Daniel Tran Humanities 16 Week 5 In reading chapter 4’s Revolutionary Walls in The Art of Protest. I’ve come to understand that in the beginning many Mexican Americans wanted to sort of blend in with the other white Americans. Of course this is only how things started out, which was around before the 1960s. Than afterwards people started to hone in on more of their heritage and started to care a lot more. So instead of trying to just blend in they would grasp their heritage and be proud of where they came from. On the walls of many cities and areas, Mexican Americans painted pictures and murals. They call these walls the walls of history, because Mexican American artists were drawing what was happening on these walls, and they were sort of a reflection on the attitude of that era. The Chicanos often drew a picture of a family, or la familia to illustrate the power of the family. You can also take into context that in a way they are saying that as a family, a family of Mexican Americans they are one. And that together as a family, they can be and are powerful. Though of course in the family it still shows the male “holding the family together” as one. So it kind of troubles me to know that even in these racial conflicts, or “ethnic” conflicts, even deeper there is a more immense yet ignored problem of sexism. When I read chapter 4 “Reproduction and Visual Technologies” in Practices of Looking. I noticed a very good point made. If you look at a portrait of a young woman, drawn by a very talented artist, you would at it for just that. It is just an old portrait of a woman. But if we were to re-create that portrait using older photography technology, having a woman wearing the same 19th century clothing, no longer would it be a photograph. Instead you would think of it to have some sort of relevance to a history style rather than a portrait. So instead of seeing a portrait of a girl, you would see a reference to history. The way our perspectives are when looking at art has changed so dramatically throughout time is kind of astounding. I look at these pictures as a sort of timeline “progress” that we, as a civilization, have made. For instance back when cavemen were roaming the earth, we see stick figures with clubs. Maybe slaying animals, or hunting for food. Than as time progressed, we started to see 3D drawings, and even sculptures in the Greek and Roman times. As we move onto the Renaissance age we see portraits with much detail, and styles constantly change. But overall they somewhat have the same quality of “progress” towards them. Fast forward all the way to today and we see digital pictures, now with vibrant colors capturing perfectly how the moment was. Some people even play with their pictures in photo-editing programs such as Photoshop to give a hint of green, or to maybe add a darker tint of blue to the whole photo. This intrigues me because in terms of “progress”, the only next step that I can think is a digital 3D model of a picture. And after that, maybe videos that are shown using a digital 3D model and the person viewing the “tape” can literally walk through a video of Paris and see each and every angle of anything recorded. But yes, as we see our perspective of art change, we can also see our culture change in many aspects. Whether it be technology or culture.
There is no "IRL" or "Girls". There is only ...GotFrag. #danielvutran #Rift
In our society, stereotypes influence the way we view people of different races. Stereotyping can be brought on by many factors including parenting, the media, and observation of your environment as a child. Whether or not these stereotypes are accurate descriptions of a race, it can not be 100% accurate to the entire race as a whole. There will undoubtedly be individualism that contradicts those labels. Many people are victims to stereotyping, even though those pre-ideas may be untrue. For example, Kesaya E. Noda, Japanese, was asked the question, "Your parents were in California? Were they in those camps during the war?" Events that happened long ago and had no relation to her were brought forward. In the video, "True Colors," many of the store clerks assumed that the black guy was more of a threat and less of a potential buyer than the white guy. Even though both people wore the same type of clothing, the fact that their skin colors were the complete opposite led those people to believe that the black person was inferior to the white person. The video gave a clear view of how people react to white people versus black people. They would use the stereotypes they had about black people and incorporate it into how they treat them. People may try and justify their claims with statistics, as with the "Measure of Social Stratification By Race and Ethnicity" stat sheet. In the second statistic, it shows how blacks have a higher percent. An incredibly controversial topic that has been debated about for years is one that most are familiar with. The matter of whether or not there should be reparations for slavery. The main premise of this idea is that we should somehow compensate for our acts of slavery in the past. Now the issue at hand here is that there are many people that disagree and say that there should be no reparations. Not because they are supportive of slavery, but because of the fact that all possible ways of reparations would have major complications. For instance, how would you trace a family tree back to the days of slavery? This of course would leave room for a few certain African Americans receiving “freebies” from the