Blog 10

Wollstonecraft, Kozol, and Woodson

1.) The pernicious effects talked about is what was done to women.  Wollstonecraft talks about the fact that women do not have the same rights as men do.  Society was run by men which is why this evil was able to be done.  Women had no way to stand up for themselves so they accepted that they were inferior and that was harmful to a whole group of people because no one should be considered less a person for any reason, especially because of their gender.

2.) At the time of this essay, women were considered to be property.  They were not able to make a much money as men, they were told they needed a man in order to survive, and men told women what to do in every situation.  Because of this, women were seen as inferior.  Wollstonecraft argued against this and said women should have the same rights and opportunities as men.

3.) I believe the way women are treated do affect how they act in society.  For so long they were oppressed and told they were inferior.  For just as long they believed that and were willing to go along with it because they were told that is right.  Eventually after a long time they started questioning it and since then women learned what is right and are willing to fight for it because they now know the truth.  If women were now treated equal they wouldn't be so loud in their fight for equality.

4.) Kozol says diversity in schools is pretty much non-existant.  Teachers teach about the civil rights movement but they don't talk about the fact that most schools still don't have a lot of diversity.  Kozol said that we need to pay attention to the segregation we are still facing.  To me, diversity is a mix of a bunch of different people of race, gender, economical status, beliefs, and sexual orientation, in a certain area.  I don't believe schools have reach full diversity since there are a lot of classes I have been in that are only white people of middle to upper class status.  Until we experience more diversity, we won't learn how to be more excepting of everyone.

5.) Woodson meant that African Americans in this country can become educated but not in the correct way.  They are taught how to conform to white culture because schools do not teach that blacks are considered equal.  They are taught throughout history that they were inferior until they decided to fit into white culture and then they received some freedom.  No schooling teaches that the African American citizens can have their own culture without being looked down upon.  That is why Woodson said African Americans can be educated but they won't learn the truth behind black history.