What does this quote tell you about Ella’s approach to organizing?
Do you agree or disagree with her?
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Ella said, “If you somehow talk down to people, they can sense it. They can feel it. And they know whether you are talking with them or talking at them or talking about them.”
What does this quote tell you about Ella’s approach to organizing? Do you agree or disagree with her?
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Wilder
1/9/2018 05:44:06 pm
It's hard to understand what she means to me, but I sort of do have that feeling sometimes (if thats what she means). So I guess I agree.
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Wilder
1/10/2018 05:31:27 pm
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Chloe
1/10/2018 02:50:17 pm
This quote tells me that in Ella’s organizing approach she probably talks appropriate to the people she works with and she doesn’t speak down to them or talks badly about them. I agree with her because when someone speaks about you in a rude or bad way you can feel it by the tone of their voice and their facial expression and body language.
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bayan
1/10/2018 04:09:09 pm
I think Ella's approach to organizing is that it depends on what you say to people and how you say it. I think she thinks it's an important part in organizing. It is important, because it's how you communicate.
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jack
1/10/2018 05:12:23 pm
i don't know what she means,but i do have that kind of feeling sometimes (like Wilder said if that is what she means)but i do agree.
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Ms. C
1/10/2018 05:30:17 pm
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Elliot
1/10/2018 05:26:51 pm
I think what this quote says about Ella's approach to organizing is that if you talk down to somebody, and over simplify things they will know, and they'll know who you are directing it twoards.
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Ms. C
1/10/2018 05:30:58 pm
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1/10/2018 05:32:45 pm
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I think Ella was trying to say that it's unfair that women have always been treated less rights than men. Aqs a girl I understand how it feels to be mistreated and I think that women have been misunderstood. I was thinking about when she was talking about how one man said that women could be pulled out of ditches or helped into a carriages and things like that but it's the things like that ,that make me for feel like women don't have strength, but they do and that is what is most important in this speech.
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Ms. L
1/10/2018 05:46:14 pm
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maggie
1/10/2018 06:17:38 pm
Ella's approach at organizing for me is that she tries to form a way of protest that people can feel what and why they are protesting. For example when M.L.K did his march across the bridge it was not very explanatory, because if a random stranger were to walk by them, they would not know why and what they are marching for, which to me is not how Ella would organize. When she says: "If you somehow talk down to people, they can sense it." I think this depicts that when she says: "If." In the first part of her quote I think this means that it would be hard for someone to send the message they are showing. Which would mean that that the way she organizes is hard for her. And it also means that when she shows her message, it's a strong message that even total strangers would recognize. I think she tries to make it so that everyone acknowledges them and won't ignore them. She tries not to be over aggressive or too quiet, she wants to be heard. And I think her feelings were powerful and she wanted people to feel that by the way she organizes.
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jade
1/10/2018 06:51:16 pm
i agree with her statement because you know if things about you are or not. or if they are good or not. to me it matters if things you are saying to me are good or bad . i feel all people prefer people talking good things about you
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zion
1/10/2018 06:54:41 pm
I think Ella's approach at organizing is to know what someone's saying to you. Ella wants people to be aware when someone is talking down to you.That means she wants people to know when people are being disrespectful to them.Ella doesn't want you to get tricked.
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Isabel
1/10/2018 07:00:07 pm
I think what Ella's quote means to the organization is that when your talking down to the organization they feel what your saying and when she said "And they know whether you are talking with them or talking at the them or talking about them" it is how you would talk to the organization and use the right/ appropriate word
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ISAIAH
1/10/2018 07:11:19 pm
I think this quote tells me that Ella is saying if you talk down to people then people can sense how bad your making them feel which is not helping organize them. If your talking AT them that doesn't help your talking AT them your insulting them. If your talking WITH them your agreeing with there ideas that helps. If you talking ABOUT them your making fun of who they are that doesn't help. I agree with Ella because she is saying people know when your talking negative about them or positive about them. They SENSE it.
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Alexei
1/10/2018 07:15:02 pm
I think that this may tell you that Ella knows that you can either talk with someone or you can talk down to someone as if you are better than them. Or you can talk at somebody, but that person may not listen. She also says something about talking about somebody, which could mean that you are talking like this: "You need to get some lip gloss. Like, It would look soo good on you." Or maybe it means talking about someone behind someone's back. None of these make to much sense, but I'm doing what I can.
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Alexei
1/10/2018 09:09:59 pm
Now I’m back from dinner (and accidentally reloading the page while typing). WOW! Isaiah's comment is really excellent! I partially agree. Talking at somebody doesn’t necessarily mean insulting them directly, however it is annoying to have somebody not listening at all to what you are saying. Talking about somebody is not necessarily mean, but can be if the person happens to be talking in a mean way. Ella’s organising style is: Collaboration! She talks WITH people, conducting conversations in tandem with them, and organises like that.
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Willa
1/10/2018 07:23:08 pm
I think what Ella means that words are powerful.So that makes me think that Ella is a peaceful protester like MLK. I think that Ella is like that because in the quote, Ella was saying that if you talk to someone in a certain they understand that you are talking to them in that way, and they understand what you're trying to say. So that sounds to me that Ella's saying that words are powerful because people have a way of knowing the point you're trying to make. I agree with Ella that words and peaceful protests are the way to go, partly because if a black man just attacked white man, how would the man know the black man was fighting for civil rights? The black man could be mad at the white man for many reasons. Maybe the white guy stole the black guys coffee? With violence, how do you know what people want? But with words, people can say it right to your face, "We want rights!". This is why I agree with Ella that peaceful protests and words are always stronger then violence. So as a conclusion I would say that Ella had a peaceful approach to organizing.
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isaiah
1/10/2018 07:28:06 pm
Adding on to what I wrote, I'm going to connect this situation with the Black Panthers. The Black Panthers did not talk down to people, they talked with people. That's why they were good organizers.
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Justin
1/10/2018 08:12:02 pm
I think what ella means is that dont talk down to people. And don’t let someone make you something that your not and just be your self.And don’t let people do things to you that you do not like.And don’t let no one make you fell like you are worth nothing because they are talking down to you and making you feel sad.
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What I think Ella is an example of is that to speak to someone appropriately, you must first organize your thoughts and words before you speak; in consideration of other people's feelings. Also, feelings can cause for change. Because of her organizing skills, she was able to make the right actions towards the fight for civil and human rights by organizing her thoughts and properly expressing her tone message.
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Mateo
1/10/2018 09:12:13 pm
This quote tells me that Ella Baker’s approach to organizing is about fairness and respect. She says that if you talk down to people, they will know and feel trapped. That is not the best way to bring people together. Ella knows that words can be very powerful. I agree with her because it is important to speak kindly to one another. For example if someone falls and somebody laughs, the person will know if they’re laugh with them or at them. That is why I agree with Ella Baker and how her words can make an impact on people and inspire them.
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Ayodele
1/10/2018 10:15:43 pm
I think ella bakers approach to organizing was that she wanted to talk with and about people with truth and respect, she didn't want people to say something that they wouldn't say to their face.I also think that "they know wether you're talking with you or at you"means that they know if you're having a full-on conversation or if you're just giving them orders or if you're saying something about you
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