a blur. After a while my mom stopped giving me the pills. I learned to control all my energy and i learned ways to focus in school without having to take a pill. As for my weight issue, ive never been able to weigh more than 100 pounds. Now that i dont take the pills, i notice that i tend to understnd things that other people dont. I tend to do things that other people dont. However, i do all of these things on my own. Not with the sacrifices of other people. I dont see myself as having a disability. On the contrary, i see it as an advantage. I can get multiple things done at once rather than having to do each one at a time. I have more energy at night especialy when others are asleep. Yes. I am weird. But this "disability" is what makes me who i am. And i wouldnt ever wanna change that.

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I feel that the study on the discourses is cool and made me wonder; is being in a fandom count as being a part of a discourses community. I think it doses, but it feels that discourses is only to your identity.

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aswell as reading the passage I clicked the link to see a video of what Kimberly Crenshaw defined as "intersectionality" and her explanation for intersectionality was that is was just a metaphor for understanding how multiple forms of inequality or disadvantages sometime compound themselves and create obstacles. which I though was very interesting. this states that there are multiple reasons for people behaving they way they do for example if a Mexican kid likes to fight, that isnt just a race thing. its probably a race and gender thing that causes the boy to fight. this alludes to the fact that there are more contributing factors aside form race that make a person act the way they act. - Eduardo Guerra

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I read the article that focuses in disability studies, it states that different people have different opinions of what a disability really is. It also explores the attitudes of family and friends and how this impart their daily life or career.
I kinda relate to the article because my father was involve in an accident, and it's hard. I think that the reason I wouldn't become something relate to medical, I know in the reading says that people with family members that have a disability are likely to get a job relate to that.

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how do we language so people stop killing each other, or what do we do about white language

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how do we language so people stop killing each other, or what do we do about white language

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Today in life racism is a huge problem in the United States. To be honest I have seen videos on Snapchat and Twitter saying about how a collage student who posted a video of herself wearing a charcoal face mask thinking that it was a funny joke and saying to herself “I am a nigger” on social media.
In my opinion I think people should start expecting the diversity in our society. The reason why I say this is because our era is changing rapidly with our new train of thought.

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Some girls that attend OU thought it would be funny (especially Olivia Urban and Francis Ford) to put black paint on their face and say "I am a nigger" @UofOklahoma #whatareyougoingtodo ????

Two University of Oklahoma students who were involved in a racist Snapchat video featuring a white girl in blackface have permanently left the school, officials announced on Monday.

In the video, which went viral on Friday after another student tweeted it, a white student is smearing black paint on her face while her friend laughs and records, telling her friend, "Stop! You've got too much. That's paint, not a face mask."

The camera then flips, showing two blonde women giggling as the one in blackface says "I am a nigger" to the camera. The university was quick to condemn the video and said Friday it had launched an investigation. On Saturday, the university's Theta Gamma chapter of the Delta Delta Delta sorority, also known as Tri Delta, confirmed that it had expelled the student who had recorded and posted the video from the sorority, calling her behavior "abhorrent."

On Monday, OU President James Gallogly announced that the two women had left school of their own volition. Officials were not able to expel the students, he explained, because they had recorded the video off-campus, which created "legal boundaries" in how OU could respond as a public university.

"Those students won't return to campus," the president said at a press conference. "This type of behavior is not welcomed here and is condemned in the strongest terms by me and by our university."

Calling the Snapchat post "demeaning," Gallogly told reporters that the two sophomores had been "very surprised by the reaction" to the video.

"Under the circumstances, they could see that our culture rejects this kind of behavior in no uncertain terms," he said. "I think it became very clear to them that this type behavior is not only local news, but state news and national news."

Gallogly said the university is still investigating whether there was a third student involved in the racist recording.

Outraged, OU students had initially criticized their university for not taking any disciplinary action against the students who made the video, and for issuing a statement saying that the sophomores had offered to apologize.

"It's really sad to see this happening in 2019 because you'd think we moved forward, but it's racism. Racism is a sickness." - Joshua Davis, Junior Industrial Systems Engineering major

Gallogly explained that school officials first heard of the video on Friday and began looking into it, but did not know when the students recorded it.

"It very clearly is racist," he said Monday. "It's on its face racist and we should call it what it is."

The University of Oklahoma's Black Student Association issued a strongly worded statement saying that it was "not surprised" by the blackface video. The statement referenced a 2015 incident at the university, in which members of the school's chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity were recorded singing a racist song on a bus. After an investigation, the school expelled two students involved in the video and shut down the SAE chapter.

In another response, the National Association of Black Journalists stated that "in the year 2019 it is disappointing that we still have to deal with incidents such as this."

