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Reflective Essay: Video Analysis
In this week’s class some of the things I would like to further discuss, is the presentation and my thoughts about them. When Monica presented I was memorizes by the song and her art. Although I saw the picture prior to class, the uses of the sing brought her pictures to life. When Chayne presented I was at first confused what his topic was about, but after explaining it was easier for me to better understand the meaning of the video. Therefore, I’d enjoy how he connected the video into his journey of learning more about the different ways he can be sexist and racist. Overall the presentation provided me with a different outlook of both Monica and Chayne.
Another thing that stood out for me in this week class, was in the video when one the guy talks about color people, some of my reaction to that, was it reminded me when I would always watch old time movie; that talks about slavery and how they used to call black individual and other non-minorities color people. With that being said, when another one of the men said something regarding this comment, it made me think about how undervalue
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However I am not too sure when I got the message that I was not meant to be notice, but this feeling of being invisible was something I dealt with and became use to it after a while. Furthermore, being invisible now, is something I notice that I used as a form of defensive, if I can make myself unseen, than I won’t have to deal with disappointment. Another thing that was mention in the book that stuck with me, was when they talk about how intelligent was measure by the pigment of your skin. Reading about this did not surprise, but made me think about how it play a role in my education. From young I was put into a special education group and from young I struggle with reading and having to read out loud, due to my

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