https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq By: Rachel Lane en-us 2017-12-05 15:33:40 UTC 2017-12-21 16:32:22 UTC hello@padlet.com rachel_lane1 https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/213341575 https://neebefinalexam.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/4/9/28496677/morrison_huckfinn.pdf
Analysis: After reading The Amazing Troubling Book by Toni Morrison only one thing can truly be concluded and that is she has extensive knowledge about the book Huckleberry Finn. She talks about the many times she has read Huck Finn and the countless occurrences in the book where deep connections can be made, particularly between white and blacks. However, at the end of her eight page long exploration of Huckleberry Finn she does make a very good point. Morrison says that no matter how many times the book is identified or reidentified, it will never be able to be dismissed, because it is truly classic literature that has been around for hundreds of years. What she means by this is that this book and what it represents will always be relevant in some form or another. For example, in some of the other sources about the stereotypical Asian, the Irish becoming white, and even physicians dealing with racist patients, you can see that people are being treated differently due to the color of their skin or who they are. In Huck Finn, Huck is able to be friends with Jim because he does not see being friends with him as a bad thing, although society does see it this way. He is oblivious to what is right and wrong in his society, and Twain comments on the stupidity of how society acts at times through Huck's character. This is still relevant today, even in literature we can see that people, such as Alex Dang is making fun of society because of stereotyping her as an Asian. This article proves that society has made tremendous progress since The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, however, we still have a long way to go.]]> 2017-12-05 15:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/213341575 rachel_lane1 https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/213343635 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dre/features/the-n-word
Analysis: After watching a few different videos on peoples perspectives on different aspects of the n-word, I have a deeper understanding of why I, a white person, cannot understand the impact behind the word. These videos connect directly to the wider world because the majority of the people who were making the videos are black. In one of the videos one of the women gave a personal example of a man calling her the n-word when she was driving in her car and discussed how much that affected her. These videos also connect to Huckleberry Finn because it gives a modern example of what Jim went through, and helps to represent what other slaves of the time period may have had to endure. Overall these videos give real life opinions on important issues such as who can say the n-word and the effect that youth and rap music overusing the n-word has on society. ]]> 2017-12-05 15:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/213343635 rachel_lane1 https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/214213786 https://genius.com/Alex-dang-what-kind-of-asian-are-you-annotated
Analysis: This piece of slam poetry connects to the racial side of Huckleberry Finn. The poem criticizes the stereotypical role of an Asian, just as Huckleberry Finn criticizes the father role of Huck. In Huckleberry Finn it is clear that Jim is portrayed as a much better father than Pap is. It would be expected that  Pap would be the better father in all scenarios, not just because he is Huck's father biologically, but also because he is white, while Jim is black. This poem also shows that Asians, among other groups of people cannot be defined by stereotypes because that is not necessarily always going to be true. It connects to the outer world because today many people are addressed and referred to as their stereotypes rather than who they really are. In Huck Finn Jim was often referred to as a 'slave' or by the n-word, and similarly to today's stereotypes, they are not always true. ]]> 2017-12-07 16:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/214213786 rachel_lane1 https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/214222195 http://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/07/25/10-ted-classroom-resources-about-race-in-america/
Analysis: Clint Smith discusses how he was raised as a black child in America. He describes a specific time in his childhood where he was playing with squirt guns with his white friends and had to stop because holding even a pretend gun has a much worse connotation and stronger consequences if you are black than if you are white. This connects to Huckleberry Finn with how differently blacks were treated in comparison to whites solely based on their skin color. For example, Jim was treated much worse than Pap was, due to his skin color, even though Jim would generally be considered a much better person. It also connects back to the wider world and the United States in particular because on multiple occasions black people have been killed by police just because they are black and the police officers tend to see them as stereotypically more dangerous. This is an example of moving sideways as a society because we no longer are enslaving blacks, but instead are stereotyping them in many cases and high officials in the United States are shooting them without valid reasoning.]]> 2017-12-07 17:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/214222195 rachel_lane1 https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/214222876 https://www.theroot.com/when-the-irish-weren-t-white-1793358754
