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      The character Hawkeye , also known as Clint Barton, is a Marvel superhero that emerged in the midst of the Marvel Age. Created by writer Stan Lee and penciler Don Heck, he bears no actual superpowers, but Hawkeye has excellent reflexes and very keen eyesight.  He uses his heightened reflexes and superb eyesight to excel in hand-to-hand combat and marksmanship, making him a vital member of the Avengers.  While these traits remain constant throughout the comic books, another is not so consistent.  At various points throughout the comics Hawkeye loses his hearing, but it does not seem to stick.  Because of the trauma that Hawkeye experiences, he should be a character that deals with the disability of deafness; however, it is up to the writer whether they choose to make him deaf or not.                                                                                       https://comicvine.gamespot.com/hawkeye/4005-1475/       Superhero comics have the tendency to fail to properly

      To find the artifacts for my blogposts I first focused on topics that interest me or that I am already familiar with.  I took a class on comic books this semester in which I wrote a paper about disability representation in superhero comics, talking about the erasure of Hawkeye’s deafness.  I formed my prior research into a blogpost relating Hawkeye’s story of misrepresentation to the representation of Native Americans in media and the effects it has on identity.  For the same class, while reading the comic “Blazing Combat”, I noted an example of colorblind racism from a character.  I discuss this in a blog post about unintentional colorblind racism.   Lastly, I am familiar with the actress Chloe Bennet from watching the Marvel television show “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”  and relate her choice to change her name for Hollywood to the inequalities seen in hiring among minorities as explained in chapter 27 of the course reading.       Moving on from my interest in comics, chapter 32 of

      In our course reading, chapter 53 and Clark's "Hope in a hashtag" essay discuss how feminism and activism today looks different than it looked in the 1950's to the 1980's.  They argue that through the power of hashtag activism and social media, marginalized groups are getting a voice. The course readings support the idea that feminism and activism is becoming more intersectional.       However, in her essay titled "Breaking Up with Intersectional Feminism"  Black feminist Tamela Gordon asserts that an intersectional feminism and activism is never coming.  She chronicles her journey to breaking up with intersectional feminism starting at the very beginning when she was its biggest fan.  Her essay brings in reality and real life experience to the course reading to show that intersectional feminism is complicated and far away in real life.  Gordon noticed that:  Intersectional feminism doesn’t mean anything if white women still struggle to support

      Chapter 20 of the course reading discusses the stereotypes placed on African American women and the negative affects that they have.  One of those stereotypes is the stereotype of the ' angry black woman '. This stereotypes Black women as "domineering, vociferous, and curt... serving to reinforce the ideas of black women's inherent lack of femininity and worth" (Durr & Wingfield, 2011, p.169).  As a result of this stereotype, many African American women actively change their behavior in public, putting on a performance to appear less aggressive. African American women are treated unfairly.  For the same action, a man would be considered masculine, a white woman would be considered strong, and a black woman would be stereotyped.                                                                                           https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45476500       This stereotype is upheld by the media as black women in the public eye are con

      Blazing Combat  is a series of comic books that came out in the late 60's amidst the controversial Vietnam War.  While many comics of the time avoided 'hot topics' such as the war and racism, Blazing Combat made it its focus.  Blazing Combat No. 4 , released in January of 1966 is made up of multiple short narratives. The first story titled Conflict! , written by Archie Goodwin and drawn by Gene Colan, spotlights racism within American troops.  However, while attempting to express inclusion, a soldier unintentionally exhibits colorblind racism in the second to last panel.  According to our course reading, colorblind racism allows whites to imagine a society where institutional racism no longer exists and disregards racial hierarchy.  It ignores the uniqueness and abilities of individuals of different races, erasing their history.            Blazing Combat No.4 p.143 Goodwin & Colan       The   Black soldier's statement that, "I don't go out af

      In 2013, General Mills, maker of Cheerios, released a wholesome  Cheerio commercial that featured a biracial family.  In the commercial, an African American little girl asks her White mother if Cheerios are good for you heart, then the scene switches to her African American father waking up with Cheerios poured all over his chest. The audience assumes that the little girl poured the Cheerios on her father' chest to help his heart.       The ad quickly became a very controversial video on YouTube with the comments section full of racial slurs an other hateful messages.  General Mills disabled the non-family friendly comments on the YouTube video, but elected not to pull the ad, sticking to their values.  The ad represents inclusion and progress in the media towards representation of interracial couples and families as many companies would stay away from the topic, fearful of the response.  Chapter 32 of the course reading discusses some of the struggles of discrimination

