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Microaggressions in Movies

Microaggression  is defined as '' a statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group such as a racial or ethnic minority." In movies, some people may not really see where a microaggression occurs. Mainly, because they don't really care or don't even notice it is a microaggression. But as it is defined, these aggressions may only cater toward smaller groups,. So while some may not care, others might see it as an issue. One of the biggest microagresions I can find in the movie industry is Racial Changing. (That really isn't a real term, but that's the only thing I could think of.) But basically, Racial Changing is the action of altering a character's race, but that change does not fit within the context of the film. Personally, I believe Racial Changing can be done to a certain extent. But it really comes down to several factors, which will be explaine...

Allow Me to Alter some Childhoods ;)

My imagination was mainly built on the backs of a talking sponge, a bald kid with an arrow on his head, and two twins who lived in a hotel. Like most children, I grew up on Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Disney Channel. It was exciting to come home from school and watch my favorite shows and cartoons. But with such a young innocent mind, I never exactly caught certain things. When I was in middle school, my cousin had introduced me to conspiracy theories. These theories that weren't widely accepted by the public and could be very dark. Theories that exposed a darker side to humanity. This lead me down a dark hole of very scary and eye opening revelations. A particular category of conspiracies caught my attention. Children's television show conspiracies were one of the more interesting categories. They revolved around shows I had grown up around and things I could relate to. Those theories lead me to messed up interpretations of shows and some very "adult" innuend...

Faceless

Personally, as an individual, within the whole grand scope of the whole world, I can't help but feel so small and insignificant. Think about it, you are one person out of 7.6 billion in the world. I struggle with the idea of being lost within this sea of people. I struggle with not being a person who will make their great debut to the world, someone who adds to society. To help visualize my view on the world, think about the stars in space. There are billions and billions of stars in the sky. It's very hard to decipher a difference between the stars from our point of view. Tell me, could you look into the sky choose a star, then the next night point out that same exact star?Yet, in the abundant amount of stars, there a few in particular that stand out. The constellations are the "celebrities" of the stars. The ones that stand out and a person could pick right of the sky. Ones that you could look up at the and tell that individual shape in the sky.   We sit i...

A Cow's Proposal

Coming off of last week's blog, there are some major things I would like to be changed. If you haven't read that yet, I'll give a fast summary. Basically my job is to mascot for Chic-fil-A, so I walk around in a big costume, and some people mistreat me while in the costume. So after that rant about  negatives of my job and reading Swift's proposal, it has actually inspired me to make one of my own. But why does some animal need to make a proposal? A simple answer-- Middle Schoolers. Middle School aged people--the worst possible ages to go through. They are for sure, 100%, and the definite worst thing I encounter at work. Like I regret being a middle schooler, I'm pretty sure I was annoying. And I thoroughly apologize to all the people I ever spoke to during my lowest. I would punch my middle school self in the face if it was possible. But that's beside the point, we are to talk of my proposal. I offer this proposal to Somerset Mall, just ban anyone that is...