Analysis: This article talks about how race is just a social construct and "whiteness: is not real. The Irish had an easier time becoming "white" due to the color of their skin, which is an advantage that black people will never have. "White" is not necessarily referring to the color of a persons skin, but rather how well you blend in with other people around you. This relates to the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because if Jim and Huck were not defined by the color of their legitimate skin, I think that both of them would be considered black, outside the common group of what most people think. The article also talked about how the Irish came to be "white" or came to be a widely accepted group of people amongst Americans. One of the ways in which they achieved this was by helping with public service jobs, such as policemen, firefighters, etc. and becoming good citizens.]]> 2017-12-07 17:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/214222876 rachel_lane1 https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/214533081 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-americans-get-wrong-about-race-in-the-us/
Analysis: This article connects to the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because it talks about the economical gap between whites and blacks. One statistic that it mentioned that stood out to me was that most whites think that for every $100 they make that blacks make about $80, but in reality it is only about $5 on average. In Huckleberry Finn, Jim was a slave and he was at a much higher econimical disadvantage than many of the white people in the book, even people such as Pap. As a slave, Jim did not really have the legal opportunity to even make money and if he did, it was significantly lower than his white counterparts. Although slavery is illegal, when many blacks finally were able to get out of slavery and work it is very hard to get a job and began working with little to no skills and no money to began with. The way that blacks were entered into America, through slavery, set them up for the ultimate failure economically. Today, we still see a large gap between rich whites and poor blacks, and the gap is about as wide as it was 50 years ago. However, the United States went from a country that kidnapped blacks from their homelands and brought them to America, and often separated them from their family, so when it is put into perspective, America has progressed in a way. To go from the point where you are asking for your freedom as a black slave to having that freedom and being able to not only be able to ask to be treated the same as a white person, but also to fight to be paid equally and fairly as them is huge progress. Although their is still a lot of work to be done so that everyone in the United States is treated the same no matter their race, there is no denying that definite progress is evident ]]> 2017-12-08 15:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/214533081 rachel_lane1 https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/215069544 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1514939#t=article
Analysis: This article talks about how to deal with racist patients in hospitals. It was written on March 2, 2016 which proves how current the issue of race in hospitals is. It discuss how they will go about treating patients if they are acting racist towards the physicians within the hospital. It also hits pretty close to home because it is from the New England Journal of Medicine. This source connects to the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because in the book when Jim was a slave he had to deal with many people throwing racist slurs at him, although it was more culturally appropriate at the time. In the book Huck acts as if he is the other white nurses. He watches from the side, often having to step in and do things that Jim would normally do, but cannot, because of his race. This source directly connects to the wider world because it has to do with the real world. For example, the article stemmed from a 77 year old yelling at a black physician and The New England Journal of Medicine felt that the issue needed to addressed in 2016! Where the exact incident occurred was not expressed within the article, but this particular instance is definitely the first or last one, whether that is in or out of New England. That clearly proves that if people are still writing about a century long issue than it is still pretty relevant to society today.]]> 2017-12-11 15:44:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/215069544 rachel_lane1 https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/215470660 https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2011/straight-talk-about-the-nword
Analysis: Neal A. Lester is educated enough on the n-word that he even taught two classes on it at Arizona State University. He talks about how important self-education and self-critique are when it comes to the n-word, rather than control because you will never be able to control all of the words that other people say, including and in particular, the n-word. Lester, who is of color, does not necessarily believe in the common saying "blacks can use it, but whites can't," and he does not teach his class this either. Instead he works towards guiding them to formulate their own opinions on who can and cannot say the word and in one context, if any, it is appropriate. Lester also tries to raise different questions about the word, instead of answering them. This article connects to Huckleberry Finn because it highlights the difference and progression in society since the 1880's. When the book was written people were unable to talk openly abut race which is one of the reasons that Twain wrote Huck Finn. He knew his ideas of racism would not be accepted in society so