Hello, Lillie I really enjoyed reading your thoughts especially when you related them to today's society. Women today are held to such high standards and due to that many women find it so hard to love themselves for who they are. I think that woman like Kahlo is so important because it reminds women that it is okay not to be perfect and that other opinions should not matter.
I really enjoyed reading I, Rigoberta Menchu this week as it is a part of history we are not told about in the US especially with it being that of a woman. In our discussion for this book, we talked about how there is a sense of community for these people compared to those who live in the united states. While I found this part of the discussion interesting a part that we talked about that really caught my attention was that the pay system that is pretty much slavery still happens today. I find this absolutely infuriating and so disturbing. I hate that there are people who are not being treated as HUMAN BEINGS, instead of as objects that can work. It has me wondering if there is anything that can be done to help or to raise more awareness of this topic as I just learned about this. Overall, I just find it absurd that a system like this is still around today.
This week we talked about the dynamic between the owner and the slave and found it to be interesting. Throughout my education, I was always led to believe that the slaves had no power but in reality, they held quite a bit of it in the dynamic. This power came from their ability of resistance to become a slave. In class, we talked about the different ways they resisted such as suicide or not eating. But one that caught my eye was when we had the discussion about if helping others was a form of resistance or a form of assimilation. In my opinion, this is a form of resistance in assimilation. I see it like this because I see it as a way to change the system from the inside. By assimilation to the idea of becoming a slave and helping others see it this way, they can join together and fix the problem together. They are stronger in numbers than they are by themselves. So by helping each other and forming this bond they are able to join together and fight for a bette...
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