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Kavina Davis Capstone 21'

Posted by Kavina Davis in CTE Senior Capstone · Kamal/Ugworji · Wed on

For my Capstone, I 3-D printed a Zen Garden Tray for children who had symptoms of anxiety or showed signs of inattentiveness and impulsivity. since I also wanted to incorporate Psychology and Engineering into my Capstone, I designed my Tray to appeal to 1 of the 5 senses. by appealing to 1 of the 5 senses, my design would teach children how to be calm and mindful.

It would also teach children a grounding technique, and possibly inspire them to do something Engineering-related. on the back of each design would be instructions, showing step-by-step instructions on how to design the product.

Zen Garden Tray on Fusion 360
Zen Garden Tray on Fusion 360
3-D printed Rake that would be used for the Zen Garden Tray
3-D printed Rake that would be used for the Zen Garden Tray
3-D printed House for Zen Garden
3-D printed House for Zen Garden

The Talk Of Cuckoo's Nest Podcast #3

Posted by Kavina Davis in College English · Giknis · B Band on

Members: Hannah, Kavina, Nile, & Gabe

https://www.wevideo.com/view/2019106398

In our final podcast, we discussed our thoughts on the overall book, the author’s intent, and what important messages we took away individually. in our final podcast, we talked about the character development of characters in the book, and the breakdown of power being broken and it’s systems. what happens when power is broken? what character’s stay in role, or change? join us for our final talk, as we explore these final questions.

The Talk Of The Cuckoo's Nest Podcast #2

Posted by Kavina Davis in College English · Pahomov · B Band on

https://www.wevideo.com/view/2009346077

Partners: Hannah, Kavina, Nile, Gabe, & Mawusse

Title of episode: The Talk Of The Lens

In our second podcast, we took apart the book through four lenses/perspectives: Marxist, Feminists, Phycoanalytics, and New Historics, connecting each lens to one another. through textual evidence, personal thoughts, and real-world connections, we were able to point out the parallel between the book and the ’60s, its power structures, and more importantly: the entanglement with gender and power. Listen in, as we explore and question the book through an insightful discussion.

Pg. 38- Chief Bromden describes her as “machine-like” or the center of power

Pg. 47- How the patients are split up (Chronics, Acutes, Vegetables, etc.)

The Talk Of The Cuckoo's Nest

Posted by Kavina Davis in College English · Pahomov · B Band on

https://www.wevideo.com/view/1999491999

Book: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest By Ken Kesey

Hannah, Nile, Kavina, Gabe, and Mawusse

In our first podcast, we discussed how power dynamics relates to societal structures in psychiatric wards, and what is considered acceptable/not acceptable. who has the right to have power and not have power? We get a chance to explore one of the main characters: Nurse Ratched, who runs the Psychiatric ward through a system of conformity and roles. the narrator, Chief Bromden, pretends to be deaf and dumb as a role in the ward, but when Mcmurphy, a rebellious newcomer enters the conversation of order and roles, things take an unexpected turn. Join us, as we do an in-depth exploration of the struggle with power/power dynamics, conformity, and freedom within the book.

Introduction - Experiments in the ’60s/ Psychiatric Ward

Page 30 - Breakdown of how Nurse Ratched chooses staff

Racial Discrimination: My A.O.C.

Posted by Kavina Davis in English 1 · Giknis · D Band on
For my first two tasks for my Agent Of Change project, I had to research about Racial Discrimination, Ethnic Inequality, and etc. for my first post that i had posted,  I had talked about how we could change Racial Discrimination, and Ethnic Inequality, or try to. After interviewing my Mother, and my grandparents, I realized that Racism was a serious issue. Racism is constantly unexcused because of people not wanting to sometimes deal with the truth. In my second post, I was able to explain and go deeper Into the subject of Racism, and talk about sensitive topics. In order to justify something that's wrong, we need to talk about the sensitives first. 

My website, "Stop Discrimination Against Our Nation:" https://ksdavis21.wixsite.com/stopracism
I decided to make a change by making a website, because I feel as though that the message can be expressed visually instead of just being told. this took me a long time to make, because I had a lot of other things to do, but I also had to gather research and support for my agent of change. reflecting on my A.O.C. now, I till think about everything that I did. I wish I could've done more, and I feel as though next time I can do something bigger than making a website. 


My Essay, "What My Color Tells Me:"


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Tell Me Who I Am: What Obligations Does My Skin Color Give Me?

