...Personal Reflection Paper BSHS 345 August 26, 2014 Personal Reflection Paper Invidious comparison is the act of comparing one person to others according to their class, race, sex, or religion. This act can have a negative effect on people who are aware of it. Growing up in California, where the predominant Hispanic races were of Mexican and Central American origin, I was constantly compared to those Hispanic backgrounds. This was frustrating because I am Colombian and the Colombian Culture is very different from the Central American culture. My mind could not understand why people would compare me to them if I am South American. The traditions, food, music, slang, and even accents were different. American non-Hispanic people would call me, among many other things, a “dirty Mexican” or “wet back.” This was extremely frustrating because neither one of my parents hopped the border nor were they dirty. My young mind did not know how that these people were just ignorant so my frustration turned into anger and total repulsion of races of those other backgrounds and countries. A sense of insecurity and even self-hate would overcome me. I did not want to be Hispanic, I wanted to be white, and I wanted to be accepted. My way of seeing things changed in 2006 when the Immigration Equality Movements became popular. Latino activists would speak at events and in a sense give the people a sense of empowerment and hope. Attending these events made me feel proud of my Hispanic heritage...
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...Phase 1: Settle down! Our event will begin within 10 minutes. Please settle down and turn off your phone or switch to silence. Good morning, everyone! Welcome to Vietnamese – Colombian Culture Exchange Ceremony! I’m Quang and I will be the MC today. Our event will begin with an entertainment show contributed by Mr. Dang, from TDT University. Thank you for your beautiful performance, Mr. Dang! Phase 2: Speech! I would like to invite Mr. A from VPV to present about our ceremony. Thank you for your meaningful presentation! I would like to invite Mr. B, the representative from Colombia, to have some words. Thank you for your wonderful speech, Mr. B! Our event will continue with a speech from Mr. C, Principle of Vstar School. Thank you for your wonderful speech, Mr. C! Phase 3: Entertainment! And now, we will continue with the most important part of our event: Musical performance. To continue, our friends from Colombia will contribute to our event a performance name: “ . . .” What an amazing performance! The next following performance will come from our friends from Vstar School, “ . . .” The next following performance will come from our friends from Ton Duc Thang University, “ . . .” Our event will be continued with a performance from Colombian friends, “. . .” The next following performance will come from our friends from Vstar School, “ . . .” Now I want to introduce a performance name as: “ . . .” from Ton Duc Thang University. The next following performance...
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...What’s the best/most effective thing you do for your hair? C: Well the first of my 5 step program that I can’t live without for my hair are protective updo styles. The reason why I say protective updos is because any style you see in the pictures featured here are always about 150 loose twists. You can have a protective style but wear it down as well. I definitely see a difference in moisture and overall health of my hair at the end of the week due to protective updo styles. The second would be MOISTURE and when it comes to my texture more moisture is better. I began the use of all natural oils about 4 months ago and must say I did notice less shedding, and itching of the scalp has become almost non-existent. The third step would be washing my hair in loose twist or 8-10 loose braids. My superfine hair can’t survive a washing without some type of style protection. So a wash and go for me is unthinkable for my hair type. With my hair texture and length I could wash but my hair ain’t going nowhere! The fourth step would be wearing a silk scarf at night. My man said it was something he had to get use to but never saw it as a big deal (but to be honest he really didn’t have a choice, lol). The fifth and real essential step is PATIENCE especially when detangling (as my hair has grown longer detangling on dry hair works best for me). Try not to detangle your hair when you are extremely stressed, tired or hungry because unconsciously you can take it out on your hair. What is your...
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...Name Professor’s Name Course Date Analysis of Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan in ‘The Help” (2011) This paper is set to take a detailed look at Skeeter in the film known as ‘The Help’. In the movie Skeeter is presented as a 22 year old white lady who has recently graduated from Ole Miss College. In addition, she is a fortunate daughter of a large scale cotton farmer at Jackson in Mississippi. Her nickname, Skeeter is given to her by her older brother due to size at birth. He thought she took after a skeeter. Upon her return from school, she realizes a degree of modifications based on the issue of racism. To be precise, she has a changed perception on the relationship between the members of the white households and afro American maids. She wonders why her society adopts a double standard notion at looking at individuals. For instance, she is surprised at the fact that the whites would not let their maids use the same lavatories as them, yet entrusting them (black maids) with the care of their children. Her attitude is heavily attributed to the absence of her favorite maid. She feels it was unfair for Constantine to leave without informing her. As a result, she suspects that something awful must have compelled her to part ways with her family. She later realizes that Constantine had been relieved off her duties upon her act of reuniting with her daughter, Lullabelle Bates. Another change worth noting in Skeeter revolves around the nexus between education...
