https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax Common racial stereotypes and their effects on people in America today. en-us 2017-12-07 14:18:38 UTC 2017-12-21 14:48:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png devin_mahoney https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/214121774 In this slam poetry piece by Alex Dang, he talks about racial stereotypes, especially in regard to Asians. Dang starts off the poem with a very powerful line, "What kind of Asian do you EXPECT me to be?", this shows how in America we always assume to be a specific culture and just assume which culture they come from. He then goes on to list multiple Asian stereotypes based on the famous movies, shows, cartoons, video games and social media. The fact that many people believe stereotypes based on these things and use it as slander against an ethnicity just shows the ignorance of people in America as a whole. These points made by Dang connect to Huckleberry Finn in the sense that most white people just assumed if they saw a person of color out in town that they were a runaway slave or the fact that they were generalized to be malicious and a trouble. ]]> 2017-12-07 14:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/214121774 devin_mahoney https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/214134560 This rap song by Joyner Lucas is loaded with controversial words, differing views and different stereotypes in America today between people of color and whites. Joyner Lucas is trying to show the disconnect between many whites and blacks in the U.S, he raps from both sides of the political climate to make his point clear. The song shows two different perspectives on the topic of racism and hate between people of color and whites in America today. He uses many stereotypes that are often used as slander against the effected group and shows the power and meaning behind a certain choice word used by whites to blacks as an insult. This song and its meaning connects to the slam poetry "What Kind of Asian are You?" by Alex Dang from the use of stereotypes that aren't necessarily true and quite offensive. White Americans especially like to stereotype against other races and ethnicity's to be malicious. Joyner ends the song with the phrase "We were all humans until race disconnected us, religion separated us, politics divided us, and wealth classified us", showing how society has taken us apart and volatile to each other. This message shows that he wants everyone to be accepting of each other for what we are, humans. ]]> 2017-12-07 14:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/214134560 devin_mahoney https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/214475217 This article reflects on the past history of Catholic Irish immigrants coming to America and being discriminated against. There are many examples of discrimination in American history, but when you hear that word most people don't think the word white. The Irish were in search of jobs, like many immigrants, but American people feared them, disrespected them, and put a divide between themselves and the Irish. People fear other people if their views differ from our own, they build barriers and push them as far away as possible. In the case with the Irish immigrants congress went as far as passing the "Alien Acts" which allowed the president to control immigration in fear of the Catholic Irish immigrants. "We were all humans until race disconnected us, religion separated us, politics divided us, and wealth classified us." (Joyner Lucas). This statement true in all cases. we as humans created barriers to divide us from one another, why? We all have heard the saying "We are stronger as one", so why would we divide each other in so many different ways, view and treat each other differently based on socially constructed beliefs. This is exactly what we continue to do as a country, whether its Irish immigrants, Muslims, Blacks, Mexicans, Spaniards, Catholics, or Indians. We continue to make common assumptions based on the actions of a small percentage of a group and mistreat the group as a whole for it, which is unfair is so many ways. People shouldn't treat someone worse because they were born with a different skin color, eye color, hair color, a birth defect, born into a different social class or anything of the sort. So why do so many people do it, were they raised that way, is it society teaching them to or is it something within the human psyche? We may never find out what makes people act this way, but we can try and teach the new generations to treat everyone equally without making assumptions based on their beliefs, skin color, social class or background. ]]> 2017-12-08 13:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/214475217 devin_mahoney https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/216016627 It is no secret that everyone has their many biases for many different things all over the world. There is seemingly no way to get rid of all of our biases, but we need to make an effort to try and minimalism the amount of racial biases that occur. To do so we need to run straight at our biases and prove them false, the biases where you see a group of teenagers in a store and you assume they're stealing. This isn't necessarily related to race, but this is a very common bias by adults and store owners. We can't deny our biases or try and hide them, the only way to conquer them is to accept we have them and take it by the horns. Biases cause such a huge immediate divide among people and causes people to mistrust one another or fear one another. ]]> 2017-12-14 00:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/216016627 devin_mahoney https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/216017779 White people are riddled with questions about why they can't use the N word without backlash. Most white people