In this week’s Ted Talk, Alison Gopnik focused on the thought process of babies. In the past, people believed that babies could not perceive another individual’s thoughts, however with the passage of time these believes have changed. To help us understand what babies could be thinking and if they acknowledge other people’s thoughts, Gopnik explained how she and one of her students tested this idea by using broccoli and crackers. The student gave 15 and 18 month-old babies two bowls, one with broccoli and the other one with crackers, and the babies showed more preference for the one with the crackers. The student, on the other hand, tasted the food from both bowls in front of the babies and acted as if she loved the broccoli and dislike the
Race has a strong influence on an individual’s life. One way that race influences an individual’s life is that it can separate us from each other. For example, in “Fitting In,” by Timothy D. Prott, esq., the speaker talks about how race pushes us away from each other when he stated,”Race is just a word. / Simply a word.
We are all human beings whether we’re black or white. We all think very differently because we all come from different places and we are raised differently. We all go through struggles in our life that makes us think a certain way and have our own opinion over this subject. It’s all ideological. For example, after Nat Turner’s rebellious act against the whites many still thought that slavery should be abolished.
People are taught that race is inappropriate to talk about in classrooms. People are taught at a young age that racism does not exist and that people should be color blind and not see race. Because people are avoiding the conversation the problem goes unsolved and people do not know how to properly address the
Giving a speech on a topic requires knowledge and support to the claim that you state. In order to better support the claim, it is best to utilize multiple argumentative tools to better connect with your audience. Tony Fadell utilizes multiple appeals to Ethos, Logos, and Pathos while simultaneously using real world experiences to inform the audience on the importance of noticing the small problems. Fadell proves his credibility as a product designer by explaining that he always tries to learn from other designers in the past. He also implies the importance of learning from others in his experience working with the founder of Apple, Steve Jobs.
Time Wise has started the conversation about race inequality and white privilege with his lecture “Baltimore and Beyond: Race Racism and White Privilege.” It is always a hard conversation to have since most people try to be political correct and do not want to offend anyone. Wise had made some good points that I believe anyone could understand and he also made some points that some people would be against. The first point he made that I found had a huge impact was the fact that Americans memorialize other countries’ hardships rather than our own. Wise used the example of a Holocaust Memorial that he saw.
Racialization First off, I loved that the article “Race as Biology is Fiction…” addressed a really important issue right off the bat. It is crazy to me how so many people don’t know that race doesn’t exist. Despite the fact that race does and only exists as a social construct, it does not exist in an actual biological sense, which is something I believe everyone should know. I remember being in middle school when my French teacher told our class that in France they don’t ask a person’s race because it’s not right. My French teacher was the one that first brought it to my attention that there is no such thing as race, that the only race is the human race.
Whether it is the worries that my mother has for me everyday or the awkwardness I feel when talking about social issues in the with my mainly white professors and classmates. Issues of race in the U.S. threatens to oppress minorities by having a culture that has never given the same privilege that whites receive. According to Brainard (2009)," white privilege refers to the unquestioned or invisible preference that white people receive regarding their treatment by others; these may be but are not limited to words, behaviors, and/or actions, policies and practices and or nonverbal communication"(p.10). An example that shows the equal privilege
This racism we are seeing now in the media is a huge problem. Young men of color being shot down in the streets like animals; Trayvon Martin, Walter Scott and Laquan McDonald, to name a few. According to reports, they were aggressive or threating one 's life. It 's stated in an article by Orelus, that a great number of people believe people of color are aggressive, thugs or thieves.
In order to get these thoughts spread, anti-racism can not be left alone. Anti-racism ideas need to be emblazoned on billboards and on television. Racism should negatively be spoken of everywhere to weaken it. As people continue to speak of racism people will begin to treat other races kinder and kinder. Not talking about racism like Morgan Freeman said to is not going to work as well as actually taking action.
In his Ted-Talk “How to buy happiness”, Michael Norton (2011) states that happiness can be bought with money by giving it to other people. I fully agree with Norton. I received my first paycheck around Christmas last year and the first thing I bought with that money was a present for my mother. Christmas is a great example: giving and receiving gifts bonds everyone together, because it shows that we care about each other. Even helping someone you barely know is really satisfying, you did a good deed, it is good for your self-esteem.
Ignorance is encountered in many forms from inside and outside of black race. I've found that the best way to overcome it is not with indignant outrage, but with careful and sincere redirection. On a basic human level, nobody wants to be told that they are wrong; however, if you are skilled at addressing the thought, rather than the person, you are capable of creating a lasting impression and teaching moment that will last generations. One of my best friends is white (cliché of the decade) and we have a plethora of conversations on race relations. Now, I've found that he's much more sensitive to bouts of racial insensitivity than I am, and he's ALOT more inclined to confront people about it!
“You can’t delete racism. It’s like a cigarette. You can’t stop smoking if you don’t want to, and you can’t stop racism if people don’t want to. But I’ll do everything I can to help” ( Mario Balotelli) Racial Justice is a strenuous topic in America.
Identity of oneself is different than the identity that other may see. I wish to see in the hope near future that labels are not used for means of discrimination but as a way of to accept the different types of people. What need to happen to accomplish this is acception. We need to acknowledge the facts. No need for pointing fingers at each other when no action is being done.
Racism is an ever growing issue in the world, and something we can’t hide behind. According to dictionary.com the defintion of racism is: “the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.” Race was created socially by how people perceive ideas and faces people are not used to yet. It is the “hatred” of one person to another individual, solely based on that person's belief that the person is inferior because of their language, birthplace and skin colour. Racism is an issue that has lasted throughout history, providing justification for a group’s dominance over another.
