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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.

NETWORKS AND EXCHANGES IN MY LIFE

7 Apr 2024, 15:26 Publicly Viewable

Interactions with people are very important as they build ones social activity and social awareness of what is around he/she. I have been part of different networks as a student and as a person generally in my personal life, to begin with, i have networks with my lectures and fellow academics/students at school and i also have networks outside of school with my peers and family members and work colleague when i am outside of school. To begin with, in my networks of being a student and interacting with my lectures on a day-to-day basis there is an exchange of talk and information/knowledge, i expect my lecture to provide me with the correct information of the module he/she is teaching me and in return i have to show through the exams or tests i will be writing the knowledge i have gathered from him/her. Though this may be a little bit one sided as i am the sole beneficiary of the information exchanged but i too get to exchange my understanding of what i have been taught and add on as to what i may know personally, this type of exchange shall go on up until i have received my desired qualification. Another network i am part of is between me and my colleagues/employer at work, i am a basketball coach at a private school and the reason i was hired was to teach and give knowledge of the sport of basketball to young athletes, the form of exchange between me and my employer is that he has hired me to coach and help improve the skills of these athletes and in return he pays me on a monthly basis for my work and this type of interactive network is beneficial not only for employer and employee but also the athletes at hand. Thirdly i have interactions with my peers and family members, a network of social activity and responsibility as a child at home, with my peers there is a level of exchange of communication to keep the friendship healthy ,the interactiveness between us could be of educational purposes as we may meet up to share certain information that we have learnt from a lecture and share each other's understandings and knowledge of that module/topic. Lastly i have networks with  y family, in my family i am the first born of two children and i am expected to be a leader to my sibling, a submissive and respective child to my mother and in exchange i receive filiation for respecting rues set between me and my parents and family members. Those are just the type of networks i have in my life and the type of exchanges and they people part of my daily networks.