Double-Entry Journal - Weekly Homework
Name & Course Section: Danuel James Sec. 07Week: 2
Reading / Viewing Assignment: The History of the idea of race, Racitatif, and Understanding Race
Date: 08-29-2008
Understanding/Note taking: Identify thesis and main points of article. Summarize text that is intriguing, puzzling, or moving, or which connects to a previous entry or situation. Note vocabulary and major concepts. / Interpretation/reflection: Connect notes from the left side to yourself and to the world around you. How do you “feel” about what you read? What ideas does the reading stimulate? How does it relate to the learning objectives indicated for the unit? How does it impact you as a scholar/activist? Metacognition: Examine how you’re “thinking” about this topic? Why was that your first reaction? After reflection, how might you broaden you perspective?
The History of the idea of Race
The article titled “The History of the idea of Race” main point was when and how the separation of the people came about. Information that I see moving in this reading selection was the way that Colonists bluntly stated “We can not survive without Africans” but in today’s society we are considered as the out cast and ruled out against.
Racitatif
The article title “Racitatif” main point was that the two girls were of different races and back grounds. Different hard ships tried to tear them apart over the years as they grew up; but in the end race was not a factor and they still ended up being friends. What I see puzzling in this insert was when Roberta’s mother was known to be sick, was it because they were considering her being racist a sickness?
Understanding Race
The video explains where and why race classifications were started. Mostly in the western part of Europe and United States. Slavery started out under the name of indentured servitude then the servants lost all rights then they were called slaves. The main point in this segment was that race was created to social hierarchy. / The History of the idea of Race
In the first reading I also reed a section that said “especially the role Africans in the making of this country”. If that’s true then why isn’t black the main race that seems as the cream of the crop like whites? Why slavery was even started? Every man was created equal and all walked on two feet; no one should be able to control the free movement of others in any shape, form of fashion. This reading makes want to over power the stereotype and make black people inferior to the world with my future decisions. It goes great with the objectives because these two reading helped me to understand the role African Americans played in shaped the world as it is today that is un noticed. My first reaction was anger, I immediately went into defense and wanted to argue the point that race was created for no major reason just to make one race feel of importance. I would rather hear why race was created from the white mans point of view and see if a better reason will surface.
Racitatif
The second reading was very confusing to me. At times in the passages it didn’t tell the reader who was speaking. Like the situation in the grocery store; who was talking to the Big Bozo, Twyla or Roberta? In response to when they were at the Howard Johnson Twyla left and went to the grocery store because Roberta was with her friends; so who was in the grocery store. Over all the reading points out the girls, who are of two different races see different views of things going on through out their lives They also encounter feuds and arguments but over come all that in the end and acknowledge that they were wrong about a lot of what they did and remained friends. Upon reading this insert the girls never really planned to visit each other they just ended up in the same place at the same time a lot. This insert played more on goal thirteen with the since of diverse world cultures.
Understanding Race
From this short clip I interpreted that whites were know to be superior to blacks, which is still in play today. Back in the 19th century scientist were pushing the theory of race inferiority. They then tried to use your family’s genes to classify your race. Characteristics such as work ethics, education or criminal behavior were all things that affected mostly blacks so this tactic worked. My view of race is similar to Darwin; everybody is the same and made the same way just different back grounds. I can’t see the word being any different today than if we didn’t have races to classify the people. This video doesn’t do a job to me explaining the evolution of race, just elaborates on what were the reasons it was created not too much on why and is it effective. It does help better explain objective nine about political economic.
Double-Entry Journal - Weekly Homework
Name & Course Section: Danuel James, 07Week: 3
Reading / Viewing Assignment: “Race Matters”, and “Ethnic Notions”
Date: 09/05/2005
Understanding/Note taking: Identify thesis and main points of article. Summarize text that is intriguing, puzzling, or moving, or which connects to a previous entry or situation. Note vocabulary and major concepts. / Interpretation/reflection: Connect notes from the left side to yourself and to the world around you. How do you “feel” about what you read? What ideas does the reading stimulate? How does it relate to the learning objectives indicated for the unit? How does it impact you as a scholar/activist? Metacognition: Examine how you’re “thinking” about this topic? Why was that your first reaction? After reflection, how might you broaden you perspective?
Race Matters
1. The thesis and main point of this article is to understand Nihilism
2. Majority of this text was confusing and puzzling to me because it didn’t really point to why race matters. It just spoke a lot on how Nihilism is to be a philosophic doctrine that there are no rational grounds fro legitimate standards or authority.
