Most recent public comments by Taylor Archer https://nowcomment.com/users/94083 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219649 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219649 The boy's fear caused him to become outraged and let loose. Instead of being scared of the boys, and showing it, he hid it by using the stick and going at that with all he has. Sometimes fear is beneficial, if you're not fearful of anything, there is nothing to improve, and improvement is necessary. The boy was able to get over his fear and beat the boys that were stealing his money. Mon, 30 Nov 2020 23:01:52 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219643 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219643 His mother knew that this was an obstacle the boy would have to get over on his own. Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:59:19 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219642 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219642 The boy was fearful of the gang and only going down to the store again because his mother needed him to. He felt a sense of responsibility, because if he didn't get food, he would face hunger. Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:57:41 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219614 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219614 As a kid, I hated hearing this response from my mother or father. I'm asking because I feel as though I should know what's going on in our lives. This can add frustration to the kids, and even cause hostility between them and their mom. Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:52:44 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219605 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219605 Wright's usage of the mother's words to her sons about responsibility is relatable to what kids have to go through now because of someone in the household missing. Due to the father's absence, the kid's now have a lot of more things that they need to do for themselves. I've heard a lot of my friends talk about how they have a lot more things placed on them because they're the oldest, or because their parents are at works and they become the babysitter. Things like that is what Wright is comparing the boys situation to. Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:33:33 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219579 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219579 After understanding what his father leaving meant, the boy began to become hateful towards his father for his absence. The boy believes that his father was the reason for his hunger, and began to associate his father with hunger. Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:39:35 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219566 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219566 This whole paragraph just goes to show how kids do not truly understand how important parents are in our lives. The kid only thought about how he got to be more loud and free now that his father was gone, but hadn't thought about what his father's significance was. Wright's purpose was to make the reader think about the roles of each parent in their life, and if a parent is missing, to think about what's different in the family now that they're gone. Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:34:20 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219540 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219540 I was able to connect to this a lot. Sometimes, I'd ask for food and there would be nothing in the fridge, or atleast anything that was filling. Not due to any financial struggles, but my mother would be too tired to cook, or we ate a lot that week. I feel Wright was trying to relate to the kids who have been on empty stomache's without food or a way to get it. Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:28:33 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219505 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219505 His level of hunger began to affect how he was physically. He was so hungry that he was less active. This says a lot about how his hunger was affecting him. Usually kids are very active and full of energy. Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:19:40 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219481 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219481 There is a repetition of how Wright forms this sentence. Baffled, scared, angry, insistent, followed by "me." This adds an emphasis on what the author is feeling. Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:12:39 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219462 https://nowcomment.com/documents/208004?scroll_to=2219462 Wright adds human like characteristics to a feeling word "hunger." "Hunger stole upon me so slowly." Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:06:03 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148617 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148617 I do not see any bias in this video. We are unaware of what the speaker looks like, but the speaker takes direct parts out of America's lynching history and elaborates on the stories. There is no doubt that lynching actually happened, and happened how they did, as a celebration. Limitations of this video are that the lynchings that happened because of murder or rape accusations were not talked about. Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:36:06 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148599 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148599 This video is related to the Lynching in America articles that I annotated and read over the summer. Black people were lynched to show white hierarchy and to build fear in black peoples minds. The video talked about the same thing the articles did, that children we even in attendance at these lynching, and people sold souvenirs of the dead bodies for money which is inhumane. Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:33:37 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148589 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148589 This video made me feel sorrowful. Cedar Bluff was lynched for accidentally bumping into a white woman to terrorize the black community and show that whites are superior. It's sad that black people were treated like animals that you just do what you want with. White people tortured black people and hung them in crowds for display, had children come and watch, and treated the lynching of a black person like it was a celebration. Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:30:03 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148561 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148561 This video honestly made me feel disheartened and empathetic. Eugene was stoned to his death for a simple mistake and when people went to the police about it, since he was black and his life didn't matter to police, they did nothing about the situation. The riots cause dozens of death both between blacks and whites, and black neighborhoods were destroyed and they were left homeless as if they didn't already have it hard. I feel this way because looking at the world now, all of the activists, and protests we participate in trying have a voice for black people are for reasons like these in the video, no justice. Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:09:53 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148541 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148541 I don't think there is bias in this video. The video documented what happened during the riots with primary sources like newspapers and pictures taken during that time which gives the video credibility and reliability. The speaker appears to be white and does not input his own personal beliefs when talking about the Chicago Race Riots. Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:04:46 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148539 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148539 The video goes into how African Americans were moving around the country to other states for opportunities which was kind of a forced integration that caused tension in industries. This fact relates to Richard Wright's biography. He moved from the south to Chicago in search of jobs. Due to the depression, many people went poor including Wright. The video also relates to the summer assignment articles about lynching. Though Eugene wasn't lynched, he was in fact tortured and stoned to his death by white people for crossing over into the white side of the beach. Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:06:41 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148481 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148481 The first thing I noticed of this film was that it was silent. Knowing this, it means the actors would have to show a lot of expression in order to get the videos message across. My feelings about this film was there it was very controversial, insensitive, and racist. The film incorporates black face and has the KKK starring as the good guys which I'm not fond of. I feel this way because black people were always put into bad light and labelled as guilty and dangerous when in reality the dangerous people were the white people. Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:43:18 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148453 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148453 This video is an informative video where the speaker analyzes messages in the film. The bias of this video is that these are speakers thoughts, and as said in the video, the filmmaker, Griffith, does not think this film was racially controversial. The speaker believes that the film The Birth of a Nation was "socially and culturally filmmaking at its absolute worst." The speaker does not limit the video to only his POV though, he interprets the writer of the film, and peoples opinions at the time the film was produced. Limitations are we do not know much about Griffith, and in order to draw a conclusion about why he made this film and why he claims it's not racist, it'd be nice to know his views and how he was a person (if this type of information can even be found). Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:23:47 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148430 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2148430 This video relates to Native Son. After people found out Bigger had killed Mary, the papers depicted him as a monster as the video is also showing. The silent film shows black people being portrayed as "monstrous villains" and Ku Klux Klan as the heroes as the rode in and shot at the "black americans", which is already racist in itself, in the film. Even before Bigger commits murder, in Book 1 he talked about there's no use in him changing because white people aren't ever going to see him as anything good. Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:09:41 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2146626 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2146626 I do not think there is bias in this video. Stevenson is speaking from personal experience and does not use this platform to bash another race, but simply uplift his own and create positive outlooks on life. He learns from his experiences and thinks of the positive outcomes of everything he's been through as a black man in America. I do think this is credible if you're trying to gain knowledge on the treatment of black people in the U.S. I question that was unanswered for me at least is how did the situation with the officer who pointed a gun at him turn out? Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:54:01 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2146618 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2146618 This video reminds of the poem "Incident" by Countee Cullen. Stevenson says even though he has his degree in law from a reputable university, as a black man, automatic assumptions are made because black people are "presumed as dangerous and guilty." In the poem, a little boy is already being labelled based on his skin color and was called a derogatory slur. There is differences in this video and Native Son. The main character, Bigger, was labelled as a monster, but with reasoning as he chopped off Mary's head, burned her body in the furnace, and also bashed Bessie's head with a brick until she died. Stevenson, however, made efforts to change his life and what he'd be viewed as. Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:49:31 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2146574 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2146574 This video made me feel empowered. The message that Stevenson brought forth in the video was enlightening and gives hope to people including me. I feel this way because I witness the challenges he's listed, and have family members who have experiences of racial discrimination, so to see all of the bad and challenges and things to overcome and still push through is a good message. Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:42:20 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2146540 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2146540 This video does not appear to have any biases. It is an informative video with information that I definitely agree with. The video has positive feedback and gives useful tips and analyzation of the causes and effects of maladaptive coping mechanisms. I think the video answered common questions that would have been asked by someone who is uneducated about this topic. Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:27:08 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2146530 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2146530 Bigger is one of the ones who did not use coping mechanisms that were positive for him. Due to his situation, he hung out with bad company which I'm pretty sure was a gang, he had no efforts to want to work and after he killed Mary he became even worse. He was even more cold hearted and had enough to kill Bessie and repeatedly hitting her in the head with a brick which is ruthless and psychopathic. He took his anger at his life out in horrific ways. Another person in Native Son who relied on maladaptive coping mechanisms was Bessie. It is revealed in the chapter "Fate" how she met Bigger, and how she gets drunk often to relieve her stress which is unhealthy and as the video said, only makes you weaker when faced with negative circumstances. Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:22:38 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2146521 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2146521 Some of the maladaptive coping mechanism listed such as eating disorders, substance abuse, risk taking behavior, are things that I have had to discourage my friends of doing so learning about all the causes and effects of these mechanisms are personal to me. Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:11:09 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143473 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143473 There does not seem to be too much bias in this video. The video talks about minorities in general, using numbers and percentages to prove their point and discuss the topic of child poverty. The limitations of this video is that we do not know who the speaker and is and where she got her exact sources unless extra research is done. Another limitation or hole in the video is that the video should have talked more about individual states in America and their poverty rates with children. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 23:43:32 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143471 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143471 This video relates to the racial wealth gap video. In this video, the statistics of minorities based on wealth is mentioned just like in the racial wealth gap video, talking about the disadvantages of minority families versus white families. This video also relates to Native Son because Bigger and his siblings were born into a poor family and will most likely also birth their children into the same lifestyle since opportunities to earn more money are not as available to them. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 23:39:42 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143464 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143464 This video makes me realize the reality of poverty in America. Children who are born into poor families are very unlikely to build themselves out of these situations and opportunities are not equal for all. I feel disheartened because children should not have to go through things like this at such a young age, or have to worry about where their next meal will come from, whether or not they'll be able to afford college so they don't go, etc which cause the poverty cycle to repeat itself. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 23:33:56 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143429 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143429 This article is completely bias. The whole point of the article was for Mathis to give her feedback and opinion on Native Son, which she did. This would not be credible source because it is an opinion based article which is influenced by her beliefs and preferences which may be very different from others reading the book. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 23:15:49 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143426 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143426 This relates to Native Son because a few side characters like Mary and Jan did not like that black people were treated like this. Jan wanted to see change even though he didn't fully come to an understanding and show true character development until Bigger was caught for killing Mary. Mathis also doesn't think that black people should be represented in books like these as "ugly and debased." Sun, 18 Oct 2020 23:14:13 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143420 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143420 The way that Wright used Bigger as the main character but made him into a vulgar, undesirable person was not liked by some reviewers of the book. Anaya Mathis doesn't think Wright should have used a murderer and rapist as his leader, especially to a dominantly white audience because it'll make them think this is what black life is and this is who black people are. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 23:10:30 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143405 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143405 Ayana Mathis talks about the target audience of the novel and how Bigger was used to gain sympathy from white readers. She also critiqued how Bigger was made a murderer and rapist which was already what people thought of most black men which she believed was degrading for a character and referred to Bigger as a "miserable and incompletely realized creature." Sun, 18 Oct 2020 22:59:28 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143387 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143387 Sun, 18 Oct 2020 22:56:26 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143219 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143219 I don't think there are any biases in the biography. They simply state his achievements and there are no statements that may controversial where a reader would feel the need to do their own personal research. Though, I wish the biography went more in depth about Wright such as the "odd jobs" he worked. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 22:43:36 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143215 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143215 This biography makes me think of Bigger. I feel like Wright may have tried to portray himself in Native Son as Bigger through aspects like their living situation, not having a father in his life, and possibly some personality traits. It was up to Wright to turn his life around which he successfully did and Bigger had the same responsibility but was not able to do it. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 22:41:07 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143171 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143171 After reading Wright's biography, I see that he most likely incorporated a lot of his own traits into Native Son as Bigger Thomas. I also see why he chose to write a book like this that talks about the hardships of black people during these times because it's what he personally experienced. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 22:14:47 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143163 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143163 This biography goes over the achievements of Richard Wright in his journal throughout literature. It mentions the hardships he went through to become what he was, such as having to use white friends library card because black people were not allowed to use the public library in Memphis. He was able to come from poverty in a best selling author. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 22:06:27 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143093 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2143093 Sun, 18 Oct 2020 21:43:27 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142998 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142998 I did not see a lot of bias in this video. The video had not only statistic and factual evidence, but the speakers in the video were not only black. The video shows evident analyzing and evaluation in the information that was and included real interviews, articles, news clips, etc to talk about racial wealth gap and how it was and currently is affecting the black community. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:23:39 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142994 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142994 Bigger's family was struggling with making money to properly function as a family. Their living situation was a one bedroom apartment and Bigger's mother constantly begged Bigger to get a job to help provide. This had to do with the wealth gap, in which black families significantly earned less money based on how the system was set up. Though in Native Son, there was no mention of the mom ever trying for a loan, but after watching this video I see why. Subprime loans were more likely to be given to black families because as time went on, the interest would increase, causing black families to go more and more in to debt, messing up their credit score and keeping them in the low class category. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:20:59 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142942 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142942 This video relates Native Son because of what we've learned how Mr. Dalton and him not allowed black people to move into neighborhoods where there were a lot of whites. Another comparison would be the poem "Ballad of the Landlord," which also talks about black people having housing that was not as good as white peoples living situations. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:12:57 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142939 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142939 I've been aware that there was a huge wealth gap between blacks and whites, but watching this video really educated me further by giving me realistic numbers and percentages. I did not know that slaves were given land, then later were evicted after Lincoln died and the law was changed. Seeing that the median white households wealth was $117,000 compared the median black households wealth which $17,600 made me feel disappointed. There was a brief real like experience included in the video by an African American senate saying that his parents were denied houses in better looking, dominantly white neighborhood and were lied to that houses were "sold." In reality, having black families in these neighborhoods was a threat to housing prices. In Native Son, Dalton would only sell poor houses to black people but claims he wants to uplift. This in turn kept black people down such as Bigger's family, they were paid less, were unable to get proper education, and were seen as lesser in the media. I understand why Bigger hated his skin, because it caused him so many disadvantages which is unfair. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:09:27 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142887 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142887 Some topics covered in the video include the differences in wealth within the white community and black community and the video gave background on how this came to be. The video uses statistics to show all the details and effects of the racial wealth gap, and also includes information on the New Deal that ties into the central idea of the video. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 19:56:47 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142882 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142882 Sun, 18 Oct 2020 19:54:39 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142861 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142861 After watching this video, I feel angered by how the black community is treated. Black people as a whole have already went through 250 years of slavery, then onto 90 years of segregation, and still we are being discriminated against. Black people were stripped of so many opportunities after practically building this country, making it what it is. Watching videos like these make me reflect on how this country was built by minorities, only to be taken over by whites and the white supremacy agenda continues to show. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 19:47:56 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142791 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142791 As viewers, we do not know right from watching this video where the speaker got their sources from. Though, a lot of the things talk about in this video such as bad neighborhood = bad schooling is very true and I have seen it first hand. A limitation lies within how many people were interviewed. We do not know the jobs of these people or education level to fully assess their living situations. The video is titled housing segregation and redlining in America, but only surveys a select few people from Baltimore which brings down the reliability of the information given. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 19:00:56 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142768 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142768 After watching this video, I was able to reflect on what I've read in Native Son. Mr. Dalton was in the real estate business, but only offered poorer looking houses to black people, in rundown neighborhoods. The practice of housing segregation and redlining is very prominent in Native Son and Mr. Dalton is 'exposed' for it, he says he makes efforts to support black people, yet continues to put them into housing situations that will make it a lot harder for them to improve and get wealthier. After seeing this video, I understand why Bigger acted as he did, he felt that he had no purpose and less opportunities. Wright portrays Bigger hating his household, having him say he lives in a one bedroom apartment with four people, that things in the house don't work, etc. The beginning of Native Son starts out with them catching a rat, and I now realize why this was added in the book, and it really showcases Bigger's living situation due to things like redlining. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 18:43:50 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142746 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142746 Some topics that were covered in this video was how redlining played a role in housing segregation, and how the people living in these areas are affected. Housing segregation is the main reason that black families have less family wealth of white families. The video also talks about how housing affects education as well, better schools are put into neighborhoods with better houses, so these redlined areas don't have schools with ample resources, or with nice looking buildings, etc. Sun, 18 Oct 2020 18:31:35 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142738 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2142738 Sun, 18 Oct 2020 18:21:21 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2137130 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235791?scroll_to=2137130 Sun, 18 Oct 2020 18:00:00 -0400