Even if diversity can be overcome, an individual still retains that individuality.  In my opinion, one should stick to oneself.  We do not want a society where everyone is the same, that would  be boring.  We would end up being machines by assimilating into expectations of society.  A community arises from differences in individuals.  In the 21st century, race is overlooked because we have passed that cycle.  Therefore, diversity is normal and being different is also a norm.

What some people do not know is that the mother is of Native American descent.  She has some Cherokee background.  This was a controversy at the time since Native Americans were treated differently in terms of their land rights.  In addition, the mother had many affairs and even worked as a waitress.  While these facts may be surprising it also brings out the question of femininity.  In a way it strengthens the feminine argument because it is portraying a single mother with her children.  In mainstream society and in most families a fatherly figure is present, but in this photograph there is a woman.  It goes to show that even women can take care of their families as well as men can do.

In addition, since there is some graphic violence in the film, the directors chose to produce a animated film, in order to shun the violence and gore.  Yet, there is still some mild language.  Maybe this is not the kind of movie young boys would want to watch as they are attracted more to the action figures of the various male heroes.  Or perhaps they would like to view real live action instead of the animated graphics presented throughout the film.   Besides violence and gore in the film, there are also scenes of vulgarity.  For instance, hen Steve enters the Amazon world and sees all the women bathing, or when Diana is getting dressed in her new outfit.  The outfit itself is very tempting because of the red bustier and blue underwear.  When Wonder Woman is getting dressed for her mission, one can see her pushing up the bustier to her breasts, which is one form of sensuality.  It goes to show that no matter animated or live action, violence is violence and sex sells at the end of the day.

One category that should direly be taken into consideration when speaking of diversity is one’s overall upbringing.  One’s environment where one was brought up should be taken into consideration when examining diversity.  In that way, there is a diversity among classroom discussions.  Students tend to have different perspectives about different issues and that can be a result of the environment they were raised in.  If a certain organization or social group included the an environment of upbringing as a category in diversity, maybe the outcome in assessment of college progress may turn out to be different then what it is now.  It is necessary to broaden the concept of diversity because if colleges confine the concept to only two or three categories, the results are not really vast.  The term diversity does not only apply to color, race, or class in the dictionary but is defined as variety, and this variety can apply to any category whether it is socioeconomic backgrounds, gender, or even sexual orientation.

The image on page 514 is very dull and ghostly.  Its is black and white.  The background is mostly covered with the American flag.  The lighting is coming from the left frame, but not giving much of a glow to the photograph.  The subject is not smiling and is holding a broom.  The setting is 1942, at the time of the second world war.  This is a spin off the 1930 version of “American Gothic” and in that photograph there is a couple  and the man is holding a pitchfork whereas the woman is looking away from the camera.  The couple do not look very happy either.  In a way the image relates to the last line of Jane Yolen’s poem.  Ownership can also mean a sense of pride, and what we see as dull and deem as “unhappy” can be a sign of being proud.  And so, these people may own what they aspire to become in the near future.

  AUdience is also a big part of photograper Nikki Lee’s work.  In the five photographs we examined, each photograph tells a different story.  Each photograph is targeted towards different people.  For insatnce, the photograph with the COnfederate flag on the wall, and the man holding the gun can target the Southern hard-core patriot-whites  who are true to their roots.  It protrays violence and hatred.  The photograp of Nikki Lee sitting in a chair, wearing a business attire attracts business men and women and even ambitious and sophistacated people.  Each photograph is different but what is common among all of them is Nikki herslef.  The person is the same, but the atmosphere is different.  It goes to show that one has to adjust oneself to fit in a certain crowd or community.  As a result it leads to societal conformities of differences.  As we discussed before with gender that there exists preconcieved gender roles, making men dominant and women inferior.  In a similar way society and culture adopts differences.  It is almost as if one has to fully change oneself if one wants to overcome these differences.  Perhaps with thost intentions, Nikki Lee decided to shoot these stills.

The ad on page 402 encourages women to join the army because they will have the experience of gaining more responsibilities.  In a way, it reinforces gender role because the ad is suggesting that initially women stay home, do the passive activities whereas men go out and fight.  It even says “The point is, a woman in the Army is still a woman.  You carry yourself with a little more confidence.  And you may find yourself shouldering more responsibility than you ever dreamed because in the Army, you’ll gain more experience you cant find anywhere else” (McQuade 402).  They intend to say that generally women are confined to do the things a homemaker, a mother, a sister would do, but the Army is a place where she can do much more than that.  The Army will give a woman the respect and status she deserves.

Humor to a certain extent subverts gender role.  Humor is a technique to avoid the tension and fury when it comes to discussing preconceived gender role.  However, that does not mean it totally diminishes those roles.  For instance, the cartoon on page 394 shows a father who is encouraging his daughter to play with a fire truck rather than a doll.  He even states that he does not want her to reinforce preconceived gender roles.  Yet, the daughter still continues to treat the truck as if it were a doll, more so a baby, which disappoints the father.  And so, it shows that gender role will exist no matter what but we can use humor and laugh about it to get rid of its negativity.  We can try to overcome gender role but since it is embedded within our culture since thousands of years ago, we cannot wholly get rid of it.