You will be faced with several assignments throughout the semester on this blog. Here's your first question:
Race. What words, phrases, images, and/ or historical context come to mind when you hear or see this word? Why did you sign up for this course? What do you hope to gain from taking this course? You may inculde a brief introduction of yourself in this post as well.
Hi, I'm Jacob Reeder. I've always been very interested in race relations and social issues and I realize that this course will be very helpful in my pursuance of understanding.
ReplyDeleteWhen I hear "race", I think about Nottingham as a whole, without any positive or negative connotations. "Race" is simply another way to categorize and classify people and the titles associated with each race ought not to carry any undertones of hatred or bias. I am often hurt by the lack of understanding between races and cultures, but I am likewise lifted back up by courses like this that seek to minimize the confusion and miscommunications of race relations.
-J. Reeder
Segregation, culture, ethnicity,and racist. I signed up for this course because I figured it would be a good learning experience. I hope to learn more about other cultures and how they live.
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Hi, my name is Arij Jeylani and I am a freshman. I joined this course because I heard from others how great the course was and the interesting topics they talked about. Whenever i hear the word race different colors, and different cultral backgrounds come into mind. Also thediscrimantion between people
ReplyDeletethe word that comes to my mind when i see these words are colors, people and different names.the images that comes to my mind are blacks being over worked. the historical context that come to my mind is slavery. I got involve in this class because my brother took it and he said that it was a great class to get in to so i took it. what i want to get out of this class is, to be able to talk about things around everybody without them getting a bad feelings about it. L.Bility
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ReplyDeletemy name is hieu(hugh) i joined cultural voices, because im a minority. I have been asking myself questions about my race for sometimes now, and by joining this class i hope some of my questions will be answered. But race is simply explained to me as wat are u made of part physically and spiritaly. Hieu D
Hello, Im J.Lyons, Mrs. Benedetto's student for this course, When i hear the word race i think of segregation, discrimination, slavery, racial slurs, && etc. I also think of Martin Luther King Jr. , & Malcolm X. I joined this class because i find it interesting learning about the little things that make a big difference in history that people try and hid from us , & I hope to broaden my horizon on my education towards race.
ReplyDeleteHey, My name is Renaldo Memelli and I am a senior at Nottingham High school. I joined cultural voices to learn about other type of cultures that surround us. Coming from a different country I've learned one way of living, but later recognizing the many other culture that inspires us today.
ReplyDeleteHi my nane is Leah Davis I am a senior at Nottingham High School. Ive always wanted to take Cultural Voices ever since my freshman year but I was to busy to take it. now that im a senior I decided to take all the classes that I couldn't take before.
ReplyDeleteWhen my class did the race assignment it really didnt effect me much. It connected with me in my background since my ethnic background is ao diverse I've heard it all. I've become used to the race words and they dont bother me as much cause Im proud of who I am. There are positve and negative means behind the word race. One race is never better then another.
Hi. My name is Sasha and I'm a senior at Nottingham. When I hear race I think of a person's skin color before anything else. I feel that the world gives so many bad stereotypes to a certain group of people, either depending on skin color or something else that when you hear race, you just think of the negative conotations.
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