Reflection

I have taken my last two English classes with Caitlin, and I learned a lot from her and I had fun at the same time. So, that was the reason why I took her class this semester, because I new I was going to have fun but I was going to learn something that somehow was going to have a major impact on me. And, I was not wrong. This semester in English 214 I learned different kinds of Invisible Narratives within our society, culture, music, social media, and within us.

            First, let me honest with you. I did not remember what I wrote for my diagnostic essay, so I had to go back to ilearn and download it. Once I did that and started reading it I noticed that this entire semester I mainly focused on racism, and inequality in the United States. And so my essay was focused on the corrupt government, racial profiling, what the United States claims to be but is a bunch of bullshit, and by this I mean “For the people by the people”, “Freedom”, and “The land of opportunities”. When I was putting all these things together I filled up with anger because young people, people of color to be specific are been target by the police. It does not mean if you were born here, if you are legally, or if you are not, racial profiling attacks everyone. In addition to that, it is a shame and but at the same time is sad to know that the United States have not progress from slavery and all those inequality. In my paper I also talked about, how the United States goes around and kills people, and takes their natural resources. Yet, other people are the ones being called savages and terrorist when it is the other way around. 

            I have seen so much inequality in since I arrived to the United States to the point where I started to make my own ideologies. Some of my own ideologies are treat people as they treat you, speak you mid even if some people will get mad, upset, don't be afraid to say what you think because you don't want to look like a fool. These are some on my ideologies because this is the opposite society and the government wants you to do. The media wants you to put other people down because their appearance, social economic level, and gender. On the other hand, the government does not want you to speak your mind even if you have the right to express yourself.

            When I was analyzing the invisible narratives within my culture, I was really shocked and embarrassed of my culture at the same time. I am Mexican, and in my culture women are supposed to stay home, clean, take care of the children, and cook for the husband. What this shows is that women are supposed to be submissive to men and they do not have the right to do what they want. I go against everything I just said. I go to school, I do not have children, everything I do is for me and just me, and I do not know how to cook. Even if there are all these invisible narratives in our society, government, culture, we do not have to embrace them. I can make the change my going against it just like I did. You can make a change too, you just have to have courage.

The following photos explain everything that is going on around us everyday.