Frederick Douglass, A TED Talk, And Perception?
How does the TED Talk video by Lisa Kristine relate to Frederick
Douglass and the message of his narrative that we are reading? How does
this make you reconsider how you think about a certain person or
group? Through this reading and viewing experience, have you started to
perceive or feel differently?
This blog response is due by Wednesday, February 28th at 2:30p.m.
This blog response is due by Wednesday, February 28th at 2:30p.m.
posted by Greg T at Thursday, February 22, 2018
29 Comments:
The Ted Talk and Frederick Douglass’s narrative expose the extreme and real dehumanization involved with all slavery. The effects of excessive labor and lack of respect for the slaves is not considered by their masters, who are only interested in the profit that they can turn. They incorporate this motivation into their treatment of their slaves, in the case of Frederick Douglass separating children from their mothers to remove their attachment to family, therefore making them more submissive. Viewing/listening to true stories and documentation about slavery both in the past and present day give the slaves more of a human element. Rather than being a very unfortunate situation in the past, these two pieces of media remind me that actual people suffered and are still suffering under the constricting effects of slavery.
After watching the TED talk video about modern day slavery it was extremely humbling. I often find myself looking through a “straw” because of living in Centennial CO. Living in the suburbs creates almost a fake reality. We see people as “poor” when they don’t drive luxury vehicles or live in a mansion. It is incredibly easy to lose ourselves in the materialistic values that many believe in in our society. Looking around the world and seeing illegal slavery of both body and mind is disturbing. Sometimes it is easy to just think about the american slaves back in the say but it has not ended. It is very much alive today and needs to be stopped. Basic human rights and love should be enforced throughout the world. Not because it is a choice or luxury but a basic human right.
After watching both the TED talk and reading Fredrick Douglas I noticed that they both talk about slavery. I also think that they both show how the hard work and effort slaves put had to put in was dehumanizing. It also shows how wrapped up in materialistic objects everyone today is, slaves did not even have any property or right but we are worried about having the best possible property and making sure that our rights are taken care of even though some others might not be. I think that both works shows that basic human rights are taken for granted and we as a society need to be thankful for the basic right we do have, such as being considered as a citizen and not just property. I do think that society should make sure that everyone has the same right, but I also do think we need to be thankful for what we have while pushing forward for equality for all.
After watching the TED talk video about slavery, I quickly realized how blessed we all are. I think sometimes, at least I know I am, are very closed minded about things going on in my life. I think if I got one bad grade, or broke a nail, it's the end of the world. When in reality, some children and people don't even get the opportunity to go to school. Sometimes in life I think we get caught up in what we don't have instead of focusing on the good, with what we do have. Watching this video was extremely humbling, and I feel even more grateful seeing what other go through on a day to day basis.
Most apparently, the parallel is that they are both about slavery. It's a horrible subject, and nobody likes to think of how it is still going on today. A lot of things that we buy might have been sourced from slave labor. We have all heard about the horrors of the diamond industry. I think the big difference is that Fredrick Douglass experienced it firsthand, whereas she experienced it through her work with free the slaves.
After watching the ted talk, it relates to Frederick Douglass because they both bring light to the problem of any kind of slavery. It makes me think about how today, we don't think of slavery being a thing anymore but it is still a problem that some people face. It is so easy to get caught up in our own reality that we forget that not everyone has that same luxuries that we do. It makes me realize that even though that modern day slavery is not something we hear about very often, it is still a very real issue and something that needs to be addressed.
This relates to the Frederick Douglas narrative because of its relation to slavery. This shows the horrible conditions and things that people have to go through and do. This is Heart renching and has the purpose of getting a person to join in their cause. This makes me reconsider why people would ever own another person for the self preservation and gain of themselves.
This video relates to the story of Frederick Douglas in that slavery is still completely relevant. People think that racism is not as bad but in some ways it is much worse. We complain about the luxuries we have and yet we are very blessed compared to others. We think that our lives our miserable and yet we have it very well compared to starving, bloodstained slaves.
After watching the TED talk, my eyes have been open to just how dehumanizing slavery is. To not getting food or water, to having to work for 17 hours a day without getting any pay. What's the most sad, is the fact that these people don't know any other life. They don't know how jobs actually work, they don't know that they are even slaves. Its sad to have to see these people working as hard as they are and not get anything. And if they do something wrong, they get into more trouble than a child telling there parents no in America.
