Module VI
This week's readings were rough!
I try to space out my absorption of heavier material, as it negatively affects my mental health, but that's a privilege I have: to have the choice. There's a quote from the NYT article, The Instagram Account That Shattered a California High School, that resonates a lot with privilege and being a bystander:
"Almost half the residents are white, and more than a quarter are Asian. Thirteen percent are Latino. You could call it âdiverse,â and you probably do if youâre white, but it doesnât feel as diverse to Black residents, who make up just over 4 percent of the population."
By going over intersectionality, social media activism, internet trolling, and Twitter communities it made me realize just how grateful I am to be in the age of social media and to be learning its literacy. To learn of media literacy is more than fact-checking; it's ladder reading, further searching, being curious, and being open to challenging your own thought process. We're experiencing differing points of view and live action journalism in a pure, unedited form. To be negligent of its ability to grow is easy, but it's rewarding to know of the world and her people. I say to utilize social media in its highest form is to learn.