In class on Friday, we got into a talk about race and how it is used to describe people. For example, one student mentioned that he refered to a black man and the black man at the table as apposed to the color of his shirt or hair. This talk got me thinking about the differences between race and ethnicity. It was to my understanding that race refered to the color of your skin and ethnicity was more of your culture and background. I think the world would be a more interesting place if people were more likely to describe people by there background or ethnicity.
I'd much rather be the Jewish girl from New York then the white girl with brown hair.
I'm going to try hard to refer to peole by qualities that are more interesting and less controversial then their skin color. Hopefully this will rub off.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Assignment One.
How do you get news? How often? What do you read and view both online and offline? About how many hours a day or a week do you intentionally seek out news coverage? And one last question: when you think about news media and their coverage of race or gender or sexualities or disabilities, what are your own assumptions?
I've never had a blog before, so this is different for me.
I get my news through various sources. Mostly, I read the news online throughout the Day through yahoo, Google, or DallasNews. On the weekends I enjoy reading the paper and flipping through pages. I rarely have time for the during the school week. This summer I got a Nintendo Wii, and it lets you check the News on it. I've become a bit obsessed with that. I mostly cover my news in the mornings. I must average a good hour to an hour and a half searching the news. I also enjoy the usual girly magazines, so I spend time on entertainment news as well. I have so many countless assumptions of race, gender, sex, and disabilities in the media. It's endless. The way poverty, the middle east, women, men, children, the elderly, and so much more is seen in the media negatively is a huge part of today's world and perceptions. It's on going. I've very interested to delve deeper in class.
I've never had a blog before, so this is different for me.
I get my news through various sources. Mostly, I read the news online throughout the Day through yahoo, Google, or DallasNews. On the weekends I enjoy reading the paper and flipping through pages. I rarely have time for the during the school week. This summer I got a Nintendo Wii, and it lets you check the News on it. I've become a bit obsessed with that. I mostly cover my news in the mornings. I must average a good hour to an hour and a half searching the news. I also enjoy the usual girly magazines, so I spend time on entertainment news as well. I have so many countless assumptions of race, gender, sex, and disabilities in the media. It's endless. The way poverty, the middle east, women, men, children, the elderly, and so much more is seen in the media negatively is a huge part of today's world and perceptions. It's on going. I've very interested to delve deeper in class.
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