Sunday, October 25, 2009

Talking Points # 6

Tim wise

- This video was great to watch. Wise had so many good points. He makes a lot of sense an can really relate to people. He is't just some close minded white person. He realizes how people really are and truly feel, he sees how things really are as well. He doesn't just think that race isn't a problem anymore because it always will be. He states that racism is a reason not an excuse. I am not really sure what he means by that is a reason not an excuse??

He talks about how work needs to still be done. Which i think is completely true. I don't think racism is completely gone. I don't think it will ever be gone. So many people are in denial about racism, he says that back in the day in the 60's white people thought people of color were equal, they were getting the same jobs the children were getting the same education as everyone else. I think the white people said that because they were not the ones going through what the people of color and different races were.

I think the relationship between the Brown v. Board of Education and the contemporary issues of race is that there will always be issues whether it is back then or now. People will always be fighting for their rights. No one is equal like we are suppose tobe in America. I tihnk back then though they worked at it even harder. What they did back then made a huge impact on what it is like today. I don't know if it would be the same as before if no one ever spoke out.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Talking Points # 5

Kahne and Westheimer

1. "In contrast, much of the current discussion regarding service learning emphasizes charity, not change."

- I dont know if i can really agree with this. I know when you donate or do service learning acts, you're not changing the world, but you are changing someone's life when you help out even when it is little things to you. It's something big for someone else. I don't think people realize sometimes how much it means to people when you do kind things for them. I think it is one of best deeds to do is to give.

2. "Moral domain: giving and caring."

- I think this caught my attention because of the meaning of it. It is so important to give and care. I dont think people realize how it affects others. When people give and show that they care it can get them very far in life i believe.

3 " Mr. Johnson's students gave their time and energy to help individuals and groups in need, either directly (e.g., the student who helped patients in a hospital find their appointment locales) or indirectly (e.g., preparing survival kits for the homeless.)"

- The reason why i picked this is because when i was in high school I did this every year. I made baskets for thanksgiving and Christmas. It was a great feeling especially when we delivered them to the families ourselves. They were so grateful and it just made the holidays so much better! Just doing a little something for people can make a big difference.

The reading for me was really boring. It was one of the hardest for me to sit and read and actually focus on it. I found myself reading the same sentences over and over again. I did like the message it was sending to the reader though. I think service learning is a great thing and every student should do it at least once! Me and my best friend donated clothes to a homeless shleter in providence and we talked to the guy who ran it and he said we drop it off at the office and when he gets to the office at night all the clothes that were dropped off are already gone. I couldn't even believe that. Sometimes we don't even realize how much people need certain things because we are use to having them all the time. It is a very sad thing.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

You Tube Video





I really have seen some of these messages in some of the movies!!!!

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Talking Points # 4

Christensen

1. " The second handed information we receive has often been distorted, shaped by cultural stereotypes, and left incomplete..."

I felt that this quote was pertinent, especially in today's society. It's basically saying that most images and information that we receive is tainted. Almost everything that we encounter has been stereotyped and shaped by what is accepted by society.

2. "We look at the roles of women, men, people of color, and poor people play in the cartoons."

I don't think that we do this only with cartoons, but in reality, as well. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that at some point, we all have stereotyped people's roles in society. For example, many people only envision women being nurses or men have to have a masculine, rugged jobs, like construction. This also applies to stereotypes about people of color, like people of color don't have as good of jobs as people white people. It's sad that our society has come to these stereotypes, but that's the reality of it.

3. "I realize these problems weren't just in cartoons. They were in everything - every magazine I picked up, every television show I watched, every billboard I passed on the street."

This quote is so true, this distorted image of what society should look like is everywhere. We can't escape the stereotypes. The media, magazines, and billboards are perfect examples of images that influence our society's youth and set unrealistic expectations. I tihnk peopel need to open up more and stop being into all the stereotypes and realize people are more than that.

I felt that the reading was kinda hard to read, it was repetitive. It was too wordy. It was about distorted society. I think people just need to work on being more open up to people and who they really are. Poeple need to get to know one another before judging. It is so frustrating when people just say whatever they want about whoever when they don't even know the person at all!! I know everyone can be judgmental at some point but i tihnk that is what peopel need to really work on the most!

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Talking Points # 3

Dennis Carlson

1. " Gay people have for the most part been made absent, invisible, and silent within this community and at the same time represented as the deviant and pathological "Others."

- I can't stand when people become judged of what they prefer. I have a cousin who is a lesbian and she's awesome. She dresses masculine and people do confuse her for being a guy a lot. It can bother me because why it does matter to other people if shes really a girl or boy. It is none of their concern at all! I've seen it myself, people who had finally come out and say they were gay, how silent they were and distant they were not only with others but with themselves. It took my cousin forever to tell us and we were her own family. I remembering her saying she thought we would hate her. I can't believe that, that she would think that. But that is sometimes the case, some people get rejected by their own family members and makes it even harder to be open with who they are.

2. " Throughout much of this century, the dominant idea of community in America was represented by what I will call the normalizing community."

- I quote caught my attention because of the words "normalizing community." What is a normal community? Who can be the judge of what is normal or not normal. I don't understand why it isn't just normal to be who you want to be. Why try being someone you're not. I hate to have to admit that some people see being gay isn't normal. I know gay people have come a long way from before but i still think it needs to get better. People just need to be more accepting of change.

3. "However, as those marginalized within this normalizing discourse on community have begun to "speak out" and challenge their marginalization, and have also begun to develop collective movements and communities of support, the modernist idea of homogeneous, normalizing community is being more seriously disrupted than ever before."

- I am not really sure what it is saying int his quote. Is it that gays are all these communities and groups to support them that they are becoming noticed as being normal and that the "normal" thinking for people has been disrupted by this? That's how i look at this quote when i read it. I not too sure. But if that is the case i don't understand why it is disrupting people. Why can't people just be happy the way they want to be happy?

I enjoyed reading Carlson, it was an easy read and I could my experiences into what he wrote about. I just don't get why people have to be so cruel. I understand everyone has their own opinions and judgments on whatever but to be closed minded about everything it just doesn't make sense. Like why does it have to bother people if people are gay, straight, black, white i don't think it should really matter!