Wednesday, October 02, 2013
Cyber-Assignment 3 for Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Instructions: Choose one of the following prompts. Each essay should be minimally 250 words. In each paragraph, let's say three (3) include one citation: a free paraphase; a shorter citation and lastly a block quote ( citation which is 4+ lines of text). See the following link: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/03/
1. There are many themes or topics running through the text: youth, family dynamics, orphans, abandonment, Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, Black Power Movement, police violence, public schools, poverty, child neglect, murder, sexism, racism, prejudice, higher education, self-esteem, racial pride. . . .
Explore one of these themes in a short 250 word min., essay.
2. Talk about place and how geography helps center and ground the narrative in fact. The places Geniece goes are places we can visit as well. These landmarks still exist, but are largely changed or are they?
Do you find yourself traveling with Geniece and or wanting to live for a minute in the world she occupies where some much is happening, change is active and participatory and now.
3. Talk about the danger and how Geniece exhibits a fearlessness and eventually a selflessness, yet she is not following or wandering anywhere blindly or is she?
I often appreciated the way she'd check-in with herself. She is introspective and when she makes a mistake she doesn't beat herself up; however, she doesn't repeat it either.
1. There are many themes or topics running through the text: youth, family dynamics, orphans, abandonment, Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, Black Power Movement, police violence, public schools, poverty, child neglect, murder, sexism, racism, prejudice, higher education, self-esteem, racial pride. . . .
Explore one of these themes in a short 250 word min., essay.
2. Talk about place and how geography helps center and ground the narrative in fact. The places Geniece goes are places we can visit as well. These landmarks still exist, but are largely changed or are they?
Do you find yourself traveling with Geniece and or wanting to live for a minute in the world she occupies where some much is happening, change is active and participatory and now.
3. Talk about the danger and how Geniece exhibits a fearlessness and eventually a selflessness, yet she is not following or wandering anywhere blindly or is she?
I often appreciated the way she'd check-in with herself. She is introspective and when she makes a mistake she doesn't beat herself up; however, she doesn't repeat it either.
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Sonia Reyes
Professor Sabir
English 201B
10 October 2013
Racism is defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary as the following 1. a belief that is the primary of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race 2. racial or discrimination. Virgin Soul by Judy Juanita has reminded me of racism inside of the same race.
As I read through this book I become aware of how family can be cruel to one another sometimes not even knowing it. Geniece, in my opinion suffered at the hands of her very own blood. She was aware of the color of her skin and how her cousins were lighter as they compared her to them. Her hair was wilder. Her nose wider. She had no mother and her father had abandoned her. She felt like she did not belong. Her family although raised her made snide comments like broken-home baby or all-by-they-self babies. These comments can be hurtful even if they are not being said to hurt. This can lead to resentment towards your own family.
Through out the book I see that blacks were racist towards each other as well. This becomes apparent at the black is beautiful program that Geniece and Xavi attend when a sister says that Xavi’s hair was not natural enough to be part of the show. She said that show was for sisters and walked off.
Racism exist everywhere. At some point or another we all have fallen victim to it. I have to say that I personally find this book to have some hypocrisy in it. I do not understand how you are supposed to be fighting for better treatment of your community and racial injustice all the while being unjust to your own people based on their skin color or hair texture. I feel that it would be better to stand together as a strong unit versus being judgmental towards those you are trying to fight for.
Professor Sabir
English 201B
10 October 2013
Racism is defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary as the following 1. a belief that is the primary of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race 2. racial or discrimination. Virgin Soul by Judy Juanita has reminded me of racism inside of the same race.
As I read through this book I become aware of how family can be cruel to one another sometimes not even knowing it. Geniece, in my opinion suffered at the hands of her very own blood. She was aware of the color of her skin and how her cousins were lighter as they compared her to them. Her hair was wilder. Her nose wider. She had no mother and her father had abandoned her. She felt like she did not belong. Her family although raised her made snide comments like broken-home baby or all-by-they-self babies. These comments can be hurtful even if they are not being said to hurt. This can lead to resentment towards your own family.
Through out the book I see that blacks were racist towards each other as well. This becomes apparent at the black is beautiful program that Geniece and Xavi attend when a sister says that Xavi’s hair was not natural enough to be part of the show. She said that show was for sisters and walked off.
Racism exist everywhere. At some point or another we all have fallen victim to it. I have to say that I personally find this book to have some hypocrisy in it. I do not understand how you are supposed to be fighting for better treatment of your community and racial injustice all the while being unjust to your own people based on their skin color or hair texture. I feel that it would be better to stand together as a strong unit versus being judgmental towards those you are trying to fight for.
Nohemi Romero
Professor Sabir
English 201A
14 October 2013
The places that Geniece visits throughout the novel are places such as San Francisco State, Laney College (also known as Oakland City College in the novel), Merritt College, Berkeley, and places throughout the city of Oakland. All of these landmarks, are still available for my to visit to this very day. I feel that the only thing that changed about the landmarks was the time period and that these places are not as active as they were before. However, protests and riots still occur to this very day based on the black power movement and civil rights. I feel that I am traveling with Geniece to all the places that she has visited, as she travels to a new place I am reminded of the places, which still look the same based on her experience and details. As she is living and going to college in the Bay Area during the tumultuous 1960’s, I can understand how she acts due to her surroundings.
