The main idea or thesis for this artists work is to make people aware of some of the things that can be offensive to people. These different images irriherate different stereotypes that different religions and ethnicities have. The pictures say a thousand words and I think they do a good job of making people aware of how using the name from a certain group of people for a sports team can be offensive.
I will look at two of these images in particular. The first one I looked at was the Spanish. The logo for the Spanish has a sumbraro with a thin poinited mustage and and pointed go-tee. This image portrays how all Spanish must wear sumbraros (which is not true) and also the fact that all spanish people have dirty mustaches(which is not ture. Spanish people or Mexicans are know for being "dirty" and this images rehirerates that stereotype of Mexicans. The second logo which stuck out to me was the German logo. First and foremost the logo looks like the most famous German person, Adolph Hitler. Hitler had a really strong comb over and a small mustach. I just thought it was werid how the logo portrays every person of German backgound must look exactly like Hitler. When in fact most German do not look like Hitler at all. Also you can not miss the Nazi sign below his chin. That rehirterates the steroetype that all Germans are Nazi's, which is not true either.
I am a huge sports fan and love the Indians. Throughout my whole life I never once thought that the Indians logo must be offensive to Indians. The Indians logo has huge eyes, nose, and mouth which is a stereotype of Indians. I really do feel bad for people of Indian decent because they must be extreamly mad about the way the logo portrays their looks. I will never look at the logo the same way ever again.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
Somberville
The thesis of this chapter was to show how prejudism of sexuality and race compare and ocntrast to each other. Somberville explains how both groups are looked at very similiarly and how they over lap each other. These two groups in Americ are looked at as the othee and different groups. Homosexuality and blacks are the two groups of people in America that aer looked down upon. Somberville explains how one came from another and how they both are viewed in America.
Somberville talks about how homosexuality began being deplicted in Germany and other European counrties before Americans started to view the group of people. He says that gayness started to be viewed as a disease instead of being a choice made by a person. Thats how homosexuality was looked at as a medical illness instead of anything else. People believed that people who are gay were born with disease and they can not do anything to change their sexual preference. Havelock Ellis wrote books and sexuality and how homosexuality is a crime. Ellis was the first author to write about the controversial subject. Ellis's book was banned in Germany so he published it in the United States. The book was know to be for scientific experts but was also read by others who were trying to find their representation. In America it is hard for a person to be a homosexual or to be black. With some many different forms of racism towards both groups it puts the between a rock and a hard place. Unlike blacks though, homosexuals can decide whether to come out of the closet or not. Someone who is gay had the choice of whether to tell people or not, becasue if they do come out and tell people close to them they run the risk of losing close friends and family. As wrong as it is, but it is the truth, in America it is a crime to be gay. People are treated differently everyday because of their sexuality. This is a counrty of freedoms and you have the freedom to choose what sex you want to be married to. With that being said this counrties main stream culture, like it or not, looks at gayness as a disease. I personally have nothing against gays but I can not say that for the rest of Americans.
Two Discussion Questions
1.) What the similarities and differences between being gay and being black?
2.) What group of people has is more scrutinized in America?
I thought this chapter was one of the most hard readings I have ever done. It was extreamly hard for me to get certain concepts that Somberville discusses. Somberville seems like a very intellegent person with great ideas that need to be thought of cridically to draw the correct meanings from the reading. This was not one on my most favorite readings because it was dry and long.
Somberville talks about how homosexuality began being deplicted in Germany and other European counrties before Americans started to view the group of people. He says that gayness started to be viewed as a disease instead of being a choice made by a person. Thats how homosexuality was looked at as a medical illness instead of anything else. People believed that people who are gay were born with disease and they can not do anything to change their sexual preference. Havelock Ellis wrote books and sexuality and how homosexuality is a crime. Ellis was the first author to write about the controversial subject. Ellis's book was banned in Germany so he published it in the United States. The book was know to be for scientific experts but was also read by others who were trying to find their representation. In America it is hard for a person to be a homosexual or to be black. With some many different forms of racism towards both groups it puts the between a rock and a hard place. Unlike blacks though, homosexuals can decide whether to come out of the closet or not. Someone who is gay had the choice of whether to tell people or not, becasue if they do come out and tell people close to them they run the risk of losing close friends and family. As wrong as it is, but it is the truth, in America it is a crime to be gay. People are treated differently everyday because of their sexuality. This is a counrty of freedoms and you have the freedom to choose what sex you want to be married to. With that being said this counrties main stream culture, like it or not, looks at gayness as a disease. I personally have nothing against gays but I can not say that for the rest of Americans.
Two Discussion Questions
1.) What the similarities and differences between being gay and being black?
2.) What group of people has is more scrutinized in America?
I thought this chapter was one of the most hard readings I have ever done. It was extreamly hard for me to get certain concepts that Somberville discusses. Somberville seems like a very intellegent person with great ideas that need to be thought of cridically to draw the correct meanings from the reading. This was not one on my most favorite readings because it was dry and long.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Video Screening on Japanese Immagration
The thesis or main point from this video is show how much of a hard time it was for Japanese to come to America and work. While everyone in the world wanted to come to America for better fincial situations, the immigrants who came did not have it easy off. Immigrants, in this case Japanese, were put to hard labor forced to live in horrible housing and were treated as slaves in some cases.
The video gives great details to show the hardships the Japanese faced while coming to America, and how they over came those hardships. When immigrants were brought over for labor they were forced to work in fields. They were also forced to live in living camps with horrible housing and minimum privacy. Japnese put a strong emphasis on education and put together a schooling system fro children in the camps. Although field work was greuling, people wanted to work in the fields to get out of the inclosed fenced in camp. Workers were put into small work groups, and every different work group had a watcher. That shows you how bad the housing situation was because people would rather do hard labor than stay in the camps. At times there was fifty people living in one shed. Times were hard and Japnese over came those problems and turned out alright. These camps were posted in Hawaii which was where most of the immigrants arrived.
Two Discussion Questions
1.) Were familes split up or did they live together?
2.) Do you think that you could have ever survived these camps? I think it would have been extreamly hard to wake up in those conditions everyday. If I was a younger child it would have been easier because you would have accepted the situation for what it was and never thought anything of it.
This video screening gave me a better perspective on how immigrants were treated throughout this period. I did not get the pictures from the reading, but it helped me to picture what the camps looked like and how people lived while be confined.
