1. 1. QUESTION

   Read all the instructions carefully:

   Please write the self-reflection analysis about that documentary I provided the link down below. I choose this and also my book chapter # 1 and 2(some parts) to write this self-reflection precis. These book chapter I am going to send separate as an email so put everything together and write a good self-reflection Precis. Please do not use any outside source only use the provided source.

   I am also going to provide an example here as well down below how my instructor wants this assignment. Please read everything carefully and then complete this assignment.

    

   Instruction from instructor:

   Self-Reflection Précis #2

   The self-reflection analysis assignment is a 1-page single-space writing assignment that focus merely on your subjectivity or your thoughts about anything we’ve read, watched, and / or discussed in class. All I ask is that you write critically and intellectually. 

   Documentary – Human Zoos: America’s Forgotten History of Scientific Racism

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY6Zrol5QEk&t=587s

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

   Example of Self-Reflection Precis

   HONS 1010

   8 December 2014

    

    

   Précis #6

    

               The novel Colonize This! was a very interesting piece because the personal experiences of each writer which provided the necessary context of each individual’s view of feminism. Personally, I enjoyed reading every experience discussed in this book. However, there were some stories that interested me the most.

    

               The most memorable moment that became meaningful to me was when Rehman started to talk about her experiences of the catastrophic event of 9/11. Rehman addressed that this event lead to many misunderstandings about every Muslim (and Indian). Being an “Asian” Indian myself, I have seen people of my culture being verbal attacked for wearing a turban. They associate a turban as a sign of terrorism. I think the main problem with this scenario isn’t just the discrimination but about the ignorance we choose to live in. The ignorance of not learning the difference between Muslim and Sikh and the ignorance of generalizing a group of people to blame everything on. Some of the ignorant people of this nation choose to generalize that every Muslim is a terrorist, anyone who wears a turban-like or hijab-like head gear is a terrorist, and anyone who lives in the Middle-East is a terrorist. I do believe this event was caused by terrorist group from the Middle-East. However, because of those few radical individuals it is wrong to blame the rest of them. Like the old saying goes, “one bad apple spoils the whole bunch.” It irritates me to think of all those innocent Muslims, Indians, and others who have been harassed and beaten at the expense of those few extremists who created a bad reputation for the rest of them.

    

               Furthermore, the story Cristina Tzintzun also stood out to me because I found it interesting how her father kidnapped his wife and married her so he could, in a sense, colonize her. Tzintzun said, “It was not love that drew my father to my mother … it was the color of her skin, her impoverished background, her lack of education, her nationality, her low self-esteem, her submissiveness” (17). Because of these traits, her father felt as if he was superior to her. He could make her do anything he wanted and he “forced her to have sex with him, he beat her, he cheated on her, and told her that without him she was nothing” (19). This is utterly disgusting. It agitates me to think this actually happened to someone. To put myself in Tzintzun’s mother’s position, I know I wouldn’t be as strong as her to carry on that type of relationship. I’m just glad Tzintzun’s mother gave Cristina the strength to define feminism and look at the colonizer and the colonized in a new perspective.  

    

               Lastly, Hernandez and Rehman helped me understand woman of color are urging for their voices to be heard. As being a woman of color myself, I do understand the complications that many other woman of color deal with. The most important aspect of my culture is family and many of the stories discussed the topics of not feeling accepted in their culture. Personally, I love my culture and wouldn’t want to change it for any other culture yet I am very open minded to other cultures. I find each and every culture to be beautiful in their own way. In my life, my culture plays a huge role by helping me be the best that I could be. I strongly believe one’s culture helps build their identity like it did for each of the “womyn” writing their experiences in this novel (19).

    

    

    

    

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