https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6 en-us 2017-12-06 12:32:28 UTC 2018-01-10 17:45:26 UTC hello@padlet.com xander_rogers https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/213669689 In the beginning of what she is writing she says how angry she was reading the book because of the racism and the use of "nigger". As she grows up however her views change and her opinion on the book changes. She realizes the blacks portrayed are intelligent and that Jim is written as he is to be the opposite of what Huck has had up to this point. She says that Huck is suicidal at times and often melancholy. And he doesn't straight say that he loves Jim because that would be seen as a bad thing. And that Jim has been there for him to cheer him up in a way. And his portrait of a silly and goofy black man contrast Huck's feelings. She believes that what made her angry was Huck's sadness, and how he must conduct his views of not hating Jim but loving him  in secret, so to hide it from the society that is oh so racist. She also makes a not about the relationship with Huck and Jim, Huck controls Jim and uses him for his advantages. That is what she believes, I do not to an extent. Huck definitely looked down upon Jim in the beginning and maybe even went to Jim just so that he can have someone help him with task he can't/won't do. Huck does hurt Jim and feel bad but doesn't make it right till he realizes how much Jim cares about him. Near the end I believe that Huck does love Jim and does see him as a father figure and not just property]]> 2017-12-06 13:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/213669689 xander_rogers https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/213682544 In the video Ta-Nehisi Coates is asked a question, Is it okay to say the n-word when singing along to a song? His response is no, because by restraining you get an insight on what its like to be black. Holding back and seeing others do something you wanna do. He says that we white people have been conditioned to believe everything is ours and we can do what we want, and how blacks cannot. He says that white people when told they can't say it they go I invented the word and I can' t use it, that's racist. However it's the context you use it and how it is formed. I think what he is saying is accurate and correct, when singing I have the urge so sing it but I know I shouldn't so I hold back and don't say it. I've never really viewed it in a way of it being a glimpse of what blacks live with daily, wanting to walk and not be prejudged on their skin, not be stared at when in a bank or not be thought of a thug when they have a hood on at night. It really shows just how ignorant we can be at times when we say it's racist that I can't say this word when another can't do so many things you can.]]> 2017-12-06 13:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/213682544 xander_rogers https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/214435902 This video was on these two men's first time hearing the word.The one from a french speaking country at first did't know the bad meaning to it and it would just be used around him by other and himself. The other who's father worked on a american mining company, got into hearing rap. He lived in south africa where he saw and began to feel that being black offends people and when his host would leave and he would try to open the door to go in the police would come, assuming on the basis of his skin he was doing something wrong.All of these stories on when they first heard it and how when they did it changed how they viewed people changed altered  mine. I'm not saying it's right to say it but behind closed doors it's your life and that's that. As for these men who first heard it, The idea that not knowing what it means and then finding out must have just destroyed them. As well as having the police called because you want to get back into your host's house but because you're black is absolutely disgusting. As I was watching this I was kinda sickened, by the idea of being called and saying a word that has such an awful history to it and the thought of not even being able to open a door or walk without being judged and told you're less and that your skin offends someone.]]> 2017-12-08 10:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/214435902 xander_rogers https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/214458001 Matika talks about the lives of many natives and their stories. She talks what they think of racism. She talks on how they survive in a world of racism and how they navigate through it. I don't think that they need to, well they "need" to because personally I hate what our ancestors did and I hate that I live with the guilt which I shouldn't have of destroying a people. In a line she says something along the lines of We have to keep our tradition so that we don''t blend in and don't become our colonizers. This was quite powerful because it's saying that they don't want to be like those who enslaved us and brings us back to the truth that we did do this, and that they don't want to blend in because blending in destroys our past. When I hear the stories of these people and their tribes past, it makes me feel like it's somehow my fault. I'm not sure if that's the goal so I see the wrong and want to change it or what.]]> 2017-12-08 12:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/214458001 xander_rogers https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/214458156 The difference of education received on both a native american conservation and a white neighborhood is quite staggering. On one you are barely taught how to read and write even when you may have vast potential. Whereas a white school you are taught how to read, write, and are pushed to do more. The way that the Native Americans are taught on these reservations is like the way people taught those who were seen as less in the schools for blacks in the 1900's. It's quite gross and disturbing how badly these kids are taught. 