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when Mrs. Elison, a white teacher, was reading a book in black vernacular to her students, she explained that she felt awkward and uncomfortable reading the book, which reminded me of when victor tries to get Thomas to appear and act more like a "real" Indian , which only ends up making Thomas look more awkward.

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"Lucy Laney Elementary: African American Vernacular English"

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"Lucy Laney Elementary: African American Vernacular English"

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The main idea of this video was to show that if the student "no matter what and how the kids say certain things the teachers wouldn't care". Some of the common themes and ideas they had were

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In Moraga video when she talk about how people did not believe that she was mexican because of the way she acted and the fact that her dad was gringo. This connects to Adichie because her roommate in college didnt look at her in any other way than the stereotypes of her culture.

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Cherrie Moraga, “You’re Not Really Mexican, Are You?”

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Cherrie Moraga, “You’re Not Really Mexican, Are You?”

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The main idea from Cherrie Moraga's video is to show the struggles that she faced as a mixed child. Her sister and her brother were the only mixed kids from her family and growing up, she just wanted to be brown. As a little girl, she recognized the difference in treatment from her classmates. Many of the Mexican kids at her school viewed her as "smarter" because of her mixed heritage and she was often judged for hanging out with the white girls. The video does a good job of showing how many people can be stuck in the border between different cultures which can definitely make you feel like you don't belong anywhere. Cherrie's love was so great for being Mexican but she felt like she was always in the position to betray her culture, especially with her lesbianism. The author is most likely writing her passage for people who are in a similar situation as her, stuck in border between two different cultures.

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In the article , "How to tame a wild tongue" the phrase "wild tongues cant be tamed, they can only be cut out"  means that you can not take her native language away and she is not  going to accept the  correct Spanish. she would  rather let them cut her tongue out than change. this connect to smoke signals because people are trying to change them(identity).
(Joanne, Citlalli, David, Jacob)

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The main idea of Anzalduas passage is to explain that there are many kinds of borders in everyones identities, such as borders between nations, cultures, classes, genders, and especially languages. In the passage, Anzaldua talks about her own Chicana heritage and the significant role it plays in her life. One of the most common ideas that Anzaldua talks about in her passage is language and the barriers between languages. Anzaldua argues for the ways in which identity is intertwined with the way we speak and the ways in which people can be made to feel ashamed for their own tounges. The author is most likely writing her passage for people who are in a similar situation as her, stuck in border between two different cultures. (Joanne, Citlalli, David, Jacob)

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They all have identity in common and also how they were perceived in a negative way because of their cultural background.

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The purpose of Nikki Lee's video would be to show that she is an artist who wants to change how people viewed certain groups of people. She created artwork with different layers so that people can understand that there's more to something than just what you see on the outside. Towards the end of the video, she explains that she would like someone to tell her who she is rather than her finding out for herself. The best way to get to know more than a single story, is to experience the place or culture. The people around us influence the way we act.

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The purpose of Smoke signals is to show how there are a lot of perceptions that people have about a certain ethnicities , and often times we believe them. In the video, Victor tried to change Thomas's appearance by trying to turn him into a "real' Indian by trying to make him appear more stoic.

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The purpose behind Adichie's talk, "The Danger of a Single story ", is to inform her audience about the importance of looking at all the stories that someone may have, rather than just a single story. There's always many stories behind a person. When we begin to only look at single stories, stereotypes can be created quickly, and the problem with stereotypes is that they often become a single story instead of showing multiple stories. Single stories emphasize how we are different rather than how we are similar.

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Smoke Signals clip, "How to Be a Real Indian"

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Smoke Signals clip, "How to Be a Real Indian"

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Our assignments this week ask us to watch or read the following texts:

Anzaldúa, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”

Cherrie Moraga, “You’re Not Really Mexican, Are You?”

“Lucy Laney Elementary: African American Vernacular English”

1. After reading or watching these texts answer the following question in one post per text (3 posts total). Put all the information below in one post per text.

Identify the main ideas for each text.

What are there common ideas, themes, messages about identity in each text?

Who is the audience? Who is the author speaking to or writing for? How do you know?

List the first names of your participating group members -- if you don't talk, you don't get credit, my friends. :-)

Use the “connecting” button to link the two posts you are connecting.

Make sure that your group padlet has 3 posts.

2. In the next part of this assignment, draw lines of connections between the texts from  Week 3 (Adichie, Smoke Signals, Lee) (3 posts total).

Add a new post to each video from Week 3 that explains the connection you’re seeing about the discussions of identity there and a discussion of identity in one of Week 4's texts.

List the first names of your participating group members -- if you don't talk, you don't get credit, my friends. :-)

Use the “connecting” button to link the two posts you are connecting.

Make sure that your group padlet has 6 posts.

3. This week, your group will present the 1-2 posts you think are the most insightful (reveal information that other groups might have missed.