The Lived Experience of Filipinx American Teachers

The Colonization of Hawaii and the Lasting Effects

Since learning about the colonization of Hawaii by the U.S. government and the impact colonization has had on Native Hawaiians for centuries, I have been doing a lot of reflecting on the topic, my previous visits to Hawaii, and why we aren't taught about the colonialist past of Hawaii. I started doing research on the colonization of Hawaii and how it effects Native Hawaiians. In my multicultural psychology class we watched parts of a documentary called " Hawaii the Stolen Paradise ," I was shocked that I had never learned about the history of Hawaii before and so I watched the whole documentary and did some other research to further educate myself. A Brief History of the Colonization of Hawaii Hawaii is an archipelago made up of eight islands. Native Hawaiians are Polynesian and are thought to have come from Tahiti or the Marquesas Islands. By the 12th or 13th century Hawaiians were living on their own, and formed different kingdoms. In 1810, King Kamehameha united all ...

Making Connections Between What I Have Learned in Multicultural Psych and Moulin Rouge! The Musical

I got to see Moulin Rouge! The Musical recently at Broadway at the Eccles and thought it was amazing. A couple days later, I given the opportunity to see the musical again, and seeing the show again was too good of an offer to pass off. However, I had one more blog post to write and so I decided to watch the musical through a multicultural lens the second time around. I brought a pen and a small notebook and took notes throughout the musical. Moulin Rouge! The Musical takes place in turn of the century Paris. It tells the story of Christian, a young composer, who falls in love with cabaret actress Satine, who is the star of the Moulin Rouge. However, the club's owner, Harold Zildler has promised Satine to a Duke in exchange for the Duke funding the Moulin Rouge. Through a funny misunderstanding, Zilder agrees to put on a show created by Christian and his artist friends Toulouse-Lautrec and Santiago at the Moulin Rouge starring Sa...

Applying Multicultural Psychology to Everyday Life

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