Most recent public comments by Hailey Barack Obama https://nowcomment.com/users/130454 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964613 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964613 Race is not defined by the way you act or the things you do, it’s defined by your heritage and nothing you do can ever change that Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:21:25 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964608 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964608 Dana initially viewing Sarah as loyal to the people who enslaved her means Sarah is doing her job well. Sarah has to pretend to be loyal to make sure her children are not taken away from her, which is something many slave women had to do during that time period. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:18:25 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964602 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964602 Violating human rights is not unique to America. The fact that the similar things have happened throughout history and not just the injustices that Dana experienced makes everything even more depressing than it already is. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:16:22 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964593 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964593 Dana sadly realized the hard way that the depictions of slavery in media are usually horribly falsified and made to be less horrific than they actually were. She resents people for ever trying to portray slavery as anything than what it actually was- a disgusting violation of human rights. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:13:34 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964553 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964553 Male slaves were often treated worse because men are historically seen as the “stronger sex”. Because of this, male slaves were usually made to do the more dangerous and physically taxing tasks on the plantation, while the women were usually tasked with cooking, cleaning, and taking care of children. People back then believed that women were pure and needed to be taken care of because people thought they couldn’t defend themselves as well as men. Mistreating women is wrongly seen as worse that mistreating men, when both should be seen as equally bad. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:57:40 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964533 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964533 Kindred was not the first story to be told from the perspective of a minority, but it was ahead of its time in terms of racial and female representation and paved the way for other authors to tell stories from a black female’s perspective. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:48:26 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956755 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956755 If this really is the lake that surged and furthered the damage caused to New Orleans, this poem could also be interpreted through the lens of forgiveness. Even though this lake once was responsible for the pain and suffering of thousands of people, it seems like the people of New Orleans were able to look past that and it now serves as a place of comfort despite its dark past. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:38:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956705 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956705 To me it sounds like this poem was written to portray a more strong, hopeful, and perseverant image of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:38:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956692 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956692 Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:38:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956651 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956651 Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:38:48 -0500