Geniece exhibits a fearlessness when she transfers to San Francisco state despite doubting herself through her college application process. She hated Laney College, and she wanted to get as far from Oakland as possible. She does not ever follow someone or wander around helplessly because she has a plan for her future. Her separation with Allwood motivates herself to move one because he moved on, so she finally applies to San Francisco State and continues her education to get her Bachelor’s degree.
Professor Sabir
English 201A
14 October 2013
The places that Geniece visits throughout the novel are places such as San Francisco State, Laney College (also known as Oakland City College in the novel), Merritt College, Berkeley, and places throughout the city of Oakland. All of these landmarks, are still available for my to visit to this very day. I feel that the only thing that changed about the landmarks was the time period and that these places are not as active as they were before. However, protests and riots still occur to this very day based on the black power movement and civil rights. I feel that I am traveling with Geniece to all the places that she has visited, as she travels to a new place I am reminded of the places, which still look the same based on her experience and details. As she is living and going to college in the Bay Area during the tumultuous 1960’s, I can understand how she acts due to her surroundings.
Geniece exhibits a fearlessness when she transfers to San Francisco state despite doubting herself through her college application process. She hated Laney College, and she wanted to get as far from Oakland as possible. She does not ever follow someone or wander around helplessly because she has a plan for her future. Her separation with Allwood motivates herself to move one because he moved on, so she finally applies to San Francisco State and continues her education to get her Bachelor’s degree.
Gerlanda Gelin
Professor Wanda Sabir
English201B
14 October 2013
Be Who You Are
In the book Virgin Soul by Juanita Judy, she talks about Geniece an abandoned young lady who maintains her innocence. Even after her involvement with the Black Panther Party, in a world full prejudice against her race as a woman of color, she was treated unfairly by people because of her gender. Geniece never had a father figure in her life to empower her about these changes that will happen in her life. She feels like she has to prove herself in order to be seen as somebody important. For Geniece life was about discovering who she is, when her aunt Zenobia reminds her that they were the same regardless how light she is and how dark Geniece is. She said “Be who you is don’t be who you isn’t” (104). Geniece never had a mother in her life to tell her how beautiful she is, to tell how to embrace herself as she is. The first time someone told her that she was beautiful was when her first boyfriend Allwood took her to the BPP’s house in the San Francisco. There she met a woman named Fatimah told her that “You are a queen. Beautiful” (62), she was stunned; nobody ever calls her a queen. That was the day that her eyes finally opened Geniece sees a different picture of her. She became to learn embrace her dark skin and her wooly hair: she transformed into a completely different young lady with more confidence.
Professor Wanda Sabir
English201B
14 October 2013
Be Who You Are
In the book Virgin Soul by Juanita Judy, she talks about Geniece an abandoned young lady who maintains her innocence. Even after her involvement with the Black Panther Party, in a world full prejudice against her race as a woman of color, she was treated unfairly by people because of her gender. Geniece never had a father figure in her life to empower her about these changes that will happen in her life. She feels like she has to prove herself in order to be seen as somebody important. For Geniece life was about discovering who she is, when her aunt Zenobia reminds her that they were the same regardless how light she is and how dark Geniece is. She said “Be who you is don’t be who you isn’t” (104). Geniece never had a mother in her life to tell her how beautiful she is, to tell how to embrace herself as she is. The first time someone told her that she was beautiful was when her first boyfriend Allwood took her to the BPP’s house in the San Francisco. There she met a woman named Fatimah told her that “You are a queen. Beautiful” (62), she was stunned; nobody ever calls her a queen. That was the day that her eyes finally opened Geniece sees a different picture of her. She became to learn embrace her dark skin and her wooly hair: she transformed into a completely different young lady with more confidence.
Tsatsral Tsendsuren
Professor Sabir
English 201A
18 October 2013
The novel filled with many themes and topics. One of them is family which I liked a most. Even Geniece is raised by her grandma since her mother died and her father skipped out, her family did not drop her out of the family. Uncle Boy-Boy and aunt Ola helped Geniece a lot. Geniece did not wanted to let them pay her college fees, but the times when Huey was in a jail Geniece had no one except her family to borrow money. Family is alway there for you no matter what.
Also another theme was self-defence. Every lines from the book you will learn about self defence. From how Geniece acts, how she protect her, and how she live as an independent person.
In the novel “Virgin Soul” by Judy Juanita, there were many places that we can visit by now such as Geniece’s first college called “City,” Merritt College, Berkeley, San Francisco State, and Union Square of SF. Also some of the street and avenue’s names were sounded so familiar to me. The places Geniece goes are places we can visit as well, but they have changed a lot maybe even rebuilded. Everytime Geniece go through Bay Bridge and pass by Treasure Island, it felt like I am going with Geniece and traveling around with her in 60s. Going through Bay Bridge everyday to be educated. Geniece is a intelligent girl.
