“I don’t see color! I don’t have a racist bone in my body!” (Irving‚ 2014‚ p. xi). How many times have we heard something similar to this or said it ourselves? I know that I have heard it many times by people of all ages. So far this semester‚ I have learned so much about race‚ socioeconomic status‚ history‚ and poverty. I have been around the world and see poverty in my own backyard along with poverty on the other side of the country. I have always thought of myself as pretty knowledgeable on these
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1. Question : (TCOs 6 & 7) Today‚ women of color in the workforce Student Answer: experience dual privileges because of their race and gender. are not as hampered by the glass ceiling as white women. are less apt to be promoted or to sit on corporate boards as white women. benefit greatly from formal mentoring programs. Instructor Explanation: Chapter 22‚ p. 137 Points Received: 0 of 5 Comments: Question 2. Question : (TCOs 6 & 7)
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In episode twelve‚ Kimmy finally sets out to make sure her captor goes to prison for his crimes. She goes to trial and confronts the man who kept her locked in a bunker for fifteen years‚ Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne. The episodes about the trial seem to be attempting to criticize the way our justice system believes (or rather does not believe) women. When we watch the Reverend manipulate everyone in the courtroom‚ including the prosecutors‚ it seems insane how easily he did it — surely that
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The prison industrial complex concept is used to link the rapid US inmate population expansion to the political impact of privately owned prisons. This concept supports the power of the people who get their power from racial and economic advantages. One of the many ways this power is maintained is through the creation of media images that kept the stereotypes of people of color‚ poor people‚ immigrants‚ LGBTQ people‚ and other oppressed communities as criminal or sexual deviants alive in today’s
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Critical Evaluation This book has given numerous examples that prove the need for justice amongst cultures. These examples help readers to be informed of their ethnocentric views. The usage of the peaceable realm gives readers a roadmap to obtaining cultural justice. The purpose of this book is fulfilled. Leaders are educated on the importance of mutual invitation‚ which brings forth patience to them as they serve in multicultural communities. The author provides consistency and logic in his
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1. Sirena J. Riley‚ “The Black Beauty Myth” 2. Nomy Lamm‚ “It’s a Big Fat Revolution” * Is ‘health’ an objective‚ neutral‚ or stable concept? How do we measure it? * No it is not neutral or stable. Health is measured on certain medical statistics‚ but the type of questions asked or the type of people analyzed vary based on sex‚ . Health standards vary according to climate‚ age‚ height‚ class‚ diet‚ gender‚ race‚ and bodily configurations. All of these influence health as a concept.
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Growing up‚ I there was never one program that I could find a safe space in. There were always multiple programs I attended for people of color‚ women‚ LGBTQ+‚ but I never found a space that encompasses all of the aspects of my being. Because many of the groups I participated in was geared toward a specific group‚ they often lacked diversity and inclusion was often low in their initiative for those outside who experienced things outside the scope of the group. I often felt like I lacked support in
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The Battle of the Others “All my life I had been looking for something‚ and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was (258).” This quote from the narrator in Ralph Ellison’s Battle Royal demonstrates the influence people played in the narrators self image‚ at times damaging him‚ at times inspiring him. Throughout the story the narrator shows himself as someone who struggles with who he is supposed to be according to his family and society. Through the postcolonial lens it is understood
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here is a lot of color imagery in this poem‚ the first stanza especially. It mentions 6 different colors‚ all describing the lies. It’s about an African American girl that may tell little lies that don’t really mean much. She would lie about where she lived‚ and where she bought her clothes‚ but would also lie about being African American. Right below the poem is the history of Natasha Trethewey‚ and she was a girl that was just light enough to pass for white. It’s actually really sad the way she
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While reading “Achievement of Desire”‚ I came across the idea that the self hated that Rodriguez and I felt is not innate. Someone is teaching us‚ people of color‚ that our accent‚ parents‚ origin is wrong and only by assimilation and conforming to a Eurocentric idea of professional will we become accepted. In the media‚ especially growing up I saw professional individuals of color as exceptions to the rule‚ however an abundance of white professionals. Growing up‚ all the professionals that I had
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