Blog #4 : Cluster Reflection

Throughout the cluster there have been certain themes and subjects that we have come across that intertwine with each other . Between these themes is the language of human rights. This brings us to the argument of how language is used to deprive someone of their human rights. Another theme might just be human rights itself. We have compared historical stories of human rights issues to present day and we incorporate political science into our argument and debates.These themes have also shown up in the texts When I Was A Slave  edited by Norman R. Yetman, Southern Horrors edited by Jacqueline Jones Royster. Also in our political science class we used the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which goes with the theme of the cluster explaining to us all of the rights that we as humans have universally.
Each class has its own puzzle piece to what it is that we are suppose to learn from this whole cluster experience. In our English 101 course we have come across 2 types of literature that connect with the human rights issue. We have talked about slaves in the mid and late 1800's and how their rights were taken away by white southerners. This is very much associated with every theme that we have covered. In our linguistics class we have learned  about language and how language is used in other countries, not only its ways of use but also the history of our language and how we use it. This helps us understand how people today use language to take away someones human rights.In our law and political science course we learn about the human rights we have as humans. We have learned how the government is suppose to protect us from our rights being taken away.
There is a big diversity in our cluster. We have people from different countries all come together to showcase our opinions on what human rights mean to each and everyone of us. This has made the cluster a little bit more interesting and unique because even though we all come from different cultures and backgrounds, we all agree that we should have the same right and that we should all be equal under the law.In our LIB 110 course we are now in the process of writing a book about the language of human rights, which is like a combination of all the courses in our cluster and how we feel language and human rights connect.
This cluster has made me open my eyes and had broaden my knowledge of the history of our human rights and how our human rights are being taken away form us today. I believe that every course we encounter with during our college experience somehow has to connect with human rights and even language which i think is one of the things i will take with me everywhere i go. I now know more about the rights that we have as humans and how certain people might use language to take these right away from me and people around me.