don't seem to recall the heritage of that word or just don't realize the severity of it. Words only have meaning with context, that one word that if forbidden to most, holds an enormous amount of context with it. Whether you use it while singing, casually calling a friend it, or as a slur, its a powerful word. Now I personally may not agree with the fact people shouldn't use it while in a song, there is still a valid point there. The word only still has power because we give it to it, while it should be able to be used lyrically with no harmful meaning intended. However there is still a double edged to the word if white people call their friend it, the word should not be used lightly, but I believe it should still be used so it doesn't keep controlling our society. ]]> 2017-12-14 00:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/216017779 devin_mahoney https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/216034772 The N word is a very loaded word and needs to be dealt with. It is used in a significantly less harmful way than before, for example the vulgar use in Huckleberry Finn, but it still has those ties from that time period. It was used to keep the colored population feeling below whites and offend them. The word is now used much more lightly, for better or worse, but it should be put on the back burner. There are many African Americans who live in poverty, are uneducated, and are in more need than word choice. The word should be used by either no one or everyone, as long as its in a positive manner to defuse the sting from the word. ]]> 2017-12-14 03:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/216034772 devin_mahoney https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/216152910 Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain has been a very controversial book since it's publishing. The reasons why it is controversial has changed over time, now many people argue the use of the N word in the novel. The N word is used in a very nasty and vulgar way in the story, but it was correctly used for the time period. The book should continue to be open to read in schools and be part of the curriculum because it is makes students have more of an emotional connection to the situation. History class may cover the same time period that the book takes place, but you don't get the same emotional attachment that you do while reading Huck Finn. This makes you sympathize more for what Jim, and people of color during this time, were actually going through. History class teaches everything in black and white paint with very little emotion so many people don't actually feel the severity of what happened, yes people still feel bad when they hear about what happens, but not as much as if you have a personal connection to someone and their story. ]]> 2017-12-14 14:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/216152910 devin_mahoney https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/216167287 There is indeed a very large racial gap between people of color and whites, whether that gap be politically, educationally, economically, socially, or culturally. These gaps need be crossed and closed, but that requires help from both sides of each gap. There is noticeable gap in education in later years of schooling between the two, early on in their educational life they seem to start out with an equal potential, but children of color tend to fall behind over time. Discrimination was thought to be to blame, but according to Ronald G. Fryer Jr., its the phenomenon that children of color don't want to "act white". Studies have found that white students with good grades tend to have more friends than their lower scoring peers, good grades mean fewer friends for colored students. If the education gap between the two groups can be bridged and fixed, the others will follow because education is a powerful tool. There was a large divide educationally during times of slavery, where slaves didn't know how to read, write, or even speak English properly. This was portrayed in Huckleberry Finn when Jim spoke with his own dialect and didn't know much on how to read or write.]]> 2017-12-14 14:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/216167287 devin_mahoney https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/217138996 It's been decades since the civil war and a race war still rages on in America. It has been decades since the Martin Luther King Jr. movement and still people of color are mistreated. America is going forward as a society in some ways, while some stay stagnant.  White people carry an implicit racial bias whether they care to acknowledge it or not, well at least 90% of them. We as a society need to start acknowledging things that cause our biases for the future generations. Biases are a hard thing to control, acknowledge or prevent, but if we wan't to move forward together as a fair society we must try. ]]> 2017-12-19 04:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/217138996 devin_mahoney https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/217140077 America has always been divided by racial disagreements and beliefs. Discord caused by sectionalism used to much stronger, but has no completely gone away. The older generations still act upon the beliefs they were brought up to believe, but these generations and their racial disconnect are starting to fade out. The gap in the racial beliefs of the older white generation and the new millennials are very polar opposites. This is a perfect example of America moving forward as a society, while most whites adopt the belief of everyone is equal and drop the older beliefs of the past. However this doesn't solve many other issues that are still occurring between the races, it is a promising sign of things to come. ]]> 2017-12-19 04:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_mahoney/vui8sesg48ax/wish/217140077