https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l By: Nathalie Clavette en-us 2017-12-08 12:41:50 UTC 2025-09-28 14:22:30 UTC hello@padlet.com nathalie_clavette https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/214459297 According to this article, the author polled whites, blacks, Native Americans, LGBTQ adults, Asian-Americans, and Latinos. After discovering that discrimination is still existing today from the treatment of blacks by police officers, to the treatment in the doctor's office. This research leads to the belief that race and freedom have moved neither backwards nor forwards, and has plateaued. I see this because these results, "provide insight into the historically high levels of discrimination blacks have faced since arriving in America," thus it can't be described as getting better or getting worse. Similar in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it was the common knowledge that blacks, no matter if they were free, would be considered a slave or accused of Runaways, or even just believed to be the cause of trouble, which, according to this article, is apparent that people still treat them the same, but in a slightly different way.]]> 2017-12-08 12:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/214459297 nathalie_clavette https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/214459379 This poem is about a girl who meets this woman in dire need of help, and they are instantly connected by their shared language.All people waiting for this delayed flight were bonding because of one batch of cookies and some apple juice, and where, "not a single person in that gate seemed apprehensive about any other person." The author said that, "this is the world I want to live in. The shared world," referring to the bond and happiness all those people shared that day. At the end of the poem, however, she says, "this can still happen anywhere. Not everything is lost." This shows her faith in the world and the people that everyone can treat each other like this, however it also shows the truth that this doesn't exist and thus supporting that race and freedom haven't moved, and it has stayed the same or, in other words, moved sideways. In my opinion, I feel that many people believe that they WANT the world to be how it was in that airport, however it's not a matter of what people want, but more of what people are willing to change. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck subconsciously wished that Jim wasn't treated the way he was, and that people saw the type of man Jim was: a good man.]]> 2017-12-08 12:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/214459379 nathalie_clavette https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/214652763 In this interactive experiment, I watched two videos. In the first video, it featured two men named Byron and Erik. In the second video, two men of color, discussed the same topic. Tehran said that we, the people, are the reason it’s separated. For example, we say “that white kid” instead of just “that kid”. He also said, “white is just American, but black is African-American. Now we’re adding a hyphen, now we’re separating what type of American this person is, but now our generation is just simply saying white, black, whatever. It’s very common for us. We’re not seeing color the same.” After seeing these two different videos and opinions, It was clear to me the different attitudes towards the n-word exist. For example, older generations see the n-word as something that should never be said and used only when intentionally trying to hurt someone. However, younger people experiencing our generation see the world as it is. Using this source, it displays that the view on race in America has plateaued, and that the world is still separated, but that our generation uses the word differently. ]]> 2017-12-08 20:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/214652763 nathalie_clavette https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/215379659 Steven Taylor uses his poem as a way to comment on how racism hasn't changed, but the image of it has. For example, he says, "Those men who once wore hoods and robes, 
Today wear shirts and ties" (3-4). He's supporting the thesis that racism has moved sideways, or plateaued. This poem also shares ideas that racism is in the press, in politics, schools, banks, courthouses, and more. Another way Taylor makes it evident that racism hasn't changed is by saying, "Black folks convinced that all is well 
have certainly been fooled" (15-16), which is implying that the world isn't changing, and neither is racism. In other words, this poem is another way of supporting the belief that racism has moved sideways, if anything at all.]]> 2017-12-12 12:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/215379659 nathalie_clavette https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/215562025 Sherman Alexie used this short story to tell about education of an Indian for every grade level from first to twelfth. The two most important quotes were, first, "In the third grade, though, I stood alone in the corner, faced the wall, and waited for the punishment to end. I’m still waiting." This quote impacts the story, because since he wrote this as an adult, and he says he's still waiting for his punishment to be over, it is implying that in the world today racism is still occurring and discrimination too. The second important quote was, "That was Randy, my soon-to-be first and best friend, who taught me the most valuable lesson about living in the white world: Always throw the first punch." This is very bold to say, such that he refers to this as a "white world", which is flat out saying that white is believed superior and people of all ethnicities are not equals. This supports the beliefs that racism in America still exists and has moved sideways. ]]> 2017-12-12 18:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/215562025 nathalie_clavette https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/215758538 Danez Smith and his performance using slam poetry, and with his words, impacted everyone around him and everyone that continues to listen to them. What he said was incredibly powerful, by the main idea he pointed out was that white people simply don't care about the wellbeing of blacks. He said, “I tried white people, I tried to love you all, but you spent my brothers funeral making plans for brunch talking too loud next to his bones." This was powerful because he's saying that white people don't care about the death of a black person. On another occasion, Smith says, “I left a patch of dirt in