Talking point #10

Johnson

Premise:
-schools
-power
-privaledge
-acceptance
-problems
-soultions
-answers
-rejection
-discrimination
-difference

Arguement:
Johnson arugues that the more we face problems the more the problems will disappear. If we ignore them they will never go away. So basically say the words that need to be said and face the problems that need to be faced.

Evidence:
-"Taking responsibility doesn't have to involve guilt and blame, letting someone off the hook, or being on the hook yourself. It simply means acknowledging an obligation to make a contribution to finding a way out of the trouble we're all in and to finding constructive ways to act on that obligation"

-"Dare to make people feel uncomfortable, beginning with yourself"

-"In the end, taking responsibility doesn't have to involve guilt and blame, letting someone off the hook, or being on the hook yourself. It simply means acknowledging an obligation to make a contribution to finding a way out of the trouble we're all in and to finding constructive ways to act on that obligation"

Comments:
I like reading about Johnson because he makes really good arguements that we need to face problems instead of running from them. We need to say the words instead of covering them up. If everyone works together then things really can change but you cannot depend on one person to change the world. Of course it does start with one person but once other people join in, it makes things much easier to be acceptable to change.

Our group project is going very well Thursday was a very successful meet :)

Talking point #9

"School Girls" by Peggy Orenstein

Premise:
-gender
-students
-teachers
-community
-inequalities
-education
-families
-occupation
-schooling
-opportunites
-self esteem

Authors Argument:
Orenstein argues that all students should be taught the same no matter what their gender is.

Evidence:
"Curriculum should be both a window and a mirror for students , that they should be able to look into other's worlds, but also see the experiences of their own race, gender, and class reflected in what they learn."

"It disturbed me that although girls were willing to see men as heroes, non of the boys would see women that way"

"Sexual harassment is part of the hidden curriculum for girls, and for boys, too, because they learn whether it has anything to do with them or not"

Comments:
This was a really easy piece to read. It was very interesting to see how much everthing is referred to masculine. It was almost like we have been blind to it our whole lives. Women should not be silent and we need to stand up for our rights.

Talking point #8

..sorry for posting late...

"Whites Swim in Racial Preference" by Tim Wise

Premise:
-race
-society
-privilage
-money
-influences
-family
-differences
-prefrence
-cause and effects
-income
-opportunity
-minorities

Argument:
Wise agrues that privaledged people are unaware of the inequalities that go around in the world.

Evidence:
-"We strike the pose of self-sufficiency while ignoring the advantages we have been afforded in every realm of activity: housing, education, employment, criminal justice, politics, banking, and business."

-"In other words, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that white America is the biggest collective recipient of racial preference in the history of the cosmos"

-"Ask a fish what water is and you'll get no answer. Even if fish were capable of speech, they would likely have no explanation for the element they swim in every minute of every day of their lives. Water simply is. Fish take it for granted"

Comments:
This article was not bad to read it was understandable to follow. People in America are priviledged and do not seem to notice what we take for granted. If only people knew what life was like on the other side then we'd take things more serious.