he wrote Huck Finn and set it pre-civil war and wrote it as a social commentary, but could also be considered a story of Huck's adventure down Mississippi River, if looked at from the wrong set of eyes. This shows society's progression because now we are not only able to talk about race, but teach whole classes about it and are enabled to formulate and express our own opinions as well. This connects to the wider world because it allows people everywhere to have freeing opinions. This translates to many other aspects of life and the world as well, such as the judicial branch of the United States government. If a case gets to the supreme court, what there rule says not only affects the individuals involved in the particular case, but also sets the standard for all other lower courts where similar cases may occur. This is similar to the use of the n-word, because how and where it is said and expressed often times creates a president for how other people are able to use the word. ]]> 2017-12-12 15:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/215470660 rachel_lane1 https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/216251077 https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2015/0601/Something-Must-Be-Done-about-Prince-Edward-County-tells-a-horrific-story-of-racism-and-US-public-schools
Analysis: This article discusses the book 'Something Must Be Done about Prince Edward County' and Kristen Green's account of how growing up in Prince Edward County. Although she grew up in 1960, it often felt like it was actually 1860 because the of how segregated everything was and how the black people were treated. From 1959 to 1963 the public schools were closed because of their failure to desegregation, ruled by the Supreme court. Soon a private school called Prince Edward County was opened and only allowed white children who had the money to pay to receive an education there. The school was not integrated until 1987! Growing up as a young child in this type of town that was stuck in the era of segregation and blandly unfair treatment of blacks, Green, whom the article is written about, played a similar role to Huck Finn. She was in the midst of racist adults and the unfair treatment of her black peers, but she did not fully realize what was going on, due to her age and in a way that was her place in society. For Huck, he never fully understood why hanging out with Jim was frowned down on by society because of his age, his upbringing, and his place in society. This connects back out to the real world as well because it shows how long it took for some parts of the United States to move away from this idea of slavery and into the idea of equality, fair opportunity, and fair treatment. Although this was awhile ago, it is crazy to think that some schools were just becoming desegregated a mere 30 years ago. It was almost like this little part of Virginia was stuck in the 1880's and could not progress as a society into the 1960's, which definitely shows how society did not progress in this part of the country for almost 100 years.]]> 2017-12-14 17:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/216251077 rachel_lane1 https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/216257761 http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/5388/5929
Analysis: The commonality between Parallel Lines and Huckleberry Finn is that they are both simple story's that represent and mean a lot more. Parallel Lines is a personal narrative about growing up in a place being Latino where you are the minority. It expresses the hidden difficulties, some that are obvious, and some that only appear under the surface. This is similar to both the external and internal struggle that Jim endures in Huckleberry Finn. Parallel Lines also connects to the wider world because as slaves when slaves were brought over to America, they were taken out of their home and placed in an entirely new one where they did not always feel like they belonged, even as slavery was abolished. This shows that society has moved sideways because people of color are no longer being forced to come to America, but rather are often not allowed to come to America. In other instances many people of color do not feel fully welcome or truly at home when they come to America which is another way that we have gone sideways as a society since The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This feeling of not being welcome can be felt by all people of color.]]> 2017-12-14 17:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/216257761 rachel_lane1 https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/216833799 2017-12-18 02:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/216833799 chloe_moretti1 https://padlet.com/rachel_lane1/d7v7ozx9zpfq/wish/217280286 I really enjoyed reading all of your analysis’s but one that specifically stuck out was your analysis of When The Irish Weren’t Black. When you connected it to Huckleberry FInn by saying that you think they’d be considered black if their skin colors weren’t defined in the book, I thought that was a perfect connection and a brand new idea that I haven’t heard about it. However, I personally don’t agree with your idea about how the Irish became “white”. I read the article too and I used it as one of my sources but I personally believed that the Irish weren’t accepted into society because they started taking jobs that were more meaningful. I think it was just a lot easier for them to stay hidden once their accents started becoming more “American”. If you think about it, it’s would be a lot easier for a child of a colonized citizen and an Irish immigrant to look like any other American, than it would be for a child of a slave and a white owner to do the same thing. 

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