• How do this week’s readings by Garza and Williams (and Anzaldua if you did the optional reading) expand your understanding of identity politics?

The concept of political identity is brought out clearly so that the reader understands the approach and can relate it to fighting agist oppression which has a direct impact on you as a group, and not fighting to end the suffering and oppression of others,identity politics is all about fighting for the rights that affect you as a group with similar problems and not for other people’s suffering. Anzaldua also understands that her individuality has isolated herself from her community. In her culture, women are often expected to fulfill a rigidly defined subservient role in the patriarchy. Anyone who resists this destiny faces ostracization. She describes how she was mocked for studying and how her queerness was considered to be “the ultimate rebellion.” This means that her sense of self is indelibly linked to a culture that rejects central tenets of her being.

• What topics would you like to explore as a class in the remaining weeks of the semester? Optional: Why these topics?

I would like to explore about male early childhood education teachers, because when I was doing an assignments from another class I noticed that the poucentage of women working in the early childhood education field is higher and the pourcentage is really surprising high.