Monthly Archives: October 2016

The Camera Adds 10 Pounds (of racism)

“… the school system and the media are closely related and continually transmit their delusional ideas about race back and forth.” (Yosso 53)

It seems to incredibly obvious now, but before this reading I never thought about the relationship between the school systems and media. We always hear of how media affects adolescent behavior, but we never hear about how media can also affect entire school systems, especially in the context of racism. Continue reading The Camera Adds 10 Pounds (of racism)

Making Connections for All Learners

“This phenomenon has important implications for students’ engagement with reading graphic novels with complex themes because reader ‘ownership over meaning making is clearly one of the appealing facets of comic book reading” – Chun, 2009

I found this to be one of many important points Chun makes in his argument for graphic novels as a useful tool in literacy skills for English language learners.  The phenomenon referred to is the idea that Continue reading Making Connections for All Learners

Remove the gender color stereotypes

“In the tattoo parlors of East Los Angeles there is a double standard in the tattoo choices Chicana/o make on their bodies.” (Santos,2009,p14)

Similar to Chicana/s in the States tattoos are not acceptable by the majority in China. People tends to associate tattoos with gangs, violence, low-socioeconomic culture, criminals etc. In the media, like TV dramas, movies, to feature the mystery, toughness, fierceness of the characters, like gangsters, original inhabitants, they are tattooed with dragons and ferocious animals. Continue reading Remove the gender color stereotypes