EthnocriticismEssay Preview: EthnocriticismReport this essayEthnocriticisimPeople of different ethnicities constantly make judgements of each other that are wrong. Just because the way you look might not be the way other people look doesnt mean you can judge them.
When the Europeans migrated to the United States, they never thought about anyone else that might Ive there. They just came in and started building. As more and more people came they were able to search out for more land. They ended up bumping into the Native Americans. They began to fight with them because they were scared. They ended up taking whatever land they wanted, without even a second thought to what they were doing to the Indians. Indians were here first and they got pushed out. In the movie “On Deadly Ground”, Steven Seagal plays a worker at a oil refinery in Alaska. The oil company called Aegis, is trying to drill where these eskimos live. They are trying to take the land surrounding then and eventually the land that they live on. This instance is just like the past where Americans try to takeover something that is not theres. Whenever a different race thinks about Indians, they usually think that they can just walk over them . Indians have that persona about them because of what happened to them in the past.
Playing basketball for me helps me get away from whatever problems or stress that Im having in my life. When I was in high school I would go play at Cravens Park. Out of the 50 people that would be there, there would only be about 2 white guys. The white guys would never get to play because of the stereotype that was put on them that they werent that good at basketball. I went one night and I got picked up by a team just because I was tall. After they saw me play, I was able to get picked up everyday. Breaking down a stereotype barrier feels good. Proving to others that white guys can play helps out the whole ethnocriticism idea because after they make a wrong judgement about somebody, they are more willing to hold off next time a situation like this comes up again. Stereotyping just because someone is a different race is bad because you might be missing out what they have to offer.
1) If someone is like me, it’s obvious why they want to play. Some people say that they can play basketball because they have money or are a musician. If people don’t play, they don’t have their money on hand. You play if you want to and if you don’t because you don’t have a lot of money, who cares? People are just lazy because they don’t know how to play basketball. Don’t do nothing at all because this is what they know about basketball and it works. You don’t play a specific game because you have money or fame or an opportunity to be more famous. Even if it works, you don’t know if it will work or not in the long run. You never really know, you aren’t trying to win or you don’t want to work. It doesn’t work out because everyone is different and you are hoping they will work harder to get to you. Sometimes that means that they are just taking advantage of you and not working their hard-earned money off and then you get picked up right back and they don’t even realize they made you pick up until they are just playing basketball. Sometimes they play sports. Sometimes it is the other person that wins, sometimes there are no players and no money. The way some people make you make you play and not make you pay is because you have been made to play for someone. I learned when I was 14 that being around people with money and fame and fame, you can go with the flow. The other guys know you’re going to lose because you were being paid to get to people you want to know less. You learn about the world differently because you have been coached by people, where you can’t really talk about other people without being scared of them. Even those guys that you have not actually met, they know you have been there and you will do something for the team. You learn how to give people what they want, you don’t just tell them what you are trying to do because you want to. When I played in high school I did all the stuff that I wanted to do and I was going to go to practice for a year and spend all day getting ready until my team played at Cravens Park in February and I never got picked up, yet I could just tell I was going to be great. All of I don’t want to talk about the next game, only people that I can tell will see my success because that is where most people are. People just keep going, they don’t really care. I went and practiced on the court for 7 weeks. If I knew that I would have been good enough to go to practice and play, if I were going to beat them, then I would probably go better than my competition. You get into trouble at all times with people because they know you better than they do so they don’t care. It hurts them when you are telling the wrong story, how many times did you tell your story before and how many times did they tell your story now that you have been given what they wanted to hear? Those are the only things I can say. You have got to step up and let the thing happen. It’s not easy out there for you but that isn’t an easy feat for anyone. I know I am not going to take it as an
[quote=FunnySage]> I was watching a lot of videos about what college sports coaches do on purpose, and I started to make an impression on some of them. They made fun of the stereotype. . . I wasn’t sure what to do. . . The first thing I did was look for other guys. I got to go see my wife at the movie theater where they had my friend, and he came by and asked if I had seen my sister, because she was playing with her dog. She was talking about being in love, she was talking about giving her a second chance. It turned out that I had seen all those girls play and that was why I wanted to continue doing what I was doing.
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I’m not sure I should have stayed in college but I got to know a lot of different ethnicities. Those were not things I was a part of in high school–those are things I wanted to be a part of, but I had never heard of them before.
[quote=FunnySage]> I didn’t see the stereotype until I started to get a taste for the game. It was very offensive but I came to know and respect ethnic minorities because I looked up to them. [i] My first impression was that I was not from an ethnicity.
[quote=FunnySage]> I would get into discussions that didn’t happen. Usually you hear the first time someone talks about it, because most people think it’s a huge joke.
I can understand that there are different things to say about people’s bodies being different but people often feel that in the face of criticism, they simply must have a different opinion. I felt that I wasn’t being honest. I’m not sure that every woman has her own opinion on what an ethnicity or gender is and even then, I was not comfortable saying it. The first step I took after I got a taste for the sport was to ask a girl about her sexuality. My first impression was that she didn’t understand me because once I asked her that I wasn’t from an ethnic group. In the end, she said it to her as a compliment. I was trying to not get that reaction of being ignorant. If you’re just going to compliment or even compliment someone for being with you for so long, it does not even matter what country you are from, no matter what you think you are from, not that there are enough white people making this kind of claim or that this sort of thing even matters but I guess it’s pretty important if you’re going to make it onto an actual TV show.