The video gives great details to show the hardships the Japanese faced while coming to America, and how they over came those hardships. When immigrants were brought over for labor they were forced to work in fields. They were also forced to live in living camps with horrible housing and minimum privacy. Japnese put a strong emphasis on education and put together a schooling system fro children in the camps. Although field work was greuling, people wanted to work in the fields to get out of the inclosed fenced in camp. Workers were put into small work groups, and every different work group had a watcher. That shows you how bad the housing situation was because people would rather do hard labor than stay in the camps. At times there was fifty people living in one shed. Times were hard and Japnese over came those problems and turned out alright. These camps were posted in Hawaii which was where most of the immigrants arrived.
Two Discussion Questions
1.) Were familes split up or did they live together?
2.) Do you think that you could have ever survived these camps? I think it would have been extreamly hard to wake up in those conditions everyday. If I was a younger child it would have been easier because you would have accepted the situation for what it was and never thought anything of it.
This video screening gave me a better perspective on how immigrants were treated throughout this period. I did not get the pictures from the reading, but it helped me to picture what the camps looked like and how people lived while be confined.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Takaki Chapter 10
In chapter 10 Takaki talks about immigration, work gangs, and the ways different ethnicitys were treated through those two things. Takaki's thesis in this chapter is the different reasons for immigration and the different ethnicities that had to live together because of Immigration.
In the 1890's America was a true melting pot. People from all different races and backgrounds wanted to come to America because of the high pay for labor. Whether it was children, men, or women, everyone wanted to be in the place where the workers were treated like gold. For instance Japan told their citizens that they were going to send 600 emmigrants to Hawaii to work on different plantations. Well, to get one of those six hundred slots you had to be chosen from the 28,000 people who applied for those slots. The amount of people who wanted to come to America was amazing. Once all the Japanese, Chinese, and other races were sent to Hawaii, they all had to live and work together. Takaki states that it was extremly hard it was for those different races to do so. What was even harder for the different races to do together was work. It was little known around the world that even though America might have paid workers more, the amount of work they had to accomplish in one day was astonishingly high. Farmers and owners of these plantations put workers into groups based on race. Farmers feared a revolt from the workers so they put them into teams or gangs which consisted of people of different ethnicties. Not only were they forced to work together, but also they were forced to live together. A Japense labor stated, "Fifty men and women, married and single, were forced to live together in one small shed." The labors were treated as slaves. Every multiracial "work gang" had a work watcher who was most likely white. The white work watchers used whips and other things to keep the workers on task. Although it was hard for immigrants to live in villages, they did make their own schools, foods, and other traditional rituals which were practiced in their home counrty.
Two Discussion Questions:
1.) What was the ethnicity with highest amount of immigrants that came to America and why do you suppose that, that country was the highest?
2.) Did people ever get back the information that the working and living conditions in America were horrible and did that stop people from wanting to come over to America?
This chapter was a little harder for me to comprhend what exactly Takaki was trying to get across to the reader. The information and concepts was a little more dry than other readings assigned in this class. With that being said it must have been extremly hard for people to deal with the living and working conditions they were faced with. People were totally mistaken where in their minds they were excited about the oppurtunity to make more money, when really it might have been more money but was it worth it.
In the 1890's America was a true melting pot. People from all different races and backgrounds wanted to come to America because of the high pay for labor. Whether it was children, men, or women, everyone wanted to be in the place where the workers were treated like gold. For instance Japan told their citizens that they were going to send 600 emmigrants to Hawaii to work on different plantations. Well, to get one of those six hundred slots you had to be chosen from the 28,000 people who applied for those slots. The amount of people who wanted to come to America was amazing. Once all the Japanese, Chinese, and other races were sent to Hawaii, they all had to live and work together. Takaki states that it was extremly hard it was for those different races to do so. What was even harder for the different races to do together was work. It was little known around the world that even though America might have paid workers more, the amount of work they had to accomplish in one day was astonishingly high. Farmers and owners of these plantations put workers into groups based on race. Farmers feared a revolt from the workers so they put them into teams or gangs which consisted of people of different ethnicties. Not only were they forced to work together, but also they were forced to live together. A Japense labor stated, "Fifty men and women, married and single, were forced to live together in one small shed." The labors were treated as slaves. Every multiracial "work gang" had a work watcher who was most likely white. The white work watchers used whips and other things to keep the workers on task. Although it was hard for immigrants to live in villages, they did make their own schools, foods, and other traditional rituals which were practiced in their home counrty.
Two Discussion Questions:
1.) What was the ethnicity with highest amount of immigrants that came to America and why do you suppose that, that country was the highest?
2.) Did people ever get back the information that the working and living conditions in America were horrible and did that stop people from wanting to come over to America?
This chapter was a little harder for me to comprhend what exactly Takaki was trying to get across to the reader. The information and concepts was a little more dry than other readings assigned in this class. With that being said it must have been extremly hard for people to deal with the living and working conditions they were faced with. People were totally mistaken where in their minds they were excited about the oppurtunity to make more money, when really it might have been more money but was it worth it.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
McBride: Why I Hate Ambercombie
In this chapter McBride is describing why he hates Ambercrombie, which is because of the racial categorizing through marketing the company practices. Ambercrombie & Fitch is a clothing company which has become a lifestyle more than just wearing clothes. As McBride states, "Ambercrombie & Fitch has devised a very clear marketing and advertising stategy that celebrates whiteness- a particurly privleged and leisure-class whiteness - and makes use it as a "lifestyle" that it commodifies to sell otherwise extremly dull, uninspiring, and ordinary clothing". That states that the companies strategy is to be prodominently worn by white people.
He uses the Ambercrombie, "Look Book" as an example showing racism against blacks. The look book is a small book composed of 30 pages that contain images of models, which people should want to look like. The book only has one black model, who has a specific look to him/her. She examines the book and clearly states that Ambercrombie should be bought by whites. Ambercrombie has had lawsuits in the past from employee discrimination. When you walk into an Ambercrombie store their are certain people you expect to be working there. They include good looking, in shape, whites, aged from 16-20. McBride makes a good point which I have never realized while in an Ambercrombie store. He points out how there are no blacks ever working there. I have shopped at Ambercrombie multiple times and can not remeber a time when I saw a black person working anywhere on the floor. Supposively they only hire blacks who are willing to work in the back, stocking products. If so I will never buy another Ambercrombie piece of clothing again. That is racism to the fullest and I know plenty of black people who would do a great job working at Ambercrombie.
