Today we reread the Farai Chideya article, "On Respect," then broke into groups to write a summary. Post the summaries here. Make sure you include all the writers' names.
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Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
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Homework was to read the handout on "Thesis Sentences."
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Kayla,Kyaira,Tnany,Chris,Yudith
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
8/21/2012
On Respect by:Farai Chideya
Summary
"The worst thing about any group identity is that it becomes fixed, Procrustean. We shave off little bits of our souls, or lop off whole limbs, to fit what we think suits " black" or "woman"... or "Asian" or " Christian" or "Muslim" or "gay" or "straight". In "On Respect: Diary of a mad, bad, sad, and ultimately glad black women ", Chideya addresses the issue of personal identity and stereotypes by reflecting on an experience she had as a black woman. Branching off of her personal experience she explains how people as a whole get so lost in what society expects them to be that they lose who hey truly are.
Chideya reflects back to an incident she experienced while preparing to speak at the celebration of black women hood at Barnard College in New York. Chideya had received a car service from the college and after arriving at the front gates of the college the driver asked that she pay 20$ for his service. Naturally Chideya replied that she was not responsible for paying because the college was meant to cover the cost. The driver was unconvinced and Insisted she pay since he didn't have the colleges number. Chideya refused once more and the driver locked the doors and called the police. So Chideya called the campus police and they came out and asked that she pay by credit card and she agreed but the drive refused to except it. Finally someone from the college came out and paid the driver but the experience left Chideya disheveled.
While giving her speech Chideya spoke on her incident and reflected by asking if it was too much to not pay the money and demand the respect or just brush the gesture off and pay herself . She went on to ask what battles are worth fighting to preserve your personal identity and principles, and was the fact that she was a black woman why the driver acted that way towards her. Was fighting against the stereotype of black people and black women worth it in a situation were she could have just let it go? Does being different or deviating from the "norm" make you less authentic? She ended in saying that being yourself, the person your want to be, is the most important thing to be and any stereotype that others expect you to be doesn't define you. It is your decision to say what you feel Is wrong and stand up for what you feel is right or simply just let things go. The point is not to compromise you or your principles just to fit in the herd.
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Daniel Yoo, Chris Johnson, Alvan Agustin,
Josh Gillespie, Brandashia Cooper
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
21 August 2012
On Respect
By Farai Chideya
“On Respect” is about Farai Chideya who shares her experience being disrespected by a taxi ride to a university to talk about black women hood at Barnard College. The college agreed to send a taxi and pay for her ride. As soon as they arrived at the college, Chideya gets into a conflict with the taxi driver and he “locked the doors and called the police,” (Para. 6) because it was unsure who was going to pay the fee. The taxi driver assumed that she was a thief because she was black. Chideya was bewildered because the college said they were going to pay and she didn’t have enough money because she bought a hat and gloves. She called the campus police and they arrived with a young man carrying a twenty dollar bill to solve the situation. Chideya was so disturbed the way the taxi driver was disrespectful and discriminated her identity. Chideya arrived at the college and started to give her speech about the event that had taken place during the arrival. She shares that people often try to hide their real identity and portray the image that others will respect. At the end of the speech, Chideya really tries to change the women’s perspective at Barnard to really be “stars in the heavens,” (Para. 14) and not go by the standards of society.
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Messi Chaib
professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
21 august 2012
People are recognized by their identity and preserving it demands efforts to stay who they are so they should never let others impose their identity on them or mess up theirs.
Farai,c(2005,October9).My Word: On Respect. San Francisco Chronicle,28.
Englsih 1A
Professor W. Sabir
11:00-11:50
Keelan Sunglao-Valdez
The Poem “Jada” by Tupac Shakur expresses his unconditional love towards his beloved friend Jada Smith. Tupac uses his poetic lyrics to illustrate how much she means to him. In line eleven of the poem Tupac writes, “u r my heart in human form.” The heart is the meaning of life while also acting as the symbol of love. Tupac uses the symbol of the heart to express that Jada is his meaning of life and that all his love is humanized into her living self.
Shakur, Tupac. "Jada." The Rose That Grew from Concrete. New York: First MTV Book/Pocket Book hardcover printing, 1999. 89.
Tracci Davis
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8-8:50am
30 August 2012
4 Jade by Tupac Shakur
Free Write
This poem was very deep. Tupac was explaining his true feelings about Jade Pickett-Smith and his love for her. Whoever said that Tupac had no respect for women was mistaken. What greater tribute could you pay to women than by a poem as heartfelt as this one. I have a brand new admiration for his poetry. I do commend Tupac for sharing his feeling like that because a lot a men do not like doing that , and plus I am happy he did share his feeling to let Jade know how he really felt about her and what he she really means to him and that he just don’t s the as friends but your . the crazy thing about this poem is that Jade daughter Willow wrote a letter to Tupac like she was writing for her mother . it was very sweet .
This is the link to see the letter from willow smith to tupac .
http://thegrio.com/2012/08/20/willow-smith-letter-dear-tupac-i-know-you-are-alive/#s:260756113860436855_19072663
Professor Wanda:
I don't see my groups summary on here and we all spoke and gave our input. We agreed on one person to post and from the looks of it she did not do that at all. Will I miss out on credit because of this?
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