In his remarks Monday, Gallogly recognized that the school has faced two serious racist controversies in recent years and is in need of "systematic" change.

"More needs to be done," he said. "I heard them. More will be done."

Gallogly confirmed that he had accepted an invitation to address students at a rally against racism organized by the Black Student Association.

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Two University of Oklahoma students who were involved in a racist Snapchat video featuring a white girl in blackface have permanently left the school, officials announced on Monday. In the video, which went viral on Friday after another student tweeted it, a white student is smearing black paint on her face while her friend laughs and records, telling her friend, "Stop!

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How do we language so people stop killing each other, or what do so about white language. 

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How do we language so people stop killing each other, or what do so about white language. 

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They say that racism is gone, because African-Americans now have rights, the ability to vote, and the whole Civil Rights movement helped stop racism. Well that is not the case, because racism is still occurring through everything today. Although it is still occurring, the punishment for performing a racially motivated act is now a lot worse than it was before, because now people are supporting diversity and racism is looked at as taboo. Personally, I have never experienced a racially motivated attack, but I feel terrible for those that have. People by now should accept the fact that everyone is different and you should hate them for that or hold anything against them for it. We need to accept everyone for who they are and what they stand for. Once that is done, then maybe we will start seeing a change in society.

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Racism isn’t being explained or understood correctly. Examples of MLK or Rosa Parks are given in class but that’s not really relevant to now a days racism. To understand racism we have to understand who we are. And to understand who the person next to us is we have to know about the two gaps. “Heart gaps being an inability to understand each of our experiences, to fiercely and unapologetically be compassionate be on lip service. And mind gap being an inability to understand the larger systematic ways in which racism operates.”  This being said, we can understand others experiences and understand what racism is and know how to be racially literate.

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This article describes a problem that has been very evident in our society now a days which is  the black community and their encounters with law enforcement. There have been a series of cases where a black civilian is killed because of police brutality. This is an ongoing issue and this article relates police brutality to other disadvantages they face a culture might face. In the Ted talk Kimberle Crenshaw discusses the disadvantages that black women have in our society and how they have double discrimination just like any other minority not only is it present in black women it is also seen in the Latino community. She compares the female victims of police brutality to the male victims and most of the female cases go unknown and unheard of. Intersectionality is a disadvantage that not many people know about but it is present and it is necessary to raise awareness in order to stop the problem.

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Critical Reflection 1

In this article I can better understand the concept of alternative discourses. I can relate to this because I am fluent in both Spanish and English. Spanish was my first language and growing up in school I was taught English. I believe I have a huge advantage because I am able to communicate and converse in both languages. Although I am fluent in English I believe my writing and communication skills and so much better in Spanish this is because I spend most of my time communicating in this language. Having the ability to know two languages gives you the opportunity to understand different perspectives and views of a different culture.

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I've actually been able to read the entire book in my MASC class and I really enjoyed it and made me really think a lot to what being Hispanic means to me. This reminded me of our discussion on the first day of class. Growing up some students had to grow with teachers constantly getting mad at them for the language they spoke. I'm sure most teachers didn't mean any harm by this but growing up down here in the valley being able to speak two languages is normal. For it to be considered normal down here yet students still get in trouble for it is strange to hear. personally I've  never had this issue but I know many students who do and who still think about it till this day.

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I found the reading interesting. After reflecting on the reading, I realized had similar experiences as Anzaldua. My first language was Spanish, then later on I learned how to speak English. Although being bilingual has its perks, it also had the drawback that I was decent in English, but bad in Spanish, likely due that I began practice English more than Spanish. As Anzaldua mentioned that language is a sign of identity. It is difficult for bilingual that had similar experiences like me to be able to assimilate into a group of people

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I really find this reading  so interesting and relate-able to the people round us or even us. After reading this chapter it made me realize that being a Hispanic is really big deal because not everyone grows up learning two languages. Another thing that also made me realize is that not everyone around your is the same like you or people from your hometown. Which reminded me when i when to Iowa, not many people speck Spanish like here in the valley. They mainly talk English but with an accent to it. There was a mix of people there now that I remembered.

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Motherhood on the Screen: An Exploration of Wounds Opened and Closed through Home Video

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Motherhood on the Screen: An Exploration of Wounds Opened and Closed through Home Video

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I really liked this video because it reminded me of my grandfather. Every event that we have my grandfather used to always pull out a camera to record me and my family, however now he uses his cellphone. After watching this video I thought it would be fun to watch some of my families old family videos that my father shot of us and it was fun to reminisce and be able to watch my old childhood memories. Something I also learned while watching this video was about Kodak culture. Kodak culture refers to the typical family style of home videos which includes the idea that usually the men are the ones handling the camera, videos usually consist of holidays and events, and the cooking and eating of food is not usually shown in these home videos. These are some of the thoughts that came into my mind while watching this video.