Two Discussion Questions:
1.) Just wondering, if I went into a prodomiently black clothing store and tried to get a job, as a white male, would I get the same treatment that Ambercrombie gives to black people applying for a job?
2.) How many other stores such a Ambercrombie treat black employees different than white employees.
I thought this was a good chapter which made me realize how much racism there is, that goes unnoticed. I would have never even thought of getting all of these points out of a small magazine called the "Look Book". I liked this chapter as well because it used something that relates to me, menaing I shop at Ambercrombie and have never realized until reading this that I have never seen a black employee. This class is really helping my to think outside the box when look at racism. Now when ever I go anywhere I am starting to notice little things where racism surfaces.
He uses the Ambercrombie, "Look Book" as an example showing racism against blacks. The look book is a small book composed of 30 pages that contain images of models, which people should want to look like. The book only has one black model, who has a specific look to him/her. She examines the book and clearly states that Ambercrombie should be bought by whites. Ambercrombie has had lawsuits in the past from employee discrimination. When you walk into an Ambercrombie store their are certain people you expect to be working there. They include good looking, in shape, whites, aged from 16-20. McBride makes a good point which I have never realized while in an Ambercrombie store. He points out how there are no blacks ever working there. I have shopped at Ambercrombie multiple times and can not remeber a time when I saw a black person working anywhere on the floor. Supposively they only hire blacks who are willing to work in the back, stocking products. If so I will never buy another Ambercrombie piece of clothing again. That is racism to the fullest and I know plenty of black people who would do a great job working at Ambercrombie.
Two Discussion Questions:
1.) Just wondering, if I went into a prodomiently black clothing store and tried to get a job, as a white male, would I get the same treatment that Ambercrombie gives to black people applying for a job?
2.) How many other stores such a Ambercrombie treat black employees different than white employees.
I thought this was a good chapter which made me realize how much racism there is, that goes unnoticed. I would have never even thought of getting all of these points out of a small magazine called the "Look Book". I liked this chapter as well because it used something that relates to me, menaing I shop at Ambercrombie and have never realized until reading this that I have never seen a black employee. This class is really helping my to think outside the box when look at racism. Now when ever I go anywhere I am starting to notice little things where racism surfaces.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Quiz on Kindred
Throughout reading "Kindred" I could never imagine being a black personl living in the south at this time. It must have been so hard for people to stand up for themselves and do the right things. Blakcs got beaten, whipped, and even raped throughout the south. Even if you were a "free black" you were never totally sure it was safe. I read the book over spring break and while watching and discussing the issues we did on Wendsday in class I definatley made some connections from the two. We talked in class what the meaning of the noose was. I see a noose as a sad, hareful, and tragic event for any person who has to endure it. Is was a sick way for people to get ammusement and at the same time get some kind of sick pleasure out of the event. Throughtout the south it was very common of people to sell tickets to make money to watch blacks get hung to their own death. The book had some very bad situations such as beating, whippings, and rapes that occured throughout the story. A good example about how blacks were treated was in the chapter named The Fire. Specifically in the third part of that chapter when Dana was told to go to a ansecestors house for safety and a place to stay. Well while she was going there she heard a pack of dogs and humans coing her way. Finally when the dogs stopped, she saw a black man getting beaten standing naked. Whites would use all sorts of things as weapons to hurts blacks. Slave owners during this time period as well were horribly bad and th meanest people. Slave owner Tom Wylin beats, sells, and kills slaves throuhgout the story and it just percived as those are the ways of life. I also thought it was very interesting about the first chsapter of the book. The part where Dana first goes back in time. She goes back to a small boy, Rufus, drownding in this great big river. Not thinking about what had just happened to her, she runs in the water after the boy. She gets Rufus to land but it might be too late. She then revives him all of this happening right in front of Rufus's mother who was yelling at Dana because she thought that Dana killed her son. At the end of this scene Rufus's father, a slave owner, runs down and holds a gun to Dana's face. I though it was very interesting how right after saving this mans son's life he runs up andf threatens her life by shoving a gun down her throat. If this would had happened presentr 21 century the women, in my opinion would have been looked upon as a hero not matter if she was black. It is hard for me to grasp the concept that no matter waht blacks did to please whites, whites still treated them worse than dirt.
I thought that this book was good, but I like non fiction more than fiction so it was hard for me to stay with it at times. I wish the author would have came up witha better way for her to send Dana back in time. Parts were a little far fetched which help the book in my rating level either. But other than that I think that reading is the best way to picture yourself some place your not. What I mean by that is, reading Kindred made me feel that I was apart of this horrible situation back in the south called slavery. It was a very well written book which helped me to think of how hard it must have been for slaves back in this era. I would never have wanted to have treated like this and I am sure glad that our society has moved on from slavery.
I thought that this book was good, but I like non fiction more than fiction so it was hard for me to stay with it at times. I wish the author would have came up witha better way for her to send Dana back in time. Parts were a little far fetched which help the book in my rating level either. But other than that I think that reading is the best way to picture yourself some place your not. What I mean by that is, reading Kindred made me feel that I was apart of this horrible situation back in the south called slavery. It was a very well written book which helped me to think of how hard it must have been for slaves back in this era. I would never have wanted to have treated like this and I am sure glad that our society has moved on from slavery.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Eyes on the Prize
The main concept from this movie was to teach our generation, who wasnt alive for these horrible times, how life came to be for blacks in America. While I have learned alot about these different things in school that was back in fifth grade and to tell you the truth I almost forgot about the different things that have happened. This movie reminded me what people actually went through to gain as much equality as they have ever had. It was very interesting to me to see people getting arrested for sitting and basically asking to get arrested.
I think the ways blacks went about gaining equality needed to be done for their races future. The sit ins, Rosa Parks, and other non violent ways they did it was truley amazing. If I were black I would really look up to that generagtion of people because they were the ones that really took all of the burrden on themselves. Out of all of the non violent protests, the most intersesting one to me was the bus boycott. How they got the whole black community to boycott buses and walk everywhere for a year is beyond me. Martin Luther King was truley a great remodel for all young people. I pictured myself in their shoes watching King Jr. speak and there was no way after hearing him speak you could not obey his words. He was a great speaker and a great leader in Americas history. As you asked us to, put ourselves in their shoes would we be able to do those non violent protests? I do think that I would have been able to do those protests because like I said previously I would have been unable to say no to King Jr. Life as a black person back then would not have been fun to the least bit but if they did not do the things they did, it would be the same lifestyle as back then.
