Your comment post should be at least 400 words this week due
Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for
responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph
reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).
*What do you think this quote means? What does it mean to
you personally?
*How can you relate this quote to current events? Does it
relate to other stories we have read?
There was a very wise woman that once said, “we all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter their color.” The wise woman that stated his was named Maya Angelou. I believe that this quote could possibly mean many different things. It all depends on who you ask. To me, this quote means that we all help keep together and we are all apart of the same cloth (tapestry). We all have the same role in that cloth and is to keep it together and make it bright. We are all equal. Some of us are just a little brighter or darker than the rest. Personally, I think that this quote means that the tapestry is really just talking about us in the world. we all have equal parts in the world. People look at us only as the way that we want them to. We pick the color that we want to represent. Weather you want to be yellow, as in being happy, or black, as in being sad or gloomy. Every single person in the world has the same amount of potential as the next. It is how you want to look at life to see how much you want people to look at you. Either as a success, or a failure. It is all up to you. Also, most people do not look at other people that are not like them, as equals. They think less of them because they are not exactly the same.
ReplyDeleteI can relate this quote to many events going on now, or recently. For example, what happened in Ferguson. In Ferguson, an unarmed black man was shot by a white police officer. The people in the town looked at it as an action based on racism. The cop was found not guilty. The people started a big riot because of the cop pleading not guilty. They all think that it is based on racism.
This does relate to stories that we have read. For example, “To Kill A Mockingbird”. In this book, a black man named Tom Robinson was accused of raping a white woman. He did not rape her but the white lady’s father wanted to get Tom in jail and thought this would be the easiest way. Toms lawyer, Atticus Finch, did very well trying to prove him innocent, but because Tom was black, he was found guilty. A few guys killed him later in the book because they did not like black people. They were racist, did not like black people.
Good job Emilee! I agree on you blog this week,and also agree that this quote can mean lots of different things and this quote is also related to to kill mockingbird. The race shouldn't matter on what you are doing.
DeleteWe all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry and we must understand all the threads and all the threads of tapestry are equal value no matter what their color-Maya Angelou.I think this quote means that diversity is Unlikeness, difference, dissimilarities, contrast, antithesis, disparity, inconsistency, inequality, deviation, dissent, variance,and medley are all synonyms for diversity.There is diversity in gender, race, sexual orientation; culture, geography, language; people, places, and things. People are diverse in their taste in food; some like Italian while others crave.In some cultures, it is considered impolite to look another person in the eye. In American culture, failure to maintain eye contact leads some to question the person’s truthfulness.Diversity in language can also lead to misunderstanding and mistrust. The same word can mean different things within a given language depending on the region or dialect. Accents lend themselves to varied interpretations. Many Americans hear a Southern accent and wonder about the speaker’s intelligence. A New England accent can result in the speaker’s being considered a snob.Religion continues to divide us. We are less accepting of beliefs that differ from our own and eager to condemn those who do not believe as we do.The American poet Maya Angelou said, “We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.” These groups provide a resource for all of us when faced with clients whose culture, language, or beliefs are different from our own. We can also tap into these resources to learn how to expand our practices by reaching out to a local population whose language and culture are different from our own.
ReplyDeleteSome wonder if we should close our borders.Some people are threatened by those who speak another language or practice a different religion or don’t look like we do. We hear talk about “those people” coming into the neighborhood. Yet, all of these people are part of the rich tapestry that brought this country to its current place in the world.
We need to review our individual insecurities when dealing with people who appear different from us. Diversity issues within your practice and your life.This quote can be mean so many things.