      Asian American actress Chloe Bennet is known most for her role as Daisy Johnson in Marvel's television show "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", though she has been in numerous other television shows and movies.  However, her last name 'Bennet' is a stage name.  Her actual name is Chloe Wang, as she elected to change it. Bennet shared in an interview with toofab that she chose to change her name because hollywood is racist, remembering that the first audition after she changed her name, she got the role.       When questioned on social media in a since-deleted Instagram post on why she changed her name her response was: Changing my last name doesn't change the fact that my BLOOD is half Chinese, that I lived in China, speak Mandarin or that I was culturally raised both American and Chinese. It means I had to pay my rent, and Hollywood is racist and wouldn't cast me with a last name that made them uncomfortable.  Chapter 27 of the course reading brings

      Chapter 30 of the course reading discusses the topic of LGBTQ+ families and the additional effort and barriers that LGBTQ+ parents must cross to create and maintain families.  Some of the barriers that the chapter lists are confronting stigma and having a child in a same-sex relationship.       In their video titled "Fears of Being LGBTQ+ Parents," (start 4 minutes and 26 seconds in) two LGBTQ+  couples share their fears and concerns about becoming parents in the near future.  Throughout their video, they discuss parenthood on a very intersectional level, taking into account how their individual genders, races, and disabilities will affect their journey through parenthood.  The first couple is Jessica and Claudia; both of which identify as cisgender lesbians.  The second couple is Jammie and Shaaba; Jammie is a transgender male and identifies as bisexual and Shaaba is a cisgender female who identifies as pansexual.           Specifically focusing on their concern

      Chapter 13 of the course reading discusses the ways in which capitalism is gendered and racilized. Even before the  development of the capitalist wage, unequal pay patterns have gone along with sex and race with white men earning the highest wage and Black women earning the lowest wage. The chapter concludes that: In sum, gender and race are built into capitalism and its class processes through a long history of racial and gender segregation of paid labor and through the images and actions of white men who dominate and lead central capitalist endeavors. (Acker, 2006, p. 108)        Today, activists and journalists have taken to the creative arts , making political cartoons that point out the inequalities in pay by gender and race.  Editorial cartoonists use humor and satire to cause their audience to think about the problems in the world today. https://www.tes.com/lessons/c57nMI0-bMWE4Q/wage-gap       The political cartoon above, comments on the pay gap by replacing mo

       The Fox television s how titled 911  follows the lives of Los Angeles first responders: police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and dispatchers.  Premiering in 2018, 911  chronicles the stories of a diverse group of people including an African American, female police officer, an African American, lesbian paramedic, and a fire chief  struggling with his mental health.  As the show attempts to confront stereotypes through their  diverse characters, the model minority myth is evident within Asian American Howard Han's narrative. Chapter 39 of the course reading states that the model minority myth is an idea within American society that Asian Americans excel  far beyond other races.  The belief places stereotypes on Asian Americans and holds them to much higher standards.  The myth also makes it difficult for Asian Americans to pursue fields outside of high earning  and academically   rigorous  areas such as science and engineering.    https://9-1-1.fandom.com/wiki/How

      The Associated Press, an independent journalism source, posted an article titled "From guns to GoPros, Asian Americans seek to deter attacks" on April 24, 2020.  This article details the response of Asian Americans to what the AP refers to as the second epidemic: hate .  Since the start of the Covid-19 virus in Wuhan, China, Asian Americans have been the target of countless xenophobic attacks.  As a result, the AP shares that some Asian Americans have taken to arming themselves with GoPro cameras and weapons to protect themselves from racist aggressors when they leave their houses.                                               https://apnews.com/11b8b1ddacfecfb3d449dad9060d6aa8/gallery/72a35528d75841f8a2c837511e85483a       The Covid-19 virus has increased the effects of what the course reading refers to as forever foreigner syndrome.  This phenomena refers to how Asian Americans are forever considered foreigners on United State soil, regardless of if they were born