2 discussion questions:
1.) Was the whole black community, meaning in the norh and south, all protesting against white supremecy?
2.) Would the ways whites and blacks live together today be any different if these people would not have protested the ways they did?
I liked this movie and thought that I learned alot from it. The way the two white men killed Emmett Till and got off from the trial free was amazing. I wiould garentee if that happened today they would get life in jail. That is just the way life has changed from back then to now. I also think if the Emmett Till trial would not have turned out the way it did none of these protest would have followed. I liked this movie alot and would like to watch the rest of it if possible.
I think the ways blacks went about gaining equality needed to be done for their races future. The sit ins, Rosa Parks, and other non violent ways they did it was truley amazing. If I were black I would really look up to that generagtion of people because they were the ones that really took all of the burrden on themselves. Out of all of the non violent protests, the most intersesting one to me was the bus boycott. How they got the whole black community to boycott buses and walk everywhere for a year is beyond me. Martin Luther King was truley a great remodel for all young people. I pictured myself in their shoes watching King Jr. speak and there was no way after hearing him speak you could not obey his words. He was a great speaker and a great leader in Americas history. As you asked us to, put ourselves in their shoes would we be able to do those non violent protests? I do think that I would have been able to do those protests because like I said previously I would have been unable to say no to King Jr. Life as a black person back then would not have been fun to the least bit but if they did not do the things they did, it would be the same lifestyle as back then.
2 discussion questions:
1.) Was the whole black community, meaning in the norh and south, all protesting against white supremecy?
2.) Would the ways whites and blacks live together today be any different if these people would not have protested the ways they did?
I liked this movie and thought that I learned alot from it. The way the two white men killed Emmett Till and got off from the trial free was amazing. I wiould garentee if that happened today they would get life in jail. That is just the way life has changed from back then to now. I also think if the Emmett Till trial would not have turned out the way it did none of these protest would have followed. I liked this movie alot and would like to watch the rest of it if possible.
Monday, March 10, 2008
The Ethic of living Jim Crow
The authors thesis of this chapter is to show how the Jim Crows laws affected blacks. Throughout the chapter the authors uses exaples of a black at the time of the Jim Crow period. The person used examples he had encountered throughout his life working. The author wanted to show how blacks were treated and looked down upon during this period of time. Jim Crow laws made it hard for blacks to find work and when they did find work they had abide by everything that their white owners told them. No matter how painful it was for them to do certain things, they had to do them if they wanted to stay alive.
The first example te author uses is by starting the chapter in showing the ways blacks and white were handled. The black and white kids were throwing things such as a having a war between the two and it ends up one black kid gets cut by a glass bottle. Well instead of having his mom there to comfort him and take him by her side she beats him and tells him never to go into the white neighborhood again. The quote used, "She finished by saying, you ought to be thanking God that those white boys didnt kill you." Another great example of the black boy learning his boundries in the work field was through the second example stated. When he started his first job he worked under two white boys and they got along great for tht efirst month.They taguht him everything he needed to know and showed him some tricks of the trade. Well after the first couple of weeks the white boys started to ignore him and treat him differently. When the black boy asked them to teach him something the beat him and told him to leave and never come back. Those two examples show how blacks were treated throughout the time of the Jim Crow laws. Even though they could get jobs thwey were treated poorly and given no oppurtunities to better themselves.
Two Discussion Questions:
1.) When did the black status in the work field change, and how did this effect differnt ways of life between whites and blacks?
2.) Were black females and males treated any differently in the workplace?
I thought reading was very clear and gave great exaples which helped mr to understand what exactly the author was trying to get at. This chapter for me was easier to understand and was less confusing because of the examples and less comperhensive information in previous readings.
The first example te author uses is by starting the chapter in showing the ways blacks and white were handled. The black and white kids were throwing things such as a having a war between the two and it ends up one black kid gets cut by a glass bottle. Well instead of having his mom there to comfort him and take him by her side she beats him and tells him never to go into the white neighborhood again. The quote used, "She finished by saying, you ought to be thanking God that those white boys didnt kill you." Another great example of the black boy learning his boundries in the work field was through the second example stated. When he started his first job he worked under two white boys and they got along great for tht efirst month.They taguht him everything he needed to know and showed him some tricks of the trade. Well after the first couple of weeks the white boys started to ignore him and treat him differently. When the black boy asked them to teach him something the beat him and told him to leave and never come back. Those two examples show how blacks were treated throughout the time of the Jim Crow laws. Even though they could get jobs thwey were treated poorly and given no oppurtunities to better themselves.
Two Discussion Questions:
1.) When did the black status in the work field change, and how did this effect differnt ways of life between whites and blacks?
2.) Were black females and males treated any differently in the workplace?
I thought reading was very clear and gave great exaples which helped mr to understand what exactly the author was trying to get at. This chapter for me was easier to understand and was less confusing because of the examples and less comperhensive information in previous readings.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Zinn-Chapter 9
There is no doubt that slavery among blacks was a hard thing to abolish. Throughout Zinn Chapter 9 he talks about the ways slaves were treated and also all of the attempts at abolishing slavery that failed. Until Aberham Lincon's drive to abolish slavery which was successful. Everytime I read about slavery I see how hard slave owners were on their slaves. With cold blodded hearts, they broke up wifes, husbands, and children. Throughout the history of slavery, their was many schemes that were believed to be successful in the abolishing of it.
The difference between living in the north and south at this time was amazing. In the north blacks were free and there was no slavery. Well, in the south it was the exact opposite with slavery every where and farming plantaions every where. The first rebellion from the slaves which put fear into owners was David Walker's pamphlet "Walker's Appeal". Walker's pamphlet led owners to give rewards on the capture of Walker either dead or alive. Ten years after, Nat Turner's rebellion took place. Turner's rebellion was a rebellion against ship workers. Hundreds of slaves were being shiped by Creole, slaves overpowered the crew, killed one of them and sailed to the West Indies. The next rebellion in the south, towards the abolishment of slavery was John Brown's. Brown, Harriet Tubman, and Fredrick Douglass all took part in planning missions that would make slaves throuhgout the south to revolt. The plan did not work and slavery in the south seemed to be unbeatable. That is until Abraham Lincon started to contribute to the effort. Lincon with such highly though of standards finally got the job done with slavery. It was a very hard accomplishment but it got done and now Lincon is looked at as arguably the best leader in this great counrty's history. Up until Lincons accomplishment, slaves were trying to run away to the underground rail road which lead into Canada. Slaves that ran away and got caught, got beat sometimes to death. It truely was unbelieveable the ways slaves were treated by their slave owners.