Great job on this blog! You always do a wonderful job at putting things together. You're great at explaining how you feel, and are just a great writer in general. Again, great job on your blog. (I'd say this week but I'm a little late)
DeleteGreat job on this blog! You always do a wonderful job at putting things together. You're great at explaining how you feel, and are just a great writer in general. Again, great job on your blog. (I'd say this week but I'm a little late)
DeleteA very loving woman Maya Angleou once said “we all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter their color.” I believe this quote can relate and mean many different things. This means to me that we are all equal and that we should have stay and keep together. When she says tapestry I thinks she means us , us personally. Everyone should be equal no matter what our nationality is, we all should have equal rights. The way people look at you should matter but you don’t want them to look at you in a bad way. For example in school, everyone looks at certain freshman in a bad way. That’s because they set a bad example and it suck with them and I don’t think people will ever look the same at them again. It’s either you set your self up as a failure or someone that wants to succeed in life. This quote can relate to many things happening today. For example, we all heard about the teacher getting eye drops poured in her coffee while she wasn’t looking. The kid who did that set a very bad example for himself, he makes people look at him very badly now. How is this kid ever going to get a good job now with this on his record, his actions caused him to get charges pressed against him. Not only did it make him look bad it made our school look like a piece of poop. This quote definitely relates to this situation while it relates to many other situations. This quote does relate to a story we have read “To kill a mocking bird.” It can relate to this story because, In the story there was a black man named Tom Robinson and he was accused of raping a white women, now they only accused him of it because he was black, and they hated the colored people back then. The rights were not equal at all, anyway, the man didn’t rape the girl it was the girl’s father. Now that’s just terrible right? This man was accusing someone of something he didn’t do because he was black and it was easy to frame him. In the end, Tom Robinson was charged and then he tried to run away from the police but they shot him and killed him. Overall, I think this quote can relate to many people today.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you related this blog to to kill a mocking bird! I didn't even think of that, you're completely right. I love your blog this week ! you did great, you made great points.
DeleteLil, I really liked your blog this week. I liked that you related it to To Kill A Mockingbird. Great job! Keep it up!
DeleteA smart, wise woman once said d, “we all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter their color.” This woman has the name of Maya Angelou. This quote is a little difficult to comprehend well. It all depends on the person who is reading or hearing it. In my opinion, this quote relates to racism and segregation against someone different. It pretty much means that no matter what color or texture a tapestry has, they all have the same purpose or can be used for the sane thing. This relates to living things as well. For example, women and men. Women are known to be housekeepers, the ones who clean and cook. The men are known to be the ones who do the hard work and to get money to support the family. Although men are, on average, stronger than women, i do not think this is true. I think men and women are both capable of handling hard work, cooking, cleaning and labor. Your sex should not determine what you do for a living. If you would like to construction, then go ahead. If you would like to.stay home, then so be it. This quote also relates to racism. Such as black, white, hispanic, Spanish, Asian etc. For some odd reason, black people are known to not be able to do as much as whites. And.asians are known to be smarter. I do not agree with this at all. I personally am not prejudice. I do not judge anyone, no matter what sex or race you are, just because you are different. I think that skin color is, well, just a color. I think that we are all capable of the same things, and our race does not determine this. Blacks, Hispanics, whites, etc should all be able to work the same jobs and live in the same area. Not every black person lives in the ghetto and not every white person is wealthy.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your blog this week. everyone should be able to work the same jobs. race should no matter. good job this week, keep up the good work.
DeleteGood job with your blog this week. I totally agree with you when you said everyone should be equal and be able to work the same jobs. That the race of you shouldn't matter , anyway , good job and I can't wait for read next weeks!
Delete“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry and that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what there color.” This quote was stated or said by a wise person. ( I can not read the last name). in my opinion this quote means no matter you color, religion or back round everyone is equal, no one is worth any more than anyone else. Being diverse and combining people of different back rounds makes a rich and strong difference. Personally it means to me that the people with different races from you or religions and even skin color are all equal to you, no matter where or how they live they will always be equal to you. They will always deserve the same rights as you even though some times they do not get the same rights as other people. this can relate to current events like racism in te united states. A lot of white people think that African Americans are dirty or useless and make jokes about them but in reality they have the same rights and equalities as themselves. Also America treating other countries as if they are lesser of people. we act like the superior country over all of the other ones when in reality we all have equal power. This quote relates to anne frank, a jewish girl was taking to a concentration camp by the Nazis. This Nazis thought they were a piece of trash even though they were humans just like them. They were exterminating there own kind. This also relates to the book night. The gustapo thought they were bigger than everyone else and therefore put a lot of jewish and other people in concentration camps for no reason but that they thought that they aree lesser of a person then them. Overall I think this was a great quote more people should think like this. Next time before making a racist joke think of this quote and how everyone is equal and is the same as you in many ways. What if it was you?
