https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc By Zulal Cakir en-us 2021-02-14 22:59:42 UTC 2021-02-15 04:57:47 UTC hello@padlet.com cakirzulalb https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1201972109 True discovery of one’s personal identity can only arise from dissociation of society’s stereotypes and labels of their culture.]]> 2021-02-14 23:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1201972109 cakirzulalb https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202329698 From the text, “Black Men in Public Places” by Brent Staples, “I chose, perhaps unconsciously, to remain a shadow–timid, but a survivor” (Staples 2). ]]> 2021-02-15 04:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202329698 cakirzulalb https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202332693 As Staples experiences the hardships of living as an African American, he demonstrates the challenges of walking on the street past other people and specifically women. In his actions, he chose “perhaps unconsciously” to not trigger people’s fears of him, to keep himself from others perceiving him as a criminal because of the assumed racial stereotype. Also, he discusses his challenges with racism that occur often in his life and how he describes himself with his background that contradicts the assumptions that others make of him. Moreover, his experiences taught him what behaviors would provoke other’s prejudice on his race, thus, he strived to avoid putting himself in those situations. Overall, the stereotypes developed from society of his race shaped his ascribed identity and from his life experience and struggle with racism, it created impact moments for when he came to terms with being an ascribed African American from his choice to change his behaviors and appear less threatening from judging eyes, thus declaring his achieved identity. ]]> 2021-02-15 04:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202332693 arnoldtesse https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202336483 The text, “Black Men in Public Places” by Brent Staples and “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie, both encountered experiences of racial and cultural stereotypes from their societies and rose above it to continue their future path. Their experience impacted their lives, developing their identity, for example, Alexie, defied the standards Indian to follow his life with a passion for reading. And for Staples, as he grew up, he felt it was necessary to accept his ascribed identity, thus, he found ways to be more accepted in society by calming others' fears of him. Overall, Staples and Alexie aimed to break down the stereotypes that society has developed causing them to raise awareness on how different society’s views of the world are from reality, the truth of it.]]> 2021-02-15 04:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202336483 cakirzulalb https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202337214 From the text, “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie, “A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non-Indians alike” (Alexie 1).  ]]> 2021-02-15 04:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202337214 cakirzulalb https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202337820 Growing up in a Spokane Indian Reservation, Alexie, the author, describes his life as a Spokane Indian, who found a passion in reading but was stereotyped by his teachers and other Indians as being simple minded, forming Alexie’s ascribed identity. Although, he becomes more motivated in reading, going beyond the boundaries, and to change how society views his people and their background. With the society’s view of Indians being unintellectual, it was naturally accepted by all the kids and families of diverse groups, therefore, Alexie was identified as the underdog and different from both the Indian and non-Indian groups, who praised and pitied if an Indian failed academically. Although, if there was a smart Indian, it was said to be dangerous because with knowledge and confidence, that social group would rise. Thus, the balance of power would be shifted because being educated gives you the power which Alexie strived to do as he grew up to become a writer and teach other Indian students to read. Overall, the importance of Alexie’s passion to read and write became an important factor in his personal identity. 

]]> 2021-02-15 04:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202337820 cakirzulalb https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202341883 Both the text, “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan and “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie share a connection to literature growing up and experienced the hardships being a diverse student with a different idea of their future and profession. Growing up, Tan and Alexie were expected of different things that they opposed. Tan, for example, her identity including her background and ethnicity being a Chinese-American, was ascribed and her english was perceived as less developed than American speakers, therefore, her future was set to math and science. And for Alexie, his identity was also ascribed, only to being an intellectual Indian which was generalized in his society, which prevented Indians from realizing their potential. Finally, the authors opposed society’s assumptions and pursued to become writers to tell their story about their experiences and impact moments that caused them overlook society’s labels on race. Moreover, both of the authors were shaped by their interest in books and it impacted their choices growing up in defying society’s stereotypes.

