How the Bad Blood Started Podcast

Medical care has been one of the biggest issues in our nation. Questions such as; Who qualifies for medical care? How is does medical care? Question like these arise when folks question the medical system. Medical care comes easy to the folks that are in the working class and most percentage of that is white people. There is a lack of medical care in the black community due to the cycle of history. In the Episode 4: How the Bad Blood Started podcast, these folks bring to life the history of how poorly the black community was treated through the medical industry. I love how Nikole Hannah-Jones began the pod cast with a modern day personal story of her uncle and how the government medical system failed them. This opened the door to curiosity, asking questions like why did the doctors false diagnosed him? Why did this take long for him to find out he was sick? Why was there no proper care or emotional care from the doctor to his condition? This is what grew my attention to listen more and pulled me to listen to the history of how the bad blood stared.

This image comes from Hulu: The 1916 Project Documentary

This podcast was forty minutes long, which for me it is not a problem because I enjoy listening to podcasts. But for folks who are not normalized to podcast they might say its quite long. The content creators from this podcast did not make it seem long or made it dragged. They utilized archived recordings, instrumental music played in the background of the podcast, different voices were speaking, the stories and examples that were being told were relevant, and the details/descriptions throughout the podcast painted a picture in my head.

The way Nikole Hannah-Jones asks questions through out the podcast are questions that are factual and précised, that make you say wow. the link here is the link to the podcast but I wanted to share 12 minutes in how she asked emphasized her words and asked the question, "So you’re saying that the federal government at that time was only supplying 100 doctors to serve the entire emancipated population of 4 million people?"

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/podcasts/1619-slavery-healthcare.html?

Nikole Hannah-Jones is the author of the 1916 Project Book, she created a space where it folks felt uncomfortable to read her book on how factual her statements were in black history. I found a YouTube video of her answering questions of her book and speaking about the project of itself.

https://youtu.be/09q49bzxJm8 

Bringing podcast into an educational space can be fun, this opens the door to new learning, curiosity and creativity. students begin to open up and have open conversation and this creates agency in the classroom setting. Having a podcast in class can be highly affective and fun!

Unlearning the Myths that Bind Us; Critiquing fairy tales and cartoons

 

 Disney was instilled in me at a young age. Our yearly family trips consisted of going to Disney World until the age of fifteen. I remember meeting my princesses and characters, asking them for their autographs to collect in my Disney book. My brothers and I were filled with excitement going to the happiest place on Earth that waiting in the long two hour lines in the 100 degree weather did not bother us because we knew our wishes were going to come true. Besides visiting my favorite magical place, my childhood room was decorated in Minnie and Mickey Mouse; my bedding, I collected stuff animals when I would go to Disney, my toys etc. And this made me happy!

Growing up I believed in happily ever after and Disney is where dreams come true. I believed in fairytales by watching princess movies. The princess were portrayed as women in distressed that needed saving from a prince. This love story was outlined for me and all through my teen years I felt like I needed prince charming to come save me and live happily ever after.

Disney may have its complexity of creating these narratives that are stereotypical. In Christensen’s reading she states, “Our society’s culture industry colonizes their minds and teaches them how to act, live and dream.” (p.173) then the author introduces the term, “secret education”; students are being taught that there is a domination of one sex, one race, one class, or country. Disney films are powerful to a child’s mind. At a young age our brains are developing and creating these imaginations that these films help expand their imagination and believing that this is how the real world works.

After reading Christensen chapter, Unlearning the Myths that Bind Us I agree with her point of views on how the industry is an influence in youths lives.  At this point in their lives they are vulnerable and will escape to this fantasy world that teaching them something unconventional. I will say Disney is gradually changing, it is 2023 and finally there is a black princess being portrayed as one of the popular princess Little Mermaid. I have seen videos of how young black girls are so excited that they have their favorite princess look like them. Sadly, there has not been much change of the distress princess and prince coming to save them storyline. I believe that is why Frozen was created and open the door that princesses don’t always need to be saved.

This is a YouTube link to the most heart warming reactions to the new Little Mermaid movie:

https://youtu.be/GsSJLK3WW54

Disney is a huge industry and they know how to manipulate and cultivate there audience. They have the control to make the change to inspire these young women that they are strong, beautiful and smart to become leaders.  