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While I was reading this I couldn’t help but think how crazy that there is literally an explanation or theory for everything and how it works and the patterns that occur. In my English 1301, the concept of sponsors of literacy totally blew my mind. I thought wow it’s not that I’m just dumb, like people and things in my life helped to develop my literacy and it may be different from other people, but I can always be my own sponsor as well , it’s not too late to improve my literacy. That whole concept really made me put writing in to a whole different perspective and made me comfortable with writing. Before I was so scared of writing. And this article talking about discourse communities and how an individual is born in to one and how second discourse communities come along and how there is an identity kit and if you’re not fully that, then you’re a beginner or pretender, like all that blows my mind as well and reminds me of how I felt when I found out about sponsors of literacy. Like in life there really is patterns for things and situations.

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This week I read the article Literacy, Discourse and Linguistics by the author James Paul Gee. The author discusses and goes into detail about discourse communities. It is based on the idea that a language should not only be taught but also be out to use to practice using it the correct way. As individuals we each have our own way of expressing ourselves and although we might use the same language or words we manage to get across different messages. He also speaks about bilingual speaking people and their learning tendencies. As a person who speaks both English and Spanish I will admit I have a greater struggle trying to communicate in English opposed to communicating in Spanish which was my first language which is why I feel way more comfortable communicating and using the language. Although I love English because there is always something new to learn I do have a different way of learning it just because I need to put more effort rather than speaking in Spanish. It is very interesting to read how these patterns affect your leaning abilities because essentially they influence your understanding.

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Okay I get it; the idea that people get their identity from their communities. However, it seem that we only get are identity from whom we have in are lives.

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I talked about this reading for my synth. As a tangent to that I wanted to reflect on how the author's experiences interchange with mine. I remember as a child when I lived in Germany how exploration and adventure was peak. I would venture off from our housing unit and explore the limits of the neighborhood. Although I didn't understand what it meant to be in a different country I did however have some encounters with the local kids. Those encounters weren't what I expected them to be and immediately realized that communication was an issue, not only for me but for them as well. And just like any other kid, I knew a few German words; the bad ones. And the German kids new the English bad words. I can't help to look back and remember that blasting each with foul language wasn't due to dislike, but due to discourse. We wanted to talk to each other and couldn't and did so the only way we knew how. Really funny when you think about it. I didn't know them and they didn't know me, so cursing at each other wasn't because we didn't like each other. I think if we could have understood each other better reaching a different outcome would have occurred.

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Prior to taking this course I had never heard of a discourse community. At first I still had trouble trying to fully grasp what exactly a discourse community was but I now have a better understanding. This text by James Paul Gee gives a good observation of how discourse communities and language converge. Hopefully I can use this as a source for my upcoming research project.

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This article talks about what a discourse community is as a whole. It explains that its not only about the people or situations that you interact with, but its also about the ones you dont interact with. It also explains that there is no argument or conflict that someone is trying to prove or dispove. Its just a common goal that we are all trying to get to and achive all at once. Maybe we all have different goals, but those goals are what drive us into communing as a whole. This chapter also helps with the fact that its not just about us in a certain community, its about everyone else too. We go though and experience one thing, but everyone else experiences something completely different from what we go through. They feel differently towards things we may feel good about.

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In this article I gathered a number of things I have seen through my life.  I grew up in two very different communities, which confused my language development. In the article it mentions  of discourse community. My language went from speaking English when I was in the Houston area to speaking complete Spanish when I spent time in Mexico who’s was pretty much all different. This was a red flag towards confusion when I was just a little girl. What this is leasing to is that socializing with the kids in the school setting was very different then when coming home to your family. In my opinion this is very confusing to people especially the young kids who in the middle of this transition.

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We are part of a discourse community,sometimes our social status and opinions can play a big role at the moment of being part of it. this article also talk that we are part a different discourse community. sometimes you have to leave things apart to be able to be part of a discourse community. I feel like I relate to the topic because in engineering its very often to see girls without makeup and sometimes I feel like I don't belong there

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I think this was an important reading for me. Before I read this I was still not sure what exactly a discourse community is. After reading this I now understand what a discourse community actually is. A discourse community is a group of people that enjoy doing something. They don’t have to be doing that specific thing together, it can be separate or together, but as long as they are doing it they will be apart of that specific discourse community. As long as everyone is following the rules properly, there will be no conflict. Discourse communities are important to people, because that is how they identify themselves throughout their life’s.