]]> 2021-02-15 04:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202341883 cakirzulalb https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202342567 From the text, “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, “Fortunately, I happen to be rebellious in nature and enjoy the challenge of disproving assumptions made about me. I became an English major my first year in college, after being enrolled as pre-med” (Tan 3).]]> 2021-02-15 04:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202342567 cakirzulalb https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202343292 The author, Amy Tan, a Chinese American, grew up in an immigrant family, and one of the aspects in her life that questioned her identity was her mother’s language, which was foreign to other non-Chinese people yet familiar to Amy being her daughter and looking up to her mother as a role-model growing up. Her mother’s language was perceived and considered “broken English” by society and their labels on immigrant Chinese speakers. The impact of the language that she was exposed to since childhood influenced her future choices. For instance, in her grade school years, she was encouraged to pursue a career in math and science because of the assumptions made of Asian-Americans for doing better in math and science than literature, and her English grades reflected not as strong like math and science. She initially enrolled into pre-med college because of the influence from her teachers and advisors who assumed from her background that the English spoken in her home was considered in their point of view “broken or limited,” which became a part of her ascribed identity. Although she realized that she had a passion for writing and no one’s assumptions could discommend or belittle her choice, thus, she accepted the native language she grew up with as her avowed identity. Overall, her “mother’s tongue” impacted her life, from the support of her mother, it helped influence her to follow her passion in literature to become a writer, and opposing other’s assumptions and stereotypes of what profession a Chinese-American should pursue. 

]]> 2021-02-15 04:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202343292 cakirzulalb https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202344612 Both the text, “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan and the video, “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Adichie share an interest in writing but more importantly, the concept of a “single story” because firstly, they experienced how others’ perception on people of different backgrounds and appearances can be very impactful in negative ways. Both connect to moments in their life where they have received their ascribed identity from society’s stereotypes and believed that other’s ideas should not influence their choices, thus the both decided to break down the society’s assumptions and generalizations of them based solely on their appearances and try to change it by making the problem more aware to people by telling their story in their writing and speeches. Overall, the significance of the “single story” or basically one person’s perspective in their lives created impact moments for the authors by controlling their path rather than society’s view of it by embracing togetherness than division from allowing society to judge and separate people with labels. 

]]> 2021-02-15 04:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202344612 cakirzulalb https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202345783 From the video, “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Adichie, “ I went through a mental shift in my perception of literature. I realized that people like me, girls with skin the color of chocolate, whose kinky hair could not form ponytails, could also exist in literature……So what the discovery of African writers did for me was this: It saved me from having a single story of what books are” (Adichie 02:07- 02:28). 

]]> 2021-02-15 04:53:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202345783 cakirzulalb https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202346408 Adichie discussed her life growing up in Nigeria and reading at a young age, she read English books about stories that were different from her, including the place, the weather, and the character’s appearances. Her idea of literature was perceived as only foreign people at a young age and something that she couldn’t identify herself with. After she discovered that Africans, people like her existed in stories, her perception of literature changed, it affected or rather “saved” her perception or a single view on literature. Years later, she left to study at a university in America, her roomate ascribed her as a tribal and foreign person whose cultures were entirely different and had no knowledge on things such as the English language, and initially Adichie didn’t consider herself as an African although she soon did embrace and avowed to being an African in her identity after understanding how her roommate and others ascribed her in that way because they have seen different versions of the story. These aspects in her life impacted the author’s self-perception on how she views the world and that there isn’t a single story about anything, making her feel more unified with others rather than separated or different. The purpose of her speech was to show how a single story is dangerous, it highlights how different people are rather than similar and it causes a rip in humanity, instead there’s always more than a single story and it shouldn’t be our only version of something, someplace, or someone. ]]> 2021-02-15 04:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202346408 cakirzulalb https://padlet.com/cakirzulalb/2w9p5vxm45dejgfc/wish/1202347958 Both the text, “Black Men in Public Places” by Brent Staples and “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Adichie are connected by their experiences in society’s racial stereotypes on African Americans that create their ascribed identity. Their story lines are different, for instance, Staples was forced to accept his ascribed identity to fit in to his society and feel more welcome and treated less like a criminal, and for Adichie, her experiences in America, a place with people she felt less connected to because of the assumptions made of her because of her appearance and questioned her own identity and being a true African but discovered the root of the cause of what she called “a single story.” Although, they were similar because of their experiences that created an achieved identity where they earned, not necessarily won but it developed from their interactions in an environment. Overall, the moments where they didn’t stand by or allow for the racial stereotypes to continue but instead, found a better way to force a change in today’s society by incorporating “oneness” instead of division or “selfness.”

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