Two discussion question:
1.) Why was Turner's rebellion scheme so unsuccessful.
2.) Do you think slavery will ever come back into America and be such a driving force as once before.
I liked this reading although it was dry and hard to understand at sometimes but it was interesting to learn about the different schemes to eliminate slavery in the south. Most were unsuccessful but more importantly one was finally successful. I did not know of the slaves that bebelled against the ship crew. That was a big deal that we did not learn in school which I would have liked to know while learing about slavery.
The difference between living in the north and south at this time was amazing. In the north blacks were free and there was no slavery. Well, in the south it was the exact opposite with slavery every where and farming plantaions every where. The first rebellion from the slaves which put fear into owners was David Walker's pamphlet "Walker's Appeal". Walker's pamphlet led owners to give rewards on the capture of Walker either dead or alive. Ten years after, Nat Turner's rebellion took place. Turner's rebellion was a rebellion against ship workers. Hundreds of slaves were being shiped by Creole, slaves overpowered the crew, killed one of them and sailed to the West Indies. The next rebellion in the south, towards the abolishment of slavery was John Brown's. Brown, Harriet Tubman, and Fredrick Douglass all took part in planning missions that would make slaves throuhgout the south to revolt. The plan did not work and slavery in the south seemed to be unbeatable. That is until Abraham Lincon started to contribute to the effort. Lincon with such highly though of standards finally got the job done with slavery. It was a very hard accomplishment but it got done and now Lincon is looked at as arguably the best leader in this great counrty's history. Up until Lincons accomplishment, slaves were trying to run away to the underground rail road which lead into Canada. Slaves that ran away and got caught, got beat sometimes to death. It truely was unbelieveable the ways slaves were treated by their slave owners.
Two discussion question:
1.) Why was Turner's rebellion scheme so unsuccessful.
2.) Do you think slavery will ever come back into America and be such a driving force as once before.
I liked this reading although it was dry and hard to understand at sometimes but it was interesting to learn about the different schemes to eliminate slavery in the south. Most were unsuccessful but more importantly one was finally successful. I did not know of the slaves that bebelled against the ship crew. That was a big deal that we did not learn in school which I would have liked to know while learing about slavery.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
How Jews became Whites?
Growing up I lived in a township that was prodominatley Jewish. Although I am not Jewish I had many friends that were growing up. The authors main point in this writing is to acknowledge how Jews over came racism and became know and respected as part of the dominent whites. The author states the thesis by stating how, "The picture radically changed aqfter World War II. Suddenly, the same folks had promted nativism and xenophobia were eager to believe the Euro-origin people whom they had deported, reviled as memebers of inferior races, and prvented from immigrating only a few years earlier, wer now model middle-class white suburban citizens." This quotes basically states that World War II was the changing point in the ways Jews were looked and and classed into society.
Brodkin talks about how life for her, as a jew was growing up and the different lifestyle changes that occured throuhgout her life. She talked about how different races that immigrated into America were treated as well. She says how the wide spread of racism led to the stopping of letting immigrants come to America. Then she states how Jews were supposed to be uneducated, but once most Jews such as her parents started to get an education things started to change for them. She says, " My parents believe that Jewish success like thire own, was due to hard work an high value placed on education." Later adding "In 1920, Jew made up 80% of the students at New York City College, 90% of Hunter College, and before World War I, 40% of private Columbia University. An intersteing point she brought up was the fields that Jews has success working in. For instance the movie industry. Most movie producers, actors, and production companies for films are owned and ran by Jews. The Jewish race has put a stamp on the film industry like no other ethinicity. By having a high ecominic situation, Jews floated on this rising economic tide, and most of them were able to enter the middle class. Without a proper education the Jewish community would not have ever been able to enter the white middle class. Although the myth that Jews did it by pulling themselves up by the old boot straps is not a credible reason. Jews worked hard and were able to get enough work to enable themselves into the middle class.
Two discussion questions that i thought about while reading this was:
1.) Were there alot of Jewish soilders who fought for the counrty in World War II?
2.) Where did Jews mostly live in suburbs or rural places, because if they lived in nice city buildings then that must have effected their perception throughout America?
I liked this reading more than any other reading we have dicussed. I liked this reading because it was easier to understand and more straight forward. Growing up in a Jewish communiy it was interesting to me to learn how Jews obtained theri social status in todays bruta society. Jews un like any other European culture was able to be accepted as middle or high class.
Brodkin talks about how life for her, as a jew was growing up and the different lifestyle changes that occured throuhgout her life. She talked about how different races that immigrated into America were treated as well. She says how the wide spread of racism led to the stopping of letting immigrants come to America. Then she states how Jews were supposed to be uneducated, but once most Jews such as her parents started to get an education things started to change for them. She says, " My parents believe that Jewish success like thire own, was due to hard work an high value placed on education." Later adding "In 1920, Jew made up 80% of the students at New York City College, 90% of Hunter College, and before World War I, 40% of private Columbia University. An intersteing point she brought up was the fields that Jews has success working in. For instance the movie industry. Most movie producers, actors, and production companies for films are owned and ran by Jews. The Jewish race has put a stamp on the film industry like no other ethinicity. By having a high ecominic situation, Jews floated on this rising economic tide, and most of them were able to enter the middle class. Without a proper education the Jewish community would not have ever been able to enter the white middle class. Although the myth that Jews did it by pulling themselves up by the old boot straps is not a credible reason. Jews worked hard and were able to get enough work to enable themselves into the middle class.
Two discussion questions that i thought about while reading this was:
1.) Were there alot of Jewish soilders who fought for the counrty in World War II?
2.) Where did Jews mostly live in suburbs or rural places, because if they lived in nice city buildings then that must have effected their perception throughout America?
I liked this reading more than any other reading we have dicussed. I liked this reading because it was easier to understand and more straight forward. Growing up in a Jewish communiy it was interesting to me to learn how Jews obtained theri social status in todays bruta society. Jews un like any other European culture was able to be accepted as middle or high class.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Exersice #2 for first Analysis Paper
In my paper I will be arguing that history is taught the wrong way. I state reasons and examples of how history is taught. I am going to use Zinn chapter 1 as my source of how history is and should be taught.
