What did you think about Adichie’s talk, especially regarding stories we hear as children? What stories did you grow up reading or listening to? Did these stories influence your perception of the world?  .   Attach is the link to the Article and video and the questions are the attachment file.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/30/why-…   Read/Watch and Respond #4 Read Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge Respond to the following: 1. How does the author describe/discuss structural racism? 2. Why does the author no longer want to discuss racism with white people? 3. Why is ‘seeing race’ so important in today’s world? Watch the video What is Microagression? Respond to the following: 1. How does the professor describe microagression? Give an example he provides in the video. 2. How does it impact people who are recipients of microagression? 3. What can be done to address microagression? Your Take 1. Is structural (or institutional) racism a real thing and do you see it in your day-to-day life? 2. Have you experienced or practiced microagression? Do you think it’s a problem or just a fact of life? Anita Badu Answers #3 Read HERS: Cultural Baggage by Barbara Ehrenreich Respond to the following: 1. What, if any, cultural baggage does the author carry with her? She defines herself as having no cultural baggage. She comes from a family from mixed ancestry, which pragmatically avoided following one or another religious our cultural practice, to prevent tensions and disputes. Pragmatism and ecumenism are the favored norm in culturally diverse families. It happens more regularly in countries with a high percentage of immigration during its formation period. 2. What did she eventually discover about her heritage and the impact to her life? In her essay, Barbara Ehrenreich (1992) describes a thought travel through the past of her family, discovering that her family tree is deep rooted in the British islands. Irish, Scotts, Welsh, and Brits are part of her ancestry. However, her family did not follow any of their tradition. Despite of having a huge cultural heritage, her family searched for new traditions. She felt betrayed, uprooted, and fake because her family emptied her cultural luggage. But after a brief reflection, she discovered that having an empty luggage means that she can fill it during the journey. 3. How does this perspective differ from the cultural baggage of other groups? Their position is open and non-judgmental. They accept the differences, explore the new experiences, and finally adopt what they like the most. This open-minded, pragmatic approach has an almost scientific rigor. Because of migration, most countries are losing the rigidity of their traditions. Watch the video I Am Not Your Asian Stereotype Respond to the following: 1. How did Canwen Xu distance herself from the Asian stereotype? She tried to look more American than Chinese by modifying her activities and personality to match the American stereotype. She started degrading her own race and pretending to hate math, which worked. By rejecting her Chinese identity, she became more similar to her peers and their American identities, which made her more popular. Whiteness was the norm for her. She became Americanized, conforming to the norm that stereotyped her Asian identity. 2. What was the cost to her personally? She lost parts of herself she never could recover. In the process of Americanization, she demeaned her Chinese heritage. Unconsciously, she thought about herself as white. She did not realize that she was alienating herself from who she was and how she looked like. She had wiped out her Chinese persona to give her American self the ruling role. 3. How are Asian Americans used to justify racism in America? According to Xu (2016), Asian Americans are the overachievers, the model minority. They are hard workers and successful. Hence, their success is used to show that people of color do not suffer discrimination because they only need hard work to succeed. By considering Asian American the norm, the rest of the minorities look like a bunch of lazy people without ambitions. Your Take 1. Is cultural baggage necessary or helpful? I think that it is both good and bad. Good, because it gives the person roots to support his or her. Cultural baggage involves a community of people sharing the same culture or connected by the same religion. It is a supporting network distributed everywhere. On the other hand, it can be bad because it prevents people from having adaptability when the occasion raises the need, or acceptance of diversity. 2. At what point does someone need to drop some of their baggage and pick up new ways of being? I do not think there is a fixed point when you need to drop part of your baggage because dropping it is part of human adaptability. People will drop the part of the baggage that hinder their progress in life and pick up new ways that will help them succeed. Purchase answer to see full attachment Tags: Structural racism looking for opportunities foundation for our belief systems forced to prioritize the feelings of White people emotionally disconnect themselves Student has agreed that all tutoring, explanations, and answers provided by the tutor will be used to help in the learning process and in accordance with our company’shonor code & terms of service.