1) Because they aren't taught right from wrong and bullying seemed prevalent, so you had to stand up for yourself and if you did you'd be reprimanded. 2) Bright kids who are on the reservations will never get to reach that potential because we look down upon them like we have with every race not white. ]]> 2017-12-08 12:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/214458156 xander_rogers https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/215383333 In this article of the Washington Redskins, a professional football team, changing their name from a racial slur for native Americans to something else. They have sent letters to Roger Goodell saying that they would like them to comply. Personally this doesn't offend me and I see how it may offend others, but changing the name of a national football team with millions of fans with millions of merchandise for that team exist. I don't think simply changing the name will help. I understand that it may be offensive to those this racial slur goes to and I'm sorry that dealing with it is a real issue. But I think that changing it would be a step forward but then the fans of the team would get rowdy and push us a step back as well.]]> 2017-12-12 13:01:40 UTC https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/215383333 xander_rogers https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/215771268 In the poem he talks on stereotypes for why he cut his hair. Showing the racism in a simple act. He cuts his hair and now people think it's cause he lost a loved one or that he was made at them because it showed who he really was, a native american. He also uses Indian boy which is what early settlers called them thinking they were Indian, we have since called them native Americans. The use of it to me shows a step back in the progression, what little we have had, in trying to fix our ancestors wrongs. The way he talks about him cutting his hair in it, or the person saying "hey little Indian boy" to me is weird to read, because when I see someone cut their hair I think little of it. I think "It looks good" or something along those lines. However after reading this I know realize that I ask "why did you cut it?" or a thought of "Is this a form of rebellion?" But I never associated it to a race just everyone  who does something drastic. When I dyed my hair people asked, why? and "I liked it better before" , or a "are you okay?" because I simply changed the color of my hair. I can see how being a different race with a misunderstood set of beliefs and past, how damaging it can be.e]]> 2017-12-13 13:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/215771268 xander_rogers https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/215779210 In this video, which is Joyner rapping the whole time but voiced over two different men, we see both sides of views on race. On one the Trump supporter who says all the things he feels about the black race and how it isn't fair that they piggy back of us. And on the other is a black male who says his side of the story and goes into detail on why it's like this. When I was watching this, at the beginning it was a little hard to watch seeing the white man yelling the n-word at the other and saying he doesn't belong. However the second half and hearing the side of the black male got me thinking about how I can truly see only my side no matter how hard I try. I'll never really understand what it's like to be looked down upon because of my skin and to be stereotyped as a bad person cause of it. Like in Huckleberry Finn when the King and the Duke dress Jim up as an Arab because that was seen to be better than being black at the time. At the end of the video they seem to be understanding eachother and the white man gets up and hugs him. It's meant to show how we can change when we have conversation about us and our people. ]]> 2017-12-13 13:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/215779210 xander_rogers https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/216836116 In this news article from the Portland News they talk about the ritual that parents must tell their kids of color in the days before school. Tell them how to deal with the racism they may and will encounter. Tell them they will be looked down upon at times and be asked about features and tell them about how to emotionally deal with their features being "undesirable". While I was reading this I was kinda saddened by exactly how close by and how real this talk and fear is. We need to educate all on racism and tell all our kids that we are all equal and that skin color doesn't change who the person is on the inside. Educating children on the realities of racism is something that is vital to furthering our society.]]> 2017-12-18 03:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/216836116 xander_rogers https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/216837170 In this video about what races think about towards racism towards them. In it is polls on what people see in society. Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites get asked questions about what their workplace is like, and if they had been told they can't do something because of their race and many Blacks and Hispanics say yes and whites say no more than yes. These statistics are alarming to see, especially when I thought we were slightly ahead of what we used to be. Which we are moving but we aren't moving fast enough. People still get treated unfairly based on their skin and that's not how is should be. One statistic is 2 out of 10 Blacks and Hispanics have been treated unfairly by the police in the past 30 days. As well as the justice system treating whites differently than others and being more favored towards them.]]> 2017-12-18 03:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/xander_rogers/79v0ulrefgy6/wish/216837170