Assignment 3

1) In your blog, please write about your race and or ethnicity briefly. For example, how would you answer question 8 and question 9 on the census short form attached below? Where were you born, where were your parents born and where were your grandparents born, if you know.

I was born in the united states however my parents and my grandparents weren't, they were born in Ecuador. I consider myself a Hispanic or a Latina. I never paid to much attention to the Census before, on question 8 of the census I would mark off yes Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin and write Ecuadorian on the box. As for question 9 since they don't consider Hispanic origins a race i would mark off white because I don't fit in, in any other category. 

2) Is your race/ethnicity important to you or not something you think about and WHY or WHY NOT.  I never really put much thought to it. I am Hispanic American and I have been Hispanic American all my life. I've never really encountered a situation where my race/ethnicity was an issue. But I would say my race/ethnicity is important to only because no one can tell me that i am just Latina or I'm just American, i am both. 

3) What crossed your mind when you filled out the Census questionnaire? Are you of mixed race? To be honest filling out the census is just another thing that I HAVE to fill out. For question 9 on the census I check off white because there's nothing else I identify myself with.  I would say yes Hispanic and White.


4) Next, give me your reaction to the video posted below  It was no surprise to me of some things the girls were saying about African American females.  I would hear these stereo types throughout my high school career even before than. I would also hear about how light skin male African Americans were more attractive. 

5) What struck you most about the video? What really struck out to me was the experiment with the dolls. I found it real sad how most picked the white doll and I am ashamed to say I  would also have picked the white doll as a kid. I found it even more heartbreaking when I actually heard them say why they picked the doll that they picked even.
6) Why - SOCIOLOGICALLY - do you think the children choose the dolls that they do. HINT what larger social factors influence the children's doll choice. 

I believe social media has plenty to do with my the way the children chose. Children merely imitate what they see. The television shows that they watch and what they see when they're surfing the web has a great impact on them. And its sad too see that society hasn't really changed throughout the years.