Renée's Blog

Halloween is an exciting time when people mask their own identity and wear unique and exotic costumes. It is a time to display something fun or frightening, but not mock someone else's culture. A video released by Teen Vogue in 2017 addresses this issue and highlights the offenses made by dressing up in another's cultural clothing as a Halloween costume. By interviewing various people about seeing their cultural clothing being used as a costume by someone of  a different background, I was able to see the effects that these actions have on people. I was also able to see how people who dress themselves in a cultural costume are viewed by others. The video by Teen Vogue shows consistency in how people feel when their culture is wrongfully displayed in a costume not taken seriously. These situations make people feel misunderstood, disrespected, and humiliated because the purpose behind a Halloween costume is not meaningful, whereas their cultural clothing and appeara...

An American organization called "Knock The Vote" has released a commercial in regards to the issue that is young people voting. During times of election, there is a lack of participation of young people voting which means that they are unable to represent and voice themselves.  This video shown all around the United States addresses this problem straightforwardly. To show the urgency of the problem, the video is very honest and includes the faults of young people and what they can do to change their situation. The main error presented in the video is that young people are unsatisfied with possible changes resulting in their complaints, but they are not doing all that they can to contribute in elections. This ad encourages this targeted group of people to vote so that they can change the odds of elections rather than only speaking of what they do not like. When I first viewed the ad, I initially thought that the people speaking in the video were too harsh and only...