According to DuBois’s “The Sorrow Songs,” the signification is that these songs are of pain from deep within their souls. They sang for slavery. They sang to get them through the day. They sang for their faith in God. They sang for hope that they would be free one day, even if that day came in death. They took that ache and sang about it to release their grief. They sang to America for turning a blind eye. They worked the land, took care of their children, and fought wars, and Still, they made no distinction in being equal to men and women. They continued to be seen and restrained to slavery.
The most significant song in this chapter is “Roll, Jordan, Roll” because this song is about getting into Heaven and being free. It is a piece of music that individuals have passed down to generations and folks from centuries ago. Even different artists have sung it like John Legend in the 12 Years a Slave soundtrack. It reflects that even today, we are still listening to this song that refers to faith, and as a spiritual believer in God, I do believe when we die, we go to the promised land.

In the “Power” episode by Damon Krukowski states, “But might it [the marginal-the rejected-the repressed] not be a key to alternate approaches to art, to society-to power itself?” His assertion refers to significant companies deciding what is olden, not crucial to humanity, and the consumers no longer need. How technology has taken people’s freedom away to go into a store to shop, explore, and recognize what items they need. When customers order online, they write the information on what they are looking for in the search bar. And according to what you entered, the computer takes you explicitly to that component and provides you with other objects you might interest in.
Music indicates the differences between the powerful and the marginalized by the music companies deciding through an algorithm what songs you might like listening to verses an expert telling you which songs you will enjoy listening to now. Electric components have taken away from having human contact to talk with a music expert to obtain knowledgeable feedback or come upon new things that you never thought you might be interested in listening to now. This way, it gives you the power to control your decision-making instead of technology analysis choosing for you.

1) Damon Krukowski’s is right that substantially inadequately describes intimacy through analog and digital audio sound. He has valid points in comparing designs when talking on analog phones than digital phones that your voice can change because of how different they are. However, Krukowski is probably wrong when he claims that “Digital tools make it possible to share our words across great distances, but they fail us in so many ways as we try to communicate one to one.” When you talk on face time, you can see the person’s face. Also, you can share special moments like birthday celebrations with family and friends and feel that you are right there with them when, in reality, you are thousands of miles away.
2)The most important part of the New York Times’ short story is how Jennifer Allen brought out the original name “ASMR Group” and enrolled it on Facebook. Some viers might say they find these youtube videos helpful to sleep, but I did not find it relaxing. When I saw the video of the A.S.M.R., it made me feel uncomfortable, especially to hear those crunching sounds. It made my body stiff in an awkward position, and it wasn’t coherent to my hearing’s balance because the sounds heard were different from my left to my right ear. For me, I find that hearing sound waves or birds chirping or wind blowing leaves on a tree is more soothing and synchronized with nature.

According to Berger’s argument, I agree that white editors photograph Black people as victims instead of photographing them as people standing up for their rights. They never show Black people’s tough side. Instead, they make it seem as though they need the white man to feel bad for them to help fix the problems occurring-When this is not the truth. There has been plenty of protest of independent, decisive moments that black people are standing up for their fundamental rights and, most importantly, now for the violent acts in our justice system, for example, in the George Floyd case. Black protesters have taken the streets to speak up about police officers’ cruel and dangerous aggression towards them. Although Martin A. Berger says graphic photos get more attention than pictures of peaceful protests, I think this is evolving. Now we are seeing photographs of some police officers taking the knee with protesters. Yes, black people have been victims of inequality and racism for centuries now. However, the media needs to stop painting it as “we must help these people because they need our help” but instead paint the picture that these are fundamental human rights that black people have been neglected for years now, and that is not okay.

In “Ways of Seeing” episode #2 by John Berger, they say “that woman constantly meet glances which act like nerves reminding them how they look or how they should look behind every glance is a judgment sometimes the glance they meet is their own reflected back from a view mirror.” I say it is true, a woman today is not in control of their own images in the media because they need to represent a brand, and that brand wants a specific look. The company can be a television show, a clothing line, a music label, etc. In businesses like these, women can be told what kind of clothes to wear, type of makeup to use, hairstyles that are permitted, or even how to speak to gain audiences, particularly the male audience. Most of these brands also use a woman’s sexuality to gain profit. Sexuality will always play a role in today’s images; men are idolizing women since the beginning of time, like in the picture “The Judgement of Paris,” where Paris gives an apple to the most beautiful woman. These similarities can also play a part in a woman landing a job in a higher position because of her beauty; she can represent the company’s appealing image to the consumers.