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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Introduction and Chapter One
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While I read Like A Loaded Weapon by Robert A. Williams Jr., I was very interested in the indroduction. The main thing I liked about his introduction was how he opened the book with a view of a Cartoon script about Native Americans. In this script, it describes a humorous perspective of how Indians gave up Manhattan for 24 dollars. This part of the introduction caught my attention, because it pulls the reader right into the main point of the book. After chapter one, I was willing to read more. I enjoyed reading this part of the book, because it dicuss' various situations involving racism. The part about switching flights because of racial discrimination. Another part of the book that I enjoyed reading was about the "n" word. It caught my attention how present day genres can be considered racist for using the "n" word. It could also have a psychological perspective on how a person was raised. None the less, my attention and thoughts turned to how a little white girl can be effected by segregation without actually being directed straight to her. The dicussion on Negrophobia was of great interest to me, in the readings. My thoughts on this subject make me wonder about how people think of others when I walk down the hallway to class. Chapter One opened my mind to look around, and ask questions about how people relate to one another in my surroundings. In chapter two, I only read certain parts. I related to the situations of being decriminated because of having brown skin. In chapter two, it talks about Japanese men being inprisoned because they didn't trust any of them. During the war, and bombing of Pearl Harbor, these people went through a struggle of being held as a prisoner of war. Conflict arose between American citizens. Stereotype became a very big issue. Along with the situation of black men, and being labeled a merchandise, and not human. Several of the quotes in this book made me wonder how we would be living now. Another subject from chapter two that caught my attention was the Dred Scott decision. From doing a little research out of class, Dred Scott was trying to purchase his family and himself's freedom. Chapter two talked more about the chronological order of decrimination and segregation of minorities in the United States.
While I read Like A Loaded Weapon by Robert A. Williams Jr., I was very interested in the indroduction. The main thing I liked about his introduction was how he opened the book with a view of a Cartoon script about Native Americans. In this script, it describes a humorous perspective of how Indians gave up Manhattan for 24 dollars. This part of the introduction caught my attention, because it pulls the reader right into the main point of the book. After chapter one, I was willing to read more. I enjoyed reading this part of the book, because it dicuss' various situations involving racism. The part about switching flights because of racial discrimination. Another part of the book that I enjoyed reading was about the "n" word. It caught my attention how present day genres can be considered racist for using the "n" word. It could also have a psychological perspective on how a person was raised. None the less, my attention and thoughts turned to how a little white girl can be effected by segregation without actually being directed straight to her.
ReplyDeleteThe dicussion on Negrophobia was of great interest to me, in the readings. My thoughts on this subject make me wonder about how people think of others when I walk down the hallway to class. Chapter One opened my mind to look around, and ask questions about how people relate to one another in my surroundings.
In chapter two, I only read certain parts. I related to the situations of being decriminated because of having brown skin. In chapter two, it talks about Japanese men being inprisoned because they didn't trust any of them. During the war, and bombing of Pearl Harbor, these people went through a struggle of being held as a prisoner of war. Conflict arose between American citizens. Stereotype became a very big issue. Along with the situation of black men, and being labeled a merchandise, and not human. Several of the quotes in this book made me wonder how we would be living now. Another subject from chapter two that caught my attention was the Dred Scott decision. From doing a little research out of class, Dred Scott was trying to purchase his family and himself's freedom. Chapter two talked more about the chronological order of decrimination and segregation of minorities in the United States.