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...I went to a middle class mall. First, Latinos often bring their children to the malls while they shop. The Asian people often talk in their own language while they are around other Asians. Many Asians own stores that attract Black people. In the Black stores, the managers and owners are more lenient to the workers singing and dancing n the stores. The guys always know what they want and they go in the stores and buy it. The girls go into stores and they take all day, they try on clothes and most of the time they don’t even buy what they have tried on. In the mall that I went to, there are only a couple of stores for the upper class and many of these stores are being shut down because of the lack of business. The Black people buy most of the shoes and hats in the malls. White and Asian men like to buy male purses (hand bags). Black men seem to prefer the watches with the big faces, and the white men like the smaller faced watches. At the downtown upper class mall, the food courts have more options than the middle class malls, such as sushi. This upper class mall (Lenox) does not have Sears or JC Penney’s, the middle class mall (Gwinnett) does have those department stores. Lenox has Bloomingdales, Sax Fifth Avenue and Belk’s. Lenox mall is meant for upper class people. But many middle and lower class people get dressed up to walk around the mall which is now making more upper class people not want to shop at this mall. There are nicer restaurants around the mall. The white...
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...Академия танца «ProDance» Музыкальный репертуар Мероприятие: Social Dance Party Дата: 06.06.2014 Начало: 21:00 Окончание: 00:00 Intro: Johnny Blas - Do it with salsa (Время – 20:55) (фоновая музыка, встреча гостей, приглашение в зал) Приветствие гостей и начало вечера 1st set 1. Alex Wilson - Show me 2. Sabor Latino 3-EL RUBIO LOCO 3. Aventura-Cuando volveras 4. Xtreme-24 horas 5. Kaysha-Kizomba 6. Da Magical ft.C4Pedro-Me tarraxa 7. Reggueton - Daddy Yankee - Rompe Reggeton 2nd set 1. Calle Real - Jugando Super Mario Bross 2. El Rubio loco 3. Prince royce - su hombre soy yo 4. Xtreme – Mientes 5. Atim-Nao Vale 6. Kaysha ft. M.Mendes-Poison 7. Orishas - Represent Cuba 3rd set 1. Los Van Van 2. Dark Latin Groove- Atrevete (No Puedes Conmigo) 3. Aventura-Obsession 4. Xtreme-Te Extrano 5. 2MUCH-Dangerous 6. Mika Mendes-Magico 7. Cobra_Starship ft.Sabi – U make me feel 4th set 1. Celia Cruz-La vida es un carnaval 2. Marc Anthony - Vivir Mi Vida -Salsa 2013 3. Gloria Estefan-hoy 4. Leny-No me Amas 5. James Arthur-Impossible (Tarraxinha) 6. Nuno Abdul Ft. Big Boss Sslowli-Assim Ta Bom 7. Nataly - Cuban cha-cha-cha Мастер-класс по Зумбе (Ведущие-Таир,Ирина) 5th set 1. Timbalive - Ra Ra Ra 2. The New Swing Sextet – Tiroteo 3. Prince royce-El Amor Que Perdimos 4. Xtreme-Si La Ves 5. Tutica ft.C4Pedro-Ta bem bom 6. Dj Paparazzi-Mi Ma...
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...Not until I started researching racism in Disney films did I understand this was even an issue. As a little kid you most likely don’t pick up on these things but as an adult being aware of it, do we allow our children to continue watching such films? My dice identity role was in perspective of an African American person. Disney does a great job of stereotyping against this race in several movies, the Jungle Book being just one. In this particular movie, they have portrayed gorillas and orangutans to sound like black people. In their slightly ever more popular film, The Lion King, they made the hyenas speak in a clear street manner such as an inner African American dialect. (“Stereotypes”) Another issue came into light once the film The Princess and the Frog was released. Why had it taken Disney so long to come out with its first African American princess film? This film’s original story line had the princess character named Maddy who was a chambermaid. This caused uproar about the character starting the movie as a slave and having the name Maddy that sounded too much like Mammy and changes were made. Mammy is defined as a black woman engaged as a nurse to white children or as a servant to a white family. (Evans) When it comes to gender, Disney does another awesome job of drawing a distinct line between female and male characters. The female characters were typically shown in a position of queen, homemaker or princess such as Cinderella who goes from a maid to a princess. Male...
