https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci Research Project en-us 2018-12-12 12:36:57 UTC 2026-01-18 10:05:10 UTC hello@padlet.com amanda_yates2 https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/313801422 In this text, Cory Collins describes certain advantages white people have been given today simply because of their fair skin tone. It appears the text is has the objective of educating a white audience, because the last few paragraphs are about recognizing your own white privilege. Collins has grouped these privileges into 3 main categories, but I think her message would be more effective if she didn't separate them because they all have the same impact in the end The text Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack eliminates this grouping and rather elaborates on each privilege individually. Both pieces establish the idea that a light skin tone gives you an instant advantage in a society that caters to white people. Collins approached educating the right way, by giving background followed by current day examples, and how to take action

]]> 2018-12-12 12:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/313801422 amanda_yates2 https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/313802094 The speaker's main message is that things you hear impact your thinking, especially if you’ve been hearing them your whole life. She makes a reasonable point that hearing something isn’t the same as experiencing it for yourself, and I agree that most stories are often one-sided. Among Americans, there is often only one story about Africa and its people, that they are savages. Many people believe this even though it's inaccurate in many ways, simply because it's what they were raised to believe. This ties into Their Eyes Were Watching God because Janie was influenced by Nanny for her whole life, believing that everything she warned about and advised was true. Janie was told who she should marry and why, and until she was exposed to real love, she blindly followed what Nanny said.]]> 2018-12-12 12:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/313802094 amanda_yates2 https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/313802209 This text, composed by Peggy McIntosh, is a list of ways that white privilege makes her daily life easier than that of the people of color around her. Many parts of the list have to do with not being afraid to have a voice and seeing representation of whites everywhere. This takes the definition of white privilege given in What is White Privilege, Really? and puts it into context. Moreover, in Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie's mixed ancestry gives her a lighter skin tone than many African Americans around her, including Tea Cake. While Janie experiences minimal discrimination, Mrs. Turner looks down on Tea Cake's skin tone, despite being mixed herself. Her complexion guarantees here enough privilege in society that she feels comfortable looking down upon people of the same race simply because they are darker.]]> 2018-12-12 12:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/313802209 amanda_yates2 https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/313802699 The piece, expressed with intense emotion by Sibley, outlines her own struggle finding her voice as a black woman in American society. From what I put together, she views her poem as a baby and her own form of life, speaking it is her labor. Sibley stresses the fact that black women are seen as annoying and only viewed as the color of their skin. The poem ends with her "pushing" the poem out and it wailing loudly, which is her poem and voice finally being heard. This can be connected to What is White Privilege, Really? because Sibley points out that white people, especially men, are expected to be heard because of their privilege, while black women have to work for it. There is also a major similarity between her and Janie in Their Eyes Were Watching God, both women struggling to find their place in a society dominated by white men. They both eventually find it within themselves to speak out, and don't let anything stop them once they finally find their voice. ]]> 2018-12-12 12:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/313802699 amanda_yates2 https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/313802830 There is a strong connection between this text and Their Eyes Were Watching God. Towards the end of the book, people living in the Everglades, including Janie and Tea Cake, face the threat of a storm followed by a flood. This is the same series of events that the text is about, the 1928 hurricane. When they tried to evacuate, Janie and Tea Cake didn't have a car, as did most of the poor African Americans outlined in the article. Tea Cake was one of the workers that had to bury the victims, and he stopped because of the fact that black bodies were being carelessly dealt with while whites had graves in a cemetery. ]]> 2018-12-12 12:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/313802830 amanda_yates2 https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/315046344 The author of this text, Betti Bernardi, describes the benefits she has experienced from equally sharing the workload in her family of 4. Until recently, it has been accepted that in the standard American household, the woman does the chores while the man is at work. This rings especially true for Janie and her first 2 marriages in Their Eyes Were Watching God. Logan Killicks and Joe Starks expect her to take care of the house and don't allow her to help them with their work, believing that she isn't capable (mentally or physically) of doing much. They challenge Bernardi's main point that gender roles don't make sense. However, Janie's last husband Tea Cake is more open to balanced responsibilities and chores, which is the main connection between this article and the novel.]]> 2018-12-17 03:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/315046344 amanda_yates2 https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/315046471 This piece discusses the masculine exterior men are expected to present to society, from their actions to the way they treat the opposite gender. Times have changed, and this so called 'masculine culture' is less accepted than in the past, but it still exists in many different forms. I agree with the author's point that it causes many men to have difficulty expressing emotions and making connections. In the time period of Their Eyes Were Watching God, it was more accepted for a man to abuse his wife, so that's exactly what Logan Killicks and Joe Starks did. They became secure in the marriages, and different forms of abuse began to occur, but it wasn't questioned. Today, men have dropped many of the old fashioned, extremely masculine ideals, but I believe there is still room for growth.]]> 2018-12-17 03:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/315046471 amanda_yates2 https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/315046883 The speaker, Chimamanda Adichie, has several main ideas in her presentation, each about a concept of gender in society. Most interesting to me was when she spoke about power, and the fact that men hold almost all important positions. The higher you get in society, the more men you will find, and they often use their influence to silence the women beneath them (and have been doing so for centuries). This is true in Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie's first 2 husbands used the power they were automatically granted by society to restrict her in many different ways. Also, this piece connects to the text time to change the masculine culture because both address the masculinity that men are expected to live up to. These gender expectations produce humans that aren't in touch with their true selves.]]> 2018-12-17 03:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/315046883 amanda_yates2 https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/315047516 In this video, Ebony Stewart expresses that everything begins with the woman. Eve knew the power she held by being the one to create man, and used this ability to her advantage, not allowing anyone (especially men) to control her. When the man tried to silence Eve, it's similar to Janie's struggle in Their Eyes Were Watching God. The only difference is that Eve doesn't give the ungrateful and selfish man the time of day, while it takes years for Janie to find her voice. Stewart makes a point that men should appreciate all that women offer to society, largely because they bring all human life into the world with grace.]]> 2018-12-17 03:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/315047516 amanda_yates2 https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/315047890 This poem describes a woman that knows her strength and embraces herself fully, completely confident in her ways. She has had many experiences in life, overcoming hardships presented by her gender, that lead her to the wisdom she now has. The woman clearly connects to Janie in Their Eyes Were Watching God, and is almost a perfect representation of her. Both rise above the obstacles in their life, and for Janie, that was being controlled and silenced by men. By rising above adversity, the women feel as though they've reached their full potential. Now, their lives are beautiful and filled with feelings and ideas they never could have imagined before.]]> 2018-12-17 03:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_yates2/i04awjwqigci/wish/315047890