Technology is something that has been improving for years. We started off small and then eventually it became something that we use in our every day life. It is what has taken over so many of our every day items. I feel as though technology has made us humans so much more lazy. There are are refrigerators that have a… Read more »
What’s Due Next? This Week Tuesday (today): Keyword Technology and “It’s hard to be a moral person. Technology is making it harder” Thursday: Response post to “Technology” (feel free to use the Vox article as an example if that’s helpful) Near Future Sunday, October 3: Submit Field Experience Report on the Çudamani performance as a blog post – see assignment for details What’s… Read more »
“We are a product of our own upbringing.” Last class we spent time talking about how an individual’s surroundings and upbringings can have major influence over their perspective and thus, their identity. Does that mean that we are all subjectively biased towards things such as race? Yes, I think so. Although race is a construct, it is seen everywhere, which… Read more »
Intersectionality is the term used to describe how an individual’s different social and political identities influence the ways in which they experience discrimination or privilege. These interconnected identities range from race, class, disability, sexual identity, and gender, and often when they overlap they cause one to experience heightened discrimination. For example, black Americans face discrimination, though when comparing black men… Read more »
Race, in and of itself, is entirely a social construct. Through, cultural, legal, and societal means, people with common biological traits, such as skin color, hair, and facial features were grouped together into “races”, although all humans obviously belong to the same biological species. These classifications were invented purely to create power dynamics. Because of these distinctions, stereotypes began to… Read more »
Intersectionality is the identification of multiple factors of advantage and disadvantage in our society as a whole. Historically, media has been a very shortcoming in its ability to produce an “ideal” look that is applicable to more than one demographic. The classic physique of a “white, physically and psychologically able, perceived to be heterosexual and middle-upper class” persona that has… Read more »
The concept of race is that it’s a construct made to oppress people with a darker complexion. For years and years, people who aren’t white have been seen as inferior. Racism has always seemed to be a problem in society & it’s mainly because it’s been passed down through generations. I’m a firm believer that no one is born racist,… Read more »
Race is a construct that was created with the intention to subjugate and oppress cultural groups based on perceived physical differences. The Poetry Society notes that the word ‘race’ appears in popular French physician François Bernier’s 1684 essay ‘A New Division of the Earth’. This is the first time the word is used to categorize all humans into races using… Read more »
What’s Due Next? This Week Tuesday (today): Keywords Race and Intersectionality Wednesday: Attend Çudamani performance (you should have received tickets by email) Thursday: Response post to either “Race” or “Intersectionality” (or you can respond to both in a single post, if you’d rather) Near Future Sunday, September 26: Submit Short Response Paper #1: Identity (I Am Not Your Negro) Review assignment Review rubric… Read more »
The word queer and media have a very close connection. For many years, media only portrayed heteronormative depictions of daily life and promoted traditional norms of gender roles and sexuality. Queer, in its most basic definition, is a sort of catch all term for any sexuality that is not considered to be heterosexual. Queer media is media that breaks down… Read more »