Posted by Kavina Davis in English 1 · Giknis · D Band on

In my previous post before I made this one, I talked about the issue of Racial and Economic Discrimination along with Ethnic and Racial Inequality in our society, and the Discrimination of Economic factors and the hierarchy of lower, higher, and middle class, and what causes this. According to,  http://open.lib.umn.edu/socialproblems/chapter/3-7-reducing-racial-and-ethnic-inequality/ , did you know that Old-fashioned racism has been replaced by a modern, symbolic racism that still blames people of color for their problems and reduces public support for government policies to deal with their problems? This is a unfair treatment, because If Old-fashioned Racism didn't still exist, and the government policies would deal with the growing problems of today, we wouldn’t have so many problems today. I know some of us want to make a change. Something we all want to do so we can better society or change an issue. but how can we talk about change if we don’t even address issues properly? Discrimination and Racial and Ethnic Inequality are two reasons  why most of us want to change the way we view people and society itself.

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 Let's not forget Racial Prejudice. Racial Prejudice is an insidious moral and social disease affecting populations all over the world. It can be identified by its various manifestations which are fear, intolerance, separation, segregation, discrimination and hatred. While all of these symptoms of racial prejudice may be evident, the single underlying cause of Racial Prejudice is ignorance. People are too ignorant to really figure anything out anymore, so because of this, this is the reason why today’s society has so many problems. I also talked about facts and important details that related to Ethnic Inequality and Racial Discrimination. I talked about the unfair employment and issues with Economic Discrimination as well. Since my last post, I learned new interesting facts about these issues.

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 I learned that, black Caribbean and Black African men and women have had persistently high levels of unemployment over the past twenty years, more than twice as high as the White rate and in some cases more than three times as high.  This is because they continue to have much higher unemployment rates than White men and women and the fall is mainly a result of a large rise in part-time work, with a fall, rather than a rise, in full-time employment rates. While reading this, I came across Racial profiling, which is a popular method used by law officers in order to hypothetically enhance crime prevention by targeting minorities, because they are more likely to commit a crime due to the fact that they may be aliens, or not from here. In other words, It means that it is targeting specific Ethnic groups because they are more likely to commit certain crimes. So it makes us question can we stop the unjust practice of racial profiling? Is it correct for Police Officers to stop a black driver for an alleged traffic offense to question and sometimes search the black driver?

 These questions provoke the need to understand racial profiling and racism along with what problems are involved and the possible solutions. Doesn't the use of race make sense? Isn't it really just good police work? The guarantee to all persons or people of equal protection under the law is one of the most fundamental principles of our society. Our government must continue to evaluate the facts and take appropriate action to resolve this controversial issue instead of just sweeping it away. I decided to interview my mother on these issues.  Because America created and perpetuated the institution of slavery, this institution served as the basis for the creation of racialized ideas about people of color. Under the institution of slavery, racialized ideas (stereotypes), were created to justify this immoral systems. An example of the racialized ideas at this time to justify the Institute of this slavery, where African people were 3/5th’s of a man, African people needed the institution of slavery to civilize them, and they were biologically inferior because of white people. 
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Me: Where did you Face Inequality? 
Mom: At my job; first experience as an M.S.W student

Me: What were some of the issues you faced during Racial Inequality?
Mother: one of the first issues that I encountered during my internship as an M.S.W student, was covert forms of discrimination. For example, some of the things I specifically encountered was the director of the social work department, would exclude me and other black interns from certain learning experience, while permitting our white counterparts. I was sent to a different unit to shadow and different social worker, and he got mad, and said to my mentor, why is she up here? But he didn't say anything to any other of my white mentors. She flat out told me to watch my back while I was there. Another example of discrimination was the director of the program held secret interviews, at the white interns, against the excluded black interns.

Me: have you ever experienced covert or overt forms of discrimination? 
Mom: Yes, I think the worst form of overt discrimination was when I was working as an intern at Temple University. It was like you knew somebody was out to get you, and it was just hard. People were making faces at me and you could tell. 

Me: Okay, Do you think Racial Inequality still exists in the world today? 
Mom: Yes absolutely, I believe it exists today because of the institutions that were created that helped to create it. Because of the social institutions such as the school systems, juridical systems, the governmental systems, economic system, all help to maintain the social status of non-white people. The media is a huge factor because when the TV shows this, people are able to formulate their opinions from that. 

Me: Do you believe stereotypes play a huge role in racial inequality?
Mom: Yes, Stereotypes plant racialized ideas of a particular group of people that leads to the internalization of that particular belief. If you're looking at that TV, and it shows a black male appearing to be aggressive and loud, my particular belief would be he’s dangerous. When you're looking at those images that are associated with those stereotypes, it evokes that negative belief about that particular group of people. 

Some remedies for these issues, in my opinion, are equal treatment in employment and occupation'; forbidding employment discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, age disability and equality for all.

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What My Color Tells Me: Stop Discriminating And Start Appreciating!

