https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz Made with mirth en-us 2017-12-06 15:41:23 UTC 2017-12-18 15:03:05 UTC hello@padlet.com abigail_kaye https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/213752054 The slam poem what kind of Asian are you really shows how we have gone, slanted not really forwards in terms of race in modern America. This poem talks about stereotypes. Even today people group all Asian cultures together. They create slang words that are offensive and use someones ethnicity as a way to hurt them. People still use offensive stereotypes like are, "you related to Jackie Chan" or "You must be a bad driver right." They do not even realize how hurtful that is, or how it groups a whole group of people into one tiny box. In order to truly move forward with racism in society we need to learn the importance of not using stereotypes and offensive slang.This relates to The adventures of Huckleberry Finn because in the novel there is lot of offensive slang used towards Jim. There is also a great deal of racist stereotypes in the novel like thinking all slaves are dumb. This is shown in the novel when Huck seems to think he can trick Jim into believing any lie he tells.This source connects with all the other sources because it talks about the pain people feel associated with people thinking they can say whatever they want to a person of color and its OK. and making it seem like the struggles people of color face are not present or real today. If we are unable to treat each other kindly and refrain from using cruel slang than I do not think we can say we truly have moved forward from the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.]]> 2017-12-06 15:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/213752054 abigail_kaye https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/213753535 This story shows how we have not moved forward with racism in many ways and we have gone rather slanted. It tells a story about a family fascinated with colored people. They take in an African american boy, they paint him and write songs about him because his color interests them, but they do not care about his actual feelings and thoughts. They view him almost as some rare object. In the end he stands up to the aunt of the family who is white. The family is outraged that he spoke up against a white person, and they throw him out. This shows how some white people sadly make it seem like black people are items. They admire there skin or music, but in actuality they take advantage of there differences. They create a divide and still feel like they should be above them in the end.  This relates to the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because in the novel, people feel above colored people and treat them very different. If we do not treat people of color as equals I do not feel we really have moved forward but rather sideways from the novel.  This connects with the other sources because it talks about making conclusions that colored people are different from whites and white people often still feel as though they are above different races. If we ever want to be equal we need to except each other as equals and not act like people of color are exotic and out of the ordinary.]]> 2017-12-06 15:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/213753535 abigail_kaye https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/213930717 The hit TV show Black-Ish shows that we have both moved forward and made improvements in our culture regarding race, but in other ways we have not moved forward. We have gone sideways. For example the fact that we have a TV show written by black writers with 5 strong colored leads, that can be used as a tool to talk about topics of race as well as other things shows incredible improvement, but in this episode particularly it is shown that in many ways things are still very bad. For example we don't talk about so many things slaves went through, we don't talk about all the things slaves built. We cover up a lot of things we have done to slaves. We act like racism does not exist, but it does and we need to acknowledge the terrible things we did to slaves in the past. We cant just forget it and act like it didn't happen. This relates to the novel The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, because in the novel people acted like the things that happened to slaves were normal and OK. Pap was angered that a black person could vote and be treated as an equal to him. All though we may have moved forward from some of that cruel treatment we do not actually fully address all the hardships and current obstacles people of color face. This relates to the other sources because it addresses issues of slavery and racial pain that does not get addressed even after so much time. All of these people suffer from cruel treatment and stereotypes due to racial divide we cant just brush these issues under the rug and act like the pain never happened or that racism is magically gone when it clearly is still just as present.