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An interesting notion that James brought up was that a Discourse cannot be strictly taught in a classroom in the same way a person cannot become fluent in a language by taking language courses. It is an “identity” that is acquired by acquisition and is your primary discourse which is developed when you are young. It also introduces the idea of a dominant discourse which could be used in my project as it deals with a professional community.

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I really enjoyed all of it, it reminded me of something that I'm learning in my other summer class. Its called comfirmation bias, which is basically you only listen to what someone is saying when it connects to your beliefs. In a part the author says "we only see what we want to see". Which is what I connected to comfirmation bias.

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This reading pairs well with the week one reading from Patricia Bizzell as it dives into another means of discourse. It explains how digital storytelling proved a voice to those who couldn’t otherwise reach the eyes or ear of others. The only thing I can compare it to is when I see a piece of news that is covered in the mainstream media, but instead by an individual who is directly affected by the news and shared it on twitter.

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Affective Connections to Place:DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN THE CLASSROOM

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Affective Connections to Place:DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN THE CLASSROOM

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I really like the idea of digital storytelling in the classroom. Of course, this is not for everyone. Not everyone will be comfortable going around recording their experiences with other people however, those who do get the opportunity can learn a lot from it. They improve their social interaction skills and are able to share their experiences. When i was in high school i took an audio/video production class and one of our assignments was to go around campus interviewing students. It was a really fun experience because we got to interact with people, hear their own opinions and re-watch it because we had filmed it.

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In this Ted talk, I was able to identify the different discourse communities she was talking about, such as Honolulu, Oakland, Mexico, and also the discourse community of civic hackers. In each community, they gave the subjects, such as the common people, new tasks and tools in order to achieve their goal of making a website or app that is efficient for their community and the common people were able to achieve that. Bracy also talks about people to join her discourse community of hackers that do good for the world, with hackers having a negative connotation, she explains that hackers also are good citizens and do good.

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After reading this article I learn and have a idea of what a discourse community is and what they do. What grabbed my attention is that a discourse community doesn't have to be a goal that all of the members agree to it leads the same goal but like going the the goal that they want to achieve they have to communicate in way that they do.

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Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in New Work Places -Elizabeth Wardle  

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Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in New Work Places -Elizabeth Wardle  

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In this reading by Elizabeth Wardle she explains the importance of learning how to write in different work places, she says "This research posits that for workers to be successfully enculturated into new communities of practice, including learning to write in ways that are appropriated to those new communities..."
Depending on the situation you're in, that will determine how you write in those situations. For example you don't want to write to your boss in the same manner you write to your friends it just doesn't work that way. Wardle gives an example of a man named Alan who thought his authority was above everyone else besides the chairmen in that workplace. She explains how he would write emails that the other workers did not think they were appropriate and through time it became a joke to the workers however Alan still thought he had authority over everyone. After a year an a half Alan left that workplace and found work somewhere else for the reason that Alan couldn't change and adapt to communicate more effectively and created conflict. It's important to know your place in situations like this and its also important to adapt and change depending in what workplace you're in, having these things in mind, the way you write won't be inappropriate and conflict won't be created.

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I think what I liked about this piece of text is how the acting classes I have taken relate to what James Paul Gee is writing about. When I was younger I took acting classes because I thought it would be fun. Many of the situations and roles that I was assigned I felt like I could relate to the role and the character I was playing. For example, one play that I did while in acting classes was called Beauty is the Beast, and in this play there was a two sisters who were princesses and I played Beauty while my little sister played Honor, who was Beauty's little sister. I think that because me and my little sister were able to preform in the play as the two sisters it helped me better get into the role. This is because Beauty is supposed to be a mean and horrible sister and I am not saying that I am a horrible and mean sister but I do have some experience being bossy towards my little sister. Also because we were in the play together we were able to practice our lines together. However, there was also times where I did not relate to a role as easily, and during those roles it was hard for me to really become the character. Similarly, James Paul Gee states that to enter a discourse or understand a discourse one must experience "enculturation." I think this idea shows why I was not able to fully understand and immerse myself in certain roles because i and never experienced this characters discourse. As shown in the text it is almost impossible to fully understand a certain discourse without experiencing it for yourself and being accepted by this discourse.

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I think this article encompasses the ideology behind why most people join clubs or specific groups. The behavior is described as one that is voluntary and with effort to maintain such membership. The agenda behind doing so is pretty much how most social groups are formed. Each want to gain something out of being a part of the discourse community. Relating to how Johns describes all of this is a true reflection of why I joined the American Legion. I thought it would allow me to be around others like myself while maintaining awareness of changes in that community.  We have meetings, newsletters and you must be able to afford the membership. The organization does fulfill my expectations and it is also a good way to socialize. Johns touched on many aspects of a discourse community and how it relates to me.

