Face-to-Face
What
I thought over all about the website, and what it was about in general was just
it was kind of depressing, like it wasn’t upsetting, it just kind of makes you
feel bad. Like, wanting to give so much sympathy to the people who went through
it and experienced the hurt, anger, loss, etc.
One
of the stories that I found most interesting was, Tosh Kawahara, because of the
quote you see before you hear the passage by the person. His was, “At best it
was awkward.” he says that because his passage was about going back to school
after everything that had happened, and president Roosevelt was giving a speech, and Tosh was walking out in the
hallway, when another student was out there, who was very angry and yelled at
Tosh “Go back to Japan!” Tosh said that he was disappointed, which I would
agree on, considering the person who yelled at him, was one of his friends. It just
goes to show, that when something bad happens, you can see the type of person
they are. Not that if you get angry in a bad situation that means you’re a bad
person. Just that if you’re in a bad situation, and you’re going to be that
mean to a friend.
Another
passage I found interesting was Ruth Okimoto, her response in the “Identity” category
was relatable to me, the quote that it shows you before you hear or read the
passage is “The will first see my Japanese face.” The passage is about how when she was younger
she refused to learn about her Japanese side, that when her mother would try to
teach her the language or history about their culture, Ruth would refuse to
hear any of it. But, she says “I’m a Japanese American, and no matter where I
go, they will first see my Japanese face. So I can’t escape that.” I connect to
that, because I am Asian, I am Korean and whenever people see me they don’t automatically
think that I’m just American, they ask if I’m Asian. Not once do they assume
that I’m only American which is okay, because I enjoy being Asian. It makes me
who I am.
My overall reflection on what we did in
class today was that I found it pretty interesting. I didn’t really like the
biased testing because how could a computer tell if I am biased of not, all I was
doing thing into obvious categories, like yes, horrible is something bad, and
yes this person looks African American, so that I found pointless, and didn’t really
tell me if I was biased or not. But the 9/11 responses, I found really
interesting especially the categories’ they had, like loss, anger, and identity.
I found the fear, and identity ones the most interesting. But, it was just cool
to see people who experienced it their responses and reactions to the cause
that happened.