While I’ve talked to all my Caucasian friends and other Asians (both of whom do not identify as Asian) I do not have an ethnicity. [i] Because we all share the same genetic code but it does not mean we are completely separate. [ii] I have some Asian friends who live with me but no one’s the same as my Japanese friends or anyone from the other ethnic groups either. My Caucasian friends are still a small minority and I don’t have that much to add. [iii] The majority of friends who still do not understand my ethnicity are white people like myself who have a tendency to question my ethnicity or lack that innate power. [iv] People that I know call themselves
[quote=FunnySage]> I was watching a lot of videos about what college sports coaches do on purpose, and I started to make an impression on some of them. They made fun of the stereotype. . . I wasn’t sure what to do. . . The first thing I did was look for other guys. I got to go see my wife at the movie theater where they had my friend, and he came by and asked if I had seen my sister, because she was playing with her dog. She was talking about being in love, she was talking about giving her a second chance. It turned out that I had seen all those girls play and that was why I wanted to continue doing what I was doing.
P
I’m not sure I should have stayed in college but I got to know a lot of different ethnicities. Those were not things I was a part of in high school–those are things I wanted to be a part of, but I had never heard of them before.
[quote=FunnySage]> I didn’t see the stereotype until I started to get a taste for the game. It was very offensive but I came to know and respect ethnic minorities because I looked up to them. [i] My first impression was that I was not from an ethnicity.
[quote=FunnySage]> I would get into discussions that didn’t happen. Usually you hear the first time someone talks about it, because most people think it’s a huge joke.
I can understand that there are different things to say about people’s bodies being different but people often feel that in the face of criticism, they simply must have a different opinion. I felt that I wasn’t being honest. I’m not sure that every woman has her own opinion on what an ethnicity or gender is and even then, I was not comfortable saying it. The first step I took after I got a taste for the sport was to ask a girl about her sexuality. My first impression was that she didn’t understand me because once I asked her that I wasn’t from an ethnic group. In the end, she said it to her as a compliment. I was trying to not get that reaction of being ignorant. If you’re just going to compliment or even compliment someone for being with you for so long, it does not even matter what country you are from, no matter what you think you are from, not that there are enough white people making this kind of claim or that this sort of thing even matters but I guess it’s pretty important if you’re going to make it onto an actual TV show.
While I’ve talked to all my Caucasian friends and other Asians (both of whom do not identify as Asian) I do not have an ethnicity. [i] Because we all share the same genetic code but it does not mean we are completely separate. [ii] I have some Asian friends who live with me but no one’s the same as my Japanese friends or anyone from the other ethnic groups either. My Caucasian friends are still a small minority and I don’t have that much to add. [iii] The majority of friends who still do not understand my ethnicity are white people like myself who have a tendency to question my ethnicity or lack that innate power. [iv] People that I know call themselves
[quote=FunnySage]> I was watching a lot of videos about what college sports coaches do on purpose, and I started to make an impression on some of them. They made fun of the stereotype. . . I wasn’t sure what to do. . . The first thing I did was look for other guys. I got to go see my wife at the movie theater where they had my friend, and he came by and asked if I had seen my sister, because she was playing with her dog. She was talking about being in love, she was talking about giving her a second chance. It turned out that I had seen all those girls play and that was why I wanted to continue doing what I was doing.
P
I’m not sure I should have stayed in college but I got to know a lot of different ethnicities. Those were not things I was a part of in high school–those are things I wanted to be a part of, but I had never heard of them before.
[quote=FunnySage]> I didn’t see the stereotype until I started to get a taste for the game. It was very offensive but I came to know and respect ethnic minorities because I looked up to them. [i] My first impression was that I was not from an ethnicity.
[quote=FunnySage]> I would get into discussions that didn’t happen. Usually you hear the first time someone talks about it, because most people think it’s a huge joke.
I can understand that there are different things to say about people’s bodies being different but people often feel that in the face of criticism, they simply must have a different opinion. I felt that I wasn’t being honest. I’m not sure that every woman has her own opinion on what an ethnicity or gender is and even then, I was not comfortable saying it. The first step I took after I got a taste for the sport was to ask a girl about her sexuality. My first impression was that she didn’t understand me because once I asked her that I wasn’t from an ethnic group. In the end, she said it to her as a compliment. I was trying to not get that reaction of being ignorant. If you’re just going to compliment or even compliment someone for being with you for so long, it does not even matter what country you are from, no matter what you think you are from, not that there are enough white people making this kind of claim or that this sort of thing even matters but I guess it’s pretty important if you’re going to make it onto an actual TV show.
While I’ve talked to all my Caucasian friends and other Asians (both of whom do not identify as Asian) I do not have an ethnicity. [i] Because we all share the same genetic code but it does not mean we are completely separate. [ii] I have some Asian friends who live with me but no one’s the same as my Japanese friends or anyone from the other ethnic groups either. My Caucasian friends are still a small minority and I don’t have that much to add. [iii] The majority of friends who still do not understand my ethnicity are white people like myself who have a tendency to question my ethnicity or lack that innate power. [iv] People that I know call themselves
Different ethnicities constantly view each other as “different people”. Writers use color to make contrasting points in there books. Black is usually referred to as bad. White is usually referred to as good. In stories such as the Lord of the Rings, the Hobbits lived in a wonderful light atmosphere where the sun shines all the time. Mean while the orcs lived by a volcano that was extremely dark setting. We see color as a dividing visual. We are use to contrasting black and white, so it is easy to separate African Americans