Brittney
5/2/2016 05:53:45 pm
1. One of the most interesting parts was when he said that race described colored people, not white people. I often feel like when we talk about race, we are referencing to colored people and don’t even really think about how white is a race to. I think that by having kids of a different race he is actually more aware than he would have ever been with different experiences. He probably has a completely different viewpoint that he would never have had.
Kevin V.
5/2/2016 07:05:02 pm
On your first reflection, you made a really good point on how his experiences are some that could never be had if it weren't for his decision to adopt kids from other races.
Sammy
5/2/2016 08:55:54 pm
I agree with the race describes people of color & not white people. I think we mix it up sometimes and talk mostly about people of color.
Luci
5/2/2016 09:02:01 pm
I thought it was interesting how you brought up the point that we only talk about race as colored people. What do you think it would be like we talked about race regarding white people.
kaleb breton
5/2/2016 06:37:28 pm
Well I did read the article and evaluate my own thoughts on them, I feel it is the need to address an issue I personally find in this class. Firstly I acknowledge that racism is a real thing, I’m not saying that it doesn’t exist it does. The main point I’m going to make is of the social norms both our class and most if not the entire school has put in place to almost shut out the ideas of a small group of students which I am finding to become intolerable. We have been solely learning that racial awareness is a problem that can only be solved through open and almost demanded discussion. I will like to point out that there is a group of students that think on the contrary. The Idea is that by discussing racial awareness you only further the problem. For example instead of two people referring to themselves as black or white or whatever, they refer to themselves as people, Just a singular people. This is not just the belief of just a few students how ever check out this link and watch before continuing. https://youtu.be/Mh8mUia75k8. I think that a norm has been set up that if you try to talk about anything in the contrary for both race and women's rights that is not what a select group decides is right, two things happen, either you’re point is disregarded and ignored, or you’re treated as hostile. And in this sense you’re shut out of the discussion. I just personally thought that this was a point that needed to be addressed. By the way, I thought that both biographies brought up some good points like there are some people who still violently commit racist acts and that there is a large cultural difference. Thank you for reading this long drawn out paragraph.
Kevin V.
5/2/2016 07:10:16 pm
I understand that this is a big issue, and I see where you're coming from. I understand that by making actions over race we create issues, and by not taking action, we make issues. It's just something that goes back and forth, and can't be resolved without causing turmoil.
kaleb breton
5/2/2016 07:12:01 pm
I agree with you there that there does need to be discussion, it just seems that one side isn't listening and almost actively oppressing the others Ideas.
Kevin V.
5/2/2016 06:58:55 pm
1.) When I read the first biography I wasn't sure exactly on what feelings he had towards different races. It made me think about how its possible to be neutral about those types of things and I realized that he was trying his best to help others become a part of a community. And it made me feel how he wanted only the best for his children and he wanted them to become a part of the community. He didn't want them to change who they were, instead he wanted to keep who they were and incorporate them into the society. This made me feel happy, because it shows how people want the best for others sometimes. And it made me wonder, why aren't there more foundations like the one that he created because of his family?
Karim.A
5/2/2016 07:27:31 pm
I had a similar reaction to this autobiography.
Marissa Limon
5/2/2016 07:30:41 pm
I think many people who are from the Latino race can also connect with his experience. I think a successful Latino comes to be by taking the experinces he had been through making something good out of it. In the second article it talks about how its important for leaders of color to take there anger and tranform it into productive action.
Marissa Limon
5/2/2016 07:23:21 pm
After reading the first article it made me think that white privilege isn't a chose. Everyone is born with a race, and that's something that we can't change. In Curtis's story he talks about how he him and his wife started a foundation to support transracial adoption families. He questions how he can build a difference in society, when society "continuously insists on reinforcing the realities of White racial privilege." When I read that it made me wonder why is his statement so true. Him being a white male wanting to do something about white privilege, made society praise him with additional privilege. He ended his article with a question. A question that I can't answer myself. I hope that the farrer we get into this project, I can answer that question.
Grace
5/2/2016 08:10:01 pm
I really like the question that you mentioned in the end; If Sanchez wasn't a person of color, would his message have been better accepted by society? I believe that it all comes down to white privilege again, even though Linton presents his cause as anti-white privilege and actively disagrees with it, his movement was still received better and respected because of his race.
Connor Jennings
5/2/2016 09:27:09 pm
It is a bit weird learning about anti-white privilege movements. Most of the ones run by people of color are ignored by a lot of america, but when a white person tries to make a change people listen to them more, even when their message is about how they shouldn't listen to them as much. I wonder if it is worth it to use white-privlege to spread the idea of true racial equality more effectively, or if by doing that you are nullifying you movement.
Karim.A
5/2/2016 07:26:23 pm
1: Something interesting he said was that even tho he disagrees with white privilege, he also said that it has helped him in his life. Some other things that have made me feel like there is some people who aren't following these stereotypes. Something that makes me feel proud of this man is the fact that he didn't care what race the child he was going to adopt was. I am happy to see people like this in our world that don't follow the stereotype that every white male is better then everyone else.
