Movie Response

          The stereotypes I saw in the movie were that black people were depicted of having big lips. In today's society certain cartoons such as "Fat Albert" showed that all of Fat Albert's friends had big lips. Also, in the video the black people were depicted as poor as they showed them on farms and with ripped up clothing. Today, the media only shows the blacks in place like New Orleans and Mississippi, showing them as poor with bad teeth and broken down houses. In the video, the narrator showed how black people were uneducated by the way they talked and today we know of their unique style of speaking. If any of you remember learning about "ebonics", this is what I am talking about. A good example of how the media perceives the black race is whenever they cover any sporting events and focus on the best players. Most of the players they show are black. This adds to their stereotype of being very athletic. Also, in the show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he was talking about how Obama won the election and he showed a clip where the news was in Kenya. The clip showed the Kenyans running around and Jon Stewart said, "They never stop running" (Stewart).

          I am Indian (and proud!) and there are a lot of stereotypes against my kind. LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR: I am NOT an terrorist and neither is my family because a lot of people have told me to wear my turban and run around screaming "ALALALALALA". Alright?! Next thing, there are some stereotypes that aren't so bad such as the idea that we're really smart. I mean it makes sense because we have the smartest college in the world IIT (Indian Institute of Technology). Next there is the idea that all Indians are good at technology and work in tech support and IT (informational Technology). I mean it's all good from my part because I am very tech savvy. Lastly, after the movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the Indian race were thought as brain eaters and insect eaters. I say now that the truth must come out! If you know Indians they are very religious and abide by a no meat (red or white) whatsoever. There are some Indians that do eat meat but they aren't as religious as others. By the way, if you google "Indian stereotypes" they show Native Americans as the first hits. Native Americans are not Indians they are Native Americans. Also, they are not even from India so it makes no sense if you do call them Indians.

          While I was watching the movie, I thought of all the hardships my people had gone through because many of the actions the whites took against the blacks were related to what the whites did to the Indians. The way the movie showed how the whites would dress up as the blacks and mock them, the whites did the same with the Indians. In the video, they showed many different depictions of how the blacks looked like and how they acted reminded me of how many Indians were nannies and stayed behind while the men worked in the fields.

          While I watched the movie, I couldn't even imagine how bad the blacks had it because when the whites left India they left them behind unlike how they would keep some of their slaves and transport them with them on their trips.

Malcolm X post 1

After reading the first two paragraphs in Malcolm X, I feel very moved about what Malcolm X has gone through. When his dad died, I felt the same emotions when my brother was struck by a car. I couldn't believe that only when Malcolm X was 6 that his father died. I could feel the intensity of emotion that Malcolm had after his loss. Also, when he talked about how his mother became so insane that she couldn't even remember her son's name. I thought to myself that now everyone knows his name and i could feel the childishness getting ripped from Malcolm's heart. I felt as if he has lost his childhood and has been abandoned by his loved ones and by God. When Malcolm X talked about the ridicule he got from all the white people, it reminded me of how I was oppressed in my elementary school. "Still shouting threats, the Klansmen finally spurred their horses and galloped around the house, shattering every window pane with their gun butts. Then they rode off into the night, their torches, as suddenly as they had come" (Haley, 1). When I was in elementary school, I was beaten on by other classmates because they thought it might be fun, and they would make racial remarks for no reason.

The book so far has been an interesting insight into Malcolm's life but also it has been a harsh beginning and hope to see that Malcolm can control most of the problems that present themselves to him  in the future.