After reading and watching the ted talks they are both very focused around slavery. Slavery has been abolished in america but it still happens everywhere in the world even tho it is illegal. My views on this topic have allows been the same. Like many people I do not like this and I feel that everyone takes even the smallest things for granted but like most people I feel like theirs nothing I can do. I think if we all can push forward for equality but in the america we live in today with both right and left hand sides to political topics it would be very hard for us as Americans to come together to solve any big world problems.
Watching this TED talk opened my eyes to the dehumanization and disrespect through slavery, and its different forms. It brings to light the misconception that slavery has been completely abolished, when in fact it is still happening today, some of us completely oblivious. Its interesting to see the different cultures around the world, that affect our perception of slavery, yet its heartbreaking no matter what the justification is. It saddens me to realize that many will turn a blind eye to this ongoing issue, even after watching this revealing TED talk.
Both literary works relate, because both narrators have faced hardship and the most difficult moments in their lives. These works make me reconsider my life and how I need to gain more perspective in my life. Slavery deeply affected people both physically and emotionally. These humans are experiencing severe conditions. Emotional display is dangerous in the setting of Fredrick Douglass and Lisa Kristine. It is unacceptable for children, and all people in general to be under this overwhelming amount of pressure and expectation. No one should intensely work 17 hours a day without pay. The majority of slaves have all endured the same, awful experience.
A point that both the TED talk and Frederick Douglass touch upon is the individual lives of the slaves. When talking or thinking about the subject, it can become very difficult to truly understand that the slaves in question are actual people with actual experiences. Even if you are against slavery, it is incredibly easy to massively underestimate what these people are going through, and the effects it has on their mental and physical state. Hearing the individual stories and experiences from the slaves themselves, or someone very close to the issue, it becomes so much more clear why it is important to fight to free these people, and it becomes much easier to empathize with the slaves. I believe that it is very important to make these stories known, because if everyone can manage to shed a tear for those in the situation, they will be much more willing to help end the horrors that these people go through.
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After watching the TED talk video about modern day slavery in the world today. It is externally sad how few people know that slavery is still around, many thought that it had stopped hundreds of years ago but 27 million people are still enslaved. It is similar to Fredrick Douglass because of how horrible the people are treated with violence and not even being payed. Many of the people don't even know that they are slaves because they have been working their 16 hour days ever sense they were capable of working similar to the black families having children born into slavery. It makes you think about your life and how you rely on all of your rights to get though your day and then there are people that have less than half of your rights being forced to work harder than you ever will in your life.
This Ted Talk by Lisa Kristine relates to Frederick Douglass's narrative because both explain the horrors of slavery. This video makes me reconsider the slavery today. Is there still slavery today? Is what Lisa describes slavery or is it how the society works? Maybe these people do not know what they’re doing is not right, and that everyone should be paid. They probably just think it’s normal to work without pay. After reading and viewing I have perceived slavery in a more graphic way. Frederick Douglass’s stories really show how cruel people were to slaves.
The TED talk and the novel we are reading relate because they both demonstrate the hardships of slavery. I think that Fredrick Douglas has made me realize more than I ever have that slavery was a huge issue and it was and still is a very inhuman way to treat a human being no matter what. The fact that the slaveowners kept the slaves uneducated makes me frustrated and I don't understand what we had to do as Americans to make that socially acceptable.
After watching the TED talk video about modern day slavery and reading three chapters of Frederick Douglass, it makes me realize how much most of us as American citizens, especially in the suburbs here in Centennial/Littleton, have no idea what it's like to be part of such an unfortunate situation. From the early age of fourteen, any one of us can get a job that pays us well enough to pay for schools and houses in our futures. When I serve on our yearly mission trip in Downtown Denver, I see poor people as people who live in small run-down houses and work overtime so they can take care of their kids. I never took into account what it would be like to truly have nothing, not even hope of making enough money and getting out of the situation.
