During class yesterday we had a whole discussion over what we thought should be the solution over immigration. The suggestions ranged from building a wall to making the people who are here legal, to make the test easier. At first i thought that the United States should build a wall and not allow immigration to occur. However, after school i was listening to my mother speak with the salon lady and she was telling my mother how she missed her children. The lady was maybe in her thirties and has been in America for five years away from her young children ages 6,10, and 13.Eliminating hundreds of thousands of illegal border crossings by job-seekers each year would free authorities to concentrate on those smuggling drugs and guns, Bush said I felt very bad for this lady because, she was telling my mother how hard it was to come here and find a job that people talk about how in America you make double the profit, but the feeling you have of being alone in a country with nothing, away from your family kills. After, this lady gave my mother a life story about her experienced decided that i should change my solution for the United States. Many immigrants come here to look for a new life and they suffer while doing it. The immigrants who are here to work should stay and can become citizens after a certain number of years. The immigrants in the United States can not be thrown out of the country because, they are what works our economy. A great solution someone brought up in class was that they should make the immigrants tax payers in order for the government to profit from them.
Furthermore, looking into the issue that is going on in the United States. I read in an article titled Bush promises immigration compromise, states that, Bush was hated in Mexico. According to this article Bush has visited multiple times and has been told to go home. I find this both humorous and sad. According to Bush, “Eliminating hundreds of thousands of illegal border crossings by job-seekers each year would free authorities to concentrate on those smuggling drugs and guns, Bush “Eliminating hundreds of thousands of illegal border crossings by job-seekers each year would free authorities to concentrate on those smuggling drugs and guns.” The people of Southern America do not like Bush and rallied against him when he visited their countries. However, they do not realize that the issue of immigration has became a big deal and must be solved due to the security of the United States.
After reading the book Huck Finn I realized how that controversy with racism has never changed. Racism began way back when there were slaves and white plantation owners. White plantation ownes thought they were more superior than the slaves because, they had money, were educated, and were not ”cursed.” Throughtout the years this has continue but in different levels. The most popular level is the one where people use it for satire or as comedy. Many comedians turn to racism as a way to entertain people and get famous because, many people enjoy laughing at others. However, this changes when the joke is on them and not on the rest. Many people do not believe racism exists. However, it may not be visible but it diffinetly impacts everyday life. I do not appreciate the racism I had to deal with in the book Huck Finn because, towards the end it seems like Huck did not completely mature and saw Jim as a joke. In the end of the book when Huck meets back up with Tom the book went down hill and made me mad. Huck forgot the bond that was built between him and him and decided to lock that bond and forget about how precious it was not to be as ignorant.
First semester I learned and read many things. The book that i sought most interesting was Macbeth. I like the way we read it and acted it out. My second favorite book was A lesson before Dying because, this book taught me a great deal about how life was back then. Next semester I hope to read The Odessey because, I have heard so much about it and have not yet read it. I also hope that we read another shakespeare book or a book with a moral I can relate and carrry thoroughtout life. I am looking foward to the discussions and questions that are yet to be discovered in English Class.
I read the article titled “New remote control can be operated by remote that was posted under the Onion News. In the begining of this article, I found this article to be a little absurd and unrealistic. As I further read i began to find it pretty funny because, they mention that you can use a remote that is sitting on the coffe table in front of you by using another remote. Furthermore, this article includes that if you loose the second remote then there is a third. This article deffinetly makes fun of how lazy people who live in America can be. Alothough, I am not positive on this thought but, I think that this article wants to show people how Americans watch television so much that they become too tierd to reach for a remote.
Well the Colbert report did not seem to like my computer. It did not function properly but, from what I have seen on television last night it seems that the guy makes fun of politics and the celebrity world. In my opinion it is really corny and I do not find the show very interesting or funny. I choose to watch it on television because, I could not view it on my computer. Stephen Colbert seems to promote real world issues as a humor in order to get the message across in which makes it satirical.
The Panel’s Words: How ‘Prospects Can Be Improved’ in the ‘Difficult Days Ahead’ is an article that we were given in American History class. This article stated two recommendations for the United States. The first was to better the political and diplomatic relations with Iraq’s neighbors. This reccomendation was made in contrast to if relations were not enhanced then there would be a possible invasion in Iraq. The second recommendation was for the U.S. troops to be replaced with Iraq ones. The second reccomendation I agree with but, I think it would have to occur in a certain period of time. This article also includes the Arab Israeli Conflict because, it was important to refer to. This conflict was built exists because, the United States funded Israel into being able to fight the Arabs.
The question of Did the United States create the Suni-Shia conflict? was addressed in class. I think that the United States did not have anything to do with the building tensions between the Suni and Shias because, it has existed way before they decided to help Iraq back up and rejuvenate into a stronger country. Another questions that was addressed in class was If the United States was obligated to stay in Iraq? I believe that yes the United States is obligated to stay because, they got themselves into it and can not take the easy way out. The United States can not just pull out randomly because, it makes our country look bad. Furthermore, supported by the article, if the United States pulled out, then Iraq would collapse and a “scramble”. Iraq would become weak because, the United States is temporarily their backbone to their government in which is improving with their help.
