How do we decide in our own lives who belongs and who doesn’t? How do cliques operate? What potential violence is there in drawing lines between who belongs and who doesn’t? More broadly, who constitutes “we,” especially when it’s so difficult to arrive at and locate a common voice, stance, or attitude on a given […]
Category: ELP
Using the Mundane / Everyday to Challenge Stereotypes
Huda Fahmy is an Instagram Cartoonist (@yesimhotinthis) who uses her platform to educate her followers about the daily struggles women who wear Hijab face. She looks upon the stereotypes of the mindset towards if Muslim women and how it is typically thought that religious clothing such as a hijab is forced, by either the pressure […]
Are there implications of banning religious items?
I think trying to ban common types of religious items or symbols can cause many more issues that can harm a government or their citizens, than trying to solve an issue to keep people ‘safe’. I think there is not enough common knowledge as to what some of these symbols such as the hijab actually […]
Isma’s Identity Analysis
Home Fire, Chapter 1: How does this passage help the reader understand Isma’s identity? From this section of Chapter One, we can start to recognise how identity plays into Isma’s life as she looks for new living space in the US, and how her being Muslim impacts her decisions and how they are made. Big […]
Islamophobia and The Hijab
What Have you learned about Islamophobia and the Hijab? In what ways has it changed your earlier perceptions about Islam? Before I didn’t know too much about Islam, or Muslim faith or the Hijab and what is respondents. Just the very basic fundamentals because even though I see and hear about both, I do not […]
“Dissect” Podcast based on Poetry by Langston Hughes
In this podcast I have created within SL LangLit class, we discuss Langston Hughes poem ‘Theme for English B (1949)’ and how it reveals the themes of Identity, Racism and Imagery. And touches on some major issues that are present in the US such as racial discrimination and feelings of alienation from the white community. Throughout […]
What are ‘The Blues’, and why are they significant for African American culture?
The music genre ‘The Blues’ is significant to African American culture as is descends from African American slave songs. The smooth, rural style expresses the emotion of the singer, capturing the suffering of hundreds of years of slavery. Blues music is normally played with instruments such as acoustic guitar, piano, or harmonica at events […]
Langston Hughes: As I Grew Older (1926) & I, Too (1945) Poetry Comparison
In the poem “As I Grew Older,” written in 1926 and “I, Too” which was written in 1926, Hughes expresses the issue of racism in American and his desire to afflict change to the stereotypes and attitude towards black people and the black community. Throughout both poems, Hughes releases his experience and interpretation of how […]
Skip James, “Hard Times Killin’ Floor Blues”
Hard times is here and everywhere you go Times are harder than ever been before You know that people, they are are driftin’ from door to door But you can’t find no heaven, I don’t care where they go People, if I ever can get up off of this old hard killin’ floor Lord, I’ll […]
Langston Hughes and P&G presenting the strength of black women.
In the poem “Mother to Son,” and the advert “The Talk,” Hughes and P&G both celebrate the strength of black women whilst outlining the importance of needed progression within all communities. In the poem “Mother to Son,” by Langston Hughes, he writes about the advice his mother has given him about what life will be […]