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13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - Christian Invaders - t... · 0 replies · +1 points
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13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - Letter from an Inmate · 0 replies · +1 points
This is not the first time I’ve heard of lifers and the amazing impact all of the above question have on some of them. In one of my other classes my professor talked about a guy that has been in prison since his early 20s. For one action he will be in prison for life, no matter how much he changes, develops, is remorseful of his actions, learns the emotional and spiritual consequences of that event, learns right from wrong, he will never get out. I know how much I have changed in just the last 4 years, imagine how one mistake at a bar brawl or a street fight can cost you your life out here and replace it for a life in there.
For this particular lifer I wonder where he learned to write so well? Is it the hours of reading in the prison library? Could he have been an amazing writer all his life thanks to an influential parent or teacher? In another life if he had not been sentence to life in prison would he be a great writer or would he never learn to write or read? Is the reason he can reflect and analyze with such an unbiased eye only because he is stripped of all forms of life? I think that if you got several lifers to write their own section of a book about life in prison, you could have a best seller. Or at least a book that every Soc of Deviance professor would want to read.
I was especially struck by how he views major events. Events that have a huge impact on us have just as much impact on them. How did imprisoned New Yorkers feel about September 11th, compared to the greater population of prisoners? Many Americans signed up for the military after that event to channel the pain and anger they felt after the World Trade center and Pentagon attacks, what outlet is there for those that are incarcerated? The difference between us out here and them in there is that for better or worst they are insulated from it. The tragedy of 9/11 the celebration of the first black president, they can only watch, not participate.
13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - What might be the seco... · 0 replies · +1 points
Another option could be forced anti-slave laws on the companies who purchase chocolate. These companies would have to prove to regulators that the components of their products were not touched by slave labor. This regulation in turn would require the companies to inspect and apply pressure to their suppliers. Some negatives to this idea: we have seen the willingness of companies to move overseas to increase profits or avoid regulations. Meaning we will lose the jobs these companies currently supply and the tax revenue. Another drawback is the possible behavior of the supplier, even if the companies go along: the supplier may go to greater extremes to hide their labor practices.
A final option would be to lobby and/or give support to the government of these cocoa producing countries to crack down on slavery. Offer incentives for these governments to take over cocoa production and the employing citizens’ o harvest it. Lobby them for harsh punishments for slave owners, etc. Offer to train their officers in tracking down groups of slaves. These governments could give outside groups that are interested in exposing modern slavery more support. Or more people could advertise in these countries about the warning signs of a slave recruiter, education is one of the key ways to fight modern slavery. If unemployed workers were aware of these scams and some of the warning signs they may be able to avoid it.
In the end the second step is really up to the individual person. The first step, feeling something, accomplishes little in terms of preventing slavery. It is the second step that will impact slavery (if at all). You can take it as a personal step (stop eating chocolate or purchases only certain products). Or you can get involved with a subculture dedicated to one or more of the many suggestions above. The thing to understand about the group solutions is that it takes a lot of people and a lot of money to accomplish. And no it is not our governments’ responsibility! If this is your movement, you pay for it- private groups and private industry should take the lead on these issues.
13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - Isn't a person's quali... · 0 replies · +1 points
In your example you talk about the qualifications of medical professionals (which is definitely on the extreme end of this topic). When you look at Affirmative Action of Doctors, I think you will find it (at least I hope) more in terms of acceptance into pre-med college and medical schools. Doctors have to go through residencies where the hope is, anyone that can’t keep up and give the best care possible will be weeded out (no matter race to gender).
13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - I really want to know ... · 0 replies · +1 points
I get the impression that he is not there to convince us of anything, but to get our minds to think about issues that may not ever cross our minds. When I sit in class, I look at his argument and see how that lines up with my own ideas and opinions. And if they don’t line up, I look for the weaknesses and the strengths of each side. And that either strengthens my original opinion or weakens it into a new direction.
13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - This is totally off th... · 0 replies · +1 points
Should the women in china start pushing for more control? I can’t imagine a single mom that would want their daughter raped? Should the mother’s push for more disciplinary power, maybe but I don’t have a huge knowledge about modern Asian family structure. Or is this kind of violence directed in a sexual way a result of their one child policy? It has become a fact that in China there is a preference for male children because they can pass along the family name. Has this preference finally created a large enough gender imbalance that we are now seeing more problems in other areas of society (for example in crime statistics)? I don’t have answers to these questions, and I have a feeling no one ever will unless so serious outside research is done.
As for the English couple that has no problem with the game after it went viral on the internet, I am torn. On the one hand I am disgusted that they would think this type of game falls within the normal lines of their moral boundaries. On the other hand I see them and their statements as a reflection of a society that values freedom and freedom of expression. When you value freedom of speech, that means ALL speech, not just the stuff the majority finds acceptable. There will always be those that pressure society’s boundaries for good or bad. It is my opinion that this type of ‘free speech’ in the form of a video game is reprehensible and disgusting.
But there has to be an audience! This is what makes the entire story so scary, is that for profit organizations push the boundaries of society as long as it is profitable, more than one or two people have to be buying these rape games or they would not exists. Mother’s have to be allowing their children to buy and play these games. Father’s have to stand by and watch as their impressionable child is exposed to violence. It is not governments’ job to censor in this case, it is the consumer! The Japanese people need to send a clear message that this material is not welcome in their society.
13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - How Can We Ever "Win"? · 0 replies · +1 points
For the llbean catalog, first of all it was not suppose to be a joke (so I’m not sure why you expected to laugh), it was to illustrate the immersion stage and just how far people in this stage will go. We watched the video with the black man wanting to exterminate all whites, that was to illustrate how someone in the immersion stage looks at people of other races (especially those they see as their competition or inferior to them). The llbean example was to show how that same individual (those in the immersion stage) might react to someone of their own race who is not conforming to their standards. In this case it was a historically white dominated brand (the clothing that is sold is seen as white people clothes). But they are advertising with black models, showing that anyone (no matter their race can wear llbean clothing). When can go a step farther and say that there is a black man dressed in so called ‘white man’s clothes’ next to another black man who is in the immersion stage. This second black man would think that the guy wearing the ‘white clothes’ is not truly a black man, that he was trying to be white.
Finally the idea of can you win, the answer is yes. When you finally get to the humanitarian stage you have won. It is the balance to understand and interact on a positive level with all races. Though Sam has brought up a very important issue and that is many people get stuck in some of the lower stages. Those at are stuck perpetuate the need for race relations, cause if we were all humanitarians race or ethnicity would make much difference.
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