This is a TikTok link to one of my favorite princess videos: https://www.tiktok.com/@moviebro2002/video/7216310947122826501

I will forever be a Disney gal 💗👑 * I celebrated my 21sth Birthday at Disney World*

Boyd vs Prensky: Digital Native

 At the end of chapter 7: Literacy are today’s youth digital natives? The author Danah Boyd ended with saying “Learning is a lifelong process”. I believe that we are always learning and growing every day. There is always an opportunity to learn something new and gain more knowledge of. I believe this is what Boyd is trying to argue about digital natives and the youth. In Prensky’s case he argued that the youth is automatically in tune with technology, they are born into the definition of digital native. However, that is not the case for every youth.

My thoughts on these arguments can intervene both ways. Boyd brings up compelling arguments and examples throughout this chapter. In the beginning of the chapter, they state, “Technology is constantly reworking social and information systems, but teens will not become critical contributors to this ecosystem simply because they were born in an age when these technologies were pervasive.” (p177) I have worked with different grade levels, recently working with high school students. Students now all have access to laptops for school. Now everything is digital, students have an easier time to access answers on the internet. However, this does not mean they are “tech savvy”.

When it comes to using different platforms, students still struggle with utilizing this technology. Now when it comes to using social media platforms, I believe they are digital natives, due to using this daily and growing up around it. An example I would like to use is a personal example, my cousin created an Instagram for my niece when she was a baby, now my niece is 14 years old and is using that Instagram. She taught my niece how to use this platform to communicate with family and friends. She is a pro, and she teaches me how to use it and the algorithm of the platform.

In this example this would be a Prensky view, my niece had a tablet when she was one years old where she had the ability to watch Youtube videos as she got older began to teach herself the different ways on to use the tablet; play games, take pictures, take videos etc.

I believe the term “digital native” creates this division between society and age. This is also an outdated term. After reading this chapter, I created my own thoughts of this term. I remember growing up I had a notebook and a textbook to learn and do assignments. My millennial friends can relate the only way we were tech savvy was when using Myspace HTML to change backgrounds. I believe Boyd uses that example to show how the learning of technology changes. Technology is always changing and that is why we are always learning. Yes, now this generation and upcoming generation is born into the technology and social media world, but this does not show that they will be successful in using it.

Here is the link to chapter 7: file:///C:/Users/milar/Downloads/Kami%20Export%20-%20ItsComplicated.pdf

About Me

     Hello everyone! My name is Milary (Mil-ah-ree) Tavarez and my pronouns are she/her/hers. Here is a blur about me: I grew up in Western Cranston, Rhode Island. I attended Cranston High School West. My education journey began in high school. I was enrolled in the child development program in which it encouraged me to pursue an education degree at Rhode Island College. Along the way my views of becoming a teacher changed. Through a friend I discovered the major of Youth Development (YDEV). YDEV created a space for me to discover who I am as an advocate and educator. Here is a link to the Rhode Island College Youth Development major: https://www.ric.edu/department-directory/department-educational-studies/department-educational-studies-undergraduate-programs/youth-development-ba

 I received my undergrad in Youth Development and am currently pursuing my Masters in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). My goal is to empower and lead with the

youth in a community space whether this would be in a classroom or nonprofit setting. 

Fun facts about me: As you can see in my blog already, my nationality is Dominican and my first language is Spanish (I am bilingual). I have a fur baby name Cookie, he is 6 years old. (He needs to stop growing up or shall I say getting old 🙁) I love pretty views like the sunset and city skylines, I love the fall and I am a starbies gal 😍. During my "free time", I direct a Latin folklore dance group known as Quisqueyia in Action. The dance group is led by the Dominican youth who perform in the Latinx community such as the Dominican Festival. I currently work for Rhode Island Educational Talent Search (ETS). We directly work with the youth in low income and underrepresented schools. I am located at two schools, Roger Williams Middle School and Woonsocket High School. Our goal is to help the youth become successful whether this is academic or personal. 

This summer is going to be a wild roller coaster, I am take two summer class (this class and FNED 547).  So far I am feeling overwhelmed but not in a negative way because I enjoy being busy and having things to do also this encourages me making list of things to do *I LOVE making list!!* Besides being busy academically wise, I will be preparing the dancers for the annual Dominican Festival! The festival is held in Providence at the Roger Williams Park Music Temple. This is a link to our facebook page for more information on the organization and the festival: https://www.facebook.com/quisqueyaen.accion.5/?locale=es_LA 

Hopefully in between I can enjoy the weather at the beach or go on day trips to Boston.