Wing Young Huie #1
Author- Wing Young Huie
Date- 1997-2000
Place of publication- Lake Street USA
At first glance you see two black kids and two white kids playing together. They all have their arms wrapped around each other which shows friendship between them. The deeper meaning is that these four kids are just outside simply playing. These kids don't see color at all and I think that's really cool. At that age I didn't see color either. I was cool with being friends with all colors, genders and religions and I still am. Wing Young Huie sheds positive light on "other". He/She shows the unity and positivity of the black community and the religious community. Sometimes you often see religious groups involved in marches and riots that sometimes protest something as simple as marrying who you want all because they believe its "unmoral" or "unethical". Government decisions are sometimes made based off of religion even though there is supposed to be this established separation of church and state. There is this stereotype in America specifically that people of color are poor, broke, uneducated and ghetto. Huie still uses this "living in the hood" visual representation while still showing it in a positive light. Margaret Atwood often shows the presence of other through language and color. There is this ideology that the ideal race to be is white. With that being said, all of the handmaids are white. The "other" in this book isn't even represented. The other is more or less pushed to the side and ignored which often happens today. Handmaids technically count as an other. Simply because out of every political figure from commander, to a wife or even the women that train the handmaids, handmaids have the least amount of power to make any decisions. Handmaids don't get a say in what happens in the government or what happens to them as a handmaid. Pretty sure that if they had a say they wouldn't even place themselves in a situation to be in such terrible circumstances as such. Huie tries to shed light on the negative perceptions of groups such as the black community while Atwood keeps it realistic to how the black community is under represented and oppressed.
Date- 1997-2000
Place of publication- Lake Street USA
At first glance you see two black kids and two white kids playing together. They all have their arms wrapped around each other which shows friendship between them. The deeper meaning is that these four kids are just outside simply playing. These kids don't see color at all and I think that's really cool. At that age I didn't see color either. I was cool with being friends with all colors, genders and religions and I still am. Wing Young Huie sheds positive light on "other". He/She shows the unity and positivity of the black community and the religious community. Sometimes you often see religious groups involved in marches and riots that sometimes protest something as simple as marrying who you want all because they believe its "unmoral" or "unethical". Government decisions are sometimes made based off of religion even though there is supposed to be this established separation of church and state. There is this stereotype in America specifically that people of color are poor, broke, uneducated and ghetto. Huie still uses this "living in the hood" visual representation while still showing it in a positive light. Margaret Atwood often shows the presence of other through language and color. There is this ideology that the ideal race to be is white. With that being said, all of the handmaids are white. The "other" in this book isn't even represented. The other is more or less pushed to the side and ignored which often happens today. Handmaids technically count as an other. Simply because out of every political figure from commander, to a wife or even the women that train the handmaids, handmaids have the least amount of power to make any decisions. Handmaids don't get a say in what happens in the government or what happens to them as a handmaid. Pretty sure that if they had a say they wouldn't even place themselves in a situation to be in such terrible circumstances as such. Huie tries to shed light on the negative perceptions of groups such as the black community while Atwood keeps it realistic to how the black community is under represented and oppressed.
After reading her examination of the photo I could not agree more with what she had to say. I was extremly drawn the the bluntness and straightforward approach that she chose throughout her blog post. When she mentions the route that Huie chooses to follow "Living in the Hood" becaus it is very prominent in modern photography. Many artists and photographers choose to take a bad situation and turn it into something good by "shinig a light" and trying to use their base to expose the other side of the train tracks. Her analysis as well as examination were well thought out and showed lots of effort and intrest. Good Work!!!
ReplyDeleteI loved how you viewed the authors message and relayed it to the context of race within American culture. I can see the personal engagement within your writing. One thing I would like to comment on for your improvement, the organizational structure can be improved upon. The lack of indentions and changes in paragraphs can be very visually unappealing. This makes the text hard to follow for the audience.
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