Blogging, and Language-Power By Hajji Golightly

 I chose to use the Native American people of Muskogee, which is a native language to the Seminole, Creek, Northern Muskogean, and Maskoki tribes of America. Which is now an endangered language due to the displacement and killing of many Native Americans. There are only 4,200 Muskogean speakers left in the world. After reviewing the video "Whitewashed: Unmasking the World of Whiteness." Some white American's feel guilty for what their ancestors have done to other races, and some feel no remorse and identify as racist. Everyone in America has to be considered to be immigrants, except for Native Americans. Especially white Americans. Who has ancestors that traveled from Ireland, Scotland, Britain, and other European countries. A great question was asked. "How did your ancestors get turned into white people?" It has to be an opposition in color. For example, Native Americans called "Redskins." Everyone who identify as white has a certain level of privileg...

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RRUpPwSGaoC23NkU0k82RN8j_Rea2Zrz/view?usp=sharing Summary The world is too complex to understand. I believe this is the main idea of the video. When things are overly complicated Americans tend to not do the research to understand but lean on media for every piece of information regarding other countries or situations. The song that was playing in the beginning of the video stated. “I watch CNN, but I don’t think I can tell you the difference between Iraq and Iran.” This is alarming because we were at war with one of the countries and in political disagreement with the other. Iraq was being overrun by the Taliban, not all citizens of Iraq are against America. Just a radical group of individuals called the Taliban.  In our ignorance anyone with a hijab or with middle eastern descent we labeled them as a terrorist. Especially after the world trade centers were destroyed. President Bush labeled an entire country as evil ones instead of expressing...

  " The codes of gender: identity and performance Part 1   Is she a man or a woman? Androgyny is a reality that we deal within today’s society. People today try and tell us these things are normal. In media today they push the idea that these people are bullied and often attacked. In media they are against gender roles and say that “it is nothing natural about gender roles.” – ( https://www.kanopy.com/en/webster/video/216728 ) Sex and gender are two different things yet intertwined. Sex is defined as different biological characteristics at birth. Gender is the cultural definitions given to the physical differences. Sex is categorized as male or female. Gender says and defines the characteristics of the sex. For example, males are strong, and competitive. While females are empathetic, and emotional.   We learn how to identify through the culture around us. It’s based on the social norm which causes you to identify with the gender category given thro...

In this blog,  I will be expressing who I am, and describing what language and power means to me.  My name is Hajji Golightly, I am a student at Webster University. I am a project  manager and cannot disclose the company I work for. I like to work out and play video games. Mainly Apex Legends. I am a very laid-back person who likes to just relax on my days off. I am a student who is finishing up a degree for Business Management and I am on the cusp of finishing. I cannot wait. I also was in the military for 8 years and became a very distinguished soldier. At a very young age. I joined at 18 years old and became and E-5 before the age of 21. I was all Army soldier of the year 2 years in a row, and I have lived all over the world and experienced many different languages. I am originally from Los Angeles; California and I grew up in South Central. I have always been athletic and very outgoing. I played just about every sport known to man. I personally do not like talking abo...