Most recent public comments by Antasia Polen https://nowcomment.com/users/133705 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347657?scroll_to=3072648 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347657?scroll_to=3072648 If they are not referring to a black person, why are they using this term? Granted if they were it would still be wrong. Fri, 26 May 2023 21:38:51 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347657?scroll_to=3072646 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347657?scroll_to=3072646 I know this is a story from back then but did she(the author) purposely write it like that? Fri, 26 May 2023 21:37:09 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347657?scroll_to=3072644 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347657?scroll_to=3072644 We spoke on this in class but never established the crisis. Fri, 26 May 2023 21:34:52 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347657?scroll_to=3071080 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347657?scroll_to=3071080 Tue, 23 May 2023 14:19:45 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346610?scroll_to=3068204 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346610?scroll_to=3068204 This anecdote demonstrates a distrust of people living in poverty, and unfortunately reflects a certain attitude that pervades American culture, which is that poverty is mostly a matter of personal irresponsibility or lack of effort. This attitude can have long-term negative consequences that lead to poverty continuing to be seen as something people deserve, instead of something that people should be able to rise out of. Tue, 16 May 2023 22:09:17 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346610?scroll_to=3068203 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346610?scroll_to=3068203 This sentence implies that no matter how hard you try to hide from it, your actions will always come to the surface and you will be held accountable for them. It's a reminder to be mindful of what you do, as any misdeeds or injustices you commit may come back to haunt you. Tue, 16 May 2023 22:05:57 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346610?scroll_to=3068202 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346610?scroll_to=3068202 She’d done so much to get there – hustling for tips, dodging around the practical details of providing for her kids – and I had so much admiration for her courage and will. She was confident that if she could just trust her instincts, no matter how hard the stakes, she could get through it. That never-ending cycle of fear and faith drove her to do something different up there. Tue, 16 May 2023 22:02:08 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3068200 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3068200 Plot Point 1: City is being humiliated by Kincaid in a public place. "Kincaid was across the street just laughing his ass off, recording it on Shay’s cell phone." Plot Point 2: Shay is complicit in Kincaid’s humiliation of City. "Shay tried to be nonchalant, not wanting to be seen as part of the attack." Plot Point 3: City does not take action to protect himself and instead attempts to move away. "City tried to inch away, but every inch he took of the sidewalk seemed to fuel Kincaid’s fire." Given these plot points, Kincaid's bullying and torment of City is likely to escalate if City does not stand up for himself. It is possible that City will attempt to find different ways to protect himself or otherwise retaliate against Kincaid. Alternatively, City may reach out to his friends for assistance in combating the harassment. It will be interesting to see how City responds in the next part of this text. What do you think will happen next and why? Tue, 16 May 2023 21:57:13 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346610?scroll_to=3063723 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346610?scroll_to=3063723 I giggled a little at this because its like he’s probably grown now thinking about his granny use to get him when he was younger Tue, 16 May 2023 21:28:31 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346610?scroll_to=3063722 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346610?scroll_to=3063722 Reading this gave the impersonation that us black people have to act or speak a certain way to be accepted in todays society. We are restricted and limited to the things we do and us, and are judged if we do anything other than what people expect from us. Fri, 05 May 2023 16:08:19 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346610?scroll_to=3063721 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346610?scroll_to=3063721 This part in the story shows how the grandma was compelled to change her interactions with white people, as if they were in charge of her. Grandma may have put them in danger if she had continued to speak to the white woman in her normal voice. Fri, 05 May 2023 16:02:14 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3063700 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3063700 City isn’t use to that type of lifestyle, he’s trying to be someone he isn’t. I feel like he’s trying to intimidate them when in reality I feel like he’s scaring himself with this act he is putting on. Fri, 05 May 2023 15:23:18 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3063699 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3063699 This isn’t the first City felt mortified. This has had happened numerous times to the point where its like wow. Fri, 05 May 2023 15:19:35 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3063698 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3063698 City is beginning to familiarize himself with both his own and others people’s racial histories. Fri, 05 May 2023 15:16:12 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3063697 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3063697 This was pretty funny to me because I always used to stand behind the fans and I talk, so I could sound different. 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