Ronald Takaki's A Different Mirror
In chapter 17 of the book, A Different Mirror, written by Ronald Takaki, he discusses what Bill Clinton said in 1997 during his presidency. Clinton says one day we will all be minorities and there will be no majority race in America. He believes this because of all the people who have come from all over to America. In our lecture on April 18th, we discussed the previous film we watched, Come See the Paradise. We also discussed some of the key terms and went over some if anyone had questions. We then were introduced to our next film, The Joy Luck Club. The lecture on April 27th, we mainly discussed previous readings in our text and the movie we just finished. We also went over a preview of the final things due for the course. The film, The Joy
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As time goes by, it becomes more apparent that Clinton was right. One thing I found interesting from the lecture on April 18th was that the film, The Joy Luck Club, had an important motif involving the Chinese game Mahjong. One thing I found interesting during the lecture on April 27th was discussing Takaki’s goal of writing A Different Mirror. Personally, I had never thought what Takaki’s goal was when writing this book, but the topics brought up during the lecture were interesting to think about. One interesting thing I saw in the film was the arrangement of marriage. I was never aware that the Chinese arranged marriages without say, and I found it somewhat interesting. Something I found confusing in the book was how exactly Clinton could come to the assumption one day there will be no majority race. Back in the day, an assumption like that would be seen crazy, especially coming from a president. One thing I found confusing in the lecture on April 18th was the ACS term “Hegemony”. Something I found confusing in the lecture on April 27th was about “intersectionality”. The term was brought up in question number 8, and I do not understand the term. In the film, I found it confusing as to why marriages were arranged for the
As time goes by, it becomes more apparent that Clinton was right. One thing I found interesting from the lecture on April 18th was that the film, The Joy Luck Club, had an important motif involving the Chinese game Mahjong. One thing I found interesting during the lecture on April 27th was discussing Takaki’s goal of writing A Different Mirror. Personally, I had never thought what Takaki’s goal was when writing this book, but the topics brought up during the lecture were interesting to think about. One interesting thing I saw in the film was the arrangement of marriage. I was never aware that the Chinese arranged marriages without say, and I found it somewhat interesting. Something I found confusing in the book was how exactly Clinton could come to the assumption one day there will be no majority race. Back in the day, an assumption like that would be seen crazy, especially coming from a president. One thing I found confusing in the lecture on April 18th was the ACS term “Hegemony”. Something I found confusing in the lecture on April 27th was about “intersectionality”. The term was brought up in question number 8, and I do not understand the term. In the film, I found it confusing as to why marriages were arranged for the