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    Critical Reaction to Readings for Week 4 October 1‚ 2013: I am writing my critical reaction journal based on my readings in regards to a two writings titled‚ “Seeing More Than Black and White” by Elizabeth Martinez (1998) in “Race‚ Class‚ and Gender: An Anthology‚” [edited by] Margaret L Andersen; Patricia Hill Collins‚ 2013‚ (8th Edition ed.‚ pp. 85-90) and “Color-Blind Privilege” by Charles A. Gallagher (2003) in “Race‚ Class‚ and Gender: An Anthology‚” [edited by] Margaret L Andersen; Patricia

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    1a. White Savior mentality occurs when a white person in power believes that it is their duty to take people of other cultural backgrounds and to make them whiter. This is seen when the tutor Claire is being asked to tutor Juan‚ a lower class Hispanic child. His parent want to have Juan tutored to learn English. Though Clair has a negative outlook on Juan’s parents‚ when asked about it she explained that‚ “they basically hired me‚ and I told them I would do it for free-they paid me a little bit

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    I read the article “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh. After reading this article I felt that she was able to identify with people of color because she is a woman. Men have more advantages than women do; white people have more advantages than colored people do. I really liked how she compared the two but also said that they are different. This helps a person that has no idea of what privilege is to understand the concept better. She mentioned in her article that

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    of blacks and whites. While white men had rights black men had none. They were mostly slaves and did whatever the white men told them to do. Back then the whites were in total control over everything and decided that blacks didn’t need any rights that they were just property. They tried everything to get their rights but nothing would work. It’s not right to separate by colors‚ blacks had different schools if they even let them attend school‚ and it was the worst possible. White kids had better

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    of minority races and a feeling of superiority to whites was still common. While not everyone had this beliefs‚ it still was ever-present in literally devices. Most surprisingly‚ it even made an appearance in the James Bond book series‚ a series that remains renowned in today’s world. “White Man’s Burden” glorifies Kipling’s admiration of colonization and white superiority through Fleming’s Goldfinger because of the latter’s idealization of the white race‚ however‚ it also was largely negatively received

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    White Privilege: The Invisible Knapsack‚ by Peggy Mcintosh illustrates an image of white superiority over other colored people. Peggy knapsack is lecturer and associate director at the Wellesley College Center where she does her research. Specifically focusing on women‚ gender equality and multi culture. Her legitimacy derives out of being some of the firsts scholars to examine whites to be measured in racial categories. Beginning with one of her first arguments‚ the author states that much like

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    as Victor throughout the short story. He made great efforts to transform himself to be like whites who he thought were the best. “Anything and everything related to the whites was beautiful to Vickramadas.” The author has painted a dramatic picture of sufferings and challenges of Victor in his course to attain a new identity - an Englishman. But‚ his efforts did not help him to be recognised by the white men as a part of them. He was rejected by Miss Cunningham and insulted by Miss da Gama because

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    BAHASA FAKULTI PENGAJIAN PENDIDIKAN LHE 3250: TEACHING THE LANGUAGE OF SHORT STORIES TITLE: A WHITE HERON INSTRUCTOR: DR. HABSAH BT HUSSIN AUTHOR: SARAH ORNE JEWETT NAME & MATRIX NO: MUHAMMAD SYAHMI BIN RAHIM (160773) MOHD. MUSTAFIZUR RAHMAN BIN MOKHTAR (160768) YIP HONG YENG (160781) 1. Plot: The short story “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett focuses a girl named Sylvia who is initially a town girl lives with her grandmother

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    there were many problems between African Americans and white people. The main factor in all of the issues was racism. The white community in America viewed the coming together as immoral. They were considered “separate‚ but equal.” People didn’t view the two races as equal. Separation actually  isn’t equal‚ so they shouldn’t have been viewed that way. If they were equal they wouldn’t be separated. African Americans were kept away from most of ‘white’ societies events or happenings. Common places such

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    black man to live in a white world. Even though the black man might sell drugs‚ the white society try to make it hard for black men to be successful in life‚ because white policemen will pull a black man over if they see he is riding in something nice and white men do not want to see a successful black man making it in life. The racial conflict in the song “Soulja 4 Life” is that it is hard for black African American males to be successful in New Orleans because the white society was making it hard

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