Most recent public comments by Student Crystal Aguilera https://nowcomment.com/users/83029 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2146182 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2146182 This video relates to the novel and author a lot because the novel is based of realism. I say this because throughout the novel the author develops the setting and characters to relate to him in the ways he suffered and the ways he had to grow up in. It differs in some way but not a lot. Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:46:23 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2146158 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2146158 I feel like this topic related a lot to the novel mainly because the novel was so realistic in the ways the characters were developed and everything was in the time period when Wright was alive and since he himself was a victim himself throughout the Great Depression. I feel this way because it was clearly noticeable once I read the biography on Wright and read the book and saw the comparisons between the author's life and the novel. I choose this video because I wanted to know more on the topic and because I thought it would relate to the novel and which of course it does. Wed, 21 Oct 2020 01:34:14 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2146022 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2146022 I believe that this video relates to Bigger in a way because when the video mentions "safe, stable" I think well was Bigger in a safe and stable home? Was he surrounded by a safe community? And then I answer it and say not really because in the novel's time setting (1930s) which were harsh times since lots of events were happening at that time such as the Great depression (which also relates to Wright since he was alive through that time period), New Deal begins, and World War II begins as well. There are a few differences. Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:00:02 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2145956 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2145956 I feel that this topic is not really spoken about often and it should be spoken about especially to parents but also children so that they know not to do it their children when they are older. I feel this way because the video touched on topics that I could relate to. I choose the video I wanted to know more about the topic and because it seemed like a topic that would interest me. Mon, 19 Oct 2020 18:01:15 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2142578 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2142578 I feel that most of the information she mentioned was true that sometimes it is the low amount of money in the schools but it also who is parenting the children at home and the areas in where they live, as well as their parents academic history. Although some children who really want a future for themselves strive to get a future for themselves no matter their parents academic history. I feel this way because I can relate to it in a way since as a child it was hard for me to learn but now that I have grown I now know what I want for myself in my future so I try my best to look for the best opportunities to help me get where I want to be no matter where I am living, or my parents academic history. I choose this video because I found it an interesting topic to know more of. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 16:42:13 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2142548 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2142548 This relates to Native son on the aspect of society because throughout the novel society was a main topic. Mainly because of how society was unequal with the races such as blacks and whites. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 16:32:48 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2142521 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2142521 I choose this video because the title had caught my attention and I was curious to know what it was about. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 16:14:07 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2142503 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2142503 I believe that Bigger had some maladaptive coping mechanisms after all he did kill his girlfriend because of his paranoia. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 16:08:11 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2142486 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2142486 This video relates to the novel because in the novel Bigger and his family were going through tough poverty and this also relates to Wright since he had mentioned when he was younger he had to live through poverty too. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 15:57:47 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2142484 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2142484 I feel like the video simply gave me basic information on children in poverty. I feel this way because I was expecting to get new information on the topic but mainly it was repeated information that I knew already on the topic except the statistics. I choose this video to see if their was anything or anything else that could help children in poverty but sadly I was mistaken. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 15:52:59 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141470 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141470 The biography is credible. Although the author is biography.com so the sources would need additional research. This is a biography so I don't believe that there could be any biases on his life. Sat, 17 Oct 2020 15:22:52 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141469 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141469 This relates to his novel "Native Son" because it shows all of his struggles and the types of racial discrimination that he had to go through. Although most of the things that he wrote in his novel related to him on a personal level. There were no differences to me when I read the biography and novel since it demonstrates how relatable the novel was to him. Sat, 17 Oct 2020 15:17:31 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141468 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141468 Now that I have learned more about Wright and now I can see the comparison between him and Bigger. This helps me see how Wright felt throughout his life and how hard his life was growing up. I also realized that he was apart of many things such as the Communist Party. Sat, 17 Oct 2020 15:06:48 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141465 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141465 Some topics that were covered were education, poverty, american capitalism and his career. Sat, 17 Oct 2020 14:53:49 