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The issue that I am looking to explore in my Storytelling As Resistance project is the way that the coronavirus pandemic, and the way that people have responded to the various troubles that it has caused, has beautifully illustrated what privilege in America looks like. This is important to me for a few reasons. FirstContinue reading “Blog Post #7”

I think Aja Y. Martinez’s use of storytelling as a kind of resistance was an extremely powerful tool, and there are so many moments within the allegory that resonated with me as a reader. What is impactful about utilizing storytelling in this way, and through the use of fictional characters, is you can capture soContinue reading “Blog Post #5”

What initially struck me when reading From Silence to Words: Writing as Struggle by Min-Zhan Lu was the dynamic and ever evolving relationship she had with her own bilingual abilities and how it reflects the complicated way that everyone, especially women, view themselves from childhood to adolescence and into adulthood.  At the beginning of the essay, theContinue reading “Blog Post 4”

Going into our conversation about language equality, I was immediately reminded of my work in Professor Lotier’s class last semester that touched on this concept. While I had never considered the implications of language equality before, I was very quick to understand the concept and realize that systemic change must be made in order toContinue reading “Blog Post 3”

The excerpt from Freire’s “The Pedagogy of the Oppressed” that I chose to analyze is the last two paragraphs on page 44. In this excerpt, Freire is asserting that to move away from oppression, one cannot simply soften the power that the oppressor has over the oppressed. All this does is illustrate “generosity” on theContinue reading “Blog Post 1”