Dear Students,
Welcome to our class blog!
Blog post #1- due before class on Tuesday, November 11
Please listen to the audio from the NPR "This I Believe" series called "Reflections on Race: Essays from the Archives" http://www.npr.org/series/4538138/this-i-believe ( 11:26). Answer the following questions: (1) What do you already know about racial relations in the U.S.? (2) You have listened to 5 famous people talk about race. Which one was the most interesting to you? Why? (3) What did you learn about race in the U.S. that you did not know before?
Please react to at least one classmate's comments for full credit.
I look forward to reading your comments.
Best wishes,
Diana
1. I knew about racial relation in U.S by the movie “Gone with the Wind” when I was a child. This movie gives me a deep impression. The rich white southern planter and poor black slaves. But in this time, I don’t really realize racial relation because I haven’t touch with it. I got further understand with racial relation was when I come U.S. Many people are discussed about it. I am aware of racial relation is a very big problem for U.S society before, and always had many prejudice and discrimination between black people and white people. But now, this situation is improved.
ReplyDelete2. I am interested in Amy Vanderbilt’s recall. “Children uncoated in prejudice and class-consciousness enjoy people for what they are. As they mature, our society soon sets them right as to their place in it. More often than not, they accept this place without question, and thereby shut themselves off from warm human contact with many of their fellows.” He said. We should know the bad human nature, such as prejudice and discrimination is none exist. We accept something by our living environment, both good and bad.
3. I knew about racial relation early, but I didn’t know it’s so severe before. Since I saw the movie named “Django Unchained” in last year, I just know how black people had suffered. But I know we never image or feel the true injuries that those people had sustain. I just hope we can make our society better and all estrangement and prejudice can fall away.