my place and many of you won’t know the difference, give it my name if it makes you feel better." Here, not only is he saying that a white man views a black man and a pile of dirt the same, he's telling the white man to call the pile of dirt by the name of the black man it's replacing. This is because it's convenient for the white person and it makes them "feel better". Which, in other words, is just saying that the lives of black people accommodate to the lives of white people, and for whites. Lastly, one more statement Smith makes, referring to white people, is “and ask ‘why does it always have to be about race?’ because you made it that way. put an asterisk next to my sister’s gorgeous face call her pretty for a black girl because black girls go missing without a whisper of where because there are no Amber Alerts for the amber skinned girls." This goes to prove that white people are hypocritical with asking why race is always involved, but they're the ones that make it that way. Also, white people see that they must label blacks separately from whites because they are "different" in the eyes of whites. According to this video, racism today still exists and there's still major separation between white people and other ethnicities, whether it is visible or not. This supports the theory that racism in America has just moved sideways.]]> 2017-12-13 12:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/215758538 nathalie_clavette https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/215758542 With signs stating, "don't apologize for being white" appearing, and a "black lives matter" poster being defaced  couple days earlier on Boston College Campus, the students felt the need to protest. This incident happening gives yet another example of the racism that still exists in the world today. One student even believes that "the administration at Boston College hasn't been doing as much as they can to support black people." Racism incidents happen everyday, sadly, which only goes to support that racism in American society has not decreased; that it has stayed the same. ]]> 2017-12-13 12:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/215758542 nathalie_clavette https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/216818214 CNN conducted a poll to which resulted in more people saying racism exists than that of two years ago and even two decades ago. This poll raised that question: Is racism getting worse, or is public awareness growing? In my opinion, I feel that racism has always existed and that it's not an increase in racism, but an increase in actions regarding racism making its existence more apparent. According to the article, Ms. Aust was a participant in the poll, and she said, as a daughter and niece of police officers, "'What's not helping is the police are getting off with a slap on the wrist. ... If it was me, and I was black, and this was happening in my community, I would be furious." After reading that, I agree. I feel that the police do get away with numerous incidents of racial brutality. Also, in this article, it's brought to the readers' attention of other incidents of racial discrimination and racist actions. For example, "a white man grabbed the headscarf of a Muslim woman in a campus parking lot and made racist comments." This is just one of many stories like this that show the racism in American society, and this supports the theory that racism has moved sideways through the years. ]]> 2017-12-17 22:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/216818214 nathalie_clavette https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/216824050 This article shows how people, especially white people, throw the word around without a thought, and the backlash it can have. Ice Cube, a black actor, acted very maturely against a white man who used the n-word. Ice Cube said, "It's a word that has been used against us; it's like a knife, man. And you can use it as a weapon, or you can use it as a tool. It's been used as a weapon against us by white people, and we're not gonna let that happen again by nobody..." The word has been used as a way to hurt black people for many years, and when white people today use it, it's still believed that to hurt is the motive. However, black people use too, and, according to Ice Cube, it's, "our word now. That's our word now. And you can't have it back. I know they're tryin' to get it back," in reference to white people using the word. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the use of the n-word was thrown around in description of black people , because that was just "what they were" which was degrading and inhumane. Following that, the use of the word was to hurt someone. And now, it's used by black people. In other words, black people use it to minimize the meaning of the word, because it they use it, it can't hurt them, even if white people want to use it that way, black people won't let them. This article shows that black people are still standing up to those who degrade them and racism that still exists in the United States. ]]> 2017-12-18 00:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/216824050 nathalie_clavette https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/216827777 Toni Morrison's review of the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. One major theme Morrison touched on was censorship of the book. She says, "elementary kind of censorship designed to appease adults rather than educate children... band-aid the solution" (1). She's saying that in America, adults and other authoritative figures cover up the truth of what happens in everyday lives in America, and it isn't because students are uneducated on the present issues in our country, it's because students don't have a chance to be educated on them in the first place. She also says, "The cyclical attempts to remove the novel from classrooms extend Jim's captivity on into each generation of readers" (4). Here, Morrison is referring to the impact of book on the society as a whole. She says that the attempt to censor the book, and many other issues in the world, is what has caused the racism and discrimination to continue. In other words, the censorship of racism and the truth of poor treatment towards blacks is the reason the issue continues and will continue, because people who aren't educated on the issue at hand can never fully fix it. Morrison's personal connections to the novel supports, in a different view point, that racism is still an issue in America. ]]> 2017-12-18 01:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nathalie_clavette/f0z34k6spt8l/wish/216827777