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***I want to start with a disclaimer saying that it was very hard for me to choose between quotes and reflection this week. But I think that, if I chose a reflection, that I have gone on and on for so long that the blog post would have been way too long. I have a lot to say about LGBTQ+ representation. I wouldn't have been able to stop, and I have too much homework for that. I experience, through a first hand account, the lack of representation of my community, and I can't wait to further discuss this in class on Monday***
This week I've decided to choose quotations from this week's reading from August.
The first quote that I picked was from the beginning of the article. August defines the word curriculum and where the word comes from. It comes from a Latin word, which means "to run". August then gives this analogy, in response, "and, of course, where there is a race, there are winners and losers," (August 85). August then goes on to explain that the winners, within the school curriculum, are the children represented. The white, privileged boys and girls. The losers, however, are the poorer minorities, the African Americans, the Hispanics, and, as this article focuses on, the members of the LGBTQ+ community. While there isn't much representation for POC, there are still some stories read, still some main characters introduced in novels and movies watched in class. However, I would like to argue that children who identify as LGBT are the least represented of the bunch. Almost, as it seems through the eyes of the majority of society, the most wrong.
The next quote I chose was, "In its place was the word 'novio,' the masculine form of the Spanish word for sweetheart," (August 88). In this quote, a young high school student gets her answer marked wrong because This quote really spoke to me. After establishing these words, August then goes on to explain just how Maria, the girl who wrote this answer, felt. She was afraid to speak up, and, in a way, felt put down, weak, and afraid. Why should she have to be afraid to fight for her grade and, more importantly, why should she have to feel belittled just because she is an "out?" lesbian. Aside from how immoral this whole point is, there is another point of representation. There is such a lack of representation for the LGBTQ+ community that the teacher was too ignorant to even consider that maybe a girl could have a 'novia', and maybe it wasn't a mistake.
The final quote that I chose was, "words invite or exclude, recognize or erase, encourage or intimidate, examine or assume." These words speak leaps and bounds to me, not even in just the sense of the LGBTQ+ community, but in everyday life, especially in there education system. Classrooms need to be encouraging, and invite all inclusive ways of thinking. No one should feel excluded, and I feel like that should always be implemented into classrooms. In relevance to this text, it was very obviously talking about how LGBT students should not feel left out, but I feel as though August probably intended for it to have a deeper meaning, that resonates to all youth and adults alike.
As a closing point, this video discusses the lack of LGBTQ representation. While it doesn't necessarily focus around representation in the education system, it talks about it in the media, and that is just as bad as in the school system. Plus, it has my favorite character from my favorite tv show in the thumbnail ;)
***I want to start with a disclaimer saying that it was very hard for me to choose between quotes and reflection this week. But I think that, if I chose a reflection, that I have gone on and on for so long that the blog post would have been way too long. I have a lot to say about LGBTQ+ representation. I wouldn't have been able to stop, and I have too much homework for that. I experience, through a first hand account, the lack of representation of my community, and I can't wait to further discuss this in class on Monday***
This week I've decided to choose quotations from this week's reading from August.
The first quote that I picked was from the beginning of the article. August defines the word curriculum and where the word comes from. It comes from a Latin word, which means "to run". August then gives this analogy, in response, "and, of course, where there is a race, there are winners and losers," (August 85). August then goes on to explain that the winners, within the school curriculum, are the children represented. The white, privileged boys and girls. The losers, however, are the poorer minorities, the African Americans, the Hispanics, and, as this article focuses on, the members of the LGBTQ+ community. While there isn't much representation for POC, there are still some stories read, still some main characters introduced in novels and movies watched in class. However, I would like to argue that children who identify as LGBT are the least represented of the bunch. Almost, as it seems through the eyes of the majority of society, the most wrong.
The next quote I chose was, "In its place was the word 'novio,' the masculine form of the Spanish word for sweetheart," (August 88). In this quote, a young high school student gets her answer marked wrong because This quote really spoke to me. After establishing these words, August then goes on to explain just how Maria, the girl who wrote this answer, felt. She was afraid to speak up, and, in a way, felt put down, weak, and afraid. Why should she have to be afraid to fight for her grade and, more importantly, why should she have to feel belittled just because she is an "out?" lesbian. Aside from how immoral this whole point is, there is another point of representation. There is such a lack of representation for the LGBTQ+ community that the teacher was too ignorant to even consider that maybe a girl could have a 'novia', and maybe it wasn't a mistake.
The final quote that I chose was, "words invite or exclude, recognize or erase, encourage or intimidate, examine or assume." These words speak leaps and bounds to me, not even in just the sense of the LGBTQ+ community, but in everyday life, especially in there education system. Classrooms need to be encouraging, and invite all inclusive ways of thinking. No one should feel excluded, and I feel like that should always be implemented into classrooms. In relevance to this text, it was very obviously talking about how LGBT students should not feel left out, but I feel as though August probably intended for it to have a deeper meaning, that resonates to all youth and adults alike.
As a closing point, this video discusses the lack of LGBTQ representation. While it doesn't necessarily focus around representation in the education system, it talks about it in the media, and that is just as bad as in the school system. Plus, it has my favorite character from my favorite tv show in the thumbnail ;)
i feel this spiritually
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