As for AW people use a device called a Neuro Linker, a small device that hangs on the neck near the collar. This device connects directly to user’s brain, and is as common as a cell phone is now. The systems send sensory input to the brain causing them to see, hear, and in some cases feel what is happening. What the show opens, it shows a classroom of students using the system to view what the teacher is writing on the board as well as take notes (Kawahara, Accel World). This is similar to what Hallow Lens and Google Glass is trying to achieve but without having hardware in front of your eyes.…
Colorblindness is a legal fiction that reflects and shows the authority of legal discourse because the courts are asserting that law is blind to race while living in a country where race plays a vital role in society. It is the law telling us to live and view the world in a certain way while disregarding the underlying racial oppressions that others face. Neil Gotanda argues that in not recognizing race it allows the courts to ignore the issues of subordination. More so, he states that if we were to use color-blind nonrecognition effectively in our social lives we would have to fail in recognizing race as a part of our everyday lives. This would be a challenging task, as it is near impossible to not think about the subject of race at least…
We’re all different in one way or another. Often times, being different only means appearance or intelligence wise. But what if all letters and words had a color and texture? Mia Winchell, 13 years old, lives with synesthesia in a book titled A Mango-Shaped Space. Synesthesia is the crossing of two or more senses, and there are many different versions of it.…
We’re all different in one way or another. On the surface level, being different only means appearance or intelligence wise. But what if all letters and words had a color and texture? Mia Winchell, 13 years old, lives with synesthesia in a book titled A Mango-Shaped Space. Synesthesia is the crossing of two or more senses, and there are many different versions of it.…
Colorblind For years, African Americans have gathered to create a colorless society. Historical groups have tried to gain racial equality through riots, marches and often sacrificing their own lives. New generations have forgotten the true meaning of what it is to be colorblind. Alex Kotlowitz an award winning author on urban affairs appeared on New York Times for his article “Colorblind,” in which he addresses an issue that society is said to be colorblind, even though people still chose to believe their own myths which leads to division of race.…
In the article, “Color-Blindness Is Counterproductive,” the author, Adia Harvey Wingfield, draws attention to a major problem in today’s society—colorblindness. Colorblindness refers to when white individuals believe that they do not see color or race, instead they view everyone as an individual. However, colorblindness does not solve racism rather, on the contrary, it allows racial inequality to continue along its path. For example, colorblindness looks past the limitations of community segregation, police brutality, and racist hatred. Wingfield believes moving away from colorblindness results in antiracism.…
This video explains hallucination by substance colors. He took an image of soap bubble captured when it was bursting. There were strange liquids that behave in very peculiar ways. He mixed liquid color with science. After that the image to be spectacular liquid.…
Written by Siri Carpenter, “Everyday fantasia: The world of synesthesia” gives me some background knowledge into past studies of synesthesia. Carpenter gave a translation of synesthesia, stating that it derives from the greek language with the meaning “to perceive together.” She also gave some ratios declaring that almost 1 in 2000 are synesthetes and that as many as 1 in 300 have a variation of it. This article also starts by giving some wonderful examples on how synesthesia impacts individuals.…
For example, the experience to taste a sweet ice-cream, to fall in love with someone, to see red, and to smell rose. However, Qualia actually poses a problem on Physicalism. Actually, Qualia is the phenomenally consciousness that people feel about their experience. Every person has his/her own way to feel about things. It largely depends on everyone’s life experience, education background, even age, occupation and gender.…
Teachers today have to be prepared for culturally diverse classrooms, opportunity gaps, and the home life their students are coming from. Teachers must be educated themselves, on what to expect, and how to be able to teach, and make a difference, with different obstacles in the student’s way. It should be the teacher’s job to facilitate the students, with whatever means necessary, to help them better themselves academically. The purpose this book can serve is to help educators see through other educators eyes, into their experiences. It is to help educators know what is out there, what to expect, and how to react.…
Color-blind casting is beneficial to creating more diversity in movies and theater, which I believe is a good step forward. If they wanted to cast Donald Glover as Spider-Man or an all female Ghostbusters cast, I would appreciate the new diversity for roles that aren't limited to race or gender. However, to achieve a more realistic experience, they should cast actors similar to the role intended. For plays like Fences, I feel it is appropriate to cast black actors to get the experience August Wilson intended.…
After reading the article, The Trouble with Colour Blindness by Paulker & Apfelbaum, my overall opinion is that racism still exists in this day and age. This article mentions where in several instances, white police officers have shot unarmed black teenagers; in my opinion, I find that most of these police officers are trigger happy individuals, they tend to shoot first and ask questions later. Moreover, as mentioned in the article, grade school children rarely talk about race, because kids at an early age are learning that even acknowledging race is frowned upon (Paulker & Apfelbaum, 2015). Similarly, I find that most individuals tend to stay away from the topics of talking about different cultures, races and ethnicities at schools, child-care…
Introduction The society and its basic concepts of relationships, rules of behavior and human perception in many ways is the yardstick of certain standards known to the majority. Thus, it is implied that the society has specific divisions according to certain characteristics and forms of groups. Despite the fact that the country calls itself a free country in all senses of this word, the society is not free from prejudices and negative attitudes to people not with white skin.…
What is the difference between color blindness and color braveness? In the TED talk given by Mellody Hobson it is mentioned how these concepts greatly differ from one another. Some societies these days are color blind where they are unaware of racial stereotypes and the ways in which some of their words or customs can negatively impact someone else. We must all strive to be color brave because doing this will not only benefit ourselves but also our communities, the result in doing this is becoming more tolerant and understanding of others. Becoming color brave is not an easy task but Mellody mentions a very good example in her speech. ESPN is company that is run by John Skipper, a white Southern gentleman; according to Mellody John is her favorite example of diversity.…
The argument of illusions, or conflicting appearances, suggests perceptions depend on our organs of perception (BonJour, 2013). We can understand differences in what a colour blind person sees compared to a full vision person, but it is incomprehensible to consider what a fly sees with its compound eyes or how a mantis shrimp experiences the world with their advanced depth perception and ability to see polarized light (Kilday, 2005). Direct realism does not account for people experiencing the world in different…