Face to Face

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.