Well, I am not sure what the actual question this blog should be exactly answering but, I do know that it has to be over the topic of racism. Unfortunately, racism still exists to this day and I assume that this is why we have to write about it. I think of Racism as an invisible line the segregates people into groups because, it impacts the way people gather. For example, not too long ago at Greenwich High School there was a fight between one race and another. This fight began because, one guy offended the other guy by race. One of the most hurtful things that you can say to someone to built tensions is a comment on their race, religion, or skin color. I am not going to go into exact detail over what actually happened in the fight because, everyone has their own opinions according to what race they represent.
Another example that really bothers me but, I can not do much about is the segregation in the Student Center! This segregation is not written to exist but, it exists mentally. What I mean by this is that people sit with people who they feel comfortable with, relate to, and do not feel opressed by. The insecuirty between diverse people is the streotypes and the feeling of not wanting to deal with them. I do not blame people for sitting with people who they are most comfotable with because, it’s their free choice. However, I find it extrodinary how it always comes down to most people sitting with other people of their race.
Something I personally experianced being hispanic is people degrading us. I never taught it was true because, I did not live up to the streo types that there are about hispanics. One day, when my mother needed to figure out where an outstanding withdrawl from her bank account had came from. She called her bank and asked to have the number of the company who charged it so she could call. i will not say what company it was but when she called they assisted her and it was the normal “press one for english” “press 2 for spanish”. She ended up pressing 2 and I assume spoke to a spanish telephone operator person. However, this person gave my mom a hard time because, she refused to negociate with her in spanish. According to my mom after five minutes of accomplishing nothing with the lady, the operator person hung up on her! Now, I am stuck with dealing with the bill problems by phone because, my mother hates it when people do not give her respect. I have noticed that my mother is not the only one who experianced such a disappointment that there are many other people who do not get the same attention as some body who speaks English. I hate saying the language English in general because, there are also many accents in the English language as well!
Satire is popular because, it is what the people enjoy to hear and laugh about. Many people like jokes such as ones that concern of other races. However, when the joke is about their race they do not find it funny just offensive. I think it is a smart idea to use humor to criticize social problems because, it is a way of getting the message out to people with out making them angry. The movie Borat is considered Satire because, it was hillarious and made fun of everything as well as taught people in America how Borat’s home town’s culture was. In my opinion, Scary Movie was not funny at all and was not a satire because, it made fun of other movies not so much of realistic social problems. I can both enjoy Satire and also find it very annoying. For example, the show Mind of Mencia drives me crazy. I believe it makes too much fun of hispanic people that it crosses the line! However, people who are not hispanic find the show to be hillarious and very entertaining. Do not get me wrong or anything because, I do laugh at hispanic jokes as long as they do not cross the line. My favorite hispanic comedian is George Lopez because, his jokes are very true about all hispanics and are very funny. The way he can make all people laugh is incredible. He is a great example of Satire because, he gets his message about the hispanic culture across without offending anyone. I form this assumption because, I never really hear of any complaints when he performs on Comedy Central. However, when I attend parties with my parents the hot topic is always about the show Mind of Mencia and how that guy should be fired and etc.
After reading a few passages: In the passage about Isaac Mason there was a passage that stated,
“I wonder how I withstood all the abuse and cruelty of these early years. Our lives are largely composed of sorrow and joy, but my cup, it seems to me, has been full to overflowing with sorrow, but God has been my strength and my salvation, and has brought me thus far in the journey of life, and in him I trust, praying that in his good time he will take me to that heavenly home where our earthly trials will cease and where there will be no more sorrow”
I found this passage to be very interesting for many reasons. First, I was unaware that slaves had the knowledge to read and write. I always thought that slaves were imported to the United States to just strictly work. Although, I did know that some slaves wrote poems in which their masters did not favor. I never knew that slaves actually had the intellegence to write stories or autobiographies in this case for Isaac Mason. In the passage I used for this blog it shows how religous slaves were during the period of slavery. I find this extrodinary because, I would assume that slaves lost faith more then gained it because, wouldn’t they think, if god really loved us then why is he allowing us to be treated like slaves and sometimes whipped to death? It is amazing how much slaves look toward religion to help them get through the slavery period and just look foward to dying and being freed from such misery.
I believe this strong faith can teach alot of people a lesson such as, the one that the character Huck Finn is going to learn in the book we are going to read in English class soon. I personally did not know that slaves were capable of so much so, i perdict that Mark Twain makes facts about slaves such as the passage I posted more visable to his readers. I think that Mark twain is going to try to teach Huck as well as his readers to appreciate everyone and find racism ridiculous for existing.
Before Reading: I know the slavery was a time in which segregation existed and controled the way people lived and treated one another due to color. The white people were more superior than the black people because, the while people (especially) in the south saw the black people as slaves. Black Slaves were treated as animals and were only seen as a way to double their crop profit. In a reading on the topic of Fredrick Douglass that we did in class, it stated that black people were given a certain amount of clothes in which was not much. They had to maintain the clothes given to them until they were given more clothes. Furthermore, the article stated that children ran around sometimes with just a shirt or or just naked. I found this very suprised and wrong because, it made me realize the conditions that slaves lived in during the period of slavery. I am looking foward to enrich my knowledge upon slavery by reading the following Slave Narratives. I hope to learn more about slavery through the eyes of people who lived it other than people who just seen or heard of it.