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i thought that it was wird titel. it would help me organize thoughts and make my papers better

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As I was reading the article How to Tame a Wild Tongue by Gloria Anzaldua I came to the understanding that there is a great difference between a language and your identity. Although Spanish was my first language English became a part of me since I use it on a daily basis. It was necessary for me to learn and interact and although I feel more comfortable speaking in Spanish I know that the English language is always a challenge with new things to teach me. I identify myself as being bilingual but more towards being Hispanic because all of my family is from Mexico although I was born and raised here and have many customs from here, I will always keep my identity of being Hispanic.

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I think that this was an excellent reading. I know that in my life I grew up around people that spoke Spanish. My adoptive parents and my great grandmother speak Spanish, but when it came to my sisters and I; we don’t speak Spanish. Being Hispanic and not knowing the language is kind of a big deal, because you haven’t learned YOUR proper language and you aren’t following your culture. Nowadays not only are Hispanics learning Spanish, everyone is learning Spanish. Mainly due to the fact that it is becoming the second dominate language in the United States. It is extremely important to know more than one language, because it allows you to reach more than one audience.

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I can kinda relate to this article because for one of my history project along time ago I had to talk to my local collage community to ask them question related to the topic we were talking about. “Alexis: It made me more comfortable to talk to people in the community, because I’m not from around here.” the reason why I choose this Is because it was my first semester in collage at UTRGV. My doing this project it made me more comfortable when talk to people around campus ask them question in front of a camera.

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This reading really here made me understand what are discourse communities and how it work. And I do see the argument that John present. As we grow in life, we began to see how different we individually at our own discourse communities, becoming more distant and with the possible of creating new communities.

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With the help of ASL music videos many death people can find meaning behind a song. They use motions and sign language to help convey the message rather than them just feeling the vibrations. When my mother and sister attended college both took a sign language class and everyday after school they would come home and teach me. It would end up being a race between me and my other sister to see who could learn the most sign language, and let me say it's pretty difficult remembering everything. Hopefully in the future they can open up and make ASL music videos accessible for everyone.

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For a time I wanted to be a history teacher because I was very interested in the stories and lessons that can be learned by analyzing why things in history took place. In this essay, Grant-Davie provides a lens to help answer how and why something happened by describing aspects that influences rhetorical situations. These are situations where a person attempts to altar their surroundings or the world via writings or speeches.

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This essay by Grant-Davis reminded me a lot of the written essay I had to do throughout my High School, or at least of half of the four English classes I took in which I had to follow a similar format from what is mentioned in the essay. In either an essay or an presentation, the rhetor need to be able to bring in a new sense of reality and to be able have a connection to the discourse that they are presenting to show an audience how the discourse have influenced and importance in certain situations

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I always found sign language to be an interesting thing. I myself have never learned but I do have family members that know how to do it. I think that using ASL in music videos is an excellent idea because it includes those who cannot hear but still love music. I have seen music festivals where there is a person on the side of the stage performing sign language so that the deaf can follow along. Even though they cannot hear, they can feel the intense vibrations and having someone sign for them makes the experience even more enjoyable.

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I watched and read along with the TED talk by Adong Judith titled How I use art to bridge misunderstanding. The part that i really liked from this talk was when the former rebel soldier of Joseph Kony introduced himself and shared the embarrassment he felt for once being apart of this group. I think this story shows the importance of this talk and how through Adong Judith's art and play she was able to make a change and bring light to very serious issues. I think that it is important for to "speak your truth" as said by Adong Judith and I think that through art, plays, and other media one can creatively share ones truth in order to enact change. This is why I really enjoyed the talk given and the message it shared.

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I find this topic very interesting and helpful because I actually have a family member that is deaf and she has trouble speaking to others. That's when we all had to learn sign language and started to communicate with her properly. I think that ASL music videos are an awesome and great idea because it would help people that are deaf and  my cousin is actually a musician, even though she can not hear nor speaks she still makes the best of out of it. The last time i meat her was about 5 years ago and our cousins wedding and we were communicating by sing language and she asking me to dance with her and her husband. I thought that she was not going to get it because she cant hear the beat and the rhythm but oh God she is GOOD at dancing and i asked her how if she can not hear and she told me that she can feel the vibrations and sounds so she more or less has an idea.
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I completely agree with Adong Judith whom makes art to bring people to the table to have a conversation. It is difficult as an artist to convey issues that are personal to us because whons the art is out there we they artist do not have control over it meaning.