Brittney
5/2/2016 08:14:39 pm
I like how you connected them to each other and made them similar.
Connor Reyes
5/2/2016 08:04:08 pm
1.) while reading over the first article I loved to hear that he never saw other people as a difftrent race or peorson just because of there skin. I wounder why there is so many peoepl that are out there that due to the way your skin color is you have to listin to this kritasisam and terrable insults with the way you are born.
Katie
5/2/2016 08:29:45 pm
I think having teacher that see your full potential will help you succeed.
Grace F.
5/2/2016 08:04:45 pm
1. While reading Curtis Linton's autobiography, I personally found it really eye-opening to read the perspective of a racially privileged person, who decided to use his knowledge to make a difference. I think that it was very interesting, reading about the way he realized how the prejudice he had faced in his lifetime was incredibly different from the discrimination and difficulties people of color live through every day. I felt that the way Curtis described how his education about race was being told that "Race was defined by color, never by white" really got me thinking about the way that I've grown up, and how when I hear the word "race," I immediately imagine people of color. I wonder how he has grown in his perception of race by having children who are a race other than his own, especially children who will need to be taught and raised very differently than he was.
Bella
5/2/2016 08:12:57 pm
I agree with your comment that it really was eyeopening to really go into the mind of someone who's on the other end of the white privilege spectrum and see how he made a difference
Emma B
5/2/2016 08:45:59 pm
Has this "eye opening" experience changed your bias on anything?
Bella
5/2/2016 08:11:30 pm
1) when reading the first biography, It made me think how we can't choose where we're born or what race we are, but how that fact will determine the challenges we face (or don't face). Just based on your race or your neighborhood can make you feel trapped in a norm you have to keep, for better or for worse. After reading this I feel that even with these factors and their roles in our lives, we can still be our own person and not let stereotypes or our race define who we are alone. What I wonder about this biography is if the author ever looks back and thinks that if he had been born a different race or had grown up a different community if his views on the world would have been altered.
Brittney
5/2/2016 08:16:35 pm
I really like how you connected the first story with your life and had questions about it.
Katie
5/2/2016 08:28:30 pm
Curtis Linton's autobiography:
Emma B
5/2/2016 08:44:41 pm
How do you think you'd feel if you were Patrick?
Connor Jennings
5/2/2016 09:38:22 pm
I think that the reason he adopted african american children in the first place was because he had done a lot of work regarding race, so he was already very familiar with the issue of white-privlege. He was most likely very conscious of a caucasian child being more likely to be adopted than an african american one when he adopted his children, so if he adopted white children instead it would of been because he simply liked that child better for how they acted.
Emma Buchanan
5/2/2016 08:43:41 pm
1)I thought it was interesting that someone was honest about white privilege and recognized it, and also taught people about race and how it impacts our life. He respects the fact that your race does not define who you are, or who anyone is. I wonder what he thinks about how race portrays in the media.
sammy
5/2/2016 08:52:02 pm
I agree that is interesting that someone was honest about white privilege. I think that it would be really interesting if we could compare them to now, somehow in the classroom.
Alden Andrunas
5/3/2016 10:00:31 am
I really loved how insightful you research was. You must have read those over and over ;)
Sammy
5/2/2016 08:47:19 pm
In the first story I found it interesting because he is the dominate race. I liked how someone who is white shared his story & perspective. I also found it interesting how he stated that white privilege isn't a choice.
Luci
5/2/2016 09:17:39 pm
I agree with your first comment, I also thought it was really interesting how he got to experience both sides of white privilege
Luci
5/2/2016 08:48:45 pm
Curtis Lipton: While reading this biography I was thinking about how my early childhood was very different from the authors. I grew up in a very divers community so I was exposed to a lot of different races. This made me wonder is i grew up in a predominately white community, would I act any different, now. Also, I have always been interested in nonprofit organizations, would I be able to do something similar. This made me feel intrigued, that instead of continuing to live white privileged lives , that the author chose to have black children and raise them like they were.
Robson
5/2/2016 09:29:36 pm
I also think it is horrible to say things like that. I don't get it. There's no need to say it. I just don't get how a person can't stop them self's from doing things like that.
Max King
5/2/2016 08:58:54 pm
Connor Jennings
5/2/2016 09:21:52 pm
I think that it is interesting what people said about Curtis creating the organisation to support families in his situation. On one hand I agree that creating a whole organisation seems a bit excessive, but on the other hand Curtis has spent a large portion of his life working with the issue of race. I feel that it's interesting what Curtis says about the relationship between race and other things that put you in the minority. In his case, he could choose to not be mormon, or he could just not tell anyone that he is mormon, but he can never prevent someone from judging him based on his race. I wonder why Curtis thought it would be odd for his kids to grow up in an african american neighborhood, if he is so interested in the issue of race then wouldn't he be fine living in a neighborhood with adults of a different race?
