"Theoretical Foundations" (1500-04) by Prof.

" It is within our differences that we are both most powerful and most vulnerable, and some of the most difficult tasks of our lvies are the claiming of differences and learning to use those differences for bridges rather than as barriers between us."

2025-01-23 20:29:09 UTC

This stood out to me because most of us dont want to be different then the general masses because of fear for being different. But we should remember that we fear being different for not being included but rather we should want to be different as we are all not the same. Different preferences, different opinions, we are different people. So we should embrace our differences then rather to try and be like everyone else.

"Storytelling is an important process for visioning, imagining, critiquing the social space around us, and ultimately challenging the colonial norms fought in our daily lives" (Simpson, pg.34)

2025-01-25 05:21:47 UTC

This quote stood out to me because storytelling is such a big thing in everyones individual lives. I believe it helps individuals and other communities reimagine their own realities, give themselves a side that others may not see that can help benefit their lives. It enables the creating of stories that can help redefine personal and collective identities, offering some kind of hope and inspiring change.

"Oral storytelling becomes an even more important vehicle for the creation of free cognitive spaces because the physical act of gathering a group of people together within our territories reinforces the web of relationships that stitch our communities together." (Simpson 34)

2025-01-25 20:53:34 UTC

This quote caught my attention because it made me realize some of my favorite memories with people are when we're together and speaking of some of our stories. For example, being there in person allows you to add physical forms of comedy, or describe things better using your body. (Pointing at thing, drawing shapes out, etc). It allows us to tell our stories with more imagination and significantly share our experiences with less limits.

"Which differences are positive and which negative are determined for us by a society that has been already established, and so must seek to perpetuate itself, faults as well as virtues." (Lorde,pg.1)

2025-01-25 21:48:23 UTC

"While this is now also accomplished by Indigenous artists through the written word, spoken word, theatre, performance art, visual art, music and rap, film and video, it is most powerful in terms of transformation in its original cultural context because that context places dynamic relationships at the core" (Simpson 34)

2025-01-25 22:03:20 UTC

This quote stood out to me because it reminded me of when I danced Ballet Folklorico in my high school and performed in multiple shows with my group. In Folklorico, we can express the culture through performance as well as visual art by wearing different and unique costumes that represents each region. This allows the audience to visually and dynamically connect with the regions by exploring different aspects of styles in costumes as well as observing different types of dancing techniques.

"We must define our differences so that we may someday live beyond them, rather than change them. " (Lorde, Pg.3)

2025-01-26 00:20:00 UTC

I chose this quote because it made me think of the saying "respect goes both ways", I thought of this due to the fact that everyone in life has differences and a lot of the time those differences put up people against one another. I believe that instead of judging someone for their differences or forcing them to have the same beliefs, they should respect each other's beliefs to be able to live together in harmony and beyond those differences.

"To excel is considered a positive difference, and so you will be encouraged to think of yourselves as the elite. To be poor, or of Color, or female, or homosexual, or old is considered negative, and so these people are encouraged to think of themselves as surplus" (Lorde 1-2).

2025-01-26 23:18:25 UTC

This passage stood out to me because I have personally felt the effects of these societal expectations. I understand how it feels to fall short of the excellence expected from everyone and I know the feeling of being a part of an ostracized group. However for better or worse, I have learned and come to terms with the need to suppress these aspects of myself in order to fit in.

"Storytelling becomes a space where we can escape the gaze and the cage of the Empire, even if it is just for a few minutes" (Simpson 34).

2025-01-27 00:46:12 UTC

This quote caught my attention because to me it seems that storytelling in this case is some form of freedom against oppression. Escaping the gaze is being able to avoid any sort of surveillance of the "empire". The cage in this quote to me is the represenation of the power that confines people and restrict them from getting freedom.

"And certainly there are very real differences between us, of race, sex, age sexuality, class vision. But it is not the differences between us that tear us apart, destroying the commonalities we share. Rather, it is our refusal to examine the distortions which arije from their misnaming, and from the illegitimate usage of those differences which can be made when we do not claim them nor define them for ourselves."(Lored 2)

2025-01-27 01:58:39 UTC

There is many different quotes that stood out to me throughout this text, which i really enjoyed reading since it really applies to whats going on now days.but i really connect with the quote i choose. Since it is true we all come with various differences but it shouldn't be a reason to hate or antagonize each other. Once you really obsevere whats going around in the world its pretty clear its divided teared apart by each others differences. Being able to understand and accept each other differences since we are all not perfect. Not to contempt, ridicule anyone despite their likings, differences just because we dont have the same beliefs or think the same. Brining someone down and making them less wont help in nothing other than leading to separations.