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The article starts with quiz,which is latter helpful, basically the article talks about how we shouldn't focus our-self's in an specific genre, we should think more rhetorically. we I took the quiz I thought I choose the wrong article. I feel like nobody really likes reading essays because most of my choice were the ones with pictures, I feel like essay are very monotone.

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How I use art to bridge misunderstandings

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How I use art to bridge misunderstandings

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I thought this ted talk was really interesting! How she starts with saying that “stories humanize and teach us.” Stories do change us! And breaking the silence is always good! It always tells others what we have in mind and what we think! “Convos are to inform and challenge minds to think...” and yes, because someone can be having a conversation and they’re sharing either their knowledge, thoughts, etcétera. So with that, we start thinking of all other new ways to seeing things. And her example of the lasagna and ending with sharing, sharing your truth.

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Hello, I like to share that the reading for this week are awesome. I think I will be using one as an addition to my research assignment. Imparticularly, Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents by Keith Grant Davie. This reading talks about the use of rhetoric and how it changes the behavior or context of a situation. I think this goes hand in hand with daily life, but can also show the relation between how I present my assignments. So, rhetoric will play a role in my research assignment. No worries, I will attempt to be unbiased.

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Week 3 Reading         A Multisensory Approach to Biomedical Healthcare Technologies: Aural, Tactile, and Visual Layered Health Literacies 

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Week 3 Reading         A Multisensory Approach to Biomedical Healthcare Technologies: Aural, Tactile, and Visual Layered Health Literacies 

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In this reading Bivens argues that health literacy is an embodied multi sensory experience that is always mediated by healthcare technologies. They present three case studies where they describe scenarios in which the medical professionals and the patients interact in non discursive literacy practices. One of the literacy practices she mentions is aural literacy in an neonatal intensive care unit, NICU. In this case study Bivens uses an echo methodological framework to examine sounds of healthcare technology in these units. Her work used psychological monitors to aurally track a baby's sneeze and the father's reaction to the monitor beeping. She comes to the conclusion that non experts need an aural layer of literacy in order to understand and navigate many healthcare spaces. I agree with this argument because for the most part patients do not have any medical training and they rely on other things such as aural literacy to understand what is happening in hospitals. For example we know by the constant beeping sound of an EKG that someone has passed away.

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I have really come to the realization not only from experience, reading the prints but seeing how much people do not like reading or writing essays. In today’s society kids do not really spell out works like moral people.  Can you imagine being a professor and having to read an essay from a kid that uses text slang. Wow!!!

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One thing that I liked about this article is how they are talking about document design, while displaying it in their article. In the conclusion  it even states thee different ways that they have mad their article feature the document designs that they have discussed throughout the article and when I read this I began to think more about how thee design of this article made it easier and more intriguing to read. Axelrod and Cooper's writing handbook states that in composition one should, "Use conventional
design features and layout to make your paper easy to follow, easy to
read, and easy to understand,", however when reading this article I found that through the different uses of the document design such as the bolded titles, the quiz in the beginning, and the figures, I not only found thee article easier to read but also more interesting. I think this idea of document design is very interesting, because since I started writing essays in school there has always been a strict format for us to follow in order to get a good grade but I find the idea of being creative and implementing document design in composition interesting and I would like to do more of that in my writing.

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Ted talk how our friendship survives our opposing politics

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Ted talk how our friendship survives our opposing politics

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I find reading along with these ted talks with the voice really makes me comprehend the ted talk more. I remember in 2016 I was taking government and we followed the election heavily since the first debates with all the candidates. I never thought Trump had a chance to win. My professor for sure thought he didn’t have a chance either. He was so sure on that! And as the weeks passed and each candidate was eliminated and Trump would stay, he was so dumbfounded and surprised at how that could even happen. I had left before the day we actually found out who won and I wish I would of gotten his reaction. I’m pretty sure he was really sad about it. These women talking about turning debates into dialogue really got me thinking about any conversation really and trying to care about what the other person says. I have to say I struggle a lot with that, in any conversation, it is very hard & I could imagine how much harder it is for people passionate about politics. I know this was about political conversations but I really want to try to apply this to my everyday life and conversations and actually care. I know it sounds horrible but it’s the truth I don’t know why I am like that but it’s something I’ve been wanting to work on. Also when one of the women said “national discourse” , I was like OMG! Discourse!! I’m probably going to try to read more of the readings so I can practice identifying the discourses.

