I think both of these videos are very heart warming clips. The one with the little boy that we saw in class was one of the best videos I have ever seen. His reactions alone made the video for me. Just how innocent these little kids are just makes you step back and think a lot after while watching this video. It’s a shame that racism exists and that even kids this young understand that they are not supposed to be together. It just goes to show you no matter how hard we work together in this world, their will always be some type of hatred going on. We have made some great strides over the past 100 years, but we need to do even more to get where we need to be. Will we ever get there? I don’t think in my lifetime we will, but hopefully some day in the distant future we will. The other video that talks about the kidney donor is also a very heart warming video. It just goes to show you that there are still good people out there who are willing to help others. We need more people like this in the world to get us where we need to be in terms of race relations. These videos were perfect videos to end the semester and begin finals week. I have to say that I enjoyed this class during the semester and even though I disagreed with most of Sam’s viewpoints, it was a very interesting and rewarding class. I can honestly say that years down the line this will be the class I remember most, just because what this class stood for and what it means. I hope that this class can reach enough students and that this race relation project can continue and hopefully improve and move more all over the country. It really is an eye opening experience more then just another class. Hopefully these videos touch everyone and people can see just how other people in the world are just like us. People that just want to have a good life and enjoy themselves in this world. In closing, I think that it is a shame that we have to live with such racism in the world. Just imagine the things we could do and accomplish if we just look at everybody as people, instead of by race. Think of the things we could do to help the whole world as a whole. Each culture brings something to the table and so does everyone in this entire world. Why don’t we all just sit at the race table and agree that there should be no such thing as race anymore. Until we do that, we will never move forward.

Well, I agree with the one post I saw when I was scrolling down and it said in all capital letters, that those immigrants who do make it here are LEGAL immingrants. If they are not legal immigrants I do not believe they should be given the same rights as those ones who have done what they need to do to become citizens. These legal immigrants put in their hard work and to make it here so they deserve better opportunities then those who are not legal. This question doesn’t really make sense calling out some girl in class, get the facts straight player.

I am a casual fan of South Park and I have to say I think the show is hilarious. Yes, they do really push some buttons to certain groups of people, but what they do in my eyes is usually just harmless. People get too serious and upset over things when they should realize that this show is just too poke fun at things and for humor. First of all why do these Muslims care about what a show like South Park or for any show for that matter say about their religion. If they truly believe in their own religion, why worry about what other people say. It’s almost like they are trying to blow this up into a big deal to get their own selves some attention. I think anybody who worries about what other people say usually don’t really believe that what they are doing is truly right. These Muslim’s just need to take a chill pill and relax. If everyone that this show has gone after and made fun of decided to come out and threaten them, then almost everyone in the entire world would be after them. They have poked fun at Jesus, Satan, Christians, Jews, fat people, skinny people, hicks, and even just America in general. You can just about name anything and I’m sure South Park has done some type of episode about them. When they made fun of Kanye West, he actually came out and said they he had to laugh about it because of the way he portrayed him. I know for sure that they made fun of him way more then they went after the muslims in the recent episode. So, what I’m trying to say is why are they so worried about what other people think? America is a country where freedom of speech is one of our special rights as people. These South Park episodes as well as Family Guy, The Simpsons all have the right to say exactly they way they fell. If you do not like, then maybe you should not be living in America, or better yet, just don’t watch or listen to what they have to say. That would take care of all problems. People just look for reasons to stir up controversy and these muslim people are no different. I don’t understand why they are so serious about there religion and how other people look at it. If that’s what they believe in then they should only be worried about that. To sum this up, South Park has the right to say what they want on their show due to the fact we live in a country that allows this to take place. I’m pretty sure South Park won’t change, so these people who are mad about it should just move on.

I’m actually sure almost every male is pretty well educated about a girls period. We have had sex education classes throughout grade school and high school that taught us all about this. I don’t think it will ever be completely ok to talk about because it is just disgusting. Now you can say if it happened to men then things would be different, but it doesn’t and will never happen so it is just stupid to talk about it like that. So I believe that most men know what happens when girls go through their periods and that we are well educated.

I think some of Sam’s viewpoints are completely ridiculous, especially some of the things he said in class on Thursday. The whole talking about a girls period issue was just flat out ridiculous. He kept bringing up the question “Why don’t we talk about it?” The reason is because it is just disgusting. Now he said that if they were bleeding from the fingers it wouldn’t be that big of an issue and I will admit he’s right about that, but that is not the case. So since that’s not what is going on and a period works for a girl, it makes sense that people don’t want to talk about it. What I’m trying to say is you can look at it in a different light, but in reality it doesn’t happen with your fingers, so his viewpoint is idiotic. Moving on, I do believe that we should question things that go on in the world, but only to some point. Sure it is good to question things and look at things with a different mindset. It makes you see things in a different light and understand certain things you may not have understood while looking at it the way it is. Having said that, in this class it is said that we have to question things to move forward in the world, which is right, but how long do we have to question these things and talk about it? Are we just supposed to keep questioning every big issue and then keep questioning every single little issue that stems from it. If we keep doing that then we will be stuck in the past and therefore never move forward. I believe we need to question things, but then just let them go and leave them where they are at, the past. Things need to be resolved and then we should move on, lets not keep questioning things for the sake of just questioning things. To sum up what I’m trying to say is that too move on we need to forget. If you think about when your in a fight with your parents over something, what do you do? After you both cool off, you talk about the issue and resolve it, then move on. You don’t just keep questioning because then you will never move forward from the disagreement you had in the first place. In closing, I completely agree with the 14% of people who said Sam was way off the mark in what he was talking about in class on Thursday. I find it even more absurd that Sam seemed kind of mad because people didn’t agree with him, because he thought he was completely right. I thought this class was supposed to be about letting everyone hear the issues and have their own thoughts. This isn’t about just agreeing with Sam and believing everything he says is right, which he thinks. We have to remember this is a class and not a cult meeting.

