Veerna Myers Ted Talk Analysis

Mogahed is an Egyptian-American that started her career as an engineer. She’s a Muslim that decided to wear her head covering by the age of seventeen. In the Ted Talk “What Do You Think When You Look At Me?”, Dalia Mogahed discusses the predicaments and accusations Muslims have encountered, including her personal experiences. Through the use of all three rhetorical appeals, pathos being the dominant appeal, Mogahed skillfully conveys her message to the audience that 1.6 billion Muslims shouldn’t be shunned because of the actions of a minority.

Wise’s examination of the inconspicuous character of racism 2.0 dovetails fittingly with our course’s recurring theme of institutionalized racism. In class lectures we have defined institutionalized racism as the discriminatory practices that have become regularized and routinized by state agencies, organizations, industries, or anywhere else in society. Although such practices might not be intentionally racist, they end up being racist nevertheless as consequence of the systematized and unspoken biases that have become increasingly convoluted and entrenched within society over time. It also doesn’t help white people to recognize these discriminatory practices considering they have been unconsciously tailored to be consistent with white perspective and mentality. In her article, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh examines not only how white folks often consider themselves to be a normative figure within society, but also how they are carefully taught not to recognize the advantages they gain from the disadvantages that impair people of color. In the article, McIntosh acknowledges the reality of her own white privilege and expresses, “In my class and place, I did not see myself as a racist because I was taught to recognize racism only in individual acts of meanness by members of my group, never in invisible systems conferring unsought racial dominance on my group from birth” (McIntosh 4). In fact, even if white folks do not believe themselves to

The ease of modern technology that lets people communicate globally, the access to extraordinary mobility, and the well roundedness of people today has produced the biggest population in history that prides itself in being egalitarian and fair-minded. Psychologists have found evidence in recent studies that, although people are not as outwardly racist and discriminatory as they were in the past centuries, there is an underlying bias that can lead people to act in ways opposing their beliefs. In their book Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good people, psychologists Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald explore the ideas of unconscious identity, the judgment and treatment of others based on stereotypes and the phenomenon of association, and our inability to simply stop being biased as opposed to outsmarting it.

In relation to stereotyping and prejudice, racism in effect is defined as the discrimination of a certain group of people as perceived by another group of people (Khan, Saera R. et al.). In Staples article, the issue surrounding stereotyping is brought forth in relation to the resulting prejudice and consequently racism as witnessed on Staples relations with the predominantly white community. “My first victim was a woman – white, well dressed, probably in her early twenties. I came upon her late one evening on a deserted street in Hyde Park, a relatively affluent neighborhood in an otherwise mean, impoverished section of Chicago” (staples). Staples statement suggests that the white woman is his victim even though we are quite sure that he is an innocent African American intellectual man. It can then, be argued that, through the constant stereotypes that Staples interacts with, prejudice makes him believe that he is wrong to be walking on the same street as the white woman.

Tomi Tunrarebi, an alumni of Monte Vista High School, wrote a narrative essay all about her experiences of stereotypes. She writes, “Lexi and I go out to eat out in Walnut Creek...I’m immediately met with harsh eyes of an old white lady...I can see the word clearly in her eyes: nigger” (Tunrarebi 2). This further adds on to the problem of society today: some people still holding strong prejudices against people of color. They haven’t realized today’s society is way different from in the past, and those people haven’t changed their opinions at all. Furthermore, the people resist the change because they like the current racism, which in and of itself, is

Since prejudice is so predominant it has cause a ripple in our country. A report that got some information about their perspectives of bigotry has found the country to in any case be profoundly isolated, with larger parts of black and white Americans holding almost inverse perspectives of the effect of skin pigmentation. Roughly 4 in 10 African Americans question that the nation will ever achieve the point where they are equivalents to whites, according the Pew Research Center. Almost 4 in 10 white Americans consider that has as of now happened. Greater parts of white individuals trust blacks are dealt with the same as them when applying for a home loan, in the work environment, and at the voting stall. Police treatment of blacks, the Black

In 1964, after centuries of outright oppression and discrimination, the civil rights act was signed and the black community had finally received the right to be treated as equal. Many hoped this would mean the gradual end of any and all forms of racism, however, this has proven to not be the case. Instead, racism has become much more covert and subtle. Today, racism can be seen in the form of a stereotype. A stereotype is a widely held but fixed image of a certain type of person or thing.

