Jade Nelson 12/2/2020 The first video I chose was, Hyphen-Nation Michaela’s video Michaela is an African American. Michaela was in kindergarten and she had big blond hair. At the beginning of the video she was explaining one of the first times she was told she was different. She was at her friend's house who was from a white family. Michaela went there before and the mom of the girl found out that Michaela was from an African American family and she was told she wasn't welcome to come to her house again. Michaela was stereotyped by her friend's mom. Being stereotyped is when someone has an image in their head of you because of your race or gender. When she got older people questioned if she was Black, they told her that she had a loophole, but she didn't want to be white because she was proud to be an African American.I chose the hyphen nation video about Michaela because I thought it was the most interesting out of all of the them. The second video I chose to watch was “A Conversation on Growing up Black”.This video is about a bunch of kids all different ages explaining their experiences with racism and how they feel about their experiences. The first time I watched this video it was really interesting learning about their experiences and I chose it because it helped me understand things more. They were all judged because of their race. Race is a group of individuals who share a common culture, this word connects to the videos I chose because Michaela is a different race than her friend and has been treated differently because of her race. This word connects to “A Conversation on Growing up Black” video because all of the people were judged because of their race or ethnicity. The last video I chose was “Racial Microaggression Comments: That Sting.” This video told me what a microaggression is and the effect they can have on people. A microaggression can be a statement or action that is indirect or subtle. It's a dicrimination against certain races and ethnicities and sometimes people don't mean to or realise there doing it. I thought the microaggression video stood out to me because I didn't know what it was before i watched it and i think it's really important to know what they are and realize the effect they can have on people. In the video “A Conversation on Growing up Black” some of the kids were told that they are to Black and they should change. The kids that were told these things said that they were hurt when this was said to them. I can't relate to anyone in the videos because i'm not african american and I don't have to deal with anything like they do. My experience contrasts theirs because I will never have to deal with or experience anything that they go through everyday. I do have privilege because I’m white and because of that I'll never have to deal with any racism like African Americans do but it's really important to confront this problem and resolve them because it's not fair and we need to stand up for what's right. Privilege is an advantage or an immunity granted to a certain race.When I watched Michaelas video I felt really bad that she wasnt aloud to see her friend because she was black and I love that she is proud to be African American and she isn't afraid to stand up for what's right. I definitely feel like this unit needs to happen because it's important for everyone to know about these things, I think this unit should be offered next year. This unit is very important because maybe it will change people's way of thinking and I know more about this topic after doing this unit than I did before. Being anti-racist is fighting against racism and seeing everbody as equal no matter their race or ethnicity. When we read the book Stamped: Racism, AntiRacism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. I learned a lot of new vocabulary, two of the words being assimilationist and segregationist. If you are an assimilationist you support racial or cultural integration. A word that came up a lot was segregationist, if you're a segregationist you disagree with integration and support enforced separation between different racial groups.
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