The pieces of evidence I am planning to use is the different ways Zinns talks about the perceptions about history. I believe history should not be taught using one set of facts. We should actually teach students about history through a third party view. Meaning is should not be tught with any bias opionions. Rather by teaching history through a third groups view of what actually happened, it will eliminate any teachers bias views.
The pieces of evidence I am planning to use is the different ways Zinns talks about the perceptions about history. I believe history should not be taught using one set of facts. We should actually teach students about history through a third party view. Meaning is should not be tught with any bias opionions. Rather by teaching history through a third groups view of what actually happened, it will eliminate any teachers bias views.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
The mMeaning of Difference
The main idea of "The Meaning of Differnce" is show how different groups are looked at and cotegorized in our society. There are two different views which Rosenbaum and Travis talk about in the writing. The first view is the constructionist view. This view is the thinking that reality can not be seperated from the way a culture makes scense of it. This basically means that the way people and groups are looked at, comes from how they are constructed through social processes. The other view is essentialism. This is the view that certain people and groups are looked at in different ways depending where someone is born and what type of lifestyle they are brought up in. Essentialism says that people and groups do not have certain characteristics that are viewed the same way by everyone in the world, rather it changes from individual to individual.
Their main thought throughout the writing is about how different groups have become to the way that they are viewed today. They also state the steps certain groups have taken to be noticed in our society. Throughout the piece they refer back to the Census alot. The reason for doing so, is because when people are filling out the Census they must mark what ethincity or group they are from. This way every group will have their own statistics for a better understanding of the way different groups feel. Well, when the 1970 Census came out there was only three different grous you could be apart of whites, blacks, and native americans. As time has past over the past thirty plas years, more groups have been added to the list. The 2000Census was the first time when a person had the choice to be from a multiracial group. Also along with racial groups sexual groups were also added, such as gays. They go on to talk about how race or sexual preference is viewed in America. Also they state how groups are seperated or lumped together. They state an example about a young man is seen kissing a young women alot, when his classmates discuss the siuation, everyone laughs because they say they all know he is gay. So this thought that no matter what actions someone makes how they are thought as or viewed can be totally different from their actions.
My two dicusson questions are
1. Why are peopled viewed in a certain way because of the way they look or the way they are precived, other than through their actions?
2. Why as a society, do we continue look at certain groups through different scopes? Why can't we see certain groups in positive ways?
I think that Rosenbaum and Travis was harder to grasp a concept of in certain was because of the vocabulary. Although some parts were hard to understand I believe that it was a good writing wuth information about the different types of groups and their struggles that I was unaware.
Their main thought throughout the writing is about how different groups have become to the way that they are viewed today. They also state the steps certain groups have taken to be noticed in our society. Throughout the piece they refer back to the Census alot. The reason for doing so, is because when people are filling out the Census they must mark what ethincity or group they are from. This way every group will have their own statistics for a better understanding of the way different groups feel. Well, when the 1970 Census came out there was only three different grous you could be apart of whites, blacks, and native americans. As time has past over the past thirty plas years, more groups have been added to the list. The 2000Census was the first time when a person had the choice to be from a multiracial group. Also along with racial groups sexual groups were also added, such as gays. They go on to talk about how race or sexual preference is viewed in America. Also they state how groups are seperated or lumped together. They state an example about a young man is seen kissing a young women alot, when his classmates discuss the siuation, everyone laughs because they say they all know he is gay. So this thought that no matter what actions someone makes how they are thought as or viewed can be totally different from their actions.
My two dicusson questions are
1. Why are peopled viewed in a certain way because of the way they look or the way they are precived, other than through their actions?
2. Why as a society, do we continue look at certain groups through different scopes? Why can't we see certain groups in positive ways?
I think that Rosenbaum and Travis was harder to grasp a concept of in certain was because of the vocabulary. Although some parts were hard to understand I believe that it was a good writing wuth information about the different types of groups and their struggles that I was unaware.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Anaylasis Paper #1
For my first anaylasis paper I am going to write about the way history is taught, and how it came to be taught the ways it is.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Quiz #3
Sarah Barnes argues that blacks and females should be quite and never bring up issues such as racisim and sexism if they want people to treat them fairly. Another argument why she thinks people of race or certain genders(females) should quit complaining is because it will allow the problems and issues within racism to go away or dissappear. She belives that everyone has been delt their own cards and how you play them is how your future will turn out. So, she is saying that she disagrees with people who say they can not sucseed because of their families history or the financial situation they were born into. I agree with Sarah to a point, I agree when she said that almost everyone holds their own future in thier hands and if you want to succed it really does not matter what your past held. But, at the same time, it is alot easier for someone who is born into royalty to succeed rather than someone born in the ghetto with no money to succeed.
One concept that I related to Johnson's chapter 8 is when she said, if blacks wanted to be treated fairly with respect then they need to just be quite and quit whinning about their problems. When Johnson uses the example about the ABC special "True Colors" which showed how african americans can not be quite on racisim because the fact is that racism happens everyday. The show miced up both a white male and black male and put them in certain circumstances. The way each were treated differntly was astonishing. The black man couldn't get help from anyone around him when he locked his keys in his car, and he also was a victim of racism when he interviewed for a job. So the concept that black people need to stop complaing when it comes to being treated differently does not make any sense because, who would shut up if they were being held to a lower standard and treated differently.
One concept that I related to Johnson's chapter 8 is when she said, if blacks wanted to be treated fairly with respect then they need to just be quite and quit whinning about their problems. When Johnson uses the example about the ABC special "True Colors" which showed how african americans can not be quite on racisim because the fact is that racism happens everyday. The show miced up both a white male and black male and put them in certain circumstances. The way each were treated differntly was astonishing. The black man couldn't get help from anyone around him when he locked his keys in his car, and he also was a victim of racism when he interviewed for a job. So the concept that black people need to stop complaing when it comes to being treated differently does not make any sense because, who would shut up if they were being held to a lower standard and treated differently.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Chapter 6/ Johnson
The main thesis in this chapter was that the way which people live their lives and the way they act on a daily basis, is based on what social structure they are in. The way people look at privilege is based on what class and race they are apart of. For instance a upper class white male will look at privilege a totally different way than a black lower class does. Another main thought from this chapter is indivdualism. This thought that people look at privilege as individuals instead of social categories.