"It's not until we're able to see life and its occurrences through our own cultural-historical lens, that we can truly understand our peoples' accomplishments and struggles. By analyzing history through our own perspective, we can identify some of the root causes to our self-hating attitudes and behaviors" (Huitzilzenteotl p. 80).

2025-01-27 02:10:29 UTC

I chose this quote because it represents how knowledge of our cultural history plays an important role in our identity. We cannot fully grasp the accomplishments of our people if we do not understand what they had to struggle against. Our ignorance of the past is what leads to self-destruction and hatred, but when we become enlightened with our history only then we can truly strive for social and political change. To ensure that the accomplishments of the past are not undone and that we continue to move forward in society and not backward so that any of us don't suffer the way our ancestors did. Our cultural history is a source of inspiration that helps us transform and better understand our identities.

“And unclaimed, our differences are used against us in the service of separation and confusion, for we view them only in opposition to each other, dominant/subordinate, good/bad, superior/inferior. And of course, so long as the existence of human differences means one must be inferior, the recognition of those differences will be fraught with guilt and danger. “( Audre Lorde, pg.2)

legonick29 — 2025-01-27 03:03:25 UTC

The reason why I picked this paragraph is because it is true society will use our difference against us. Most of the time we are supposed to look at our differences has something weird and wrong. Others see has some type of freak but that is not true it’s not wrong to be different. We try to change to the norm because society demands us to be normal or inferior to others if we are not. The things that makes us different makes use special. We what brings us together sharing our experiences and differences that we can make a beautiful society. Until we stop the notion that being different is wrong and saying one is inferior to others and fighting with another we can never have a great society.

"Our differences are polarities between which can spark possibilities for a future we cannot even now imagine, when we acknowledge that we share a unifying vision, no matter how differently expressed; a vision which supposes a future where we may all flourish, as well as living earth upon which to support our choices." (Audre Lorde pg.3)

2025-01-27 03:33:34 UTC

This section emphasizes how differences, instead of dividing us, can create opportunities for growth and a better future. It feels hopeful and encourages unity through embracing individuality. (Fabian Hernandez)

“We must define our differences so that we may someday live beyond them, rather than change them.”

2025-01-27 03:38:11 UTC

This quote stood out to me because it discusses how as individuals we have the choice to define our differences then letting our differences define us. It also says that our differences and the way we view them are important and they should bridge us rather than separate us.

"Mexicans and Chicanos living on the other side of the border need to organize their communities, so that together we can create a better world." (HUITZILZENTEOTL 77)

2025-01-27 04:30:39 UTC

"The denial of our native self can be partly attributed to the Eurocentric viewpoints instilled in us un educational and religious institutions. We've been conditioned to feel disinterest, shame, and abhorrence towards our indigenous self,-a crucial part of our existence, the part that, if developed, can keep us focused and grounded throughout life." (Huitzilzenteotl Pg78)

2025-01-27 04:50:07 UTC

This quote in stuck out to me because what she is saying about even now many people are being disinterested in identifying there roots and are leaving that past behind. But like they said we should embrace who we and and learn more about our culture and help more lives by letting them learn about there roots. This can help them change in many good ways as they said in the article. Many of them changed their lives for the better leaving behind the bad and exploring who they are.

"Storytelling is an important process for visioning, imagining, critiquing the social space around us, and ultimately challenging the colonial forms in our daily lives." Pg. 34 Title: "We Tell the Stories" By Sergio Guzman

2025-01-27 05:13:02 UTC

I selected this quote because of its significant meaning about the process of telling stories and its struggles of interpreting from a mind. Although I'm not inspired to make stories from this quote, I am rather fascinated by it due to how many stories there are and how the process of the store is created. This also goes to many different outcomes of how stories are created, being movies, shows, anime, and books.

"Yet each of you is sitting here now because in some particular way and time, in some particular place and for whatever reason, you dared to excel, to set yourself apart. And that makes you in this particular place and time, different" (Lorde 1).

2025-01-27 05:34:00 UTC

I believe this is one of the best quotes I have heard to validate someone's identity. Each person has their own past, present, future, and have their own feelings, experiences, and thoughts. Overall, we are all different and that is okay!

