Weeber's passage talks about all kinds of questions about Racism that sometimes people do not even think about it in a day or even have the slightest thought. She is a disabled person and can relate to all of the pains that maybe some people have been suffering alone. Not just herself but her brothers and sisters are disabled going through rough times that racism causes people of color. When he mentions about the word "normal" it makes it sound as a word that can impact other's by their looks. Her passage involves a lot about her personal life of being disabled and viewed differently from others. Sometimes she feels as if people are feeling pity towards her. Hearing the word, "ablsim." from her disability community meaning a form of prejudice and bigotry that marks us as less than those who are non disabled.
In McGuire's passage, Growing Up with Two Moms, she tells a story of herself when she was still younger. Having two moms she did not want to let her friends and classmates in her school to know about her mother being a lesbian. When her brother and her had not wanted their mother and her girlfriend to stay so close together during any family meals . Keeping the hate of having two moms isn't something so big even if it costs something that you might lose.
Well as I had started reading this passage all of the questions that he was pointing out is not just meaning for me to answer but also to himself as well. From his questions, I makes me want to reflect on the history of any ethnicity whether it's my own or others of whom I known. I had realized in Weeber's passage she elaborates about the time when she had different ways to have connection with the world even though she is living with her disability. I found it interesting when she said she needed other people who is disabled to help her get pulled out from her feelings and to love herself. It makes me think of some friends that I know who can't seem to help themselves out tend to go to people who is in the same bout and talk to each other and they can relate.
As mentioned the word "fag" isn't a daily word that I use to insult others, I had never liked the word when I heard it use in front of me. But for the other two words I have not heard about it. In her story when she starts out about thinking her family was normal and nothing was going to go wrong. I have, had that assumption myself, compared to other people. My friends tell me my family is so cool and wished to have what I have, but they do not know, what I have I also want what they have whatever I am missing. When she started to find out about her mother being a lesbian and feeling shocked not wanting everyone to know. I think if I were to be in her situation I would act that same at that very young age. But what ticked me off the most was restricting her mother's love and making Barb live in the basement, I think that's not right, even though she didn't like that fact that her mother is Gay. I never knew that such thing as also have a connection to racism. I was very glad that she had seen it the other way around to accept the fact that even though someone is married or in a relationship and is gay that it is okay and everything will be normal. I mean at least everyone is happy and nothing is in their way in life.
I think these two articles helps me reflect back to some situations back in the days that I hoped to put up with a better character back then....
In McGuire's passage, Growing Up with Two Moms, she tells a story of herself when she was still younger. Having two moms she did not want to let her friends and classmates in her school to know about her mother being a lesbian. When her brother and her had not wanted their mother and her girlfriend to stay so close together during any family meals . Keeping the hate of having two moms isn't something so big even if it costs something that you might lose.
Well as I had started reading this passage all of the questions that he was pointing out is not just meaning for me to answer but also to himself as well. From his questions, I makes me want to reflect on the history of any ethnicity whether it's my own or others of whom I known. I had realized in Weeber's passage she elaborates about the time when she had different ways to have connection with the world even though she is living with her disability. I found it interesting when she said she needed other people who is disabled to help her get pulled out from her feelings and to love herself. It makes me think of some friends that I know who can't seem to help themselves out tend to go to people who is in the same bout and talk to each other and they can relate.
As mentioned the word "fag" isn't a daily word that I use to insult others, I had never liked the word when I heard it use in front of me. But for the other two words I have not heard about it. In her story when she starts out about thinking her family was normal and nothing was going to go wrong. I have, had that assumption myself, compared to other people. My friends tell me my family is so cool and wished to have what I have, but they do not know, what I have I also want what they have whatever I am missing. When she started to find out about her mother being a lesbian and feeling shocked not wanting everyone to know. I think if I were to be in her situation I would act that same at that very young age. But what ticked me off the most was restricting her mother's love and making Barb live in the basement, I think that's not right, even though she didn't like that fact that her mother is Gay. I never knew that such thing as also have a connection to racism. I was very glad that she had seen it the other way around to accept the fact that even though someone is married or in a relationship and is gay that it is okay and everything will be normal. I mean at least everyone is happy and nothing is in their way in life.
I think these two articles helps me reflect back to some situations back in the days that I hoped to put up with a better character back then....