Johnson talks about how we live our lives not based on individualism, but as a social system. A social system is basically your race, gender, and financial situation categorizes you in a social system. He says that our lives are formed b socialization and paths least resistance. Paths least resistance is this thought that humnas will do anything they have to, to avoid akward situations. His example is, say a person has strong opinion on the presidential race. Well, if the person he is talking to has a different thought on the subject they will not say it becasue it would cause for a debate and a akward situation. I agree with the example where he says it is most likely for white people to get promtoed in a company over a black person because the people who are doing the promotion want to teach someone who is most similar to him. So if a white male is doing the promoting in a company he will promote a white male over a black female wven if they both have the same work ethics. Lastly he goes back to what privelege is and how its precieved. He explains how alot fo white people wont admit to being racists against blacks but when it comes time to pick a black over a white, white people will never do it.
The first discussion question for this chapter was, in the year 2050 there will be more black people then white people. With that in mind will blacks ever sort of overthrow whites in the top of the social triangle and will there ever be racism against white people more then there is against blacks? My first awnser to that question would be to say that blacks will never over throw whites, but it is a very more complex awnser to think about than just that. My second question is , will the myth that everything is someones fault ever die?
I thought that this chater in Johnson held my attention a little better than Zinn does, but that the same time I think that Johnson is a little harder to understand. To understanding Johnson it takes me to read the material twice and always have a dictionary by my side. Once i get the concept of the chapter though it helps me alot to understandig the material and what he is trying to say.
Johnson talks about how we live our lives not based on individualism, but as a social system. A social system is basically your race, gender, and financial situation categorizes you in a social system. He says that our lives are formed b socialization and paths least resistance. Paths least resistance is this thought that humnas will do anything they have to, to avoid akward situations. His example is, say a person has strong opinion on the presidential race. Well, if the person he is talking to has a different thought on the subject they will not say it becasue it would cause for a debate and a akward situation. I agree with the example where he says it is most likely for white people to get promtoed in a company over a black person because the people who are doing the promotion want to teach someone who is most similar to him. So if a white male is doing the promoting in a company he will promote a white male over a black female wven if they both have the same work ethics. Lastly he goes back to what privelege is and how its precieved. He explains how alot fo white people wont admit to being racists against blacks but when it comes time to pick a black over a white, white people will never do it.
The first discussion question for this chapter was, in the year 2050 there will be more black people then white people. With that in mind will blacks ever sort of overthrow whites in the top of the social triangle and will there ever be racism against white people more then there is against blacks? My first awnser to that question would be to say that blacks will never over throw whites, but it is a very more complex awnser to think about than just that. My second question is , will the myth that everything is someones fault ever die?
I thought that this chater in Johnson held my attention a little better than Zinn does, but that the same time I think that Johnson is a little harder to understand. To understanding Johnson it takes me to read the material twice and always have a dictionary by my side. Once i get the concept of the chapter though it helps me alot to understandig the material and what he is trying to say.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Peoples History
The author of Columbus the Indians, and Human Progress made the thesis on how the Indians and others forgings were nice and had open arms to Columbus's crew when they arrived to new land. This is unusual because if you were to meet people of different ethnicity and had absolutely no clue who they were, most people would not be friendly but be unwelcoming.His/her argument was that people such as Indians and Arawak's were unbelievable because they were so nice and had great hospitality. Columbus and his crew set out for new land not knowing what to expect. They couldn't be positive that there was undiscovered land and they couldn't be positive that the world was flat. They had no hard evidence of either. So as they were sailing for months they finally saw birds flying which made them realize that land must be close. They were right and when they sailed into what is now Cuba the Arawak's were waiting. The Arawak's saw the ships and swam out to them greeting the new people into their land and lives.The two questions which engage in the authors argument are first, why are people from then and people now so different in terms of accepting foreigners or people they do not know into their lives? If people were to come to America from Mars say, Americans would not accept them as a matter of fact people would run from them and look at them as the "other". This mindset that they are not as good as us and we know nothing about them therefore why should we let these people into our lives. The second question is, when did people in the world stop being so nice? As time goes on more people get selfish and rude. These people were offering the voyagers with food water and shelter. Now people would never offer them money, food, or shelter because their to worked up on themselves. We need to reverse the trend and be more polite and welcoming to people. And I feel is the crime rates would ever drop you would see more people being more friendly.I thought the reading was very good and informative. I never knew that the first people to meet Columbus and his crew were so nice and welcoming to them. I learned alot about how people you don't know should be treated. I honestly can say that reading this piece gave me an open mind to allow a foreign exchange student to live with me in the future. This piece also made me realize that its not hard to be nice to people and saying hi when you see someone may have a positive effect on their life. I believe that kindness spreads the more kind you are to people the more people will be kind to you.
The Tempest
The main idea in this writing is to show the ways in which Pilgrims and other Europeans cam to America and basically took over the Indians which were already living here. Also the way in which Pilgrims looked down at Indians as if they were different, stupid, and lazy. Before anyone found America, the Indians had been living here for a long time. So they had a way of life that was different than any other nationality. They didn't have any technologies or other innovations such as guns and ammo or brick houses. The ways they went about getting their food was a little different than the Pilgrims. So when the Pilgrims came and lived the life style of an Indian they were not experienced enough to survive.Alot of Europeans immigrated to America to start a new life. There was one problem when they came though. The pilgrims were used to getting food from going and buying it or hunting with guns. Where the Indians used bow and arrows, chizzled rocks, and various ways of farming for their source of food. Farming especially corn was the main source of their food. When the Pilgrims saw the way that Indians didn't do much to grow the corn, they started to call them lazy. As the Pilgrims called them lazy almost all of the immigrants that came to America in the "great immigration" died due to starvation or froze to death. So the authors argument is that the Pilgrims instead of making fun of the Indians way of life and tried to get rid of them. they should have been learning how survive in this different world.My first discussion question is, why are people so stuck on their way of living and why can't they adopt to new ways of life easier? I know growing up in a five member family if I were to travel to Spain and live with a ten person family it would be extremely hard for me to cope with their way of life. I think our school systems at a young age need to teach us more about way of life in foreign countries. At some point in your life you will have to cope with something new and how you handle that situation is how much character you have. The second question is, if the Pilgrims saw their own people dying and saw the Indians now dying why were they so stuck up that they couldn't learn their way of life to survive. The human nature tells us that we are the best and everyone else "the other" who have different ways of living are below us and therefore we should not lower ourselves to that level. This is untrue and I think that we as humans need to fight off that perception and think about whether or not we can learn things from different people. Now that I am in college I have realized that you can gain information from different races and different ages. That's one of the skills I have gained through my college experience so far, and if we can all learn to think in that mind set we will have a better place to live.I felt that reading was good and informative. I remember learning this information in school but I forgot how hard it was for Pilgrims to pick up a new way of life. I also defiantly have a different way of looking at it now as opposed to when i read it in fifth grade.
