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IN THIS BLOG ENRTY I WILL BE DISCUSSING WAYS IN WHICH LANGUAGE IS AND HAS BEEN USED TO SHAPE AND FORM OUR UNDERSTANDING OF OTHERS THROUGH OTHERING AND EXOTICIZATION,AS WELL AS HOW THIS HAS IMPACTED MY OWN UNDERSTANDING OF DIVERSITY AND IDENTITY.
OTHERING
-I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS HOW ONE WOULD VIEW A GROUP OF PEOPLE AS "DIFFERENT AND INHUMAN TO SELF",AS I HAVE READ IN WAINANA (2005) THAT WESTERNERS VIWED PEOPLE FROM AFRICA AS PEOPLE OF POVERTY,VOICELESS AND EXOTIC DUE TO THE FACT THAT AFRICANS HAD A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LIVING,BY THE CLOTHES THEY WORE(ANIMAL SKIN),THE WAY THEY GOT THEIR FOOD(THROUGH HUNTING)THEIR MODES OF TRANSPORT.THIS BROUGHT APON MISINFORMATION AND AN UNPLEASENT VIEW OF AFRICA AND IT'S PEOPLE.
EXOTICIATION
-ACCORDING TO MY UNDERSATNDING,THIS IS WHEN ONE REGARDS SOMEONE AS EXOTIC OR OF A FOREIGN.AS I READ AND UNDERSTOOD FROM WAINANA(2005),IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT WESTERNERS HAD UNFAIRLY POTRAYED AFRICANS AS EXOTIC AND DIFFERENT,SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DID NOT SHARE THE SAME SKIN COLOR.THEY WERE SEEN AS UNSUAL EVEN DESPITE HAVING THE SAME BASIC FEATURES.IT IS SHOCKING THAT SOME EVEN WENT AS FAR AS TO MEASURE AFRICAN SKULLS AND USE THEIR SIZE TO CLAIM THAT AFRICANS WERE LESS INTELLIGENT THAN WESTERNERS.THIS DISTORTED VIEW OF AFRICA AS BOTH DISTURBING AND UNJUST.
IN CONCLUSION,I HAVE CONCLUDED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT THEV REPRESENTATIONOF PEOPLE WITHOUT CLEAR RESEARCH OR UNDERSTANDING DEMOLISHES A PERSON'S IMAGES.I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE BRINGS APON PROPER PRESENTATION OF PEOPLE,AND POTRAYS THE RIGHT IMAGE THAT DOES NOT OFFEND PEOPLE OF A CERTAIN ETHIC.
A BLOG ABOUT OTHERING AND EXOTICIZATION OF AFRICAN PEOPLE
10 Mar 2024, 20:29
IN THIS BLOG ENTRY, I WILL BE DISCUSSING WAYS IN WHICH LANGUAGE IS AND HAS BEEN USED TO SHAPE AND FORM MY UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER ETHICS THROUGH OTHERING AND EXOTICIZATION,AS WELL AS HOW THIS HAS IMPACTED MY VIEW OF DIVERSITY AND IDENTITY.
OTHERING
I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS HOW I AS ONE VIEW A GROUP OF PEOPLE AS "DIFFERENT AND INHUMAN TO SELF",CREATING A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM AND ME.AND AS I HAVE READ IN WAINANA(2005),WESTERNERS VIEWED AFRICA AND ITS PEOPLE AS A PLACE OF POVERTY,VOICELESS AND EXOTIC DUE TO HOW AFRICANS LIVED A DIFFERENT LIFE THROUGH THE WAY THEY GOT THEIR FOOD(THROUGH HUNTING) AND THE TYPE OF CLOTHING THEY HAD(ANIMAL SKIN) ETC.THIS THEN HAS BROUGHT APON MISINFORMTION AND WRONG PRESENTATION OF AFRICA AND ITS PEOPLE.
EXOTICIZATIONN
ACCORDING TO MY UNDERSTANDIG,THIS IS WHEN I REGARD ONE AS EXOTIC OR OF A FOREIGN BECAUSE THEY ARE FROM A DIFFERENT ETHIC UNLIKE MINE.AS IMREAD AND UNDERSTOOD FROM WAINANA (2005),OT WAS CLEAR THAT WESTERNERS HAD UNFAIRLY POTRAYED AFRICANS AS EXOTIC,SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY BDID NOT SHARE THE SAME SKIN COLOR AS THEM.THEY WERE SEEN AS UNUSUAL EVEN DESPITE HAVING THE SAME BASIC FEATURES.IT BECAME SHOCKING TO ME THAT SOME EVEN MEASURED AFRICAN PEOPLES SKULLS TO CLAIM THAT AFRICANS WERE LESS INTELLIGENT THAN WESTERNERS.THIS VIEW OF AFRICA AND ITS PEOPLE WASCUNJUST AND DISTURBING.
I HAVE CONCLUDE AND FOUND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE REPRESANTATION OF PEOPLE WITHOIT PROPER RESEARCH AND FROM JUST ASSUMPTIONS DEMOLISHES A PERSONS IMAGES.I AM NEGATIVELY IMPACTED ABOUT HOW WE AS AFRICANS ARE VIEWD BY WESTERNERS BUT ALSO HAVE LEARNT THAT WITH THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE,COMES GOOD REPRESENTATION.