Nationalism

So i am writing about Nationalism and what it means. According to Omi and Winant, Nationalism is when you're against mixing or becoming into another society. An example would be when Nationalists called on minority communities to develop their unique histories, distinct collective identities, and separate political agendas. They opposed both integrationist political currents and the homogenizing, culturally dominant thematics of "mainstream" America.

In Class Blog CGG

Okay so I'm writing about what Ying Ma does and what she thinks about. Ying Ma is an interesting person and she expresses her feeling very well. Ying Ma is the author of Chinese Girl in the Ghetto. Ying ma regularly writes about China, International affairs and the free market. She believes in free markets, free people, and free minds. On her Facebook page she repeatedly talks about different kinds of way America must end the welfare state. I've also noticed while reading her Facebook page that she likes to rant alot about Obama. She talks about how he is doing a bad job as president. Upon reading the first few comments on Amazon about Ying Ma's memoir Chinese Girl in the Ghetto, people seem to like the memoir. I personally have yet to start reading this book but from reading the comments these people wrote i have a good understanding about what this book is about. Basically Chinese Girl in the Ghetto is a book about Ying Ma herself and growing up in middle class china until the age of 10, then later on moving to modern day American slum. Ying Ma came to America without knowing s single english word. She writes about the obstacles a poor immigrant as herself had to overcome in order to achieve the American Dream. I look forward to reading her book, it seems very interesting and I hope to learn more about her.

Blog #5

So currently in Anthropology we have been given an assignment to explain how concepts of race are created and changed; how they become the focus of political conflict and how they have come to dominate our present imagination. For this assignment i will use all the articles that we have been assigned to read up until now. I will also include the films that we have watched in class to further explain the assignment. For me this is a difficult assignment because I kind of have difficulty reading the articles but at the same time it helps to have them because the information is given to you. I will try my best to explain what the assignment is asking me to write.