...the live of First Nations Women in Canada, in terms of their culture, lifestyle, family organization, and religion. European colonies devaluated native population with regulations like the Indian Act. DIFFICULT KNOWLEDGE Knowledge that often challenges the dominant ideology, which is difficult to accept and we reject it and its source, or we embrace it without a critical evaluation. DIASPORA Comes from the Greek term “diasperin”, Used to refer to any ethnic population forced or induced to leave their original homelands. Also people who leave their homelands to find work or search for asylum. An example of diaspora in the topics cover in the course is the high amount of Chinese population who came to Canada to work. They weren’t forced, rather they chose to start a new life in a new place. Also, during WWII, the boats of Jewish who came to Canada looking for asylum. This term have helped me gaining knowledge about the migration of different ethnic population to Canada during the 19th and 20th century. THERE IS NOTHING OBJECTIVE ABOUT OBJECIVITY Objectivity means to have a neutral position in a specific topic or issue. Been objective is not possible because any ideology or thought always have a defined side or position that contradicts other. DOMINANT IDEOLOGY Set of interrelated beliefs that tell how the world works and how it should work. It is descriptive and prescriptive. Reinforces the status quo and resists change. I’ve learned some aspects about the dominant ideology...
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...Race in Obama’s America 1. Give an outline of the different attitudes to the situation of African Americans presented in text 1, 2 and 3. Outline of text 1: Text 1 is a commentary publicist on USA Today website on August 14, 2009, and it is written by lawyer and columnist Yolanda Young. Yolanda Young’s main statement is that there has been a paradigm shift in the culture and that Africa American women now are being noticed. In her commentary she comperes her own experiences of being a black woman before and after the election of Barak Obama. To support her main statement she uses facts from different researches. In the end of the text she concludes that it has become easier to maintain a positive self-image now that such a beautiful women live in the White House. Outline of text 2: Text 2 is an excerpt form a Speech given by Attorney General Eric Holder on February 18, 2009 at the U.S Justice Department. The speech is to be found on the website of the Justice Department. Eric Holder’s main statement is that “One cannot truly understand America without understanding the historical experience of black people in this nation”. He thinks that to many Americans see race as a taboo, and that you cannot solve the problem if you do not feel at ease with it. In the speech Eric Holder refers to two historical events, one of them being the Gettysburg Address. He says that the people in this room have a moral obligation to the nation and most live up to the Gettysburg...
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...created a very diverse nation. Diversity is not only about different races or ethnicities but it also includes the disabled and people with different sexual orientations. With so many different races and cultural backgrounds it is important to learn and understand cultural diversity. By learning and understanding diversity it will result in a more well-rounded individuals and a nation that can eliminate prejudice and discrimination. What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past? Have you learned something new about your own racial, ethnic, or cultural history? I have learned a lot about diversity that will help me to better understand and relate to others. I was very surprised at how little I knew about the cultures of the other people around me. Many of the minority groups in the Unites States have had to overcome prejudice and discrimination. I have always thought that African Americans were the only minority group that suffered and experienced discrimination. In American History classes in the past slavery is something that has been discussed because of the role it played in The Civil War. To hear that almost every minority group has experienced some kind of discrimination made me feel like I could relate to them more because they could also relate to me. In addition to learning new information about other minority groups I also learned more about minority group. I learned...
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...is solely based on cultural subjects such as race, class, ethnicity, and gender. The American people can perceive as a melting pot, but usually at times of crisis, such as 9/11 or Hurricane Katrina, when we all come together as one nation. On another side of that we can be seen as salad bowl, which is pretty much saying, even though we are all in one nation we still see each other as different or unequal to each other. The American national identity can be something’s in American culture we choose Identify as one whole Melting Pot or a national salad bowl. One of the controversies America faces on its national identify is how much race impacts our culture either individually or as a whole. We can say we see each other as one nation one people, none divided, all equal, but the truth is most of it is a lie. We see each other as different because of the color of their skin; we divide each other based on race through propagandized media and our own stigmas as to which race we can trust and which race we tolerate. Thinking about it there are some moments in history were we have shown that in any situation we are still one nation, but the sad part is it is only time of natural disaster or times of turmoil, when we feel as though we need to be one nation to show everyone else that we are strong and will overcome any obstacle. The annoying thing is that we choose to do this on occasion, instead of sticking together at all times. When race is the major player almost every American individual...