“Every new group or organization we enter, every new friendship we form, every new life changing experience we have requires the formation of new identities and socialization into new sets of norms and beliefs”(Newman 69). If we can alter the interpretations from the stimulus of black people in today’s society. For example, any race can wear a hoodie and be perfectly fine, but when a black person does it, they are automatically targeted. This can be changed if people were to think of where these ideals stem from. “Reality tends to be more a matter of agreement than something inherent in the natural world”(Newman 29). If people agree to look further than stereotypes and assumptions, they will learn that there is no need to be afraid of black people. They acquire no privilege from society, yet their blood built this

Many people in my town have few experiences with people of a different race. Because of this, they often rely on preconceived stereotypes when interacting with people of another ethnicity. Unfortunately, most stereotypes are unflattering and offensive. Thus, when movements such as Black Lives Matter and #OscarsSoWhite gain steam, many are quick to dismiss them. Some disparage them by claiming that people of color are unfounded in their complaints, others resort to blatant racism. In either case, I am sure to defend those being oppressed; I am not afraid to debate with even the most prejudiced. I explain the reasoning behind such

In the Ted Talk given by Hetain Patel, Hetain uses the stereotypes of his physical appearance to his advantage against the audience in order to help establish his theme of the Ted Talk, which is perception. He begins the Ted Talk speaking in Chinese mandarin, while a translator sits beside him and translates what he is saying to the audience. About a minute into the ted talk the translator reveals that Hetain was born and raised near Manchester England and that he is actually repeating the same paragraph of Chinese mandarin each time he is speaking to the audience. He actually knows English but he chose to speak in mandarin so he could “avoid any assumptions made about him due to his northern accent.” Basically wanted to avoid others using

In his February 2013 Ted talk “Txtng is killing language. JK!!!,” the linguist John McWhorter argues against the notion that texting leads to the downfall of literacy among the younger generation. In fact, the speaker claims that texting causes the development of the “linguistic repertoire” and the formation of a new language. In order to do so, McWhorter acknowledges the status quo of the perception of texting among the older generation; texting is the “scourge” that leads to the “decline of the writing ability” of the younger generation. In response to the status quo, according to McWhorter, texting creates an “emergent complexity” of the development of literature or at least writing.

In her TED Talk, Myers defines biases as “biases are the stories we make up about people before we know who they actually are” (How to overcome). She illustrates that this prejudiced thinking is grounded on mere hearsay and not on an actual interaction with people of different backgrounds and that our family contributes to the development of this unconscious attitudes. She also proposes three ideas on how to overcome biases, which

The overall message presented in Rob Hopkins Ted Talk, which is titled “Transition to a World Without Oil” (Hopkins), is that society has become dependent on a resource that is depleting and this needs to change. Hopkins presents the issue of how oil resources are becoming scarce and that people have become reliant on it to the point that they will not be able to function without it. He also mentions how oil consumption is also taking a toll on the environment. Overall, Hopkins introduces the energy consumption issue and by doing so, gains the attention of the audience that wants to this issue to change. His main goal in this presentation is for people to support his organization, called the Transition Network, which ultimately will help solve

Women in the work force are being faced with the issue of needing paid family leave, but are returning to work shortly after giving birth due to the lack of paid family leave in America. In “The U.S. needs paid family leave – for the sake of its future”, a TED talk by Jessica Shortall, she argues the need for women to be able to take the necessary time away from work to recover from child birth and to be able to take care of the new baby at home. Shortall shapes her argument successfully by quoting facts, using examples as evidence, and speaking in an emotional aspect to her audience. She starts her presentation off by showing her audience what search engines will show if you search for “working mother”.

Today racial stereotypes tend to be more discrete than in decades before, yet they are present in more implicit ways. African-American’s and many other minorities have been placed in our society according to their social categorization and because of this they have been stigmatized everywhere. Implicit racism is a part of modern racism, it states that racism operates unconsciously and unintentionally according to Kassin, Fein, & Markus (2014). In fact, studies suggest that once a stereotype is applied to a particular individual or group, people usually assume that all individuals within that group will behave in the manner suggested (Mensele, Nel, &Louw,2015). The purpose of this paper and research is to better understand why and how people come to create and believe stereotypes, and how the people being stereotyped deal with the mental abuse associated with it.