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.

In class blog ( Untouchable)

In the novel " Untouchable", we see a world in where dominant culture is active. Throughout the book, the main character Bakha faces discrimination everywhere he goes simply because he is of  a lower caste than everyone else. Throughout the book we can also see ideology come into place when Bakha talks about himself wanting to be like the English people. Bakhas emotions are what causes to lead him to false consciousness.Bakha faces conflict when he doesnt know if he should follow his religious ways of living or try to become and English man. Bakha is living in a paradigm that he is not willing to accept.

Blog #4

Yay halfway through the semester! Just kidding. Well, i have had a rough first semester of college. I don't really know what to write about the connections i see in the cluster or the texts that speak from one class to another but yes, all the things I've learned about race and culture have made me see/think differently about everyone and everything around me. I've learned that race is not a biological thing but a culture one. I've learned the differences between race, ethnicity, and nationality. 

In Class Blog 4/16

From what Ive seen on Twitter, i found all the twitter handles important and interesting. There was one article from Prison watch network that was interesting to me. It was an article asking us if punishment in California prisons was based on race. It was talking about how inmates inside the California prisons were separated by color signs. Blue for black inmates, white for whites, red,green, or pink for Hispanics and yellow for everyone else.The California department of corrections and rehabilitation says that the signs are simply to prevent race violence, theft and assault, etc. I honestly do not like using twitter at all, but from the time that we've used it in class i think it's a pretty good source for finding useful information. I think it is very interesting as well and somewhat entertaining. Yes i guess twitter is a legitimate way of having a conversation. I think what it takes to have a good conversation is asking a good question/ topic..  

In Class Blog 4/9

Basically, what this chart is telling us i the anti-Islamic hate crime incident that occurred in the United States from 1995- 2008. I think the chart describes the data thoroughly.The chart shows that anti - Islamic crime incidents were at their highest during 2001, which was when 9/11 happened. The chart also shows how the incidents of anti- Islamic hate crime were pretty low before 9/11 and after 9/11 the incidents were much higher and stayed at a high rate. I think what this obviously tells us is that because of 9/11, it had a huge effect on the anti- Islamic crime incidents that occurred afterwards.