Final Blog Post: Women Supporting Women

For my final blog post, I am going to write about something that was briefly mentioned in our final class discussion. The topic I am going to elaborate on is “women support women.” Growing up as being the only girl out of my three brothers really showed to me how important it is for women to be supporting women. Friendship is the most evident advantage of women supporting women. This is necessary to human satisfaction, and for a woman, it can be a crucial component of leading a balanced existence. The crucial sounding board to go over a personal difficulty is frequently other women. In order to participate in the women support women movement, which is all about positivity and female solidarity, you must share a photo of yourself in black and white and nominate other women to do the same with the hashtag #challengeaccepted. 

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It is important for women to lift each other up because it boosts their self-esteem and serves as a reminder that they possess special skills that nobody else possesses in addition to being just as smart, skilled, and intelligent as their male colleagues. When women are empowered, they contribute back to society by taking on responsibilities, landing jobs, and promoting equality on a worldwide level. 

Women Supporting Women Poster

International Women’s Day falls on March 8^th every year. International Women's Day was first honored on a global level in 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. This day was designated an official day by the United Nations back in 1977. The now-global holiday strives to recognize the outstanding contributions made by women and raise awareness of the gender disparities that persist. 

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner Reflection

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner Reflection

This film was about how Joanna "Joey" Drayton comes to her parents' house in San Francisco after a trip to Hawaii with her fiancé, the highly qualified Dr. John Prentice, so they can meet him. Her father, Matt Drayton, is the publisher-editor of the newspaper The Guardian, and her mother, Christina Drayton, owns an art gallery. Joey, who received a liberal arts education, plans to wed Dr. John Prentice, a Black widower who must depart that evening for Geneva to work for the World Health Organization. The pair takes a flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco without realizing that Joey is white, and Joey extends an invitation to John's parents to join her family for dinner. Christina also extends an invitation to her family's liberal friend Monsignor Ryan.

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

I can see how some people may interpret Dr. Prentice's contempt for his father. Dr. Prentice, however, wished for his father to see that his son is an autonomous, free-thinking adult. The next thing that Dr. Prentice said to his father, as his countenance softened and he showed his appreciation, is something that must be acknowledged and was not included in the previous post. "You are my father, and I love you forever," I said. Regarding whether their marriage would last, I sympathize with Spencer Tracy, the father of the young girls, and what he said toward the close of the film.

EOTO REACTIONS

Robert F Kennedy 

In this EOTO reactions, I will be writing about my one fellow classmate who did their presentation of the assassination of Robert F Kennedy. I picked this topic because this was such a crazy and interesting thing to happen, and there are many articles and information within this topic. RFK was assassinated in 1968 on June 5^th, however reported dead on June 6^TH. A 24-year-old Palestinian man Sirhan Sirhan shot him at the Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles. This happened moments after he won the California presidential primary. Unfortunately, five others were wounded during the shooting. The country at this point was confused and obviously concerned. Within the same year, Martin Luther King JR. was also assassinated, and the Vietnam War was occurring. 

Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

This was such a tragic story for the USA to hear because he was a very important role model for many. He is known for advocating thr civil rights movement, the fight against organized crime and the Mafia, and involvement in the U.S. foreign policy related to Cuba. He impacted the civil rights movement because he sent 400 federal marshals to protect the Freedom Riders and urged the interstate Commerce Commission to order the desegregation of interstate travel. Kennedy also authored his account of the Cuban Missile Crisis in a book titled Thirteen Days. It was released a year after his assassination. This book describes the meeting held by the Executive Committee, which was the team assembled by US President John F. Below is a picture of his book, Thirteen Days. 

Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Klansville U.S.A. Documentary

This documentary was explained as the civil right movements grew in the 1960s, the long-dormant Ku Klux Klan reemerged with a vengeance. North Carolina was seen as the most progressive southern state, and they saw a boom in the membership of the Klan under leadership od Grand Dragon Bob Jones. In a fast three years, North Carolina grew to 10,000 members, which gave them a nickname, Klansville USA. That is where the documentary title came from.  

