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Course Reflection

Wow! That was fast. The course went by rapidly but I have taken so much from these couple of months. For one, I admire that we can speak about current global issues. It's interesting when you can tie it back to what is happening and place yourself in perspective as to how it will effect or impact you and the world around you. I have learned about the significance and perception of ethnicity, nationalism and of race as concepts and modes of establishing or of manipulating identity and of organizing social life in non-Western societies. The most simple yet satisfying is learning about how everyday symbols such as flags and coins can date back to so much politics and history that continue to shape the world we live in today. I appreciate that the professor made it possible to gain participation marks through doing what was expected of us; our reading. It's the cherry on top for those who were already reading and a motivation for others.

Speaking of participation, I also like that the professor walked around for answers and opinions during lecture. I am shy and tend to hold back but that gave me the opportunity to shout out answers, comment and ask questions. From this, I learned about other classmates opinions and received a more in-depth perspective from the professor about the topics being discussed.

The power points were very visual and I can appreciate that as a visual learner. I took so much information from the photos which depicted nationalism; such as national symbols in flags, stamps e.t.c.  The different photos that illustrated the history of race; such as black face.  Tourism ads and commercial which use monument and historical figures to attract using captive words and nomadic groups from that part of the world.

The guest speaker we had come in the class taught a lot about my own country of birth in terms of its history; how they were impacted and continue to be by colonialism; how Indians and Arabia influenced east Africa. The relationship between the different people including the titles, and treatments from their own people and outsiders.

The movies we watched in class were very interesting often leading me to search more about the topics and concepts in further details. The movie refuges and neighbors who practice 2 different faiths are very apparent in today’s society as we see them in the news thus I have learned political history tends to repeat its self and never fully vanishes.

The blog was one of my absolute favorite aspects about this course because it allowed me to express personal contents in relation to the course. Again, I am shy and the class is only a couple hours making it difficult for all of us to state about opinion but the blogs gave us a platform to do just that; show/ comment on what we have taken from each lecture and continue the class outside.

I highly recommend this course to everyone; I'm not an anthropology major myself but, I enjoyed it every bit.

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Ethiopia Is An African Country Known For Not Being “Colonized”... Thanks To The Great Leaders At The Time Such As The Empress Taytu Betul. A Female Warrior.

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You Don't Say. He Wants To Make "America NOT GREAT Again"

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A Gread Article I Found Related To The Course... Mind Opening. 

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"US" Is Always The Good While "THEM" Is Always The Bad... That's Why It's Used As A Political Tactic. For Example, Recruiting Soldiers In Tome Of War. US vs. THEM

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Fags Don't Consist Of Random Colours & Symbols... Everything Has A Meaning & History Behind It. Here Is Our Beloved Country Of Canada As An Example. 🍁🇨🇦

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Rick & Michione💙 The Walking Dead Answered The Fandom's Request & Made Richione Happen. The Power Couple.

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RACISM, COLORISM, HYPOCRISY IN ITALY. Watch the full vieo goo.gl/n6k4wF with English subtitles (activate the subtitles option on YT, I have translated everything).

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I ad to post this because I’m tired of white women using my race to promote abortion.

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#MCM Our Prime Minster Is Athletic😍 He Is Just Too Beautiful.

Politics At It's Finest (No Pun Intended)... Okay Maybe. His Just So God Damn Handsome.

Can we get Justin Trudeau? #MCM #canada #yoga #fitness #election2016

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Just When You Thing This Only Happens In America.

Jean-Pierre Bony, a 47-year-old Black man, was shot in the head by a rubber bullet by the tactical squad of the Service de la police de Montréal (SPVM) in Montréal-Nord over the weekend. He died this morning in the hospital. It occurred during a minor drug-bust, and numerous witnesses report he was un-armed and posed no physical threat to law enforcement.

Racist double standards surround  marijuana

Since the story broke, media outlets have already begun to justify the violent intervention and resulting fatal injury because marijuana was found at the site . Yet it appears there two different sets of rules for white and Black-skinned persons in Canada. Amidst general public acceptance of cannabis use, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s well-received plan to decriminalize marijuana, those who grow and sell cannabis are preparing themselves to be legitimate businesspersons, and are represented as burgeoning entrepreneurs in the media. Cannabis is sold ‘for medical purposes’, in storefronts all over the island of Vancouver.

But Black Canadians are still vilified and represented as dangerous criminals for their perceived or real involvement with the same substance. Black communities continue to be subjected to highly orchestrated, militarized police raids by tactical squads and SWAT teams. Black individuals thought to be involved the distribution of cannabis continue to be seen as deserving of any police violence inflicted upon them, up to and including injury and death. Jean-Pierre Bony is dead because of a bust surrounding a substance used recreationally by large numbers of Canadians, across race and class; yet his tragic and unjustifiable death has so far been represented as a minor detail.   Black life, after all, is cheap in Canada, and Montreal is not exempt. […]

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Native American chief Joe Medicine Crow dies aged 102

The historian, World War Two veteran and chief of Montana’s Crow tribe Joe Medicine Crow has died aged 102. His grandfather was a scout for US military commander George Custer, who lost his life in the Battle of Little Big Horn fighting Native Americans. Medicine Crow earned the title of war chief in his tribe […] http://dlvr.it/Kz4mcS

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Every Race Has Something To Offer. 👌🏾

Don't you think getting your lips done is hypocritical? And appropriating black peoples features?

I have body dysmorphic disorder and even though this isn’t a recommended course of treatment, I know that getting fillers (I actually want my nasoliabal lines filled, not my lips. I’d get my lips done after getting my smile lines filled which cause me the most dysphoric distress) will help me feel better and my mental health and happiness sometimes comes before political purity :/ It’s not a feminist decision and it’s even a very anti-feminist decision and I am a hypocrite for literally fueling the beauty industry but I’m sick of feeling ugly and not leaving my house and besides seeking psychological treatment I wanna get something fixed that has bothered me for years!! Too bad!! I don’t think that me getting fillers will singlehandedly ruin the feminist movementSecond part has to be a troll, people of all races and ethnicities have full lips, although of course black people more often have full lips, yes, but full lips =/= black…I’m latina, we tend to naturally have full lips and my lips aren’t thin to begin with, I just wanna enhance them a little bc I know that that will help me feel better about myself, although like I said my priority is getting rid of my nasolabial folds which are literally all I can see when I look in the mirror to the point of crying, I’m fixated on them. although of course there has been a trend of big butts, full lips, and other features associated with black people being used by white ppl for fame, black women’s features are hyped up on non black women and that’s a huge part of the big lip/big butt trend we’re seeing, while on black women these features are seen as ugly. there is a lot of misogynoir and double standards when it comes to these features. 

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Abuse can happen to anyone from any Age, Gender, Ethnicity, Religion, sexual orientation or economic status.

#mentoo #1bluestring #bluestring #nomoreitdoesnthappentomen #menagainstviolence #menagainstdomesticviolence #MenAgainstRape #domesticviolence #sexualassault #sexualabuse #ptsd

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 First name: N/A Nickname: Phoenixy? Age: 21…

ah yeah, I use ethnicity as race/gene/however u wanna call it and nationality as country of residence

I have dual citizenship between the US and Serbia, if that’s what you meant?

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