3. Major vocabulary that should be understood to be able to process this text is the reoccurring word Nihilism.
Ethnic Notions
1. The main point was to see how poor drawn and over exaggerated ugly cartoons and sculptures have shaped the image of how blacks look today.
2. I was intrigued by how the most popular brands such as Aunt Jemima, and Parker Bros. helped shape the negative image created of blacks.
3. Major concept(s) is/are can blacks live down all the hype and negative tone they have been given. Should cartoons be able to give a entire race a image? / Race Matters
About the text “Race Matters” it really goes deep inside and takes a look at several reasons and perspectives on how the black community does things and things they need to do in order to get ahead. For example the black candidate Obama running for president. Like their failure in leadership and the vigorous attempts buy Louis Farrakhan and Al Sharpton. This reading doesn’t really give me any ideas. The objective thirteen really goes well with this reading because you must first understand the role of the human conditions in diverse world cultures in order to be able to right about another culture. Objective fourteen also goes well because this whole article is trying to resolve social issues with the AA race. I really didn’t have a reaction to this reading because I was a little confusing to me.
Ethnic Notions
The video displayed a very strong message to me, that some of the products that I buy today may have been part of the reason my race has a negative image. Maybe I should research everything I buy so I won’t help build an empire that has torn me down all my life behind my back. Both objectives are on the bases of understanding a role such as the division of cultures and professional issues. This video makes me think negative. It helps me to see that past brands/products got rich off of downing a race that has continuously supported its product and has done nothing but live under the shadow it has cased on us. I am going to broaden my knowledge on the history of the bigger brands that I buy to see if they helped to down play my race and hopefully buy black produced products.
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Name & Course Section: Danuel James 07Week: 4
Reading / Viewing Assignment: “The Life of Olaudah Equiano”, “African, Slavery, and the Shaping of Black Culture”, and The Slave Auction”
Date: 09/12/2008
Understanding/Note taking: Identify thesis and main points of article. Summarize text that is intriguing, puzzling, or moving, or which connects to a previous entry or situation. Note vocabulary and major concepts. / Interpretation/reflection: Connect notes from the left side to yourself and to the world around you. How do you “feel” about what you read? What ideas does the reading stimulate? How does it relate to the learning objectives indicated for the unit? How does it impact you as a scholar/activist? Metacognition: Examine how you’re “thinking” about this topic? Why was that your first reaction? After reflection, how might you broaden you perspective?
1. Equiano
The main point of this article was to show from a first person point of view; the life and journey of how the slave trade was and the way it worked. When the Africans were on the boat and the way conditions that they lived in was very touching. Even when the slaves would jump over board the boat to commit suicide to escape the white men.
2. Shaping of Black Culture
Of this reading the main point that I grasped and stood out was that “The African influenced American slavery in a number of ways.” That is very un clear to me how Africans are at fault for being kidnapped. Major concept was that there were more than one type of slave and depending on how you became one you could be free or not be sold.
3. The Slave Auction
This who poem created the scene in the reader’s head of what an auction looked like from the slaves being sold to the family losing someone. The major concept was the children being sold. / 1. Equiano
I see this similar situation were facilities are created to hold our black people and are filled over capacity and have poor living conditions. I call this place jail, more and more are being created everyday. Then when you go to jail it’s also a form of hidden slavery where they make you work along side roads and other places to do work. This work should be the responsibility of the state or city like the crops were property of the slave master. I feel sad to see how humans were treated so wrong just because the color of there skin or the place they lived. When we all were created the same way just in different places. It really doesn’t stimulate me at all just a little sad because I couldn’t help those people. These readings are great for the set of objectives like in week. Which both objectives deal with culture, and the way people live such as living conditions. As an activist I would love to educate blacks on the past and show them how we are still being put in this situation but in a hidden way which is jail. I know racism is wrong but after reading how they treated people of innocence especially children makes me think why cant we do the same back to them and shape their culture like they did ours. The way I’m thinking is quick and ill tempered but this is how the reading makes me feel
2. Shaping of Black Culture
I guess I would say this is true about blacks influencing slavery. Just like in the above paragraph, blacks do things and whites use that as a way to get them in jail and use them for service. So I would say blacks influenced the out come of them going to jail or not. I feel that it was not true back around those times because how could they influence slavery when they were poor and could barely feed themselves. Unlike today we have money and goods that we can use to go places and do things. For example using money to buy drugs and reselling it for a higher profit would be influencing the person to go to jail. Not just living like they did in Africa. These readings are great for the set of objectives like in week. Which both objectives deal with culture, and the way people live such as living conditions. I feel as if I can’t do anything about our young people falling for this brighter future for the white race by locking them all away. Because they are ignorant to their past and the way the world is going. I am thinking as if I were in some of those peoples shoes how I would not fall into there plan/glory hole.