Video Screening
This video was a very interesting and informative video. It was on the way in which people of different races are actually not that different from people in other races. The point of this video is to show people that, theur DNA might not match who they think. This is a thought that even though we have different types of skin color and other differences were actually similar at the same time. It also laid to rest a few myths about certain races that are nto true. Such as the reason why black people are such fast runners and good athletes is because they have bigger mucules than white people. They do not have bigger or even more muscles than white people do. It's just for some reason they seem to be faster runners and better athletes.They back up their argument through the school experiment. Kids tested their DNA and the resluts were astonishing. A white male thought that he would be most similar to another white male of American decent. Well, when they did the test and looked for better matches he actually matched the DNA of three males from three different decent. So this proves that just your skin color or your nationality is a certain counrty does not mean that you will have matching DNA with a different person with those characteristics. Jesse Owns was a great runner and stole of the show at the 1936 Olympics. It was ibn Germany and Hitler was watching most of the events. He was outraged when he saw a black male beating out all of the white athletes. From this point on African Americans were thought to have better stucture of their bodies which allowed for faster running and higher jumping. Well researchers have disected a black males body and that thought is totally unture. Jesse Ownes was just a freak of nature that was before his time. If he raced now I believe that he would not have been looked that sam wasy in which he was. He would have beeter competeion and he would not blow everyone out the gates like he did.There are two questions that I qould liked dicussed the first is even though we now know blacks do not have an advatange in their body structures why is it that blacks tend to be better athletes? You can not deny that their are a lot more professional athletes that are black as opposed to who are white. Is it luck of the draw or heritage becuase I love sports but have always wondered my I am wathcing so many blacks players and not as many white players plaing. My second questions is, if there are some many DNA similarities from blacks and whites why are there still the raced ralated problems in the United States? Why is it when i go to play basketball at the rec center the blacks are playing together and the whites are playing on seperate courts by themselves? I think that there will always be reace related problems in the United States i just can get why we have to hold blacks on a lower standard of living. they act the same as whites talk and think the sam so why are they thought of as lower standrad.Like I said before I liked the video and gained knowldge on the races that I did not have before. I will admit that I still thought that blacks had bigger and more muscules than whites. Now that I know thats not true I still pose the question why I cant be as good as an athlete as blacks seem to be. I guess I lost the gene lottery you could say.
Johnson Chapter 3
The main thesis that they author is going at here is the thought that race and gender class have all become what they are based on captialism. Capitalism is the flaw in the system where raceism comes from. The thought that the way certain people are precived in this counrty is based on the fact that they lower class workers. Like it or not lower class workers are mostly black and most of the white businessmen are the captialist (the people who own the business and pay all of the lower class workers nothing for their work so they can make more money.) I agree with Johnson's thought that everything is based on money and without money in America you will be a nothing.
He supports his argument by saying that the top ten percent of wealthy people in America owns more than two-thirds of all the wealth, including 90 percent of all cash, and 90 percent of all business assets. And for the other 90 percent of Americans, basically screw you and you can not do anything to change the situation. He says that if you do not have alot of money than you will never have money and and if you in the hole with you money you will never get out. The system is ste up so that even if your a hard working lower class worker with two jobs and alot of experience, it will not matter you will never get promoted into a better job. This is the part of racism where I do not agree with Johnson. I do believe that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer butif you maximize your potenial and do everything you can as a lower class worker than one day you will succeed and make money. Most people who are lower class workers, instead of having the drive to get out of their bad situation, they sit around and have pitty on themselves and their situation.
I had alot of dicussion questions go through my head while reading this piece my first was, why is it precived in America that when people talk about lowewr class workers its to be assumed that their talking about blacks? I think that black people get the perception that they are supposed to be the lower class workers because of they way they handle themselves and they way they go about business. Dont get me wrong I know some knowledgeable black people that will do well in life, but at the same time I know more black people that I dont know how their futures will turn out. Blacks get percived by the way they walk, dress, talk, and believe it or not the music that they listen to. Rap music adds the the negative perception whites have on them. You can nto blame whites for thinking this way because most of rap music is about is killing people and selling drugs. My second question I had was, why homosexuals percived differently is class. I think it is because the thought that homosexuals are "the other" the thought that it is not normal to like the same sex. We should not think of homosexuals in a differnt way I think that, that is the way they are born and they can not do anything to change it.
He supports his argument by saying that the top ten percent of wealthy people in America owns more than two-thirds of all the wealth, including 90 percent of all cash, and 90 percent of all business assets. And for the other 90 percent of Americans, basically screw you and you can not do anything to change the situation. He says that if you do not have alot of money than you will never have money and and if you in the hole with you money you will never get out. The system is ste up so that even if your a hard working lower class worker with two jobs and alot of experience, it will not matter you will never get promoted into a better job. This is the part of racism where I do not agree with Johnson. I do believe that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer butif you maximize your potenial and do everything you can as a lower class worker than one day you will succeed and make money. Most people who are lower class workers, instead of having the drive to get out of their bad situation, they sit around and have pitty on themselves and their situation.
I had alot of dicussion questions go through my head while reading this piece my first was, why is it precived in America that when people talk about lowewr class workers its to be assumed that their talking about blacks? I think that black people get the perception that they are supposed to be the lower class workers because of they way they handle themselves and they way they go about business. Dont get me wrong I know some knowledgeable black people that will do well in life, but at the same time I know more black people that I dont know how their futures will turn out. Blacks get percived by the way they walk, dress, talk, and believe it or not the music that they listen to. Rap music adds the the negative perception whites have on them. You can nto blame whites for thinking this way because most of rap music is about is killing people and selling drugs. My second question I had was, why homosexuals percived differently is class. I think it is because the thought that homosexuals are "the other" the thought that it is not normal to like the same sex. We should not think of homosexuals in a differnt way I think that, that is the way they are born and they can not do anything to change it.
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