Person of color

In his essay, José Muñoz first describes the affective mood of depression in relation to people of color, by illustrating Bustamante’s video, Neapolitan. From my perspective, the repeated video that displays a Hispanic woman sobbing while watching a film, portrays how minorities can feel out of place with the normal conventions expressed by “white” Americans. Muñoz argues that race, is defined as performativity; how someone acts brown or white. The “feelings of brown,” may suggest that Latin…

Some people like to make things, it makes them feel proud to say “I made this”. While some others would just rather go out and buy something that is pre made and it not having a personal touch, some flaws is what makes it count and look good. If you make many decorations you can get good at them and sell them. When you make things it gives it gives it a story and it has a meaning. Things like that can be passed down to your kids and make them feel special. Me personally I like to make…

taking care off to be successful, and to achieve the goals that they are willing for. According to President Obama, there are three main things that a person should focus on to be successful, which are education, talents and skills, and most importantly is responsibility. Education is very important in one’s life because through education that person will be able to reach succeed and achieve his goals. By being educated, people will be able to be accepted in high level colleges and universities.…

The society we live in today, is a very judgmental place. We as humans have the urge to be hypercritical about others for unnecessary reasons. When seeing someone, we always have the temptation to criticize them on how they appear on the outside. We do this without considering what their home life consists of. Even the most accepting people will have the desire to denigrate the people around them. Due to the consistent urge to criticize one's appearance, more people feel the need to conform, so…

the type of listening styles people may have for it depends on factors such as the relationship with the person. In this case, relationship status can affect vary from person to person such as your friend, best friend, family member, church member, teacher, girlfriend/boyfriend, or even someone you dislike and listen to each person differently through the amount of respect we have for each person. People may use various types of listening behaviors such as defensive listening and leads them to…

1. Describe an example of how human identity is formed by society. Society plays a very important role in forming human identity. People that are in a certain society have different morals, beliefs and values than other societies. Someone may be formed by society because of the way that the people around them are. People are formed by society because they want to be a part of the social “trend”. That can be according to the latest fashion or technology. People don’t want to be different or a…

to think.The commercial was saying that it doesn't matter that your different and that we will accept you no matter what.the bets part was the commercial is when it says "We all belong".The commercial makes you think that was it worth singling this person out because they are different."The world is more beautiful the more we accept" and most people believe…

Growth of Immature Minds Have American minds become immature and not fit for the real world? In an article, by Greg Lukianoff and Johnathan Haidt titled “The Coddling of the American Mind” they believe the minds are being negatively affected because of the increasing rules about offensive language and topics. Many colleges are creating strict boundaries because of this new idea. Lukianoff and Haidt believe the “coddling” of individual’s minds is a negative ideology, but the people provoking…

Humiliation, embarrassment and shame are the fields of study that Brené Brown specializes in. Not many people talk openly about those kinds of feelings, let alone in front of thousands. In her touching, often funny speech, the University of Houston research professor and author of five bestselling self-empowerment books, reminds us to be true to ourselves. How? By embracing our imperfections, something society pressures us not to do, at home and at work. Instead, Brown asks you to be you, to be…

Batman, Superman, Spiderman, The Flash and Lauren Jauregui what do these people all have in common? Well, they are all heroes in my book. Well, how is Lauren Jauregui a hero? Well, she has values that any hero would have and should have. I even share some of the same values Lauren has which are confidence, courage, understanding, acceptance, passion, and knowledge. These are only some of the similar values we share. Firstly confidence I value confidence since having it means you can stand up…