Professor Sabir
English 201A
18 October 2013
The novel filled with many themes and topics. One of them is family which I liked a most. Even Geniece is raised by her grandma since her mother died and her father skipped out, her family did not drop her out of the family. Uncle Boy-Boy and aunt Ola helped Geniece a lot. Geniece did not wanted to let them pay her college fees, but the times when Huey was in a jail Geniece had no one except her family to borrow money. Family is alway there for you no matter what.
Also another theme was self-defence. Every lines from the book you will learn about self defence. From how Geniece acts, how she protect her, and how she live as an independent person.
In the novel “Virgin Soul” by Judy Juanita, there were many places that we can visit by now such as Geniece’s first college called “City,” Merritt College, Berkeley, San Francisco State, and Union Square of SF. Also some of the street and avenue’s names were sounded so familiar to me. The places Geniece goes are places we can visit as well, but they have changed a lot maybe even rebuilded. Everytime Geniece go through Bay Bridge and pass by Treasure Island, it felt like I am going with Geniece and traveling around with her in 60s. Going through Bay Bridge everyday to be educated. Geniece is a intelligent girl.
Gerlanda Gelin
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 201B
Nov 2
Virgin Soul is set in the San Francisco of the 1960s, a tumultuous time and place in American history and, unfortunately, not one I know much about. I procrastinated on this review a bit because what can I possibly say about its accuracy or its authenticity? I have a feeling I wasn’t as emotionally connected to the actual people and events in the books as I should have been, because I couldn’t tell what was real and what was fiction until I looked it up later. But I can tell you the driving force of this novel for me is the heroine’s frank, simple appeal. I was on her side as soon as she peed in the elevator of a decadent clothing boutique. I can tell you the book made San Francisco seem like a hungry living thing and the narrator’s voice gives the whole story an electric feeling like something big is always about to happen. And I can say I found common ground with Geniece’s big ideas, the same I think any progressive kid from college would even if they came from a different background.
Although I don’t have much of a context to fit this story into, I appreciated the issues Geniece faces and the chance to read about the beginning of the black power movement.
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 201B
Nov 2
Virgin Soul is set in the San Francisco of the 1960s, a tumultuous time and place in American history and, unfortunately, not one I know much about. I procrastinated on this review a bit because what can I possibly say about its accuracy or its authenticity? I have a feeling I wasn’t as emotionally connected to the actual people and events in the books as I should have been, because I couldn’t tell what was real and what was fiction until I looked it up later. But I can tell you the driving force of this novel for me is the heroine’s frank, simple appeal. I was on her side as soon as she peed in the elevator of a decadent clothing boutique. I can tell you the book made San Francisco seem like a hungry living thing and the narrator’s voice gives the whole story an electric feeling like something big is always about to happen. And I can say I found common ground with Geniece’s big ideas, the same I think any progressive kid from college would even if they came from a different background.
Although I don’t have much of a context to fit this story into, I appreciated the issues Geniece faces and the chance to read about the beginning of the black power movement.
Maria Rosas
Professor Sabir
English 201B
Virgin Soul by Judy Juanita is full of descriptions about Oakland and nearby cities. While I read the book I saw myself in many places that Geniece used to go. The first and most important for me is “city.” The college where she studied. Nowadays known as “Laney College” which is part of the Peralta College where I study.
Geniece the main character in this novel, traveled from Oakland to San Francisco and Berkeley. Many places that she mention sounds familiar. For example the Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley or The Treasure Island in San Francisco. I wonder how this places look like at that time. Since technology advantages and economy changes communities physically. On the other hand, Geniece mention places that I do not know even when I have been living in this area for some time. For instance, Codornices Village or the Greek Theatre. Every morning when I get out of the freeway and I take Broadway Avenue to go to college, I remember parts of the novel because I knew that Geniece used to work in the same avenue.
Sometimes, I wonder how would be living in that decade. Full of changes, when many things was happing around. Maybe because all this changes society is the way it is now and all this people who fought for their ideals gave to us the opportunities we have today.
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Professor Sabir
English 201B
Virgin Soul by Judy Juanita is full of descriptions about Oakland and nearby cities. While I read the book I saw myself in many places that Geniece used to go. The first and most important for me is “city.” The college where she studied. Nowadays known as “Laney College” which is part of the Peralta College where I study.
Geniece the main character in this novel, traveled from Oakland to San Francisco and Berkeley. Many places that she mention sounds familiar. For example the Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley or The Treasure Island in San Francisco. I wonder how this places look like at that time. Since technology advantages and economy changes communities physically. On the other hand, Geniece mention places that I do not know even when I have been living in this area for some time. For instance, Codornices Village or the Greek Theatre. Every morning when I get out of the freeway and I take Broadway Avenue to go to college, I remember parts of the novel because I knew that Geniece used to work in the same avenue.
Sometimes, I wonder how would be living in that decade. Full of changes, when many things was happing around. Maybe because all this changes society is the way it is now and all this people who fought for their ideals gave to us the opportunities we have today.
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