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...Stephanie Moore Mrs. Christenson AP Lang-Period 5 29 November 2012 If someone was to ask you, what do you identify yourself as, what would you say? Would you say you are American, foreign, black, and white, etc.? In my opinion, being an American is only half of my identity. I Identify myself as a young, strong African American woman striving to make it in this stereotypical, unfair nation we call a country. Being an American means to come together as one, a “melting pot” and being proud of your country, or patriotism. Although I am an American, I am also a young African American girl who is not only considered a minority, but also trying to keep up with this ever changing, corrupt society. Being an American means coming together and taking pride in your country. Some describe our country as a melting pot; others would beg to differ, considering how different our country is as far as cultures and ethnicities. We may be one as a country physically, but mentally we are not. Mentally, we all see ourselves differently through our cultures and ethnicities. Different cultures come to America every day from across the globe. People, who are very close to their culture or religions, will only associate with those who have the same beliefs as them. For example, if someone practices Christianity, they would separate themselves, or refrain from associating with those who are atheists. This is only because Christians feel that they should only associate with those who are Christians...
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...Bad Boys Ann Arnett Ferguson spent 3 years gathering research on African American youth in the school and how Adults, society, and the educational system views them. The superiors of these kids have a wrongfully prejudice conceptualization of them, more specifically the boys. Observations and stories of individual students help Ferguson make connections and find the underlying source of these kids’ preconceived notions to Adults and more importantly themselves. “In the course of course of my study it became clear that school labeling practices and the exercise of rules operated as part of a hidden curriculum to marginalize and isolate black male youth in disciplinary spaces and brand them as criminally inclined” Ann Arnett Ferguson, Bad Boys: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity (University of Michigan, 2000) p2. Adultification does not have a simple definition. Ferguson theorized this idea while observing different kids during her case study. The term adultification describes the developmental process of youth and how outlying factors such as social and communal values are absorbed by kids. There is a prejudice that these observed teacher hold of these kids. These teachers use how the media portrays African American males to justify their views about all African American kids. This adultification is a distraction from the fact that they are kids, not criminals. “Adultification is visible in the way African American elementary school pupils are talked about by...
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...The New Negro Despite all the adversities faced by African Americans, one was still proud to be labeled a Negro. During the 1900’s African Americans had gained courage to fight back against those oppressors who attacked and proclaimed pride in his race. This great boldness stems from previous achievements made by African Americans throughout history. Such events lead Blacks to continue prosper by participating in the First World War and migrating to different parts of the North and Midwest, bringing with them a new sense of culture that would leave an everlasting impact. The “New Negro’s”, during and after the First World War, was considered self-confident as they no longer accepted black inferiority. Blacks’ participation in the Civil War, lasting from 1861-1865, resulted in African Americans having a sense of pride that one has never felt before. Now seemingly having an identity, they carried that courage to fight in the First World War. Blacks’ participated by “…distinguishing themselves as soldiers in France and as members of an international community of people of African descent, or African Diaspora. Blacks’ were skeptic about this war as it was proclaimed to be “a war to make the world safe for democracy”. African Americans were divided on whether to fight and support a war effort to assure equality for a nation while they still faced undemocratic experiences of segregation, disfranchisement, and lynching. Blacks’ looked for anti-lynching legislation, an end to...
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...Mario Holley June 20, 2008 SPCH 1315- M. Lewis Topic: Do we still need Black History Month General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to view black history month as more than just a small lesson. That black history is not just for blacks, that it’s more than a month, and how it’s everyone’s history. Central Idea: Black history has been single out to one month as a way to make sure that blacks are remembered in history. Blacks has always been apart of history. Therefore is it reasonable to set a side just one month to illustrate the participation of blacks in our countries history? Introduction I. In Media That Matters Film Festival, August 2005, tittles A Girl Like Me by Kiri Davis a 17-year-old film student of Manhattan’s Urban Academy a doll test was duplicated. Kiri Davis who participated in the Reel Works Teen Filmmaking program, a free after-school program was supported by cable network HBO. A. In this documentary a female voice asks the child a question: “Can you show me the doll that looks bad?” The child, a preschool-aged Black girl, quickly picks up and shows the Black doll over a White one that is identical in every respect except complexion. B. Why does that look bad?” “Because she’s Black,” the little girl answers emphatically. “And why is this the nice doll?” the voice continues. “Because she’s White.” “And can you give me the doll that looks like you?” The little girl hesitates for a split...