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This week I watched a ted talk by the speaker Adong Judith. She explains the importance of stories and conversations among one another. This is so true because as we grow up we learn to have conversations to learn new things and that way we become more knowledgeable about a situation. It is important to understand this because this even allows us to speak a different language and learn about other cultures other than our own

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This week I watched a ted talk by the speaker Adong Judith. She explains the importance of stories and conversations among one another. This is so true because as we grow up we learn to have conversations to learn new things and that way we become more knowledgeable about a situation. It is important to understand this because this even allows us to speak a different language and learn about other cultures other than our own

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In this article we see that every situation, no only affects our way of thinkings of things, but it also demands a certain type of dialogue to go with it. This dialogue doesnt have to be verbal. It can be written or pictures that have "more than a thousand words" so to speak. Within this dialogue, every situation also requires a format. In school, we basically have it drilled into our heads to write a certain format. However, when we are at home, talking to friends or family, we dont just not use a format, but we may also change our tones along with the various amounts of words that are at our disposal. For example, when we talk to friends, we tend to use a more relaxed, not very sophisticated form of writting, but when it comes to research papers, essays, or professional emails, we try to use bigger words that mean the same thing, maybe to impress someone or make ourselves look good in a resume and what not.

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The article starts off with a simple quiz asking us to make a choice between two different pieces of writing, one with visual aids, another without any, and looking at both, most people would chose the one with the visual aids as it is more appealing, unlike the one without any aids which appears as a big blob of text and as such, makes it harder to jump into. Using my own experience, and answers during the quiz, having some kind of visual aid really helps a piece of writing if it's used correctly and not randomly thrown into it. They help draw a reader in and give them a better understanding of what is being read.

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I found the idea of ASL Music videos really interesting, a way to open up the world of music to those who can't experience it the same as others do. In High School I joined an ASL Class to learn how to sign, as I had a friend who was deaf and I wanted to be able to communicate with him more easily. While learning it, I started noticing more during important speeches or news, a person standing off to the side, signing everything the speaker would say, giving the deaf community a way to understand what was being said. Looking at ASL Music videos, it's essentially the same thing, giving them an avenue to understand.

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I thought having that little "quiz" at the beginning of this article was new and made a valid point. Most people and students will obviously choose the one with the images rather than the one with text, is it because we're all lazy or because it's helpful in the long run? Times are changing, now a days students are trying to find the easier way out of things rather than take the extra time and read a whole essay. Kids way dialogue and communication is definitely different now.

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I think the quiz at the beginning of this reading was a good strategy to develop the main argument being introduced. The quiz compared two different types of writing one being more appealing to the eye than the other one and asking you to choose which one you would pick up and read. The less appealing forms of writing presented in the quiz are those "conventional essay formats" teachers teach their students in school. Hassett and Lott's argument is that much of the potential rhetoric effect of what students write is lost in the visual design of their writing through the use of conventional essay forms. I agree with this statement for the reason that I sometimes find myself getting bored or I lose interest when reading a paper like this I understand that sometimes we do have to write like this for professionalism but I also want to learn how to write in different creative ways that could help me get my point across without someone losing interest.

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This message of this video is that although we may not politically agree on topics, it is still possible to become or remain friends. We should be engaging in dialogue instead of debate and to not take criticisms of our beliefs as personal attacks. I think this is wise, but a lot of people like to be upset or to have an ‘enemy’ to face against. I know I do sometimes, I’ll go on twitter looking for dumb posts so I can be angry for a while. I would never end friendships though. Its also important to understand that there are subsets within groups that believe different things and to not label an entire community one way.

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I feel as if this was very interesting and relatable. I see this happening in everyone’s life and sometimes in mine. As “millennials,” we are seen as lazy people that do not want to read  or do anything. People from older generations think we will automatically choose images to look at rather than actual texts to read. In some cases they are correct there are individuals that would rather looks at an image than actually read things. Although, those are usually the people that are lazy and don’t want to challenge themselves. Personally, there are times where I would prefer images over texts, but majority of the time I choose to read. Reading is great to do, because it stimulates the brain and enhances your vocabulary.

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I personally choose to read articles with more images over text. The images help me not only get a better understanding, but also make me engage more to what i am reading rather than text. I wouldn't say that makes me a lazy person, some people are just more intrigued to things if there are visuals to go along with it, including myself.

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I really like reading essays because it makes me see and think what other people think about and their opinions about the what they are writing about. But when it comes to kids writing essays it is very difficult for me to understand what they are writing about because they sometimes do not know the meaning to some words and but it because they want to show other people that they know. I also find it more easy to see pictures in articles cause it makes me think about what is actually happening.
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The quiz at the beginning of this article is a very different way of getting people’s attention. I feel like our generation has a very different way of learning. Although I know it is essential I dislike having to read long books or articles and would much rather listen and see visual things it’s just what I work better with. I feel like even a lot of teacher have implemented these strategies to help students engage more because it is a different way to leaning.