government who were not related to the slavery in the past. The other argument is looking from another perspective, what about the immigrants that came to our country after slavery had ended? The numbers would easily fall within the millions, would the government actually fee these people something they had nothing to do with? Of course this is looking at it from what I would call a single-road perspective. One could say that the extent of individual discrimination against African Americans today is highly contributed by slavery. Point being, there is much more to be seen here than the topic at hand of whether or not the United States should give reparations for slavery in the past. Of course, there are a multitude of perspectives in viewing this controversy. An excellent way to look at things is the labeling theory approach. This focuses on how an individual is influenced by how they are grouped or described within a society. Since it focuses on how an individual is affected by how they are viewed in society, it means that if the individual enters this world into a negative atmosphere of stereotypes, then the individual is starting at a disadvantage when compared to others. I think that from the perspective of the labeling approach, most would agree to be with reparations. Reparations for slavery would not only help those that have been wronged in the past, but it will help secure a future for those in the present and future. Because of the negative stereotype that has been thrown over African Americans, they are at a high disadvantage in the United States. An appropriate word to describe their condition is is total discrimination. In fact as Wickham has pointed out in his article, Brown University has had a highly controversial issue with reparations for slavery in the past and still today in the present. What many people have to realize is that reparations is not just reparations, but it could also possibly be a step in the right direction for a less discriminatory world. There are plenty of small steps that we would have to take if we truly want a world where no man of minority is discriminated. And there are people out there trying to take the first few steps in doing so. Take U.S. Representative John Conyers for example; he has been pushing his proposal to the Commission ever since 1989. This proposal will do many things to help repay for slavery, a quote from the proposal is stated,” It studies the impact of those forces on today's living African Americans”. This is just one of four things that the proposal will do if it indeed ever gets passed. I believe that if we truly recognize and comprehend the inhumanity of slavery, and the seemingly never-ending aftereffects of it, the amount of prejudice in this nation will bhe amount of discrimination that exists today, and how much reparations could potentially help. As there are unearned advantages for whites today, there are undeserved disadvantages for blacks. n reading chapter 4’s Revolutionary Walls in The Art of Protest. I’ve come to understand that in the beginning many Mexican Americans wanted to sort of blend in with the other white Americans. Of course this is only how things started out, which was around before the 1960s. Than afterwards people started to hone in on more of their heritage aicans painted pictures and murals. They call these walls the walls of history, because Mexican American artists were drawing what was happening on these walls, and they were sort of a reflection on the attitude of that era. The Chicanos often drew a picture of a family, or la familia to illustrate the power of the family. You can also take into context that in a way they are saying that as a family, a family of Mexican Americans they are one. And that together as a family, they can be and are powerful. Though of course in the family it still shows the male “holding the family together” as one. So it kind of troubles me to know that even in these racial conflicts, or “ethnic” conflicts, even deeper there is a more immense yet ignored problem of sexism. When I read chapter 4 “Reproduction and Visual Technologies” in Practices of Looking. I noticed a very good point made. If you look at a portrait of a young woman, drawn by a very talented artist, you would at it for just that. It is just an old portrait of a woman. But if we were to re-create that portrait using older photography technology, having a woman wearing the same 19th century clothing, no longer would it be a photograph. Instead you would think of it to have some sort of relevance to a history style rather than a portrait. So instead of seeing a portrait of a girl, you would see a reference to history. The way our perspectives are when looking at art has changed so dramatically throughout time is kind of astounding. I look at these pictures as a sort of timeline “progress” that we, as a civilization, have made. For instance back when cavemen were roaming the earth, we see stick figures with clubs. Maybe slaying animals, or hunting for food. Than as time progressed, we started to see 3D drawings, and even sculptures in the Greek and Roman times. As we move onto the Renaissance age we see portraits with much detail, and styles constantly change. But overall they somewhat have the same quality of “progress” towards them. Fast forward all the way to today and we see digital pictures, now with vibrant colors capturing perfectly how the moment was. Some people even play with their pictures in photo can also see our culture change in many aspects. Whether it be technology or culture.
