“Stranger in the Village” is primarily showing a cry against racial discrimination, at this time the location has been changed from France to Switzerland. Baldwin seems to come to a new world because in this place no body has ever seen a black man before. Baldwin has been treated as a stranger and exotic [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Ethnical Obligations
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Equal in Paris
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In “Equal in Paris”, this chapter tells about Baldwin gets arrested by police during Christmas period, in this chapter, the author describes the eight days Baldwin spent in a French jail as the result of a misunderstanding involving a bed sheet a friend had taken from a hotel. Ironically, for the first time in [...]
Encounter on the seine -April 12
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The boo of essays by Baldwin manily focuses on issues of race in America, but also uses his experiences in Paris to make interesting contrasts. the last part of the book conerns his life as an expatriate living in Europe after World War 2, ” Encounter on the Seine” describes the experiences of Americans, Parisians, [...]
Multiculturalism’s Silent Partner
Posted in Uncategorized on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
2 questions about the reading 1. How does Multiculturalism influence the world and how to connect to globalism? 2.why lots of non-white people occupy a large portion of wokers in American labor market ?
White Privilege Response
Posted in Uncategorized on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The author is Peggy McIntosh who majors in women study. She wrote this paper while she used her knowledge in women study to discover and consider the phenomenon happened in society. After reading the paper, I think the definition of “white privilege” can be concluded as a special advantage or benefit of white persons; with [...]