Nicholas
5/2/2016 09:30:26 pm
I think the point Curtis was making about not wanting to live in an african american community is that he says that his kids are "culturally white". I don't know exactly what that means, but clearly Curtis thinks it's big enough a deal to not want to live in a neighborhood that doesn't share your culture. He feels his kids would be outsiders in any community with the majority of one race or culture, so he found a region with no majority.
Rachel Mendelsohn
5/2/2016 10:03:45 pm
I believe that the goal of the organization was to provide support for parents whose children are of a different race. He wanted to respect and celebrate his children's cultural and racial background. He was able to do that because of his cultural proficiency and large body of knowledge. Many well-meaning parents would not have those, and would need a community to support them in that.
Nicholas
5/2/2016 09:23:48 pm
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Jackson Welsh
5/4/2016 09:22:53 am
I like how you brought up how white people still have privilege even when they are minorities.
Robson
5/2/2016 09:25:51 pm
1. When I read the first one the thing that stood out to me the most was when he said it was a challenging responsibility to raise his kids. I am not sure if it would be much more difficult but it would be very different from raising a white children. Curtis grew up having these advantages that they won't have so how would he share his life experiences to help them in the future.
Ben Callaway
5/3/2016 10:52:01 pm
I like how you are wondering about the comparison of white to black kids, not just him. I think it would be different if he were raising white children. Also, I like how you were looking into the possibility of appearance for the racism in number 2.
Rachel Mendelsohn
5/3/2016 08:05:44 am
1. This made me think of the "colorblind" Idea in a new way. By him acknowledging the differences within his transracial family, he was able to strengthen his children's' identity and equip them for the inequalities they were going to face.This explicit approach bothered the people in his community that most likely believed in colorblindness. I could relate to his changing concept of success, as I have been in that shift this year. In the beginning, I thought that if you worked hard enough, you would be successful. I even judged people who weren't. Privilege, social class, and other circumstances can give one a boost, or make it harder for them. What does being culturally white, black, or any race look like?
Ben Callaway
5/3/2016 10:49:41 pm
I like how you are incorporating something that we talked about in class. And how you are describing this with colorblind. He was colorblind until he got his kids.
Albany scott
5/3/2016 08:11:07 am
1)I thought it was interesting that someone was honest about white privilege and recognized it, and also taught people about race and how it impacts our lives. He respects the fact that your label doesn't define you.
Ben Callaway
5/3/2016 10:46:51 pm
1. This made me think of when coach clark was talking about that one teaching candidate who wouln't aknowledge white privilege. Except in this story, they did. This made me feel, kind've dissapointed. I have friends who are mormon. They aren't very racist. But to hear this story made me think of something knew. I thought that this story was pretty cool though, in a sense. Because it is a person who has to walk in another person's shoes. I wonder how his kids turned out.
Jackson Welsh
5/4/2016 09:25:24 am
I like how you explained why the second article made you happy.
Piper H.
5/4/2016 09:07:51 am
1. The first autobiography made me think about how different race was taken in the past, and how much the perspective on race has changed and not changed at the same time. It made me feel it made me feel sad because people are still being treated like that. This world should not still have to be dealing with racism like this. I wonder how the children aged?
Jackson Welsh
5/4/2016 09:20:15 am
1) This made me think about how the way race is though of has changed. It made me feel =upset that people are still being treated poorly because of their race in 2016. I wonder if a white person raising black children would change their experiences growing up.
Lyra
5/10/2016 12:49:08 am
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Oliver Zwonitzer
5/11/2016 02:53:58 pm
As I was reading about Curtis Linton it made me think and realize that white privilege is a very real thing. Of course I knew about it and I had experinced it in my life as a caucasian person but since White privilege is in my favor I have often ignored it. I feel rather ashamed because I have made deliberate efforts to ignore racism or made a racial joke claiming it was in the name of comedy. Though I would much rather make a universal joke as opposed to one made at another's expense. In the future I will avoid these things and wonder if others will do the same.
Steven Zamora
5/12/2016 07:54:21 pm
1) In the first biography I started to realize that what I think in my mind and how I qualify my self as white because thats the majority as my race its kinda the same on what he is saying how It wasn't your choice what race you are or what area you lived in,but just because you were raised there does not mean you have to live as the world sees you. You can be raised in the poorest neighbor hood and still be a successful human and not live to the public's stereotypical thoughts.
steven
5/12/2016 08:21:16 pm
1) In the first biography I started to realize that what I think in my mind and how I qualify my self as white because thats the majority as my race its kinda the same on what he is saying how It wasn't your choice what race you are or what area you lived in,but just because you were raised there does not mean you have to live as the world sees you. You can be raised in the poorest neighbor hood and still be a successful human and not live to the public's stereotypical thoughts.
Max King
5/18/2016 10:24:09 am
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