Reflection On The Blindspot

was afraid of the fact I might do something embarrassing. However, the ropes course was very enjoyable, I had a great time getting to know people. But little did I know I had these mindbugs playing a huge role. After reading a couple chapters in Blindspot, it amazed me with how much these factors influenced my thinking, such as biases, assumptions, stereotypes, and intolerance. Now knowing about these mindbugs it will help me adjust my unconscious biases. As soon as we got into our MOI groups the

The Victims of History the importance in critical history studies In his critically acclaimed novel, 1984, George Orwell wrote the following; “Who controls the past controls the future. And who controls the present controls the past.” When discussing the validity of studying history critically, I think this quote accurately highlights many of the key points that are discussed when it comes to studying history. Critical history analysis prompts us to consider more than just the information we are

Personal Development refers to accomplishments that improve self-knowledge and foster talents and potential, form employability, boost quality of life and contribute to the fulfillment of desires and dreams. Personal development is not limited to self-development but also embraces actions for developing others. As personal development takes place in the context of societies, it refers to the tools, techniques, and assessment methods that support human development at the individual level in organizations

The 1964 Freedom Summer Civil Rights movement has reflections on today’s black rights movements as well. Generally it is known, though some do not want to admit this, that there is racism in the world today. Equality was a struggle for African American’s in the 1900s and continues to be today. It is overtly present in the way people are paid, in their peer groups, and even stigmas that societies places on them. However not all racism is overt. Much of the racism that can be noticed today is

Reconsider Assignment 1’s analysis of categorical thinking and stereotyp- ing “blindspots” in light of the ideas about virtual communities raised by Jane McGonigal and Sherry Turkle. THEY BRING US 1to understand the relationship between the individual and social groups, as structured and enabled by the Internet. How does shifting from the “real” world problem of poverty to the tensions in virtual worlds extend or test the limits of Banaji and Greenwald’s claims about the ways we tend to think in

The Starbucks Brandscape and Consumers ' (Anticorporate) Experiences of Glocalization CRAIG J. THOMPSON ZEYNEP ARSEL* Prior studies strongly suggest that the intersection of global brands and iocal cultures produces cultural heterogeneity. Little research has investigated the ways in which global brands structure these expressions of cultural heterogeneity and consumers ' corresponding experiences of glocalization. To redress this gap, we develop the construct of the hegemonic brandscape. We