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​Ever wonder why people are considered unequal or some are classified into a system where people are at the top and some who are lowly regarded are at the bottom? Why is power derived from sources, then used against people? Ethnic Inequality is the answer. I am interested in this topic because Ethnic Inequality is a major issue and always was in today’s society and is a major flaw in history. I am also interested in this because Racial Discrimination is like dust, it's everywhere and it's difficult to get rid of.  The only way we can somehow stultify it is to work together to help loosen that mentality everybody has on Discrimination. No one wants to be a victim of racism, but it can happen to anyone. Racial discrimination can be so painful that it can leave a scar and anger that traumatizes the victim.

How can we fight this social issue of racial discrimination in our society? We can stop racial discrimination by fighting for their rights and standing up for those people who were victimized because we care for them and our future generations along with making a change.

The people today can make a great impact on how to end this. Furthermore, we can start by educating the people and children in our home and in school. If we express our thoughts to those who are learning, that this is not an acceptable trait, it can make a big difference. We need to teach this to narrow-minded people who believe that their race is better than others and to appreciate not discriminate. Too much discrimination exists in this world, and it seems like it only gets worse by the second. 


While researching I learned that ethnicity is clearly distinguished from race due to countries like North America, Africans, People across the border, or any descendant of the Latino culture. From this link, I learned that housing, employment, and health has been one of the main reasons why racial and ethnic inequalities have continued. “Families of color were, in effect, excluded from receiving these mortgages. While white families took advantage of them and prospered, other families were left behind and are still trying to catch up.” This line right here from the link below shows that ethnic and racial inequality is real. It’s not really about what you are going to get out of it, but what you’ll learn and how you can better that issue so there won’t be any problems in that community or society.    http://www.futurity.org/racial-ethnic-inequalities-united-states-1467732-2/

Did you know that less than half of black families (41 percent) and Hispanic families (45 percent) live in owner-occupied housing, whereas white families are 71 percent? This is economic discrimination. Economic Discrimination is discrimination based on economic factors. My question is how can people speak so poorly about people of “Low status” when the reason why they are classified in that position or order is that of Racial Discrimination? That’s like making an assumption about a person's personality, and automatically ranking them as this type of person without knowing who they are. 


This topic matters to me because there are probably others who have stories and may not want to speak out on this issue, so therefore I’m here to address this, and also I’m passionate about this because I want to bring it to people’s attention what’s going on. I noticed that Ethnic Inequality and Racial Discrimination are sometimes swept away because of other issues that are constantly on the news.  Discrimination is like a noose, preventing people from making smart decisions. It restricts people from making their own personal choices. Nooses are occasionally unfairly put around innocent men's' lives for their death, controlling those people and their future.

This issue is important because our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white separate and unequal.” The commission blamed white racism for the riots and urged the government to provide jobs and housing for African Americans and to take steps to end racial segregation. More than four decades later, racial inequality in the United States continues to exist and in many ways has worsened. Despite major advances by African Americans, Latinos, and other people of color during the past few decades, they continue to lag behind non-Hispanic whites in education, income, health, and other social indicators.  Biological race is impossible because there is no genetic or DNA make-up difference from one race to another. Racial inequality is a very big issue that the world is dealing with, especially the United States. People tend to discriminate because of the way someone looks or where they are from. These could be an example prejudice which is the act of prejudging a person because of their appearance, thoughts and/or ideas. Also stereotyping, discrimination, and racism goes hand in hand with a lot of things. 

It’s sad how we look to policy and law enforcement for situations like these to be “solved” when we can’t even do it ourselves. Perhaps talking to people who care about this topic would be a good idea, and make things easier. The policy really won’t make things easier, instead, it will just make people more paranoid, and more stigma will happen. Because of low health care and employment, something like “lower class” exists. I think this exists because they are not just more likely to be born into families with less wealth, education, and income, but they are also more likely to live in poor neighborhoods where high-quality schools are more difficult to find, crime is high, and other high and safe things are unavailable. 

How can we fight this social issue of racial discrimination in our society? We can stop racial discrimination by fighting for their rights and standing up for those people who were victimized because we care for them and our future generations along with making a change.

The people today can make a great impact on how to end this. Furthermore, we can start by educating the people and children in our home and in school. If we express our thoughts to those who are learning, that this is not an acceptable trait, it can make a big difference. We need to teach this to narrow-minded people who believe that there race is better than others and to appreciate not discriminate. Too much discrimination exists in this world, and it seems like it only  gets worst by the second. Racial and Ethnic Inequality along with Discrimination is real, It’s not just happening here, it's happening in other countries and places too. Racial slurs, discrimination, racial classification is terrible. Stop classifying people by their skin, and accept them for who they are.
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