I like this question a lot because I too thought the same thing when texts where coming up on the screen. As a white male, I feel like I can really take jokes well about my race. I was laughing pretty hard in class with some of the things people were saying on the text screen. Now I don’t know why it seems like colored people can not really take a joke as well as white people. Maybe it has something to do with the guilt issue, but it really is an interesting observation. I look forward to looking through the responses and see what people have to say.

As a white male, I have to say that I do feel a little bit of guilt for what happened in the past in our world’s history. I feel bad how we treated other races and people and acted as if we were a superior race to others. I know I myself really had nothing to do with any of the actions by my ancestors, but I do feel a small amount of guilt for what they did. The one comment above I do have to agree with. In middle school when we were taught about our nation’s history, I feel if some of the information was sugarcoated or watered down. Sure it talked about slavery and about taking the Native American’s land, but it made it as if it was not that big of a deal I feel like. I do not know if this was just because of how they way they wanted to teach us or if it was actually watered down so that our generation would not think very much of it. I remember learning about how we came over to America and took over the Native American’s land. The book and my teacher made it seem like it was a smooth transition and the Native Americans just let us take over parts of their land. It really wasn’t until I took this class that I really could understand how exactly our country got started. If you would have asked me what the biggest genocide in history was before I took this class, I would have easily said without a doubt that it was the Holocaust. I use this as an example because this is the difference of how we are taught at a young age compared to as we are older. I firmly believe that middle schools are sugarcoating certain things so that our generation will start to forget and move on about things that have happened in our past. Now this could be either a good thing or bad thing. I feel like it could be good just because maybe this is how we can finally get over our race problems. Sure it is ignoring what happened to an extreme, but if they don’t know what happened then maybe we can move away from prejudice. As I say that, I think that would be one option, but it may not be the best option. As this class has taught, we should learn about what happened in the past and change things to better the future. The more we know and can understand what happened in our past, the more we can work together and hopefully get further down the line to get later generations to realize discrimination is wrong. So, rounding this all out, I do feel a little guilt, but I feel like if we can work together than we can change things for our future generations.

I have to agree with the first poster and say that I too laughed when I first read this blog topic. I never have really noticed that most of the participants in this show are white. I didn’t really put too much into and just saw the commercials and thought none of it. After I looked at it in this “light” I realize that most networks really do only have white people as the main characters in shows life this. I don’t know if it is a race issue or not, but it is definitely something to take notice of.

As a white male who has played basketball his whole life, my dream has always been to play professional basketball. Growing up it was my goal to play basketball for my entire life. I did whatever I could to get myself to become a better player and hopefully potentially make a living off of the game of basketball. Of course I didn’t make it to that childhood dream, but I would do anything to play professional basketball. Having said that, I would without a doubt, never, ever, play in any type of league like this man is trying to make. To me, this is like something that would have happened 50 years ago. A league with all white men is completely racist. Not only will this fail as a business project, but this is almost like taking a complete step back in terms of race relations. When you talk about playing in a professional basketball league, it should be about playing with the best players that are available. It shouldn’t be about the best “white” players you can find. There shouldn’t be a league with its own race. It is just not right and shows just how much racism is still left in America today. We have passed laws that deal with discrimination and to me this violates just about every single law that the government has made. The funny thing about this is that this man, who has decided to try to get this league off the ground, really thinks this is a genius idea. I don’t know if he has been living under a rock or what. First of all, when you pay to watch professional basketball, you usually watch to pay to see the best talent and the best players in the world. This league will not showcase that. This will only show SOME of the best “white” players in the world. Now I know some people will play in this not because of race, but just for the love of the game. Some people don’t look at this as a race issue, when in actuality it really is. I consider myself one of those people who would love to play no matter what, but in terms of what this league’s image is already seen as by people, I would not in a million years play in this. After taking this class, I don’t think there could be any type of “X” amount of dollars that could get me to play in this league. It remains to be seen if this league will eventually go through with this idea and put this product on the court, but if it does it will be sickening. Like I said before, this will fail as a business venture and it will fail as a social issue.

As a white person myself, I have to say that I for one would help anyone or any person no matter of color or race. I do think however, that in the example of two people with equally similar resumes, a white interviewer would choose favor a person whose name isn’t “normal”. It’s a shame that the world is like this, but looking around in the world, you can see it happening. I think our generation has become better with this issue and would choose a person with the best possible qualities for a specific job if they were an interviewer. I think we don’t look at people as black or white, we look at them who is more deserving.