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141462 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141462 I plan to use "racial violence" in the following discussions. I have decided to incorporate because although the impacts of racial violence were much more frequent back in the day, it still impacts the colored community and I believe that racial violence is something that should be discussed in class since it has had a huge impact this year. Sat, 17 Oct 2020 14:48:23 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141416 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141416 Some potential biases would be that people would say its fake and say that such thing does not exist because they don't want to see the reality of things. The speakers in the video are Merhrsa Baradaran, Cory Booker, Thomas Shapiro and the narrator. Their credibility comes from what they have studied for and their resources. No the issues that they discussed are all relevant and reliable. A question that they did not answer is what is a possible solution for the racial wealth gap. Sat, 17 Oct 2020 13:24:03 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141334 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141334 In the video it talks about wealth gap and housing and in the "Ballad of the Landlord" by Langston Hughes it talks about how a person is incarcerated. Although they do share the same subtopics such as discrimination. Sat, 17 Oct 2020 12:50:34 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141333 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141333 The video helps me understand the "Ballad of the Landlord" by Langston Hughes because it mentions that the person was going through tough times while living in a home where the landlord didn't care about how they lived nor the conditions they had to live in. And unlike in the video it explains the discrimination part of it all as it is shown in "Ballad of the Landlord". Sat, 17 Oct 2020 12:58:51 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141331 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141331 The topics covered in this video are many such as racial wealth gaps, slavery, racial incomes, housing, redlining, loans, the increase and decrease of money over time, and discrimination and many others. Sat, 17 Oct 2020 12:45:09 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141327 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141327 A term that I didn't know about was "subprime loans". Subprime loans are loans offered to the borrowers who do not qualify for conventional loans due to high risk factors such as poor credit history, low income, and a high debt-to-income ratio. I plan to use this in discussions when we talk about racial wealth gaps and racial housing segregation. Sat, 17 Oct 2020 12:42:38 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141232 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141232 The speakers are journalists of color although in this specific video the speaker is Gene Demby. What gives Demby credibility is their jobs and what they have studied for like Gene Demby he is known for talking about race, ethnicity and culture. Some questions that weren't answered was "Who is behind all of the redlining?" and "Why haven't they stop redlining if this is problem?". Sat, 17 Oct 2020 10:44:01 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141229 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141229 This video relates to Native son in a way because the book takes place in the segregated side of Chicago which does touch one of the topics in the video. It differs in how it was clearly noticeable then but now the system(or who ever is behind redlining) just use different words to hide that type of segregation and try to cover up the fact that in some places it is segregated. Sat, 17 Oct 2020 10:16:39 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141212 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141212 I felt like this is was truly unfair and not right at all to do. The fact that a lot of people get denied to get a house in a certain area is insane. Like do the people denying them realize that they probably want to get a house in that area for a better life for themselves or for their children. I feel this way because I have seen my mother struggle on her own with 3 children and try to do the best for them now lets not say a bigger family where there are 6-10 people in a house trying to get out of a place where their community is completely destroyed and once they start looking for a better area to live in they get denied because of their race, age or the amount of money the have. This is a problem at least to me I see it as one because what the system or whoever is behind this is wrong for doing this. These people deserve a better life they all do and the ways that their landlords have them living in is terrible. Sat, 17 Oct 2020 09:58:23 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141211 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141211 Some Topics covered in this video are racial discrimination, redlining, racial profiling and housing segregation. Sat, 17 Oct 2020 09:29:22 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141210 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235789?scroll_to=2141210 I would include redlining because it is something that I hadn't been fully aware of but I did know about because when I travel to northern Maryland I have seen that in the different neighborhoods where the entrance of the leasing offices would say "older community" and when I looked around there was only people around their 50s and below living their and it was mostly one race that lived in that area. Sat, 17 Oct 2020 09:27:22 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=1930985 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=1930985 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:27:09 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=1930982 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=1930982 Thu, 13 Aug 2020 14:01:58 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=1930977 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=1930977 I related to this on a personal level because I remembered times when I was younger and that I would ask my mom for food too and she would tell me "But there's nothing to eat," and it just touched my heart on a personal level. Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:27:09 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=1930961 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=1930961 Personification. The author mentions "Hunger" as if it were a person which is new to me. It creates an image in my mind of how "hunger" would be as a person/living being because of the author mentioning that "to find hunger standing at my bedside." Mon, 20 Jul 2020 17:27:07 -0400