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There is no "IRL" or "Girls". There is only ...GotFrag. #danielvutran #Rift
" In reading chapter 4’s Revolutionary Walls in The Art of Protest. I’ve come to understand that in the beginning many Mexican Americans wanted to sort of blend in with the other white Americans."
#7 I did not expect there to actually be a person named "Pheat". You see I was copy and pasting this ebonics thread I saw in another thread lol. "pheat" actually refers to "feet". The sentence is asking where are your feet when you play Counter-Strike. Lol I know, it's really dumb. And I couldn't even read it without the proper translations lols.
Y0 PHEAT
AND DATS ALL IM GON SAY TEW YOU.
Humanities 16
Week 5
In reading chapter 4’s Revolutionary Walls in The Art of Protest. I’ve come to understand that in the beginning many Mexican Americans wanted to sort of blend in with the other white Americans. Of course this is only how things started out, which was around before the 1960s. Than afterwards people started to hone in on more of their heritage and started to care a lot more. So instead of trying to just blend in they would grasp their heritage and be proud of where they came from. On the walls of many cities and areas, Mexican Americans painted pictures and murals. They call these walls the walls of history, because Mexican American artists were drawing what was happening on these walls, and they were sort of a reflection on the attitude of that era. The Chicanos often drew a picture of a family, or la familia to illustrate the power of the family. You can also take into context that in a way they are saying that as a family, a family of Mexican Americans they are one. And that together as a family, they can be and are powerful. Though of course in the family it still shows the male “holding the family together” as one. So it kind of troubles me to know that even in these racial conflicts, or “ethnic” conflicts, even deeper there is a more immense yet ignored problem of sexism.
When I read chapter 4 “Reproduction and Visual Technologies” in Practices of Looking. I noticed a very good point made. If you look at a portrait of a young woman, drawn by a very talented artist, you would at it for just that. It is just an old portrait of a woman. But if we were to re-create that portrait using older photography technology, having a woman wearing the same 19th century clothing, no longer would it be a photograph. Instead you would think of it to have some sort of relevance to a history style rather than a portrait. So instead of seeing a portrait of a girl, you would see a reference to history. The way our perspectives are when looking at art has changed so dramatically throughout time is kind of astounding. I look at these pictures as a sort of timeline “progress” that we, as a civilization, have made. For instance back when cavemen were roaming the earth, we see stick figures with clubs. Maybe slaying animals, or hunting for food. Than as time progressed, we started to see 3D drawings, and even sculptures in the Greek and Roman times. As we move onto the Renaissance age we see portraits with much detail, and styles constantly change. But overall they somewhat have the same quality of “progress” towards them. Fast forward all the way to today and we see digital pictures, now with vibrant colors capturing perfectly how the moment was. Some people even play with their pictures in photo-editing programs such as Photoshop to give a hint of green, or to maybe add a darker tint of blue to the whole photo. This intrigues me because in terms of “progress”, the only next step that I can think is a digital 3D model of a picture. And after that, maybe videos that are shown using a digital 3D model and the person viewing the “tape” can literally walk through a video of Paris and see each and every angle of anything recorded. But yes, as we see our perspective of art change, we can also see our culture change in many aspects. Whether it be technology or culture.
In the video, "True Colors," many of the store clerks assumed that the black guy was more of a threat and less of a potential buyer than the white guy. Even though both people wore the same type of clothing, the fact that their skin colors were the complete opposite led those people to believe that the black person was inferior to the white person. The video gave a clear view of how people react to white people versus black people. They would use the stereotypes they had about black people and incorporate it into how they treat them. People may try and justify their claims with statistics, as with the "Measure of Social Stratification By Race and Ethnicity" stat sheet. In the second statistic, it shows how blacks have a higher percent.
