Logic of Lindsay

Hello,  This week we discussed Black and Multiracial individuals and families. Not all multiracial people identify as multiracial especially in census check boxes. According to Johnson and Nadal in the Multiracial Microaggressions chapter, it is hard to find a box with your racial identity without checking multiple boxes. Best explained by the chapter "microagressions consisting of several categories including micro-assaults (namely, conscious or explicit verbal and behavioral interactions, micro-insults (unintentional demeaning actions or remarks about ones racial heritage), and micro-invalidations (actions that invalidate a person's racial reality)."  This is scene in our history and in everyday life. It deals with stereotypes and hidden values you may not even realize.  I also listened to the podcast by Codeswitch called The Black Womans' Superpower. This podcast was based around the embodiment of the angry black woman stereotype with examples to help better unders...

 Hello,  This week we learned about Asian Americans and Pacific islanders (AAPI) so in this blog I will be reflecting on the podcasts, readings, videos, and slideshows from the past week. I learned a lot about the culture and the so called "9th island" in the google podcast "Sugar Mountain" this week. Pacific Islanders are trying to preserve their cultural values in the 9th island area of Las Vegas. A lot of citizens have moved to las Vegas for opportunity and economics, cost of living, and a variety of other reasonings on the main land of the United States versus the islands. This is why Las Vegas is a hub called the 9th island. The hub continues their culture as some spoke upon in the podcast. Many said it was easy to keep the culture alive while they had to cook for them selves and not rely on the traditional family meals right next doors. They do this to continue their roots even if they are not easy available. Some joined civic clubs and create their own commun...

Hello, This weeks topics covered is primarily Gender. I listened to the episode called Gender 101 for the Gender Reveal podcasts. I chose to listen and follow along with this podcast because I knew it was giving me a good base and ground to stand on for the following information this week. The podcast was covering exactly what was stated "Gender 101". I was able to decipher the difference between the definitions of words such as "cisgender","transgender", "gender", "sex", "queer", "nonbinary, "nonconforming", the list goes on and on. Lucky for me, I happen to grasp the information a bit better after having a Women's Gender Study Class already and unit in Anthropology as well but it is never hurtful to review again. Standing out to me through the podcast is always grasping more information on the ever changing definitions. I think it is so important as the world changes around us. I also chose to read upon th...

Hello,  This week the material was health inequality, environmental racism, and transnational and transracial adoption. I will discuss the material readings, listenings, and movies that was provided.  One of the readings for the past week and topic was an article by the CDC. As we all know and experienced the pandemic a few years ago and that continues to go on, the CDC was mentioning the affects of health factors on all races primarily for the height of COVID. The data they spoke upon showed that ethnic or racial minorities have higher rates of sickness/illness. Most of the illnesses were diabetes, obesity, asthma, and heart diseases or conditions. This is a well known fact in for many reasons and mostly biological but also sociological facts can contribute. We did discuss in the class period from videos and power points the fact of food deserts in areas where minorities are located. This is sociological affect seeing as they truly do not have easy access and with lack of res...

Hello, I would like to start off with the fact that a common but inaccurate belief would be racism being over. This is not true as you see the people of color have less wealth that whites and it all started back with slavery. It is as if we are running a race but starting meters and meters ahead of the colored. It is extremely hard to catch up. As stated in the podcast called "The Pros and Cons of Reparations" by Freakonomics, "The racial wealth gap is such that the typical Black family has about 10 cents on the dollar as a typical white family." This gives the whites a major advantage in the past, the present, and future. Once slaves were freed there were still laws set in place again and again to hold the colored citizens back such as examples of the Homestead Act, GI Bill, Jim Crow Laws, even redlining. Some of these still exist today whether they are intended to or not. It is difficult to get rid of laws that were once put into motion and society followed due to...