To me the fight of abortion there is no good or bad side. Both sides are fighting for what they believe is right. I don’t really have a side on the topic because everyone knows what’s best for them nobody else does. Abortion to me is a human right and it’s a woman’s body right. Women should be able to do what’s best for them. If a woman feels like it’s not the best decision to put a child in this world it’s very understandable because she is trying to do what’s best for her and the child. I know many people talk about there are different options out there but it’s not necessarily better for the child there are things still at risk. Also some people are against abortion because of religious beliefs but some see abortion as a huge sin that but that’s not true because a sin is a sin to ere is no sin bigger than the other so to me it’s not fair to Judge these women when we all commit sin on a regular basis god is very forgiving of all of us. In The documentary “The Abortion Divide” one of the workers the escort coordinator said “Predominantly the protesters are older white males, and the patients are young women. I don’t understand why older white men think it’s appropriate for them to be, um, standing at a clinic where young women come for health care, be talking to them, interacting with them, sometimes touching them.what sometimes happens is the women will get there and freeze. And realize what it is that they’re walking into. The magnitude and the yElling can be very upsetting to them”. This part stood out to me because these men’s opinions are based on their religious beliefs which is totally understandable. But they do not think about these women or the best for these children’s lives fully. One these men are fighting against women’s bodies which is unfair because they don’t experience the same things as women they don’t understand these women really. Second, after these women keep the baby what happens after even though some homes for these mothers they can only stay there for 6months after birth. And these places can’t keep up with these women’s leave which means you don’t know what happens to these mothers and children. That’s why I feel like both sides have good attention. I feel like abortion should be a option for women always but also more resources for women to be able to keep their children. Lastly the snapshot that stood out to me is shavoya snapshot because it really represented the meaning the the documentary and that abortion is not for a set type of women abortion is deformed any women that needs it and women should have that option if they needs it.

Also on the YouTube video “Hobby Lobby on Last Week Tonight” which talks about corporations having human rights like freedom of religion. Basically these corporations want to be viewed as a person. But it’s unfair because they are only picking and choosing what they want to be viewed as a person. And that’s not how the government necessarily works. I’m totally against corporations to be viewed as people because when they make mistakes they are not treated as so. Lastly corporations are companies that provide for anyone without any type of discrimination and i feel like it should stay as so.

I’m proud to be a black woman but it did take me a long time to actually mean that when i say it. Many people don’t understand the hardship that it is to be black. Being treated a certain way or watching how you behave or say at a certain place because of your skin color and most of the time it doesn’t matter because you will still be treated horribly. What’s even worse it’s hard to have black role models to look up to. To be able to have someone that looks like you and understand the things you feel and go through to be doing something that you thought wasn’t possible for you to do. In chapter twelve “The Power of Identity Politics” it says “BLONDE: Oh, my favorite actor was in that movie. He’s Egyptian. WHITE GUY: He’s Egyptian? I didn’t know that. That’s great—we need more people of color in movies. BLONDE: He’s a great actor, which is why he should be in more movies—not because he’s a person of color. Also, I’m really sick of hearing all of that stuff. Black, white, blah blah blah. We need to stop doing that shit. It really gets on my nerves. When are we going to get around to being human!” This shows how others don’t understand how important it is to have representation for people of all kinds of race and gender in movies and entertainment for people to look up to. Yes we are all humans but we all have different cultures. What a white person experiences in their life would most likely not relate to me as  another black person would. 

 Also in the article “Too Latina To Be Black, Too Black To Be Latina” talks about being black and Puerto rican and having to choose to be one of the other or not being enough for each one. In the article it says “When the violence broke out in middle school between the African-american gangs and the Hispanic gangs and the students spoke among themselves on who was best I could remember screaming “I don’t know who to side with!” When I got into high school a classmate told me “You’re the most Mexican black girl I’ve ever met!” I could remember thinking ‘Is that a compliment because my family is from Honduras?’”.  This part stood out to me because it probably is confusing especially at a young age trying to explain that you are mixed and should be identified as so. I have always thought if someone is black there are black and there is no in between but it’s a really ignorant mindset now that I think about. It’s a mistake I think that most of us have made but we need to be more aware of it from now on. In conclusion, Mario  snapshot really stood out to me because it made me aware of all the  stereotypical labels we put on people without knowing how it affects them and undermines who they are.

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“The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.” -Malcolm X. This is one of the most impactful quotes that have been said about black women struggle. Black are expected to be strong, understanding, caring, and be there for everyone but who is there for them. In the statement “(1977) THE COMBAHEE RIVER COLLECTIVE STATEMENT” it says “This focusing upon our own oppression is embodied in the concept of identity politics. We believe that the most profound and potentially most radical politics come directly out of our own identity, as opposed to working to end somebody else’s oppression. In the case of Black women this is a particularly repugnant, dangerous, threatening, and therefore revolutionary concept because it is obvious from looking at all the political movements that have preceded us that anyone is more worthy of liberation than ourselves. We reject pedestals, queenhood, and walking ten paces behind. To be recognized as human, levelly human, is enough”. This means to me that black women are always there fighting for everyone else but when it comes to ourselves we don’t necessarily go as hard as we do for others.  And like many of the snapshots posted, many black women are always in the frontlines fighting for what’s right. A person’s gender, race,or sexuality should not be an obstacle for them to be or achieve things in life. 

Society seems to cancel out or overlook people or things that are not the norm. We as a society need to change that and allow all people to have all the opportunities as everyone else. In the documentary “Paris is burning” was one of the most inspirational things I have ever watched. These men were going through their own pain and struggles of life also having society bashing them they created a world of their own to be who they are and live their dreams that they know they wouldn’t be able to in society. This documentary also reminded me of the show “pose” on Netflix which is based on the documentary. It really shows the pain and struggle that the people of this community had to go through and how they supported each other. To me the ball played a very important part of the lgbtq community having that safe slave of being themselves and around others like them allow them to show their full potential. Lastly because of society limiting that community.