A wise man once said “If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree." History is a big part of our lives, if we don't know our history we can't live our lives. There is a difference in history singular to histories plural. History singular is looking at an individual in history and history plural is looking at the history of a group or a culture.
A culture group I do not know a lot about are gays and lesbians. I have never been around to many openly gays in my life. I did some research on the gay and lesbian movement. I had no clue on how hard they had to work to get the rights that this groups deserves. One day i feel is really huge for this group was, On April 25, an estimated 800,000 to one million people participate in the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation. Several events such as art and history exhibits, public service outings and workshops are held throughout Washington, DC leading up the event. Jesse Jackson, RuPaul, Martina Navratilova, and Eartha Kitt are among the speakers and performers at a rally after the march. The march is a response to “Don't Ask Don't Tell”, Amendment 2 in Colorado, as well as rising hate crimes and ongoing discrimination against the LGBT community.
Being a african american I am used to learning the history of my people. I had no clue that the LGBT community had a march on Washington. These marches changed the way the country looks at these groups forever. If it wasnt for the shift from history to histories we wouldn't know much about these culture. It gives us a richer understanding of intercultural communication of these groups.
"The American Gay Rights Movement: A Timeline." Infoplease. Infoplease, n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2014. <http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0761909.html>.
As a member of the LGBTQ community, I think you picked a great group to study. There is so much diversity within the community in regards to the differences between the histories of oppression with gender identity and sexual orientation. I look forward to reading more of your entries about your experience researching the LGBTQ community.
ReplyDeleteI was really drawn in by your opening paragraph. I love that you used an outside source to get your point across right from the beginning. I never really liked history because I'm not good at it, but now that I have a different angle to look at it from I'm very interested in it. I'm interested to hear about other people's histories and where they came from.
ReplyDeleteI love the quote that you started the blog with. I think the leaf/tree analogy is really powerful. Moving forward, include audio and visual forms of communication to enhance your written word. Also, make sure you are explicitly answering the questions in the blog prompt especially the last question on implications.
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