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...in the United States in a variety of forms and has negative affect on people who have been a victim of it. I. Race II. Prejudice III. Culture Conclusion: Racism still exist but there ways that it can be prevented in order to stop it from causing a disaster to our nation. Racism in the Society Racism has been major issue in the society since the 1950’s and still exist even now. Even though the United States is a multicultural nation it has faced and is still facing many racial issues from the time of the civil right movements until now. It is strange that many people are not aware of how much racism still exists in our schools and in our workplace and just about everywhere else. Everyone somewhere in the line has either been a victim or a witness of this foul act. People sometimes think that a person born a racist since birth. But it is obviously impossible that someone would ever be born a racist, it is not a disease, so one can only become a racist from their childhood until they reach their adulthood. In other words no one is born with it. Well then how do we characterize a racist, a racist is someone that believes that there is one superior race above all others and feels other races are nonexistent. I have experienced and read about many forms of racism. In this essay I will discuss how it affects people and what should be done to help eradicate this issue. I have experienced racism as teen in this country...
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...This part of the course was more difficult for me to comprehend than the previous three, but I overall understood it. I could see this part painting part of the picture for the next part dealing with evil as we talked about ethnic cleansing, “ethnic card”, and stereotyping. I am really enjoying my time at Crawford with the students. I am getting more of a personal connection with some of the students, I even had one come up to me as I walked in the library. There is less of an awkward/shy feeling between myself and some of the students as now they are more comfortable coming up to me to ask for my help. Overall every week has been getting better and I am always experiencing or seeing something new. An individual’s identity is usually fixed...
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...naturally instead of through gene therapy or alteration. Terms like “faith birth'; and “invalid'; were used against Anton. I think gene therapy has it promises, but when used in the fashion as it was used in the Gattaca I think its progress should be carefully monitored. Right now sheep and other animals are being cloned. Soon primates and Humans could be cloned. I think we should further investigate human cloning for research on the parenting process and other physiological experiments that can only be used now on identical twins separated at birth. These experiments when used could be used to gain insight on what our genes determine in our personalities. I also think that the achievement of us humans cloning ourselves would be a great achievement for the entire human race such as it was when we landed on the moon in 1969. In the movie Gattaca they barely showed the moral consequences of the actions. Anton’s father showed more pride in his brother than Anton, but what about Anton making friends, was he doomed to be a social outcast in friendships also? The second rate swimmer so depressed by being second in a race almost committed suicide, what about him? The movie never revealed how poor nations around the world dealt with eventually becoming a nation of an inferior human race. The movie pretty much shows how Hitler’s plan of creating a perfect human race would be like. The movie does show some positives though. A longer lifetime full of health was promised to all planned pregnancies...
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...with race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, and disability. Diversity can be in a specific region or in the world as a whole. We live in a diverse society that has its challenges and advantages. I’ve learned a lot about diversity throughout this course. Diversity has a long history and is important in recognizing people’s customs, cultures, and religion even throughout history. We as people want to express our own identity in a manner that we choose. This class has opened my eyes to how many different cultures there are and how important it is to treat everyone equal. The information I’ve learned about diversity in the United States has helped me better understand or relate to others in ways that I may have not in the past because when I found out what other people from different identity groups have been through in their lives made me have a greater respect for them. At my place of employment, the majority race is Mexican and I’ve heard stories of how some of them got to America and it broke my heart. I couldn’t imagine my children and I sitting in a hot desert for two days and only having water and cookies to eat and drink. I think diversity all over the world is important because it can enhance personal and social interactions which could make different identity groups get along better. By learning about the differences of our diverse society, I have learned different ways of living, new ways to think about other cultures, and how important...
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...France. He saw that Germany and the United States had put in place trade barrier that made them increasingly difficult to work with. Some countries especially those in the west were not only growing in population but were making technological advances by leaps and bounds. Amidst the continued success and growth of other foreign nations European markets continued to shrink and flood with new products. South America, according to Ferry was a market that they had used for a very long time and now because of the exponential growth of North American industry, Ferry was greatly concerned that North America was going to take over the South American market. Ferry realized that for his country to continue to flourish that something needed to be done. Ferry also had a humanitarian argument for wanting colonial expansion. Ferry said that as people of a higher race, they have a right over the inferior races. He believed that it was the superior races duty to take on a paternalistic type role and show the inferior race how best to live. He believed that it was their duty as a superior race to civilize underdeveloped African and Asian countries. I think...