When watching the TED talk video, it is relatable to Fredrick Douglass because they both explain what is happening and what is wrong about it. It is very wrong, and I wasn't aware that slaves still existed today too. I did do some research about slaves today, and I found out that they exist in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, and Uzbekistan. These were the main countries that still have slaves. All together they have over 26 million slaves. India with the most at over 18 million. We are learning about how slaves were treated hundreds of years ago. It's almost the same as today. I definitely do feel sorry for them, and also in the video she mentions that some of them don't even know they are slaves. I think that is crazy, that from birth, they are immediately enslaved.
I think that this ted talk really opens up people's eyes to the fact that slavery is a terrible thing that needs to be fought against. This is very similar to what Frederick Douglass' biography does because it shows you what slavery is like from the perspective of a slave rather than the perspective of people who can't even imagine what the slaves are going through.
This video further solidifies the horrors of slavery and how little some people value human life. Slavery now is twice as bad as it was during the colonization of the United States, yet many many people are blind to the horrors of it. Just because there isn't observable slavery in the United States, doesn't mean that it doesn't exist beneath the skin of our civilization or in other parts of the world. It also would be very hard/nearly impossible to escape slavery in the modern world, when we have weapons and vehicles that can be used to track down people very easily. During the lifetime of Douglass, there was still a large possibility to free yourself from the chains of slavery, and to create a life with people and things you love
Slavery is truly the worst crime you can commit against fellow man. Frederick Douglas and the TED talk bring it to light. Not only does discrimination play a part of slavery, but greed does as well. Not only does slavery need to be abolished, but slave owners must be punished for the crimes against humanity, being equivalent to some humanistic carnage wrought during WW2.
The TED Talk video by Lisa Kristine related to Frederick Douglass because they both talk about the issues and they both go in more depth about slavery with their personal experiences. Watching this video made me realize how little the world has changed. With over 27 million people that are slaves. Working 16 to 17 hours a day with no break whatsoever. Viewing the video about the TED Talk has made me feel differently. It makes my heartbreak knowing that slavery is still going on in the world. This makes me reconsider how much I have compared to these people being forced to work in these awful conditions.
Both the ted talk and Fredrick Douglass explain how bad slavery is. Even though slavery is illegal it still is a huge thing today with about 26 million being enslaved. Fredrick Douglas talked about the hardships and what it was like and the ted talk showed us how brutal it actually is to this day. It has made me think about how fortunate I am and that slavery is a very inhumane and should be abolished.
Both the TED talk by Lisa Kristine and the Frederick Douglass Biography talk about the cruelty of slavery they have experienced. They are both talking about this to bring the problem awareness, which they hope would bring a solution. The biggest difference between them is that Frederick Douglass wrote his narrative about slavery in 1845 and Lisa Kristine is talking about slavery in the present day. This really makes me reconsider everything that we privileged Americans are doing to prevent this, because I didn't even know that slavery was still so prevalent. Through this informational experience I feel as if I need to do something to help end slavery, and I am very inspired by Lisa Kristine.
The TED talk by Lisa Kristine and Frederick Douglas have common ideas that slavery is still present and real, and that racism has not gone away. Both ideas ingrain the idea that slavery is cruel and lasting. This makes me feel very blessed because none of us have had to go through the terrors of slavery and pain. Even school, we see as not a privilege and yet slaves struggled to even read.
This TED talk talked about the ideals of slavery and how we still have it in the world today. Although we have fought for Civil Rights for years racism is never going to go away because everyone is judgmental and have their views on people. But people should be standing up against and see how the world is affected by slavery today. It's sad to say that people are still treated differently based on their race, wealth, and education.
Both Frederick Douglass' text and this TED talk described the horrors of slavery. However, from watching this TED talk, I realized in even more detail, how much trouble slaves faces. They are beaten, starved, discriminated, and so on. They are trapped in slavery with often not much hope of being set free. As if that wasn't enough, they also don't receive pay or compensation. It is crazy to me that that is something that existed and that also still exists to this day. We often don't realize how much pain those people face and we take advantage of the freedoms we have. From reading Frederick Douglass' narrative and watching the TED talk, I have reconsidered how privileged our society is and how grateful we should be. But also, how horrible others have it and how slavery is something that our world should work to shut down for good.
The link connecting Frederick Douglass' narrative and the Ted Talk I watched is slavery. Another similarity between the Ted talk and Frederick Douglass' narrative could be hardship in general. The author talked about some of her struggles and how she overcame them or learned from them, as does Douglass in his narrative.
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