I feel that at that time they truly were essentially the same thing as illegal immigrants are today be the fact that there were no laws in place at that point in time means that it did not count for them at that time. I want to say that yes, I agree that what happened in the past with the pilgrims and indians was a negative, awful thing because they put people out of homes and land. I will not argue that it was a terrible thing but I do not know that it is the same because there were no laws in place to stop what was happening. Morally was it wrong? Yes. But Legally was it wrong? No at that point.

I agree with this but I have never taken the time to think about it. I guess it is a little racist of people to think that they are better than a certain country or people of a different country just because they are better off or more financially happy in their lives. I understand that people feel that they are able to help certain people who are unfortunate in where they were placed in life but at the same time it is unfair for people to assume that others are more worthy of help because of their social status.

I am truly surprised and delighted by this comment. I know that many of us in this world believe that all people are in prison because they deserve it and because they have done something to be hated for or disliked for. I personally find myself being very negative towards lifers or prisoners who are in prison for life for a reason. I think that they must all be all bad for some reason if they are in prison for a reason. I hate that these people in there are hated because they are "bad" people and and judged because of one act that they did in their life. If I was judged in my life over one act that i did in life then I would not be the person I am today and I also wouldn't be seen in the eyes of people as I am now. As life is now for me people see me as a positive light and something that is all good and loving but as for the people who are in prison for lif e they are judged based on one thing that happened to them in the past and now their image is damaged forever. I cannot imagine if I had doen something out of pure rage or being upset and then in return I was caged in a jail cell for life. What kind of life is that? I can honestly say that i am guilty of thinking that what these people do is worthy of punishment but when you really think about the fact that these people are both nothing but people in general and not animals is a new concept for me. I am guilty of judging these people only by their past and by what they were passionate about at one point in time of their life. After thinking about their position on things I think I have a little more compassion for them because they are real people. Not just people who are all negativity and problems. They were just too compassionate about the wrong thing in life. Does it make it right? No. But does it make it more understandable and relatable? Absolutely. It will foreve make me think about inmates and "lifers" differently now because in the past I never stopped to think about how those people would feel. Now that i am able to see an actual letter from someone who is in prison for life I feel very differently about people who commit such terrible crimes. I would like to extend my thank you to the man who took the time to write this letter and who made me take the time to realize that its not all negativity and there is some compassion in the lives of prisoners who are in for life.

I think this is really reassuring for people of the west because I think that often people characterize muslims under the same category are Osama BIn Laden or Saddam Hussein because we are often quick to judge as a result of them. I know that when I hear about muslim culture those are the first two people I think of. I like the fact that what Sam was saying had some truth to it. I was worried that he was just on one of his tangents to shock me but really if muslims feel that way about the people of their culture that we despise the most then i think that gives me more faith in the muslim culture as a whole.

The end goal is to be comfortable with other races and to be able to be happy with all other races. Or at least to be able to openly talk about other races and to not be uncomfortable with others. This class has totally reformed the way I begin to think about other races and the relationships that take place between different races. I think that there will never be a real solution to race issues but if we can being to talk about races in a more informal and relaxed situation then things will be better for everyone.

I think that the class yesterday was a whole new experience for me to think about. When put in the shoes of Iraqi people it is a completely different idea to consider. i think that yesterday really opened the eyes of a lot of people because no one has ever thought of the fact that the Iraqis may feel the same way we do but that we cannot see this from the eyes of them. By thinking about the fact that iraqi's are just as judgmental of their own people in this war as we are is a whole new concept for me. When Sam said that we look at the clips of men blowing up things in Iraq or being jerks to people that are originally from Iraq and think that this is totally the wrong perception of America and American soldiers that maybe when we here in the United States are seeing only the bad of Iraqi people and that they truly are fighting for a cause that they believe is good just like we feel here in the United States. I think that I totally see the point of view of the people in Iraq now because not Sam has made me see it through their eyes. When Sam talked about their perspective and how we as American's would feel if we were being attacked for our natural resources that is when I got that we were totally infringing on their life and their way of living as they know it. I would be the first to go out and fight if others were invading the United States so I completely get that people are out trying to fight us. Do I support it? No. But do I understand it? Yes. The fact that people are completely attacking the christian faith was also very scary to me. I never stopped to think about the number of attacks on the christian people of the world. I personally am a Catholic Christian and to think that the very thing I believe in is being jeoparadized is very scary to me.

I feel that there is not really a step two. In order to change something about the way the world of slavery works would be to stop everything we as people in the world know. Sam has told us that in virtually everything we buy there are slave made parts, and yes that's awful but how do we stop it? Do I feel bad about it? Yes. Do I wish it were not that way? Yes. But just me feeling that way doesn't help the cause. There needs to be a movement. A world attempt to stop the issue, but that will never happen because most of the time the fact that goods are slave made is not advertised to the world for this exact reason.

Honestly, I have never been more disgusted in my life. The fact that people get pleasure out of stuff like this is sickening. This says to me that our world is a sick, sick place where we're housing people that can have such awful fantasies and the fact that the Japanese game makers are fueling this desire makes me want to throw up. i do not think that it affects me more because I am a woman because I know that any male would - or should - feel that this is terrible as well. I will say that as a woman I feel targeted in a way because you do not see men being targeted in these games. To be honest I feel that it is just stimulating a major problem that already exists in the world. Rape is already very prevalent in all places of the world but for people who think that it is stunting the growth of that problem, I would say that they are very, very wrong. If you are dangling this fantasy in front of the faces of people who clearly find that satisfying then eventually these people are going to get bored and strive for the real thing. By allowing these people to indulge this much into the world of rape you are only making the problem more acceptable in their eyes. If rape is so mainstream in the world now that there is video games about it, that says to me that it will become more widely accepted by the world. I think that violent video games do nothing for a person who is susceptible to feeling some type of way about rape or shooting or killing or stabbing. For those that say it is a release to these people, I say, you are wrong. It is only entertaining the part of these people that have the capability to do these terrible, terrible things to other people and what happens when that violent part of them gets bored with just games? Then what happens? Then what do they turn to? The answer is that they are going to turn to starting to attempt the real thing. It may start off slow but eventually it is going to become a problem. And you know what? That's because they have learned these things from video games. They know how to do it and what the progression is because they did it from the comfort of their own home while sitting on their couches with a controller in hand. I guess people really will do anything to make a buck, and that is sad to me because in the process they are taking the rest of the world down.

I would say that you are whatever you identify yourself with. I do not care if your skin color is black, white, brown, or purple. I feel like whatever you culturally identify with is what you are. I say you tell people exactly what you tell yourself. If you see yourself as a hispanic person, but others look at you like you are just another white boy then you say to them, "no, actually I'm hispanic". It's like Sam said when he was talking about his friend who had a black skin color but identified as a white man. I say live life as who you are, not what you look like.

I would have to agree with that idea. But I also think that the idea of affirmative action is if the two parties have the same qualifications and credentials then the person of color would get the job, or the spot in the university. At least this is how I perceive this law to work otherwise I'd tend to agree whole heartedly with the fact that we are lowering our standing in society as a country because we are not giving the best we can give to the development of our programs.