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...sentence. Factors such as race, wealth, class, gender, age, among others all play roles into why people can sometimes be treated unfairly. However before I introspectively reflect on social inequality, there is one theory that suggests where today’s society is heading for me. Karl Marx is known as a prominent economic and political influence that lived during the 19th century. Marx’s theory of stratification is very applicable to where society, especially in the United States, is heading today. According to Marx, society would become divided into two classes, the dominant capitalist or the working class. Essentially the capitalists consist of the owners of production within a country while the working class consists of the laborers. This represents uneven distribution of wealth and resources, which creates a system of stratification. According to Professor Domhoff of the University of California, the top 20% of the workforce owned 89% of all privately held wealth in the United States as of 2010. There is already a large gap between social classes and will only continue to get worse if we continue down the same path as a nation. Whether through higher taxes on the wealthy or tax breaks on the working class, the gap needs to be closed. Money is king of today’s society whether people want to admit it or not. For me I think the uneven distribution of wealth in this country is a primary factor of social inequality today. In the past, factors such as race, gender and religion...
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...Race and Why It Is UNimportant Race plays a very important role in our lives. It seems like everyday there is another story on the news that reiterates the idea that someone's race is what makes them who they are. It is their identity. Their soul. And any attack or privilege that happens to them, stems from their race.But what about someone's work ethic, attitude, or intelligence. Could these not also explain the reason why a person is successful or a failure? Or is race the only factor that plays a part in the success of someone? With so many opposing arguments it is hard to understand what is fact and what is fiction, when it comes to discussions on race. With that being said, I believe that race does not matter because leading african-americans...
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...make some well-presented points towards the people of the minority race. Who imposed a better change? Who would enter the minds of Americans so they could set their future? The first candidate, a Baptist minister by the name of Jesse Jackson provided the audience with the thought provoking statement of “We want somebody who will challenge corporate America to higher until it contracts”(Jackson). Jackson proposes that America wants someone in office who is not only going to take the side of those of the wealthy. But a president who will step up for the lower and middle class and stop those whose pockets are overflowing with the...
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...What exactly does culture mean? Is it something material you can touch? Or is it something immaterial, such as values and beliefs? Or is it our customs and traditions, our festivals and celebrations? While anthropologists have vacillated between material and nonmaterial definitions of culture, today most would agree with a more inclusive definition of culture: the thoughts, behaviors, languages, customs, the things we produce and the methods we use to produce them. It is this, the human ability to create and transmit culture, that differentiates us as humans from the rest of the animal world. The essential feature of culture, that it is learned and transmitted from one generation to the next, rests on the human capacity to think symbolically. Language, perhaps the most important feature, is a symbolic form of communication. The word table, for example, is nothing other than a symbol for the actual thing, a table. Language is a form of communication. Without language, culture could not be transmitted, people could not learn from one another across generations, and there would be no cultural continuity. Simply because culture is transmitted through symbols whose meanings remain more or less constant doesn't mean that cultures are static and don't change. On the contrary, cultures are never truly static. Which of us does not remember a grandparent comparing life today with the one s/he grew up in? The changes that took place between his/her lifetime and ours represent subtle...
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...lawyer and columnist for the USA Today, writes about her own experiences. Before Barack Obama was elected (got) President of the United States, (no white people noticed) Yolanda was only noticed through her column in the USA today. (She felt that her black colour) The colour of her skin made her invisible on the streets of Washington. (Now it has chance and she is not invisible more.) Since Obama was voted in as President, (Almost daily white people tell her with a smile that she is beautiful and compares her with Michelle Obama.) Yolanda now receives daily compliments about her looks and people notice her likeness with the first lady; “You look just like Michelle Obama”, she is often told by the white people who recognises her natural beauty. A research in 2008 carried out by two psychology professors, found that 51 % of 300 non-black students showed an automatic preference for white people – which is not many compared to 80% in a previous research. Yolanda puts focus on another research where black children were presented with a black and a white doll. The children were given the choice of which doll they preferred and nearly all of them choose the white doll. Text 2 is an excerpt from a speech given by Eric Holder who is an Attorney General of the United States. In his speech, Eric mentions that when America elected their first black President, they also elected a president, who can deal with the difference of races. In America everyone work, eat and socialize...
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...impressions of Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff's, The Race Beat: The Press, The Civil Rights Struggle, and The Awakening of a Nation. The role of media is seen from generation to generation. The book records the progression of how the media reported the Civil Rights Movement and the issues and circumstances involving race that the media utilized. The Race Beat examines the United States press. It demonstrates many years of disregarding the issues of racism and recognizing the significance of the civil rights. White press reporting of African-Americans in the south was overlooked. Only the negative things were recognized. Discrimination had an impact on communicating what was going on at this time. This has transformed into one of the most essential news periods of America's time. It shows the role that the press had in...
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