https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9 honors english III en-us 2017-12-08 12:31:25 UTC 2018-01-13 16:20:01 UTC hello@padlet.com camille_mcgarrell https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/214456824 In this book, the author is mad that she didn't understand the book. Morrison explains how the way that people of color were treated was awful and disgusting. Morrison says that Huck should have a black father. She also thinks that Jim should've been Huck's father because the book wouldn't have been as well known. I believe that this author is just focusing on just the negative things that happen in the novel and the use of the n-word. Morrison also doesn't focus on the good throughout the book, just what happened that had made her uncomfortable. Just writing about the bad things on something and having others read that could have a negative affect for when people read this article. Changing other opinions about how some things are portrayed in this novel could lead to people just thinking about all of the bad that happened instead of the good]]> 2017-12-08 12:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/214456824 camille_mcgarrell https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/214464369 " The n-word is overused in rap music" , " because African Americans use the word, It's okay for anyone to use it." and " Thirty years from now, the n-word will be used by everyone". In the video with the two African American men talked about how the word was just given to people of other races to say it because it is in the popular songs. I believe that this is true because I've heard people who aren't African Americans sing it in songs and I feel like that shouldn't b said. The two old white men also talk about how it should go away and that it isn't needed to be said. Which I think should be true because I hear that word all the time and it really doesn't have to be. ]]> 2017-12-08 13:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/214464369 camille_mcgarrell https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/214467937 The difference of how African Americans and white people are raised. African Americans are raised with caution and awareness but with white people, they don't seem to be raised with the same caution. Which I believe is true. And if the kids aren't taught these things then they don't know whats right and wrong and they have to figure it out themselves. Along with forgetting about their ancestors, families can no longer teach their kids about what they had to go through for their family to be here today and they may take those things for granted. I think that this history should be shared around because others wouldn't be educated on what African Americans had to go through and no to take their lives for granted. ]]> 2017-12-08 13:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/214467937 camille_mcgarrell https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/214476305 In this ted-talk, Silver talks about how for Obama's election, more around the southern areas like Arkansas didn't vote for him and partially was because of Obama's race. With knowing that this is still happening around the world makes be uncomfortable to know that people are judging one another by their race and are so against others because of that. Silver conducted a poll that would be given to the people of the states and they were asked if the race had anything to do with how they nominated their president and in Louisiana, 1/5 said that it had to do with the fact that he was African American. For me, I don't understand how people could think so poorly about a person because of their race that I would do something against them, I know that doing that is wrong and I do understand that people who voted against him have different views and they don't think they're doing anything wrong because of how they were brought up. ]]> 2017-12-08 13:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/214476305 camille_mcgarrell https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/216025205 No matter what race you are, people of other races will stereotype others for their race. In this slam poetry, Alex Dang was asked what kind of Asian he was and he said " What kind of Asian do you expect me to be?  Because anyway you slice that egg roll, I'm still pretty much whatever you want to see." After hearing that it made me think a lot about how this still happens frequently in society where people will stereotype other for what race they are. I've heard my brother say a Jewish joke and people laughing at it because it was funny. For some people, when they first think of a African American, they think of someone who' s from a ghetto and listens to rap music but that isn't always the instance for that person and other just assume that they're like that because of what they've heard instead of educating themselves with other races. In some ways, stereotyping is like judging a book by it's cover instead of reading it and seeing what it's actually about. ]]> 2017-12-14 01:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/216025205 camille_mcgarrell https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/216151266 Growing up with a brother who is a "redneck", I have experienced a lot with what he believes and hearing my moms fight with him about how what he believes is wrong. One conversation that was brought up in my house was the Confederate Flag. My brother of course thinks that it isn't a big deal to have it waving around because he thinks that it doesn't have to with slavery, like it originally stood for. Just like in this article, the writer Charlotte Wilder, tells us the story of when she experienced a man in a huge truck with the Confederate flag waving in the back. With America being for diverse and having the Confederate flag being taken down everywhere, this man having the flag waving in the back of his truck completely defeats the purpose of having everyone being thought as equals and putting slavery in the past. I do understand that there are people in this world who still think the Confederate flag should still be stood for slavery but that doesn't mean that it isn't right and even for the people who think that it stands for American still shouldn't have it hanging up.]]> 2017-12-14 14:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/216151266 camille_mcgarrell https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/216172432 With NH being a state that is predominately a white state, white people don' know what white privilege is because it they've grown up not having to worry about being followed around a store when they walk in or fearing your life when being stopped by a police officer. In 2015, the president of Endowment for Health invited white leaders to participate in a Leadership Learning Exchange for Equality. This was supposed to educate these leaders about what privilege and race. While I was reading this article, I was amazed how how people are so unaware of how they are so privileged because of their race. Being apart of a school that is 92% white, it's hard to be educated with other races even though we do gave people of other races in our school, almost all of my classes are just white kids. I wish their was more diversity in our school, so when we get to be older, everyone is used to being around others and being educated with race and white privilege.]]> 2017-12-14 14:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/216172432 camille_mcgarrell https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/216918541 The show "Roots" back in the 1970's was all about portraying history on slavery a experienced by the generations of African Americans. This show would change the way people think  about African Americans and would influence interracial empathy. There is still racism all around America, for example, the Oscars lacked Black nominees in the acting categories for the second year in a row. In a way this has a connection with Huckleberry Finn, how everyone who's read of it or has heard of the book is reminded on how African Americans were treated back then and how there is still racism. The return of this show will be an awakening to Americans that will show us how we haven't resolved the race issue. There have been positive changes since back then and continue to grow everyday. Our first black president, Barack Obama inspired people all around the world that that can do anything that they put there mind to and that it shouldn't matter what race you are.]]> 2017-12-18 12:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/216918541 camille_mcgarrell https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/216926223 Everyday, racism effects our society. This article talks about how racism, even if people don't mean to, is still used even by people like police officers or lawyers. In Baltimore when a black man was mortally injured while in police custody. This caused a huge uproar all around America. Protests were going on around everywhere with people having signs that say "black lives matter". People were outraged with how others of higher authority were taking this situation and weren't taking it seriously. The writer of this article explains how she wishes for others to stop using violence for trying to fix the problems of society because they don't know any other ways to. I remember how people from my school and other schools went down to Portsmouth or Boston and joined in on the protests and helped out with making others voices heard. ]]> 2017-12-18 13:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/216926223 camille_mcgarrell https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/216930846 Even though the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in 1865, there still seems to be slavery around he world. Human trafficking has held the US back from being completely free from the end of slavery. People are still being bought and sold all around and even in America and some are even sex slaves. Just like back then, African Americans were sold to people for work and were treated like dogs. Human trafficking allows for the people in these groups to have a steady income from selling and buying others. Realizing that there are still people in this world that have to relay on others to do their dirty work and think that it is okay to use people like this is showing how people don't want to move on from slavery and they don't care about anything else but themselves. ]]> 2017-12-18 13:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/camille_mcgarrell/d03wlwywo1k9/wish/216930846