3. The Slave Auction
This is an example of basketball and the way they give endorsement deals to the players to be on there team. But its reversed and you are being paid for your work. But if you don’t do what they say they will find away to take all of what they gave you away like if you didn’t cooperate a slave. This can be seen happening to Mike Vick, Pac man Jones and a host of others blacks being bought buy record companies and franchises to perform a certain task for them. I give my heart out to the families that have to stand there and watch there children being sold off as if they were a product. These readings are great for the set of objectives like in week. Which both objectives deal with culture, and the way people live such as living conditions. I really can say I was thinking too much about when reading this exert because it is too short.
Double-Entry Journal - Weekly Homework
Name & Course Section: Danuel James 07Week: 10
Reading / Viewing Assignment: The Rise and fall of Jim Crow; If we must Die.
Date:
Understanding/Note taking: Identify thesis and main points of article. Summarize text that is intriguing, puzzling, or moving, or which connects to a previous entry or situation. Note vocabulary and major concepts. / Interpretation/reflection: Connect notes from the left side to yourself and to the world around you. How do you “feel” about what you read? What ideas does the reading stimulate? How does it relate to the learning objectives indicated for the unit? How does it impact you as a scholar/activist? Metacognition: Examine how you’re “thinking” about this topic? Why was that your first reaction? After reflection, how might you broaden you perspective?
If we must die
The way we died back then was vulgar and unjust. Accursed is an unfamiliar word in my vocabulary but according to the context clues I interpret the word. The word seems like it was talking about whites making their mark at our home land which they use accursed.
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Integrated schools, Brown vs. Board of Education all are a thing in my past that I appreciate. If it wasn’t for Charles Hamilton Houston how would my education be, is all I can think about. / If we must die
Common foe? What did the author mean by this? Was he talking about our ancestors or others that are of our predecessors? How can we honor our selves when we are dead? A lot of things in this poem didn’t make sense to me but it still was a great poem to show the pain and hurt blacks felt toward the execution of our fellow African Americans.
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Slaves were considered property, not people but thanks to the 13th, 14th, and 16th amendment that all men were considered equal, and given the right to vote. The NAACP was started and was the start of a black coalition that focused on equal rights of blacks. This movement led to the continued unjust treatment of blacks by lynching. After Houston’s death his movement was continued and is not history to all African Americans because he has set the tone of out future and past.
Double-Entry Journal - Weekly Homework
Name & Course Section: Danuel James 07Week: 11
Reading / Viewing Assignment: The Atlanta Exposition Address and The Talented Tenth
Date: 11/31/2008
Understanding/Note taking: Identify thesis and main points of article. Summarize text that is intriguing, puzzling, or moving, or which connects to a previous entry or situation. Note vocabulary and major concepts.
The Atlanta Exposition Address
The main points were to let the white race in the south know what the blacks could do for them if given the chance. But if they continue to leave blacks ignorant and inexperienced then the two races will continue to be separate as the fingers , and not one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress. A puzzling situation to me was after Washington gave his address at the exposition and returned to his the city and the men wanting to shake his hand. Were the men black or white, or both? If so then it meant they respected what he said at the address. They may have been waiting for someone to speak on that topic as Washington had done. / Interpretation/reflection: Connect notes from the left side to yourself and to the world around you. How do you “feel” about what you read? What ideas does the reading stimulate? How does it relate to the learning objectives indicated for the unit? How does it impact you as a scholar/activist? Metacognition: Examine how you’re “thinking” about this topic? Why was that your first reaction? After reflection, how might you broaden you perspective?
The Atlanta Exposition Address
I see Barack Obama as the new era Washington. The way he gets up in front of crowds and addresses several issues people have been wanting to hear about , like George Bush’s wrong doing in office. Obama is the hope blacks are excited about just like Washington was when they all wanted to shake his hand after the his speech. I liked selection because it reminds me what our race has been fighting for, for so long and its finally in reach. The idea of me being able to get a top notch job and not be categorized since Obama made it this far, shows racism is no so bad and maybe a thing of the past. Washington tries to get whites to understand the AA culture and his speech is political and challenges the social aspects of both races. He talks about AA condition in the white world. This impacts me by wanting to fight harder for what I want and die doing that even if I don’t get the chance, maybe someone in the future will get that spot I fought for and died. I’m thinking like a demarcate which is for the people. I was glad to see the president was on his side after the speech.
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