An incredibly controversial topic that has been debated about for years is one that most are familiar with. The matter of whether or not there should be reparations for slavery. The main premise of this idea is that we should somehow compensate for our acts of slavery in the past. Now the issue at hand here is that there are many people that disagree and say that there should be no reparations. Not because they are supportive of slavery, but because of the fact that all possible ways of reparations would have major complications. For instance, how would you trace a family tree back to the days of slavery? This of course would leave room for a few certain African Americans receiving “freebies” from the government who were not related to the slavery in the past. The other argument is looking from another perspective, what about the immigrants that came to our country after slavery had ended? The numbers would easily fall within the millions, would the government actually fee these people something they had nothing to do with? Of course this is looking at it from what I would call a single-road perspective. One could say that the extent of individual discrimination against African Americans today is highly contributed by slavery. Point being, there is much more to be seen here than the topic at hand of whether or not the United States should give reparations for slavery in the past. Of course, there are a multitude of perspectives in viewing this controversy.
An excellent way to look at things is the labeling theory approach. This focuses on how an individual is influenced by how they are grouped or described within a society. Since it focuses on how an individual is affected by how they are viewed in society, it means that if the individual enters this world into a negative atmosphere of stereotypes, then the individual is starting at a disadvantage when compared to others. I think that from the perspective of the labeling approach, most would agree to be with reparations. Reparations for slavery would not only help those that have been wronged in the past, but it will help secure a future for those in the present and future. Because of the negative stereotype that has been thrown over African Americans, they are at a high disadvantage in the United States. An appropriate word to describe their condition is is total discrimination. In fact as Wickham has pointed out in his article, Brown University has had a highly controversial issue with reparations for slavery in the past and still today in the present. What many people have to realize is that reparations is not just reparations, but it could also possibly be a step in the right direction for a less discriminatory world. There are plenty of small steps that we would have to take if we truly want a world where no man of minority is discriminated. And there are people out there trying to take the first few steps in doing so. Take U.S. Representative John Conyers for example; he has been pushing his proposal to the Commission ever since 1989. This proposal will do many things to help repay for slavery, a quote from the proposal is stated,” It studies the impact of those forces on today's living African Americans”. This is just one of four things that the proposal will do if it indeed ever gets passed. I believe that if we truly recognize and comprehend the inhumanity of slavery, and the seemingly never-ending aftereffects of it, the amount of prejudice in this nation will bhe amount of discrimination that exists today, and how much reparations could potentially help. As there are unearned advantages for whites today, there are undeserved disadvantages for blacks.
n reading chapter 4’s Revolutionary Walls in The Art of Protest. I’ve come to understand that in the beginning many Mexican Americans wanted to sort of blend in with the other white Americans. Of course this is only how things started out, which was around before the 1960s. Than afterwards people started to hone in on more of their heritage aicans painted pictures and murals. They call these walls the walls of history, because Mexican American artists were drawing what was happening on these walls, and they were sort of a reflection on the attitude of that era. The Chicanos often drew a picture of a family, or la familia to illustrate the power of the family. You can also take into context that in a way they are saying that as a family, a family of Mexican Americans they are one. And that together as a family, they can be and are powerful. Though of course in the family it still shows the male “holding the family together” as one. So it kind of troubles me to know that even in these racial conflicts, or “ethnic” conflicts, even deeper there is a more immense yet ignored problem of sexism.
When I read chapter 4 “Reproduction and Visual Technologies” in Practices of Looking. I noticed a very good point made. If you look at a portrait of a young woman, drawn by a very talented artist, you would at it for just that. It is just an old portrait of a woman. But if we were to re-create that portrait using older photography technology, having a woman wearing the same 19th century clothing, no longer would it be a photograph. Instead you would think of it to have some sort of relevance to a history style rather than a portrait. So instead of seeing a portrait of a girl, you would see a reference to history. The way our perspectives are when looking at art has changed so dramatically throughout time is kind of astounding. I look at these pictures as a sort of timeline “progress” that we, as a civilization, have made. For instance back when cavemen were roaming the earth, we see stick figures with clubs. Maybe slaying animals, or hunting for food. Than as time progressed, we started to see 3D drawings, and even sculptures in the Greek and Roman times. As we move onto the Renaissance age we see portraits with much detail, and styles constantly change. But overall they somewhat have the same quality of “progress” towards them. Fast forward all the way to today and we see digital pictures, now with vibrant colors capturing perfectly how the moment was. Some people even play with their pictures in photo can also see our culture change in many aspects. Whether it be technology or culture.
Wtf? Is that written by a third grader?
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