We forget those other distortions around difference, some of which we may act out in our daily lives. Unacknowledged difference robs us of each other’s energy and creative insight, creating a false hierarchy.

2025-01-27 05:35:40 UTC

This stands out to me because it shows how ignoring differences can hurt us. When we don't recognize each other's unique ideas and energy, we miss out on creativity and create unfairness. - Rosselyn P.

"And certainly there are very real differences between us, of race, sex, age sexuality, class vision. But it is not the differences between us that tear us apart, destroying the commonalities we share. Rather, it is our refusal to examine the distortions which arise from their misnaming, and from the illegitimate usage of those differences which can be made when we do not claim them nor define them for ourselves" (Lorde, 2)

2025-01-27 07:17:02 UTC

I feel like this quote really stuck out to me because so many people can forget that underneath our skin color, hair color, eye shape, body type, any physical differences we may have, we all have the same beating heart inside us. People are people so why should it be that people hate each other. We only hate because we are projecting onto others what we are jealous of or what we don't have and because of our insecurities when we should be embracing our differences and what makes us unique.

" I think it means that I must choose to define my difference as you must choose to define yours, to claim it and to use it as creative before it is defined for you and used to eradicate any future, any change." (Lorde Pg3) I think this section really stood out to me because it was a lesson I had to learn and one that I am still learning as I continue to strive towards the person I want to be.

2025-01-27 07:27:34 UTC

"Our differences are polarities between which can spark possibilities for a future we cannot even now imagine, when we acknowledge that we share a unifying vision, no matter how differently expressed; a vision which supposes a future where we may all flourish, as well as living earth upon which to support our choices."(Lorde, pg. 3)

2025-01-27 07:29:45 UTC

I chose this quote because I agree with its message. We can be individuals with different possibilities but we are all united by a desire for a good future. I like how this quote emphasizes how we can be united even though we may have differences between ourselves. We can unite without having to sacrifice what makes use unique. We use our uniqueness to contribute to making a brighter future.

“To be poor, or of Color, or female, or homosexual, or old is considered negative, and so these people are encouraged to think of themselves as surplus. Each of these imposed definitions has a place not in human growth and progress, but in human separation, for they represent the dehumanization of difference.”

2025-01-27 07:33:32 UTC

“Difference and Survival”

by Audre Lorde pg.1

seen not heard

2025-01-27 19:19:11 UTC

“For I believe that as each one of us leans to bear that intimacy those worse fears which rule our lives and shape our silences begin to lose their power over us. “Pg1 Difference and Survival. By Audre Lorde

This quote caught my eye because I often feel that I will be criticized for my opinion if I speak up. Also, many of us have seen what happens whenever voices are silenced. Mary Evans

"The 'performance', whether a song, a dance or a spoken word story, becomes then an individual and collective experience, with the goal of lifting the burden of colonialism by visioning new realities."(Simpson, 34)

2025-01-27 21:11:37 UTC

I chose this sentence because even if vocal storytelling is as popular today, we still use many forms of storytelling that still bring different people together. That being animated films, live action movies, short stories, comic books, music, and so much more. There are so many different forms of storytelling and its cool how despite our differences, we connect with these stories.

"Oral storytelling becomes a even more important vehicle for the creation of free cognitive spaces because the physical act of gathering a group of people together within our territories reinforces the web of relationships that stitch our communities together" (Simpson, 34).

2025-01-28 07:06:58 UTC

I enjoyed this quote because it reminds us that storytelling is something done as a community and brings groups closer. It also emphasizes the idea of having a sense of belonging with the "web of relationships" within a community.

" Part of being Indigenous in the 21st century is that regardless of where or how we have grown up, we've all been bathed in a vat of cognitive imperialism, perpetuating the idea that Indigenous Peoples were not, and are not, thinking peoples— an insidious mechanism to promote neo-assimilation and obfuscate the historic atrocities of co-lonialism. " I choose this excerpt because It sheds light to the suppression, and cultural segregation within society that we as indigenous groups of people.

2025-02-01 22:02:40 UTC

" Part of being Indigenous in the 21st century is that regardless of where or how we have grown up, we've all been bathed in a vat of cognitive imperialism ". (Simpson 32). I choose this excerpt because it sheds light on the restrictions and hardships that indigenous people face when trying to learn about their culture and traditions.

2025-02-01 22:09:34 UTC