Safe Spaces: Video Analysis

I vividly remember sitting on my grandmother’s lap on a cold, Sunday morning. Madea, I call her, smelled of cigarette smoke and peppermints, a scent that was ever so comforting to me at the time. I snuggled close, and I pressed my head against Madea’s chest to hear her breathe nearly non-existent breaths, which were accompanied by a wet cough. She rocked me back and forth in her favorite rocking chair; the eerie sound of it is etched into my brain. I gazed into her tired eyes and asked, “Madea, why do you smoke cigarettes?” If anyone knew my grandmother, they knew she was a great multi-tasker. Without hesitation, she could give you a piece of her mind, drink her morning coffee, and smoke a cigarette all at once. She responded, “Baby, my nerves are bad.” Quickly and with attitude, I snapped, “My nerves are bad too. May I have one?” Madea, amused and surprised by my question, responded, “Chile’, cigarettes are bad for you. They make you sick.” That day

In the short story of “Letting go” David Sedaris speaks about his addiction to smoking cigarettes. He mentions where it all started in the beginning of the story by him visiting the American tobacco plant near Durham, North Carolina near his hometown. There he learned how cigarettes were made and was also given a free pack to bring to his parents. During when he went to school smoking was permitted almost everywhere from schools in classrooms to hospitals in front of patients, he mentions how he remembered seeing ashtrays in grocery stores and in movie theatres which made him want to do the opposite of smoking.

the everyday life of a smoker through the eyes of a smoker. King (1990) expresses her life as

Safety – offering safe and friendly environment that individuals or families and friends can enjoy without fear or intimidation

Ms. Joan Keenan visited the Middle School to share her work with the students. Ms. Keenan has done extensive interviews with local veterans about their experiences. In 2008, she began recording the stories of Virgin Islands World War II veterans and with the help of a volunteer crew, produced the hour-long Telly Award winning documentary: Proudly We Served: Virgin Islands Veterans of World War II. This video documents the veterans’ experiences with racial segregation in the United States and the armed services. It explores their contributions to the war effort and the effects it had on their lives.

Frontlines video “Separate and Unequal” brings up two differing sides to an on growing concern within Baton Rouge. Both sides have one common goal and that is to better the education of their own children. However, with this mutual desire comes conflict with both parties due to the fact that some parents believe that their child is not receiving the best education they can get and thus limiting their child’s future. Frontline though does not choose to focus on this important issue throughout the video and instead alters the situation so it becomes a racial conflict instead.

According to the passage, A Tale of Segregation, William and his father had to wait to get water because when it was finally their turn to get their water, two white people grabbed them. They said that William and his father had to wait to get their water until all of the white people got their water first. This shows that black people didn’t have any respect or rights since another race just told them what to do and they listened. William and his father didn’t attempt to say anything or stand up for themselves because they knew that they wouldn’t have understand. In the video, John F. Kennedy’s Finest Moment, governor of Alabama, George Wallace, made sure that the first two black people couldn’t register for the University of Alabama. I think

Smoking. A controversial, mindless activity to do in our health-conscious society today. We judge the loner and their values as we walk past them, sitting outside the restaurant to have a ‘quick fag’ whilst their friends continue to enjoy one another’s company inside the safety walls of the ‘smoke-free zone’. It’s known as an addiction. Or is it a disease? A deadly addiction, perhaps? A loss of self-respect, one’s values, responsibility. A disgusting and immature habit, only conducted by those who we think lesser of. Why can’t they control themselves? What is seriously so great about the taste, the smell, the feel, of the silent and patient killer that is tobacco?

It is important to understand that cultural safety is a practice and achievement. It requires a recognition and value of a culture and

Safety is the state of being safe and free from occurrence of injury, danger or loss.

The video starts off with a group of friends riding their bikes and playing in the suburbs. The sun is out and it looks to be about midday. The weather looks to be about eighty degrees with only a few clouds out. This represents the cliché suburban life for these teens. However, the teens start noticing the decay of their suburban life at 1:20. They see smoke from what I assume to be an explosion far away with what looks like an attack helicopter heading towards it. This scene is only for a couple of seconds though, as the teens continue to play afterwards. At 1:53 you see a boy and a girl from the group of friends about to kiss, representing again the suburban life of teens falling in love and having fun without much worry. The video then switches between the teens playing and men with rifles in army uniforms, wearing black masks patrolling

When I went into the safe space training I was fully aware that some of the ideals and moral of the trainers would be different than my own. I went in with an open attitude as I certainly accept them as people and as people who have rights and reasons for their actions. However, what I saw and was told shocked me and infuriated me.

Bin-Sallik (2003) postulated cultural safety is ensuring awareness to different individuals in regards to cultural and social differences in the provision of one's health and education services. It is about experiencing feeling safe holistically of each as there will be no danger or risk to their well-being. Therefore, achieving cultural self-awareness, cultural intelligence and cultural capability are considered important factors in forming culturally safe spaces, particularly in a workplace setting. This paper will talk about safe spaces partaking workplace setting as the background and will be explained furthermore, by a media clip of an episode from a TV show has been chosen to analytically reflect on specific scenes and will measure if the sample illustrates safe or unsafe space in the setting.

It means providing opportunities for people to express their ideas and beliefs and have their cultural needs met. When people feel culturally safe they should feel freedom from fear, anxiety, as being accepted and included. Being able to accept all people from cultures different to our own does not only refer to people linguistic background, it also includes people who are from a different gender, sexuality, age and ability.

The side of smoking that is rarely published will be explored in this paper. The side that only a smoker knows, not the side the governments and health agencies provide the news media with. This information is valuable because it is not very well exposed to the world. This essay will answer the question, “Why do you smoke cigarettes?”.