Interesting. The British Empire established "racial identity" which is different from ethnicity. Race is not specific because it focuses mostly on skin color, whereas someone's ethnicity gives full insight on their background.

Contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.

Parent state of colony.

This is what the paper is about

This shows a correlation between adolescent depression and the use of social media.

She starts off with explaining all the things about the neighborhood she dislikes. Then, she realized she did not give the neighborhood a chance to change. Her perspective has changed.

The group raises awareness through chalking and providing resources to the community.

This paragraph deepens the setting of where the author lives. This shows a separated environment between poor people and middle-class white people.

She mentions the South because it is known for its racism. Therefore, her being white in the South is already a plus. Although, she would not use her skin color to be protected in a gated community even though older white people see it as unsafe because where she lives is filled with minorities.

She is giving readers an idea of what her neighborhood is like. Possibly to make her story more understandable.

She's taken the responsibility to go on night runs to better herself and keep from yelling at her children.

This paragraph addresses that it would not be a good idea to ban anonymous apps because people have to consider aspects of it.

For others, anonymity gives people a chance to be blunt against popular opinion without being judged by peers.

Anonymous apps are helpful to younger people who want to share their issues without people knowing who they are. Their character does not have to be judged because no one actually knows them.

It is believed that the reason why young people turn to anonymous apps is because of the anxiety of trying to keep up with regular social networks. In this way, no one has to show their identity.

This paragraph addresses the fact that younger people are emotionally tired with trying to keep up with unrealistic lifestyles that the social networks portray.

This paragraph addresses the issue of anonymous apps, which is the reports of cyberbullying that appears more than on regular social networks. Psychologist John Suler, calls it "online disinhibition effect." This means people do not feel responsible for their actions when their identity is unknown.

Other people view anonymity as beneficial to privacy and free-speech.

The popularity of the YOLO app came with cyberbullying and hate speech.

This paragraph explains the popularity of the YOLO app that launched in 2019, and it says that it is an app that lets users send anonymous messages.

Dance is a crucial part in the traditional Yoruba religion and it is their to serve the spirit. They see no harm in using their bodies for worship. In the Yoruba religion, it is believed that without humans, gods would not exist.

The Yoruba people in Nigeria, adapted Christianity into their practices. Drumming and dancing form an essential part in Christianity for the Yoruba people. However, in the traditional Yoruba religion, they dance to celebrate their ancestors. The spirits of the ancestors, known as a Egungun, return to the community to receive homage and exhibit their powers through dance.

Since Greeks did not believe in bodily pleasures, they did not like dance. Christianity opposed of sex, and dance could be erotic and people could easily lose themselves in it, so it was looked down upon. Paganism is into dance and if dance is apart of Paganism, then Christians wanted nothing to do with it.

Some Christians believe that since dance is movement of the body, it pulls away from spirituality. The idea of the lines crossed between body and spirit goes beyond Christianity. This is a thought from Western culture to ancient Greece.

The Greeks believe in Dualism (the belief of two supreme opposed powers or beings), so they fell for Christianity. There was one belief that the body was not as important as the soul, the another that the body is evil and it is part of materialistic things.

Shiva: Hindu god of dance

In this paragraph, she explains that being mixed results in not having an identity. The Mexican culture and the Anglo-American culture do not coincide with each other, so the cultures do not accept each other. This is why she feels like a nobody.

a civil rights advocacy group for Mexican-Americans La Raza is to Mexican-Americans what the NAACP is to African-Americans.

If you ask my mama, "What are you?", She will say "I am Mexican."

After reading the rest of the paragraph, this sentence makes more sense. Chicanos "straddle" between borders because Mexicans remind Chicanos of their Mexican culture, but in America, Americans tell them that they should forget their culture.

"Mexicans on the other side and Mexicans on this side".

White people.

Anzaldua feels that she should not have to accommodate for the English language because it makes her feel like her language is illegitimate.

Chicano's and Latino's should take pride into their language.

This paragraph explains that there is no such thing as someone being more Chicana then another. Chicana's should notice each other as equal.

Chicana feminist would rather look down on one another then to be close because they are afraid that they will see the shame in themselves. The shame of their culture has been embedded in them since childhood, so when they look at one another, all they see is shame.

Since Chicanas let the dominant culture make them believe that their language is illegitimate, they judge each other's legitimacy.

This paragraph emphasizes how the language is seen. Chicano Spanish is not noticed as a legit language.

"We are orphans."

"Derision". Mockery.

"Miscegenation". People of mixed race.

"We are the ones deficient in Spanish"

Translation in English is "foul-mouthed".

Alejandro is upset because he feels that even though his father played by the book, he still was done unjustly.