I found switching genres from an academic paper to a podcast to be quite enjoyable. Typically, I write my essays in a very buttoned-up and formal manner as I was taught to in high school. This assignment allowed me to loosen up and become more relaxed in how I was discussing the subject matter. It … [Read more…]
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In Lalami’s article, “What Does it Take to Assimilate?” she opens by breaking down a conversation that the had with a, in my opinion very racist, man from Los Angeles on an airplane. He is the first in this article to mention the word “assimilate.” She then goes on to question the meaning of the … [Read more…]
In the beginning of the Preface for The New Civil Rights, Yoshino states that “to cover is to tone down a disfavored identity to fit into mainstream.” Personally, I strongly agree with Kenji Yoshino’s definition of covering. It is certainly a dilution of a certain trait, habit, hobby, or action, or a sort of a … [Read more…]
To “modulate your outsider identity” is to adjust the way you express yourself to others in order to be better enveloped into or understood by a group, an idea that Yoshino describes very well in his works, “the Pressure to Cover.” In “The Pressure to Cover,” Yoshino describes his experiences of being told by a … [Read more…]
I found this podcast very interesting. The part that I found most interesting was the underlying argument about how changes in the attitudes of homosexuals has led to a change in attitudes for some of those who used to think that same sex relations were always wrong. Wolfson says in the podcast that AIDS “prompted … [Read more…]
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For my interview, I plan on talking to my Resident Advisor, JC Urbaez, about the controversial topic of abortion. I think it would be interesting to talk to him for many reasons. For one, a male perspective would be an interesting juxtaposition to mine. Also, men are never really bluntly asked about abortion, especially not … [Read more…]
For paper two, I plan on exploring both Jamison and Baker in their respective works, and connecting the similarities and differences that they discuss when explaining how to communicate with people in controversial or uncomfortable situations. Bakers stance on abortion with not taking a pro-choice or a pro-life stance because it seems too political really … [Read more…]
In this TED talk, Aspen Baker discusses the stigma around talking about abortion and empathizing with others about their personal ideals or experiences. She talks about her hotline that she opened up where both men and women can call in to get support. She explains that this harsh duality of “pro-choice versus pro-life” and how … [Read more…]
