Linsanity

Remember the video we watched in class of that guy talking about microaggressions. The guy stated that microaggressions are something that people of color experience constantly and throughout their entire lifetime. While I'm not denying that they exist, I feel like he is overstating their severity. And sure, they can be harmful, but he is also overstating that in my opinion. To me, if someone were to say "where are you from" or "you speak good English", I would think the problem is them and not me. I wouldn't take offense to the extent that the professor believes it to be a "major event". But I can't speak for everyone. Maybe times have changed since the video was posted, but for the most part I feel like people are generally careful not to offend others. From my own experience, it isn't like a "climate that is full of microaggressions", and as big of a deal as he makes it out to be.  Also he defines microaggressions as varying fr...

I had immense difficulty coming up with what to write, even with the blog ideas on the board. I didn't have experiences relating to a lot of the things, like an ethnic name, stereotypes. I feel like these weeks where there isn't a required prompt is a lot harder to write about. Ironically, having the freedom to choose a topic makes it more difficult.  So these few times at swim practice, things would get rough. We would have sets that would pretty much be straight aerobic swimming for an hour, with little rest in between. Each day I saw coach write something like this on the board, I would feel a little bit nervous, or get the thought that I didn't want to do it. But we kind of didn't have a choice but to swim it. And so the set starts, and I quickly die. Everything hurts, I'm getting lapped, I feel dizzy, and my goggles are full of water. But it's at these moments where I truly learned how to push through things. I put my head down and just swam. Before you kno...

Link to article This article by the Onion satirizes microplastics, including the continued production of plastics and the view surrounding this subject. Also this is a slideshow format article, where each slide is a common question about microplastics and the Onion gives a satirical response to that question. Throughout the slides, The Onion uses hyperbole, perspective, and humor to produce the sarcastic and satirical tone.  Responding to the first question of "What are microplastics?", the Onion replies with "Seventy-sixth at best at best on the list of existential threats currently facing the human race". In this slide, the Onion satirizes the view that because microplastics aren't an immediate threat, they aren't dangerous at all. Alongside, by not giving an expected answer of something like "small plastic debris" or "synthetic compounds under 5mm", they criticize the mindset of people who only base their judgement on a single metric o...