Ellen
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Ellen started the topic Week 6 – RuPaul's Drag Race in the forum Weekly Takeaways 7 years, 2 months ago
1. Transgender and cross-dressing people are often victims of violence inflicted upon them based on their perceived “otherness” and the way they present themselves to the world which conflicts from the social norm. When cisgender artists borrow aesthetic aspects of the transgender or cross-dressing experience for gain with none of the…[Read more]
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Ellen started the topic Week 5 – Gender in the forum Weekly Takeaways 7 years, 2 months ago
1. Our ideas of gender are a social construct enforced by society from the time we are born.
2. Gender and sex are two different things. Sex is the biological traits a person is born with that assign them to being either male or female. Gender are the roles and traits that society imposes on men and women. Blue for boys, pink for girls. Cars and…[Read more]
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Ellen started the topic Week 4 – Structural Racism, Colorism, Assimilation/Whitewashing, and Difference in the forum Weekly Takeaways 7 years, 2 months ago
1.“Colorblindness”
Colorblindness is not the solution to racial problems and is really just a way for white people to further ignore and perpetuate a biased and racist norm. It is important to see color and “recognize that each tradition has something valuable to offer” and not to be “afraid to see how others have suffered as a result of racial…[Read more] -
Ellen started the topic Race, Privilege, and Color in the forum Weekly Takeaways 7 years, 2 months ago
1. In the U.S. “racially mixed persons are assigned the status of the subordinate group”, even if they are only 1/8th of that other group, which is referred to as the “One-Drop Rule”. The idea of white-passing and most mixed race people being considered black originated from slavery and the days of Jim Crow. As such, it’s a uniquely American way…[Read more]
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Ellen started the topic Zoë Saldana Casting Takeaways in the forum Weekly Takeaways 7 years, 3 months ago
1. Hollywood has a lot of problems to address with the roles that are offered and who those roles go to. When 73% of roles go to white actors, that’s a problem. “In an industry where there are few roles for women, fewer roles for African Americans, and even fewer roles for Latinas/os the options are limited”
2. Zoë has to exist in this in…[Read more]
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Ellen changed their profile picture 7 years, 3 months ago
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Ellen became a registered member 7 years, 3 months ago