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...Cultural diversity is the assortment of cultures and societies we have, either within a city, region, or the world itself. In this adaptation of “A Raisin in the Sun” there were many cultures. The black women and the black men, the African American race as a whole, the rich white society, the have culture and have not so much culture. The diversity between the African American family and the Nigerian gentlemen Joseph who is interested in Beneatha and George shows that there are different black cultures and societies. Those being rich, foreign and those that have been here for generations and not been able to or have the opportunity to rise out of the situations they were brought into the world in. Benefits that Lena sees are the memories she has and the money coming and how it can change things even if just a little. But as the day goes on she sees that there is a strain on the household because of the money, and it is mainly her son. Walter sees everything as a drawback, how black people are treated, how they do not get the opportunities like white people and how they end up with service jobs, and he isn’t wrong for this time period. He sees his whole life as a draw back and the only benefit is the money his mama is getting in the mail. Because he is so blinded by his want to be wealthy and live better he trusts the wrong person with money his mother gave him; and money that was not just for him. Lena trusts her son, which ends up being a drawback because he loses it all to...
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...The television show Love and Hip Hop is a stereotype reality show on African Americans in today’s society. The reason for this is because it degrades African American women in such a negative approach. It shows a sign of low characteristics as well as respect. In the reality show it just shows how black women cannot get along, degrading each other with using foul language. Also, in the show it has this particular image on how a women is suppose to be shaped and living this fancy lifestyle of being rich. It has a lot of different approaches, which shows betraying a black woman’s images in the real world. On the other hand there are a lot of young girls who watch this reality show, and I believe that some young girls look up to these women as a role models. It shows in today’s society especially on social networks on how young girls copy these reality shows and what to expect in men. For example in the reality show the men treats the women badly by disrespecting them with using curse words etc. In addition, African Americans have been suppressed by the media. In most reality shows African Americans are portrayed negatively. Usually shows on African Americans involved topics such as violence, crime, and sexual behaviors. These negative images have made it hard for African American to earn lead roles in shows today. However, this seems to be the images that black’s today actors and actress are limited to. If you look at the history of Hollywood, you will notice that during the...
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...American culture as the root and foundational source. field and subject that deals with and is devoted to the study academic subject.  Black studies is critical due to the fact that so many supposed authorities on black studies only know half of our history themselves. We must go deeper and start right from the beginning and critical dissect, study and “peel back the layers“ that are continuously evolving in thought and practice of African and African American people. Dispora is the dispersing of people from their original homeland, in this case African people. African diaspora is the dispersing of communities throughout the world as a  result of the movement of peoples from Africa, predominantly to America, the Caribbean and South America, amongst other areas around the world. Pan African refers to and relates to all people of African descent. It includes Africans in every culture globally. Pan-Africanism in black studies recognizes the political, religious,and  historical perception and overlap of all African people and the culture intersection of all African people. In the development of Black Studies scholars and researchers have focused on the traditions of the Egyptian scholarship, therefore using the knowledge and findings to serve mankind. Contemporary activist-intellectuals create academic works that are to be shared with everyone regardless of race. They have have continued to carry on the practices of the traditional scholars to recognize and identify the issues...
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...Acting and performing arts can be found in every culture around the world. Compared to the cultures that have participated in theater for centuries now, American Theater is one of the newer traditions agmonst us. Theaders have evolved from countries all over the world. “From the African roots of Greek tragedy to contemporary Shakespearean plays, the diverse enviorment is what created the power behind stage production. During the start up of American Theater, it reflected the lives of namely white, property-owning, Christian men”(Kertin p5). As time pasted, the popular dramas came from Europe. In the 1820's Black artists were creating, staging and performing for both black and white audiences, performing both existing and original work. “The first theater company to attempt the performing arts production from an African American perspective was, The African Grove Theater in New York”(Abel p1). In 1820, an African American man named, William Brown and a West Indian man named, James Hewlett created the African Grove Theater. “Both of these men traveled by ship throughout the Caribbean, where story telling, performance, dance and music were essential to the culture and survival of the slaves working on sugar cane and tobacco plantations, salt flats and mines. The company performed tragedies and comedies from Shakespeare to American playwrights”(Welsher p2).The African Grove Theater was the first African American theater in the United States. Full playrights were presented on...
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