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i like the ideas but my main cunsern is that is it harder to find good sores. mosty doew to haveing to chimy it to work for me.

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ASL music videos are amazing. It shows a whole other aspect of music creativity that people do not see. For me this was my first time seeing one and it was definitely life changing. I never knew people actually dedicate their time, so that deaf people can also enjoy the words of some beautiful songs. I don’t know anyone that is deaf, but I do know people that are trying to learn ASL, because they either want to know it or they have someone that is deaf and they are trying to communicate with them. ASL is not something that many people know, because they feel as if they don’t need to ever use it. ASL is a language that is becoming more popular, because more and more people are being found deaf.

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I like how when it starts it says the the question is “what happened?” When it should actually be “why did it happen?” And yes, knowing what happened let’s us be aware of the events but knowing why it happened gives us the ability to know, understand and learn the situation. Continuing with “writers who know how to analyze have a better method of examining causality.” which I totally agree with. I also felt really helpful when I read “my purpose in this essay is..., and to offer..., I will apply...” this is an essay where he clearly mentions the purpose and problem and the call to action, CLEARLY! In my past essays I’ve had to avoid clearly saying what I’m going to do. I had to find ways of saying it but with out clearly stating “this is the problem/ question” or “this is my proposal” and all that. So as I read this I was surprised but happy that it clearly states what the purpose of the essay is for.

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I never really much thought into hackers. I always thought hacking was something illegal so it was something I shouldn’t do. This Ted talk was really interesting because she says how hacking is positive, how hacking can help to find someone. I’ve been watching a lot of criminal minds and well there’s a girl who is real good at the hacking and stuff and she does so much, and Hera skills help so much to solve a problem or locate things amd even if it’s just a show I know there’s people out there that do positive things with their skills of hacking.

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People who ASL during music concerts is amazing because they go out there to just ASL to people who are death and show them more than just feel the vibrates of the music. I have seen online videos of concerts where the music artisit see the interpreter and goes toward them to join in the movement of the interpreter doing the ASL of their music.

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Even years after the 2016 election. I can say that people still feel the division among ourselves, our families, and our friends. Sometimes we will ignore the ideas of talking about politics, or even cut ties due to political differences. I glad that I viewed this ted talk. Its really give a new light into how to engage in politics with our loved ones, but still gives love and respect to each other.

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American Sign Language is more than just an instrument, its a way of life. This way of life has its ups and downs, like everything else. Modern day technology has allowed us to expand in many different field that we may not have even known existed, we have created a new way for everyone across the world to really hear music. With this new technology we have created something that doesnt limit those who cant hear anymore. We have created something that allows them to actually listen to music without their ears, but with their hearts. This will help a lot of them hear and feel what they've missed out on. This will especially help those who play an instrument or sing or have any other profession having to do with music. Their world has changed in a whole new level.

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I remember last semester learning about how people can write articles biased. Im not sure if I said that right. But like particularly in history like maybe the British will write the American Revolution different from America. Everyone is going to write to look good in their favor.

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Well wow Stacey Abrams is very inspiring. Her speech reminded me of exactly what I am trying to do in my life right now. I came back to school and finishing is my goal right now. It was something that was keeping me awake at night and something I couldn’t stop thinking about, I knew I had to come back and well this time I’m going to do it right and better. She talks about poverty and that is something that holds back people in various discourse communities from chasing their dreams and try to do things they really want to do. Race is also something that may hold a person back. Some discourse communities have more tools than others to achieve their objective. But Stacey Abrams says it is not impossible. I find it amazing that she came from poverty and is now running for governor despite all that. It is truly inspiring. I really do agree with her message of to let go of things and move forward, I really do try to live my life that way. I have these moments where something reminds me of the past or I randomly think of past events and I start to get very angry or sad very quick and I catch myself and I stop myself immediately because there is nothing I can do right now but move forward. Why am I going to give myself wrinkles or ruin how happy I am now stressing over something that I have no more control over. That is no way to live and you would never be happy.

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3 questions to ask yourself about everyday

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3 questions to ask yourself about everyday

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This TED talk is very inspiring Stacey Abrams talks about an experience growing up and how that impacted her life and decisions in the future. I think that in life we all have goals and even though we encounter problems and obstacles we need to get through them. Many people face racial injustice as it is see in her story it only motivated her to work harder and accomplish being a better person. You should not let other label you or put you down because you can achieve anything you put your mind to