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This short story consists entirely of a mother listing gender roles. The mother is talking to her daughter and giving her advice about her future. Though through this I think it shows a sort of resent or conflict between the mother and daughter. Throughout the story the mother tells the daughter of the, "slut she might become." This type of relationship connects to the one of Janie and Nanny. Nanny, in the beginning of Their Eyes Were Watching God, forces Janie into a relationship with Logan. Explaining to her, and essentially forcing onto her the sterotypical gender roles of women. What the mother is telling the girl in, "Girl", is very similar to the dynamic between Nanny and Janie.

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I put these two sources together due to the nature of one compared to the other. In, "What is White Privilege Really?" It criticizes but also builds on the original article, "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" by Peggy McIntosh. It explains that although McIntosh's work helps readers understand white privilege, by making tangible and repeatable, it overlooks the meaning and origin of the term. Though what is said in McIntosh's work is true the true origin behind white privilege comes from historical bias and racism. I really like the way that, "What is White Privilege, Really?" builds on the original article. The way it explains white privilege but by also finishing the article with how to recognize it, I feel, portrays a really clear and important message about it. That white privilege, instead of being used in a harmful or derogatory way, can be used to benefit and educate others. Use it to help prevent and explain to others the true meaning of it's name.

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"Privilege is invisible to those who have it." This is a statement that Micheal Kimmel heard in a conversation between a white and black women. The African-American women explained that our society cannot be truly equal until she can look in the mirror and her skin color does seem like a significant factor. Until she doesn't "notice" her skin color or gender than we can't be a fully equal society. I half agree with this statement I think that gender and race should not be used to define someone but I feel people will always recognize their own gender and race. This message plays a large role in "Their Eyes Were Watching God". Janie and the story continuously reflects the idea of gender and racial equality, or showing the lack thereof. It shows the power that men have over women, Jody, and also the way women are treated by society, the goat. I feel in our society today we again, since the 1920s, have made large steps towards equality. With the rising attitudes of feminism and racial equality throughout the country I feel that we are growing closer and closer to an equal society.

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Transcript of "Why gender equality is good for everyone - men included"

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TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript: Yes, we all know it's the right thing to do. But Michael Kimmel makes the surprising, funny, practical case for treating men and women equally in the workplace and at home. It's not a zero-sum game, but a win-win that will result in more opportunity and more happiness for everybody.

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This poem uses a metaphor by describing the narrator as a witch. The narrator is Sexton, a women. She uses the metaphor of a witch to describe that even though she isn't a witch if she, as a women, does anything outside of what society deems the norms or gender roles then they are looked down upon or as used by the metaphor, killed. During the witch trials any women, most likely for social or political reasons, could be accused of being a witch. The trials consisted of many unreasonable tests that would most often result in the death of the women. Used in this metaphor Sexton is saying that if a women does or acts in any way out of how she is "supposed" to act in the 1920s then she is "killed" or judged by society. Sexton, in the poem, explains that she isn't afraid to die because she did not do anything wrong. "A woman like that is not ashamed to die." Sexton believes that it is society's fault for placing these pressures on her and other women. This message is similar to what Janie faces. She is expected to act a certain way by Nanny, Jody, as well as the townspeople. When she decided to act outside the norm and leave the town with Tea Cake she is looked down on by the town, talked about, and looked at as unfaithful to her abusive, dead husband. This type of judgement, I feel, we have moved away from as a society. We, as an overall society,  don't judge women this harshly anymore. As said in some of my other analyses I think we have, since the 1920s, made great bounds forward but there is still a bit of work we need to make as a nation to protect and create an environment of gender equality.

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In "Their Eyes Were Watching God" we saw the strong idea of gender roles in each relationship Janie was in. For Jody, Janie was property, a trophy to have and show to others, someone he can control and dominate with his constant struggle for power. For Tea Cake, Janie was an equal. Someone he treated just the same as any other man. She didn't have to dress in "fancy" clothes or be forced to stick to strict mannerisms. Tea Cake did not force Janie to conform to the roles society had placed on her. He allowed her to express herself for not only she is but who she wanted to be. This article explains the gender roles evident in our society today. It explains that in the future, starting today, gender should not define your destiny. What gender you are should not destine what job you should pursue or what things you like. There should be a certain neutrality that allows the person, you, to define yourself. Society should not place a stigma on you as soon as you're born due to your gender. As soon as these roles, and stereotypes are broken, as soon as we allow people to define themselves for who they want to be, regardless of race or gender or judgement, is when we can truly move forward as a society.

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"Lighting the Fires of Freedom" explains the role and process of the fight against Jim Crow and the discrimination against African Americans. In particular, however, it explains the significant role of African American women in the movement. Similar to Janie this women were not only due to their race, but due to their gender, and still decided to fight back against the oppressive white society, knowing the consequences. It talks about Rosa Parks and her act of civil disobedience but also introduces women that aren't as popular, but I feel equally as important. Leah Chase, for example, was a restaurant owner who provided more food to civil right workers and also a safe place for them to conduct meetings. "African-American women had to be creative,
resourceful, and able to adapt. Eschewing top-down
leadership, they encouraged people to develop their own
approaches—espousing what we now identify as the
ethical foundation and visionary approach of transformational
leadership, which built on mutual respect, creative
problem-solving, and an understanding of the need for
systemic change." The work of these women and the work of many others have helped us move, as a country, much closer to racial equality, especially in contrast to the 1920s, but there is still a lot of work that needs to be done.

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This poem connects very well to the themes and messages in, "Their Eyes Were Watching God." This poem expresses the metaphor of the bird being an African-American women, the cage being white society and its beautiful song being her voice. In the first part of the poem it uses this metaphor to explain the "bird" in its natural habitat. The bird is free to fly and sing. Towards the second half of the poem, though, it compares the bird being free versus caged. The women being free to speak her voice or brought down and silenced by society. In "Their Eyes Were Watching God" Janie is free to speak and live at the beginning of the book. However through her relationships with Logan and Joe she becomes the caged bird. Her song silenced by society.

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In "The Danger of a Single Story", Chimamanda Ngozi  shares her experience of going to college in the US after living in Nigeria her whole life. The message that becomes clear shows the problem with the lack of diversity and education of literature today. She explains her roommate had already made judgement and felt sorry for her just based off of where she was from. I feel this message is still very true today, even with MHS. If I think about it this book, "Their Eyes Were Watching God", was the first book I've been mandated to read that had the main character as an African-American, nevertheless a women. The lack of diversity in literature leads to people believing or generalizing an entire population based of the story of one or a few. Chimamanda Ngozi closes with, "when we reject the single story, when we realize that there is never a single story about any place, we regain a kind of paradise.".

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Maya Angelou, "Caged Bird" from Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? Copyright © 1983 by Maya Angelou. Used by permission of Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.

Source: The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (Random House Inc., 1994)

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Caged Bird by Maya Angelou | Poetry Foundation

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Her Kind - I have gone out, a possessed witch,

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The Past, Present and Future of Gender Norms

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Will continuing to challenge gender norms and document their harmful impacts lead to their extinction - or evolution?