ViciousVirgo

ViciousVirgo

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13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - Week 8 - Lesson 14: Af... · 0 replies · +1 points

i completely agree with you with the fact that a school's location can greatly affect the outcome of a person's life. I always say that a change in environment can change a persons life. whether it is a good or bad change, it still happens. For me, i am from Philadelphia but was priviledged enough to live in New Jersey while i went to school in Philly. I had a surburban lifestyle even though i went to school in the inner city. I went to a catholic school and that was a good education but once everybody got outside those doors and went home, it was the opposite lifestyle. There was a hectic environment and it is a very violent bad neighborhood. Since this was the area that the majority of my classmates grew up in, they were not offered the same opportunities as me and they also did not want to take the same route i did. that isn't a problem but it is also due to the fact that they were not surrounded by the same environment i was. I was the only one who went to, what i feel as though, is a respectable, well known, smart school.

13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - Week 8 - Lesson 14: Af... · 1 reply · +1 points

Another thing I also found interesting is the section about the commandments and what percentage of people follow each one. I find it shocking that there were such high percentages for a lot of them such as honoring your mother and father or using God’s name in vain. I think people pick and choose what they put in each category. I am pretty sure that a lot of people do not follow those specific commandments down to a T and in fact have went against them on more than one occasion or more than they actually think. Commandments such as Honor nobody before God has a high percentage but I know for a fact that people put alcohol or sex or relationships or shopping before going to church which is technically putting something before God. While looking at this, I think people pick and choose what to put in which category or try to make what they don’t do in that category acceptable or an exception to the rule. Even when I went to a catholic school growing up, my theology teacher told us many stories about how she doesn’t follow the commandments as much as she should but she really tries. So if she said that, being a very committed Christian, I can imagine people who do not pay attention or take their religion as seriously are worse than her.

13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - Week 8 - Lesson 14: Af... · 0 replies · +1 points

I never really had a clear understanding of what Affirmative Action was but I have a general understanding. What I do not understand is why this even came about or why it still exists. Things like this to me are the reason we will never be all the way equal. If you give somebody an advantage based on some characteristic that they would not normally receive, that is already putting one person or group at an advantage and another at a disadvantage. This makes me wonder how people in general ever expect anybody to try and be equal with another person when you have official legal proceedings that allow someone to benefit from something based off of race, gender or their able-bodied status. On the other hand, the slide said that it discriminates against whites and men which I honestly do not feel bad about because it is reversed all the time. To me, that is one way of making us close to equal, by putting whites and men at a disadvantage just like women and minorities are at a disadvantage a lot of the times. I just think things such as affirmative action make things worse and it does not come close to making things better because someone has the advantage for the wrong reasons so it is harming not only that person but the people that are at a disadvantage too.

13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - Week 7 - Lesson 13: Im... · 0 replies · +1 points

I can understand your frustration when it comes to people that you can not understand. I wrote about this on more than one occassion. With me, it is frustrating when i can not understand the person but it also frustrates me that some businesses over here, a country who's language is primarily english, hires people to operate and run things who do not speak this language. I feel as though if the native language is english, people should speak it if they are giving me a service. I think if i were to go to another country and speak my english, it would frustrate a lot of people if their language isn't primarily english. it is just a matter of who you pick to run things over here.

13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - Week 7 - Lesson 12: Mu... · 0 replies · +1 points

I just think it is ridiculous that we can pick and choose who is in and who is out in our society. We cancel people out and make them feel like shit just because we think it is wrong. What is actually wrong? Is it because our bodies were made for the opposite body parts to enter? Is it because the bible says so? Do we actually take the time to figure out what is so wrong about two people being happy? I am far from a homosexual but I also think it is ridiculous. I could not imagine someone treating me the way some people treat homosexuals because of who I choose to love or what I choose to do with them. If I want to get married, I should be able to or even if I don’t get married, I should have the same rights as everybody else. Love is love. Bottom line.

13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - Week 7 - Lesson 12: Mu... · 0 replies · +1 points

Being around a lot of people who are homosexuals and even having friends who are gay, I have had a lot of talks concerning this issue. Some of them feel as though it is a waste to even express their sexuality or try to fit in with society and they genuinely feel like an outcast. I have friends who are females who have cut their hair just to appear as a man and make their relationship seem a little more acceptable. They said it is not because they wanted to but because they are so shunned by society, they just want to be happy. It makes me think about how much in life they are discriminated against. In organizations, sororities and sports, they are looked at differently or even turned away simply because of their sexual orientation.

13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - Week 7 - Lesson 12: Mu... · 0 replies · +1 points

I am glad we got to this lesson because it makes me think of where I am from and also my upbringing when it comes to this topic. The first thing I want to mention is where I am from and how homosexuality is viewed there. I am from Philadelphia and in Philly, the younger generation is more disrespectful to me when it comes to homosexuality and they really make it hard for people that are truly in love with the same sex to get the same respect as straight people. I say this because in high school or amongst the younger generation, you see a lot of kids just doing it because it is “in.” They may not truly be in love with the person or dating someone of the same sex might not even be their thing but they experiment and get in a bunch of relationships just because. When this happens, the older generations and even their peers who are truly homosexuals, do not respect them or take them seriously.

13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - Week 7 - Lesson 12: Mu... · 0 replies · +1 points

As a Human development family studies major, this lesson was beneficial. I like how you mentioned the example with the little boy and the doll baby. I have heard this plenty of times from not only my major but parents and people in general. It makes me really wonder. As a parent, do you stop your child from playing with something that he may honestly enjoy, risking him turning feminine when he gets older or do you allow them to have the fun they want to have as a child and see how they turn out. Is it nature or nurture that affects the way a child grows up when it comes to stuff like what toys they play with when they are younger.

13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - Week 7 - Lesson 13: Im... · 0 replies · +1 points

It also makes me think do a lot of people know what an immigrant actually is. I finished talking to my roommates and I began to wonder if this was a form of racism and discrimination. A lot of people do not wish for immigrants to be here even if their intentions are good. Some people do not support a lot of businesses because they are run by immigrants or people that are assumed to be immigrants. I also noticed that when I am out with my friend, if something goes wrong at a fast food restaurant or any establishment that is run by a foreigner, they automatically throw racial slurs at them and begin talking about how they are illegal immigrants.

13 years ago @ Race Relations Project - Week 7 - Lesson 13: Im... · 0 replies · +1 points

A few lessons ago I talked about how some accents bother me because in America it Is frustrating to have to struggle to do business with people who are not from here. My roommates agreed but they also realize that sometimes the people are not necessarily from other countries but right here in America.
When I looked at the other slide that compared what I like to think of as the good vs. bad immigrant, I began to think on a broad scale. You have the immigrants who come over here to honestly make a living and try to better their lives for their families and children and then you have some that come over here and conduct the same dirty business that they do in their own countries. It is horrible to me that we mix all of the immigrants into one category. I think this is how a lot of prejudices begin.