]]> 2017-12-06 21:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/213930717 abigail_kaye https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/214510644 This Slam poem talks about how even in beloved works of literature racism is still parent.  Even if the racism is unintentional. J.K. Rowling makes her only Asian character a complete stereotype. She is in Raven claw the house for the smart students she is not a very important character more of a side kick character because Asian characters are almost never leads and she is a Chinese character even though Chow Chang is actually a common Korean name this shows that we still fulfill racist stereotypes even if it is not totally intentional this relates to The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, because there are many characters who most likely do not even realize are being racist but still say very racist things like aunt sally this relates to the other sources because it reiterates the fact that racism even if it is not totally intentional is still very present just like in The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which shows we really have gone slanted not totally forward in terms of racism in America.]]> 2017-12-08 14:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/214510644 abigail_kaye https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/214856698 This short story like the TV show blackish in some ways shows we have moved forward in terms of racism since  the publication of The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and in some ways we have not. The story talks about a little girl who is biracial on a plane by her self flying to see her grandparents and the people next to her keep questioning what race she is and saying very racist things. This shows that people still can be so rude to people of color and make it seem like interracial families are bad. People still today think that blacks and whites should be separate which is incredibly wrong. Later in the story however people get angry at the people questioning the little girl and the flight attendant has the little girl sit with her. This in some ways shows that there are still good people who are not racist who stand up against racism. This relates to the other sources because it deals with people creating racist opinions and judgments based purely on the color of ones skin. This story shows that we need to not be so judgmental about peoples races. We need to be tolerant of all colors and if we can't and we still have problems like this we have definitely moved sideways in terms of racial tolerance not forward.]]> 2017-12-10 21:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/214856698 abigail_kaye https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/214863666 this video from the New York times shows how in many ways we have not moved forward with racism. In our present day society these boys are telling there stories of how they have had to walk on different sides of the street to avoid scaring white babies, or how police officers have stopped them on the way to class, but not there white friends. This shows how present racism still is today. Just like the TV show blackish shows racism still exists so does this video. We can not pretend it is not still here. This also relates to The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, because in the novel people often demonize slaves and paint them as dangerous, for example toms elaborate plot to set Jim free painted him as a crazed criminal. We need to not paint black people as scary and dangerous. Evil racist stereotypes sadly are still very much alive today. To truly say we have moved forward with racial issues we need to not have these issues be so present.]]> 2017-12-10 22:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/214863666 abigail_kaye https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/214865262 This TED talk is another example of our failure to truly move ahead in terms of racial equality, from the time the adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published. This TED talk talks about many things mentioned in the TV show blackish in the Juneteenth episode. It deals with how long it actually took to end slavery and many other examples of white people benefiting from colored people and not treating them fairly. This also relates to the what kind of Asian are you slam poem because all though this is not about racism in the Asian community it talks about many stereotypes given to black people. It seems we create offensive stereotypes for all people. The TED talk also talks about restrictions on voting for colored people and that relates greatly to The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, because the character Pap was outraged that a colored person could vote. If we are still making it difficult for colored people to vote then we may be have more "paps" in our current day societies than we realize.]]> 2017-12-10 22:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/214865262 abigail_kaye https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/215030272 This piece talks all about the changing perspective of the author on the book The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, as well as societies changing views on it. I think it is critical that we do not sensor or remove books like The adventures of Huckleberry Finn from our curriculum like the author says The adventures of Huckleberry Finn truly is a masterpiece that will continue to educate more and more people on how terrible racism truly was and sadly still is . Being able to learn and talk about slavery and the evils of racism through Twain's mocking writing style shows that we have made progress in some ways, but in other ways if people of color are feeling uncomfortable about the use of the n-word or if children do not take in the actual meaning of Huck Finn and take hurtful words from it like the n word and start using it in class we clearly have not truly moved forward and we have a great deal of healing to do. ]]> 2017-12-11 14:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/215030272 abigail_kaye https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/215388784 This essay written by a white mother of two colored children in Vermont talks about the still very present issue of racism today. This shows that we truly have gone sideways not forward in creating racial equality in our present day society. She talks about how even in a place that seems like racism does not exist like Vermont, a place where people even say racism is not present still experiences it everywhere. She talks about boys being called the n-word by peers on the street, parents judging her as a white woman mothering kids of color. She talks about the horrific truth of police brutality and gun violence  black people are plagued with. We must not be silent. We must brake this plateau of delayed racial progress. We must fight to create equality and stop police brutality, gun violence, bias and hateful comments fired at those of color.]]> 2017-12-12 13:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/215388784 abigail_kaye https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/215418994 The video I watched talked about how the n-word is very hurtful and it should only be used by people of color, because said by a white person it is incredibly hurtful. There is a lot of pain associated with that word. In the novel The adventures of Huckleberry Finn the n-word is used throughout the entire novel. This was one of the reasons the author of The amazingly troubling book felt very uncomfortable when the book was being read by white kids. The-n word is greatly associated with the pain of slavery. It was used as a way for a white person to hurt people of color, and group all African Americans together. I think if we are using the n-word and not respecting the hurt associated with it, or if we are not acknowledging how terrible we treated colored people, we can not say we have moved beyond racism we have just gone sideways.]]> 2017-12-12 14:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/215418994 abigail_kaye https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/215428269 This article shows that we really have gone sideways with racial improvement in our society not forward. This article talks all about the pain and hurt done by whites to people in the Afro Latino culture. We talk about a lot of the terrible things we did to African American slaves, but it was not just them who we hurt. We do not talk at all about the horrors of Afro- Latino slavery and issues still present regarding our treatment of them. The article states "Though vehemently denied, racism in Latin America very much exists today" In America too racism is alive and well. Everywhere especially in America racism is rearing its ugly head, blocking our path to a better, brighter, equal society. We have to kill it in order to really move ahead and become better people.]]> 2017-12-12 14:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/abigail_kaye/s3gj2mmr1lmz/wish/215428269