Emmanuelle TobolainThe “Other”People Just Want to be HumanIt’s hard for me to choose one person or story to share, because at the Ritter House we don’t really get the time to talk to people. There…Apr 24, 2017Apr 24, 2017
Emmanuelle TobolainThe “Other”Neutrality Is Not RealityFreire wanted We Make the Road by Walking to be written, because “…he was tired of North American audiences telling him that his ideas were…Apr 10, 2017Apr 10, 2017
Emmanuelle TobolainThe “Other”“Race” you to graduationWhat? Before our class last Monday I had never heard the phrase “race does not exist”. To me, it has always been something that just was…Mar 22, 2017Mar 22, 2017
Emmanuelle TobolainThe “Other”Let Me Help, Wait Fix, No, I Mean Serve You“When you help, you see life as weak. When you fix, you see life as broken. When you serve, you see life as whole” (Remen). If we only help…Mar 13, 2017Mar 13, 2017
Emmanuelle TobolainThe “Other”Who are we to judge?What? Before reading Said’s excerpt about orientalism I thought the term oriental was a label put on people from Asia. It was brand new…Feb 27, 2017Feb 27, 2017
Emmanuelle TobolainThe “Other”The (dis)course of AmericaWhat? Identity. Why is it so important to us? Well, for most people identity is your name, race, gender, your culture, who you think you…Feb 13, 2017Feb 13, 2017
Emmanuelle TobolainThe “Other”Redefine Your LabelWhat? Hispanic, Chicano, and Latino. These titles are used interchangeably by those of us who do not understand their true meaning, but to…Feb 6, 2017Feb 6, 2017
Emmanuelle TobolainThe “Other”(ethnicity here)-AmericanWhat: The most commonly, and in my opinion, most incorrectly used word to describe undocumented immigrants is the term “illegal”. Other…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