I thought this was a very interesting and informative documentary about the Ku Klux Klan. It explored the origins of the Ku Klux Klan, its revival at various points in our country’s history, and how it came to dominate North Carolina in the 1960s. During this time, North Carolina was seen as the most liberal southern state. It was such a dominate force in that state for a period that North Carolina lost its reputation as the Tar Heel State. This documentary also focused on the leader of KKK, which was Bob Jones. It elaborated on his reasons behind his ability to organize his power. 

Klansville U.S.A.

Overall, I enjoyed watching this put together documentary narrated by Oliver Platt. There were vintage film clips, and insightful commentary. In my opinion it provided a good analysis on the KKK, and why this occurred in North Carolina with their given nickname of the Klansville USA. 

EOTO Board of regents vs. Bakke

 Board of regents vs. Bakke Supreme Court Case

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)

   I am here to share with you the Board of regents’ vs Bakke Supreme Court case. This was held due to the Equal Protection Clause of the fourteenth amendment and Title VI (6) of the Civil Right Act of 1964 being violated by a university’s admissions policies that used race as a clear and exclusive basis for admission decisions. 

In this instance, Bakke was a white man who applied to the University of California at Davis' medical school. When he applied, the school had available spots and his admissions score was significantly higher than the typical admittee's, but due of the school's racial quota system, his application was turned down. Prior to this, the school used a quota system in which white applicants could only apply for 84 of the 100 openings, with the remaining 16 openings going to people of color. Bakke filed a lawsuit against the school, claiming that the flagrant racial quota system violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and was unconstitutional. 

For affirmative action in the Bakke case, it determines that race could be considered, but the use of a strict quota system was unconstitutional in college admissions decisions. The University of California Davis School of Medicine in 1970 adopted an affirmative active program to create a dual admissions system to increase the number of students admitted who were educationally “disadvantaged.” To this day the Supreme Court has gone back and forth on the constitutionality of affirmative action. 

 

Hazel Scott

Hazel Dorothy Scott was a Trinidad-born American jazz and classical pianist and singer. She was born on June 11, 1920 and died October 2, 1981. She was a vocal opponent of racial discrimination and segregation. She used influence to enhance the portrayal of Black Americans in movies. Hazel’s parents got a divorce and she moved with her mother to New York City. Due to this situation, she got extremely close with her mom, and called her mother, “the single biggest influence in my life.”  

Who was Hazel Scott, the forgotten jazz virtuoso who fought against racial segregation?

When Hazel Scott entered a venue or any other public space and noticed that it was separated based on race, she immediately left. Hazel Scott made her Broadway debut when she was 22 years old. She objected to playing a maid or a prostitute. In a movie, she would only ever play herself.

 

She was among the first artists to include a clause in all her contracts prohibiting her from performing for segregated crowds. Scott attributed her bravery to her mother's role model, a proud and independent woman. Scott's popularity and talent also contributed; by 1945, she was drawing sizable crowds and earning an annual salary of more than $1 million. In the summer of 1950, she made history as the first African American woman to host her very own television show. 

 

The Hazel Scott Show

In the Heat of the Night Reflection

This movie was about Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the racist police chief of small Sparta, Mississippi, makes an arrest on suspicion of murder of African American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier). Tibbs teams up with Gillespie to find the real killer once he establishes both his own and another man's innocence. Tibbs makes enemies and unusual friends while looking for the truth as their investigation takes them across every societal level of the town.

In the Heat of the Night 

I thought this was a fantastic movie that provided a window for those who do not live within the United States and are complete unaware of the racial issues. The film made a significant contribution to educating viewers of other races about how difficult it was and still is to respect another’s human rights, despite the fact that they share the same planet. 

I also found the title song by Ray Charles to be very interesting. The actors in this movie did an excellent job and helped the film new consistent and fascinating. iT Was a social drama film with powerful and important scenes. 

In the Heat of the Night (1967)