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Define whiteness, marginalized and heterotypical.

Whiteness- white |(h)wīt| adjective1 of the color of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of most wavelengths of visible light; the opposite of black:2 belonging to or denoting a human group having light-colored skin (chiefly used of peoples of European extraction):
3 counterrevolutionary or reactionary.Contrasted with red ( sense 2 of theadjective).
In colorimetry, whiteness is the degree to which a surface is white. An example of its use might be to quantitatively compare two pieces of paper which appear white viewed individually, but not when juxtaposed.
Marginalized-marginalize |ˈmärjənəˌlīz| verbtreat (a person, group, or concept) as insignificant or peripheral: (as adj.marginalized)marginalization |ˌmärjənələˈzāSHən |noun
Social exclusion is a concept used in many parts of the world to characterise contemporary forms of social disadvantage. Dr. Lynn Todman, director of the Institute on Social Exclusion at the Adler School of Professional Psychology, suggests that social exclusion refers to processes in which individuals and entire communities of people are systematically blocked from rights, opportunities and resources (e.g. housing, employment, healthcare, civic engagement, democratic participation and due process) that are normally available to members of society and which are key to social integration.
Heterotypical-het·er·o·typ·ic (ht-r-tpk) also het·er·o·typ·i·cal (--kl)

adj.1. Biology Of, relating to, or being the reduction division of meiosis.2. Of a different type or form.

Derogatory term for attitudes and behaviors typical of straight people and straight culture. (Obviously a play on the world "stereotypical".) It can either refer to a gender-schematic view of the world or to conservative attitudes about sex and relationships. "Heterotypical." The Free Dictionary. Farlex, 2009. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/heterotypical>.Interneter. "Urban Dictionary Is the Dictionary You Wrote. Define Your World." Urban Dictionary. LLC, n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. <http://www.urbandictionary.com/>. Thoughts. Personally, when I saw the word whiteness I thought of the color white. Then I thought about myself because yes, I am white and then I thought about my house because it is white. When I saw the word marginalized I though about myself because in high school I was somewhat marginalized in my class because of my political views. I then thought about African Americans and how they were marginalized throughout all of history. When I saw the word heterotypical I thought of the word "different." I am not sure why but this was a term that I really didn't understand and now I get it after looking into it more. Response Quotation I liked this. This made me think about my dreams for the future of my life for some reason. “The new history is coming; it’s not a dream, though it does extend beyond men’s imagination, and for good reason” (pg. 252). I was unsure about this. I didn't really understand how the word “haunted” fit into this sentence. I guess it is just personal. "I have been amazed more than once by a description of a woman gave me of a world all her own which she had been secretly haunting since early childhood" (247). I did not understand this at all. I learned what phallocentric means. "It has been one with the phallocentric tradition" (249). Again, I was just lost by this. I am not sure what is trying to be said here. “Let us not be trapped by an analysis still encumbered with the old automatisms” (254). I liked this quote. It can be taken into my personal life. I like the “let nobody threaten you”. “Let nobody threaten you; in satisfying your desire, let not the fear of becoming the accomplice to a socially succeed the old-time fear of being ‘taken’” (257).