I want to attend TASS to improve my social and writing skills, further my knowledge of African American culture and be able to incorporate it to my everyday life. Learning about another ethnicity 's history and background will provide insight and aid me in understanding the differences and similarities between us. With this knowledge, I will form a strong intelligent opinion all while being able to present the necessary evidence in order to support it.
I am not only of East Asian descent, but also female. In this society, I am considered an ethnic minority but I will not let this hinder nor undermine my abilities or potential. Cultural appropriation has arisen and brought into society spreading further awareness in the sense of deep appreciation and acknowledgement of other cultures while honoring and respecting them. Picking and choosing elements of a culture to be used and flaunted as an aesthetic without crediting or accepting it as a whole is unacceptable. It is in the same way as allowing someone to take pieces of you as they do not allow you the same, it is not a mutual understanding and neither an exchange. Of the recent discussions developed on media that may be considered controversial, I have found them to increase my understanding of the diversity both nationally and globally, from the injustice treatment towards those who participate in ethnocentrism as well as leading up to pop culture circumstances relating to the lack of representation of people of color. In the process of obtaining supplementary and new information as well as analyzing the similarities and differences on African American studies, I will be able to bring the customs of my culture, traditionally and freshly. Cultural assimilation is a common factor upon migration in adapting to current practices of each dominant country due to the pressures of acceptance. Providing light of the hardships in an unfamiliar place should not be viewed as a vulnerability rather as a strengthening circumstance to develop recognition and discernment upon flexibility and compassion towards others. Although I am an American citizen by birth, my parents have gone through the process of legalizing their position to be in this country and gain their own citizenship all while raising their children to understand and be able to liberate myself and my younger sister in the cultural immersion. Everyone should feel proud of where they came from and not belittled by something out of their control, it is important to embrace and name their place of birth. As humans, it is a natural instinct to judge and perhaps form biases that we are unaware of or unnoticed by. It may even slip across our minds making no mark whatsoever. Nevertheless, if there were to be an impression, those who are usually insistent to be politically correct enable themselves to not recognize the prevalent racial characteristics in everyday life and society itself. This results in racial color blindness often shown in what is to be considered white privilege, ignoring the lack of opportunities available for non-whites as opposed to those already given respect. It is also widespread in the idolization of preeminent westernized features in social media frequently in performing arts. It may sound complicated if not addressed clearly in such manor that emphasizes the importance of breaking down stereotypes relating to what is falsely …show more content…
The lack of knowledge and exposure is at fault for unnecessary hate speech and discriminating attitudes. The first amendment allows freedom of speech but I believe that those who wrote it meant for the best of intentions. There should be no excuse upon verbal and physical actions that degrade and belittle other human beings. Everyone is allowed the freedom of segregation in their own way, whether it be in public or alone, they are not met the standards that suffice them along society 's perceptions. The role that race plays in our daily life is not minor, it is 2015. We are always surrounded by people of various ethnicity and races. In social identity, biases are ignored even when they are obvious and protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As a whole, humans should focus on eliminating oppression and not perpetuating it especially to avoid repeating the past. Remove the prejudice and the abstract borders, promote unity and representation in order to cultivate and be mindful of our
I am not only of East Asian descent, but also female. In this society, I am considered an ethnic minority but I will not let this hinder nor undermine my abilities or potential. Cultural appropriation has arisen and brought into society spreading further awareness in the sense of deep appreciation and acknowledgement of other cultures while honoring and respecting them. Picking and choosing elements of a culture to be used and flaunted as an aesthetic without crediting or accepting it as a whole is unacceptable. It is in the same way as allowing someone to take pieces of you as they do not allow you the same, it is not a mutual understanding and neither an exchange. Of the recent discussions developed on media that may be considered controversial, I have found them to increase my understanding of the diversity both nationally and globally, from the injustice treatment towards those who participate in ethnocentrism as well as leading up to pop culture circumstances relating to the lack of representation of people of color. In the process of obtaining supplementary and new information as well as analyzing the similarities and differences on African American studies, I will be able to bring the customs of my culture, traditionally and freshly. Cultural assimilation is a common factor upon migration in adapting to current practices of each dominant country due to the pressures of acceptance. Providing light of the hardships in an unfamiliar place should not be viewed as a vulnerability rather as a strengthening circumstance to develop recognition and discernment upon flexibility and compassion towards others. Although I am an American citizen by birth, my parents have gone through the process of legalizing their position to be in this country and gain their own citizenship all while raising their children to understand and be able to liberate myself and my younger sister in the cultural immersion. Everyone should feel proud of where they came from and not belittled by something out of their control, it is important to embrace and name their place of birth. As humans, it is a natural instinct to judge and perhaps form biases that we are unaware of or unnoticed by. It may even slip across our minds making no mark whatsoever. Nevertheless, if there were to be an impression, those who are usually insistent to be politically correct enable themselves to not recognize the prevalent racial characteristics in everyday life and society itself. This results in racial color blindness often shown in what is to be considered white privilege, ignoring the lack of opportunities available for non-whites as opposed to those already given respect. It is also widespread in the idolization of preeminent westernized features in social media frequently in performing arts. It may sound complicated if not addressed clearly in such manor that emphasizes the importance of breaking down stereotypes relating to what is falsely …show more content…
The lack of knowledge and exposure is at fault for unnecessary hate speech and discriminating attitudes. The first amendment allows freedom of speech but I believe that those who wrote it meant for the best of intentions. There should be no excuse upon verbal and physical actions that degrade and belittle other human beings. Everyone is allowed the freedom of segregation in their own way, whether it be in public or alone, they are not met the standards that suffice them along society 's perceptions. The role that race plays in our daily life is not minor, it is 2015. We are always surrounded by people of various ethnicity and races. In social identity, biases are ignored even when they are obvious and protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As a whole, humans should focus on eliminating oppression and not perpetuating it especially to avoid repeating the past. Remove the prejudice and the abstract borders, promote unity and representation in order to cultivate and be mindful of our