Class Reflection #3

     Wow its been a whole month since I have been on here. I will talk about my adventures in a non class assigned blog.
     In my last blog post I talked about being lost in class and thinking everyone else knew more and understood more about the theories. Apparently I was wrong because I did so well on the midterm. When Dr. A told me how well I did, I didn't want to believe her. Sure I studied and read, but it seems like I am missing something in class during the discussions. People seem to just jump right on other student's opinions so fast and I am sitting there feeling like I am lost in a tornado by myself. It seems like if i do not speak at the beginning of class for the general overview of the chapter, I would not be able to get a word in, since most of my comments are related to something that was said two people ago.
       Since the midterm we have gone over a lot of theories dealing with race. I thought that I was excited to hear about them and wanted to know more, but I was mistaken. I feel like there is something missing from these theories and that they are so narrowly tailored that they miss the person as a whole.
        Cross for example says that I must have a crisis that makes me aware that I am black and because of that I am going to immerse myself into that culture on an extreme level. I do not believe that is true for most people. I think it makes people aware that they are black and what they need to do to take more of the negative stereotypes off of them. For me that meant excelling in school, not getting pregnant and going off to college on an academic scholarship compared to a minority or athletic scholarship. I never was Black Power or saying that the man is trying to hold me back. I understand that this may be a more time aspect to Cross's theory, but it is still the more used racial identity theory.
          I wish that the multiracial studies were more researched than they currently are because I find those more interesting than the other racial identity theories. Only because a lot of these students have to choose between which world they belong in and sometimes they make the wrong choice socially. I am glad that we discussed in class that this is not just a black and white issue, but a wide spread issue. I think that most people think of this mix when talking about multiracial people and I think it is time to change that mentality, because student will feel even more out casted   They end up not fitting in anywhere and there has to be more done in this area as students who fall into this category are becoming more prominent that ever before.
         My last note for this post is about the readings for gender identity. I thought the posted Blazeview reading was pointless. All it did was give a quick outline on all the theories that we discussed about women before. It would have been a lot more useful before the midterm, but that is all the good it did. I feel like overall I took nothing from that section of the reading and it probably going to be the one that I have to study the most when it comes time for the final.