ReplyDeleteGood job this week! I agree with you that everyone is equal no matter what color they are. Also, I like how you said joining everyone together makes for a rich tapestry. You had some really nice ideas put into your blog. Again, great job
DeleteMaya Angelou compared diversity to a tapestry in the extremly clever quote, “We all should know that the diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads are equal in value no matter what their color.” What I believe Maya Angelou is trying to get across that to get a beautiful picture, there has to be diversity. Tapestry is usually a huge mural on cloth, full of different colors, and without those different colors it would be plain and lifeless. Without some thread, it would fall apart. You cant just take out the parts you don’t like, because then it would just fall to pieces. In order to stay afloat, we all have to depend on eachother and rely on eachother, without that, there is no diversity. When I hear this quote, I think of Abraham Heschel’s quote, “Racism is a mans gravest threat to man, the maxium of hatred for a minimum of reason.” I fell like I can relate these quotes because one seems like its from the outside, and one seems from the inside of the problem. Maya Angelou’s quote gives me the impression that she personally has delt with some form of racism and or hatred towards her for a simple characteristic. On the other hand, Abraham seems like hes on the outside, surrounded by racism people and hatred that he sees as negativity. I personally really like Abrahams quote a lot. I feel like racism is the cruelest thing ever, and it’s the most extreme way to really hate someone, and for the silliest reason as he stated. Racism can cause SO many problems, I think it’s the only thing that can cause that many problems actually. People riot, fight, kill, even genocide happens when it comes to racism. People believe in somethi9ng so strongly that it just overcomes their morals as a human being and they just become crazed with wanted to hurt people who did nothing to them and its horrible but that’s how people are. Maya’s quote just explains that were all apart of something bigger than us, and we all need eachother, without eachother there cant be any of us anyway.
ReplyDelete“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry and that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what there color.” I absolutely love this quote, singularly because it describes everything I believe in. Maya Angelou, took diversity and related it to tapestry and created the most perfect quote out of it. Personally this means to me that everybody is equal. Racism is a very big deal and it always has been, in this quote Maya explains that color should not matter. No matter what your color, you are human. Your height, width, color or shape does not define the person you are and everybody has a hard time understanding that. Considering she related diversity to tapestry, she's talking about pictures. Pictures with loads and loads of color, but nobody judges any of those colors, do they? That's what I believe she's trying to put together. If every race on earth came together and got along 101% of the time; how beautiful would it be?
ReplyDeleteI can completely relate this quote to current events. What came to mind first are the riots, in Baltimore. Millions of people fighting over one boy? I believe it goes much deeper than that. The colored feel as if the non-colored are against them as a whole because of what happened to a young boy. There's no proof of what actually happened, but there's always assumption. Since racism is so big, what do you think the first guess was? I try to put myself in their shoes and remember that I would probably think in the same way. Not in the start riots and ruin everything type of way... but yeah, the racist kinda way. If there was no racism nobody would have ever had to assume that he was hurt because he was not white. How much more peaceful would everything be without racism? I mean, coming to the realization that color does not matter and we are all equal would have prevented more than enough battles, murders, riots. In the end we all end up in the same place, we all go to sleep at night, and we all have some sort of family to go home to. Why fight over things that just simply don't matter? Skin color is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen anybody fight about.
I can relate this to other books we have read very easily. To begin with, "To Kill A Mockingbird." The Tom Robbinson case. There was no way that he would ever be found not guilty. Not because he was guilty or because he was just a bad guy in general, but because he was black.That's completely unfair (obviously) but events still happen like this today. I could also relate this to something we did not read, but we watched in class. Also the summer read book from last year, "The Help." This quote could relate to that book in a million different ways. People were killed, judged, lost jobs and even homes just because of their skin color. These may have just been books, but events have and I believe will always happen like these. Racism is a horrible thing. Maya Angelou tried to tell a short story on how we were all equal, despite the color of our skins. She is and always will be correct.
