Angie's Blog

     In the video, Luna talks about ideological stereotypes we deal with in our society and she mentions how women and men are depicted differently and expected to follow stereotypes that society thinks we should follow. I wanted to connect to this because even though some people understand we don’t have to follow what society expects us to do there are still a lot of people that might disagree with that. For example, my parents are Hispanic and religious and believe that women shouldn’t do anything crazy or dress a certain way because then they are seen as women on the streets. Also, women should learn to cook and clean correctly because that is what we are expected to learn at a young age to please our future husbands. I’m sure there are many other families where their parents or grandparents or uncles, etc. believe in certain stereotypes because in the past the world taught them it was right to think that way. Our society has taught many minds using TV, articles, books...

Here is an article that explains how to navigate privilege... https://www.verywellmind.com/how-to-navigate-your-own-privilege-5076057 I would like to do my blog post that connects with Olivia Tetreault because I think she brought up very key points from the reading Privilege of Power and Difference. One point she brought up from what Johnson mentioned is that the only way to truly work towards a solution for these injustices would be to rewire how we react to being told we have a privilege. I understand that even today some may find it hard to admit that they don't have privilege because they don’t feel it or they have been oblivious to it. Privilege can be seen in many different situations whether it's letting a white person go first before a colored person or having men have better paying jobs. Olivia also mentions that people might take it as an insult and I totally agree because naturally we will always want to defend ourselves if we feel a comment being taken wrongfully...

https://www.adl.org/resources/tools-and-strategies/how-should-i-talk-about-race-my-mostly-white-classroom?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlvW2BhDyARIsADnIe-JCIiYqWY1b2WjQdnESOCAhL4hfoNvAWx4O1y-dxethSB17JIMeK0waAot9EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds Reading this made me realize how education can impact me as a hispanic student. Growing up I always went to public or charter schools, so my classmates would always be hispanic, black, etc.. I never felt alone because I always shared a connection somehow with each student because of our cultural background. My teachers would sometimes be white, but I never paid attention because they were always so nice and understood their students. However, when I came to my first year in college at URI my perspective quickly changed about how the education environment made me feel. I went to all my classes and most of the time I was the only hispanic girl in my class apart from all the white students. I never felt comfortable talking to my white professor because I...