“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry and that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what there color.” I absolutely love this quote, singularly because it describes everything I believe in. Maya Angelou, took diversity and related it to tapestry and created the most perfect quote out of it. Personally this means to me that everybody is equal. Racism is a very big deal and it always has been, in this quote Maya explains that color should not matter. No matter what your color, you are human. Your height, width, color or shape does not define the person you are and everybody has a hard time understanding that. Considering she related diversity to tapestry, she's talking about pictures. Pictures with loads and loads of color, but nobody judges any of those colors, do they? That's what I believe she's trying to put together. If every race on earth came together and got along 101% of the time; how beautiful would it be?
ReplyDeleteI can completely relate this quote to current events. What came to mind first are the riots, in Baltimore. Millions of people fighting over one boy? I believe it goes much deeper than that. The colored feel as if the non-colored are against them as a whole because of what happened to a young boy. There's no proof of what actually happened, but there's always assumption. Since racism is so big, what do you think the first guess was? I try to put myself in their shoes and remember that I would probably think in the same way. Not in the start riots and ruin everything type of way... but yeah, the racist kinda way. If there was no racism nobody would have ever had to assume that he was hurt because he was not white. How much more peaceful would everything be without racism? I mean, coming to the realization that color does not matter and we are all equal would have prevented more than enough battles, murders, riots. In the end we all end up in the same place, we all go to sleep at night, and we all have some sort of family to go home to. Why fight over things that just simply don't matter? Skin color is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen anybody fight about.
I can relate this to other books we have read very easily. To begin with, "To Kill A Mockingbird." The Tom Robbinson case. There was no way that he would ever be found not guilty. Not because he was guilty or because he was just a bad guy in general, but because he was black.That's completely unfair (obviously) but events still happen like this today. I could also relate this to something we did not read, but we watched in class. Also the summer read book from last year, "The Help." This quote could relate to that book in a million different ways. People were killed, judged, lost jobs and even homes just because of their skin color. These may have just been books, but events have and I believe will always happen like these. Racism is a horrible thing. Maya Angelou tried to tell a short story on how we were all equal, despite the color of our skins. She is and always will be correct.
A wise woman named Maya Angelou once said “We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.” I believe that this quote could mean lots of things. Personally, I think it means that people need to realize that everyone’s differences are what makes this world unique. If everyone acted the same and looked the same then this world would be really boring. Also, this quote means that everyone has a lot of value and should not be judged on the amount that they have. Everyone deserves to be treated with love no matter their race, religion, or sexuality. No person in this world deserves to receive hate for that kind of stuff. Everyone was made their own way so we need to stop judging each other for the things that we can not change. I think that the quote “We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all of the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color,” can relate to a current event that basically happens every day. It is called racism. The racist acts of segregation were outlawed a pretty long time ago but racist acts still occur today. Everything from denied service at a restaurant, to a huge shooting that causes a street riot or protest. This world’s diversity is what makes us all special in our own way, but some people just don’t understand that. I think the quote “We all should all know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all of the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color” once said by Maya Angelou can relate to many books and movies. One book that it can relate to is a book that we read in class called “To Kill A Mockingbird.” This is because the book has many topics of racism. In the book, a black man named Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white woman. Scout and Jem’s father is defending Tom and everyone else in town is against him for doing it. Since the accused man was black, everyone thinks that he did it when he really didn’t. This week’s quote definitely had a very amazing meaning to it. I hope this quote shows people that everyone deserves to be treated with love and respect no matter what their color. maybe the whole world will realize it one day and there won’t be racism anymore.
ReplyDeleteMaya Angelou, once said, “We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.” The first thing that comes to my mind is segregation and racism. but the colors could mean anything. It could either be an example of religion, social groups or classes or skin color. These are just the few of many parts of the world and how its portrayed. For years this has been going on. But the part of this quote is telling everyone that no matter what your age, size, color, religion we are all beautiful in our own way, equal. We are all humans and we all take a part in this world because we stand up for who we are and what we are. You don't need money friends or family to take part in this world we were all created for the same reason and created under one genetic code. We can relate this to a book that we read called "to kill a mocking bird." The harsh events portrayed in this book are phenomenal. Like the case of boo radley everyone thought he was a bad person. that he was a "monster". But truth is they just thought of him from the first look they took. They didn't take time to understand him and notice that he is a really nice guy with a problem. Now this brings us to the quote never judge a book by its cover. In the end everyone is portrayed differently when everyone is actually equal some just don't realize.
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