I do not know what this world is coming to. There is plenty of controversy about other types of video games like games about violence and other types of real life simulation. With violence, people always that if you play violent video games you are more likely to display violent behavior in other situations. I think it all depends on the person. Some people are that simple minded to recreate the same situations they experience while playing a game. But on the other hand, some people are. So I understand the stresses they put on these topics. Its basically saying, if you play a shooting game, you will be more likely to shot other people.

When I was in high school, I played the Halo video game, which contains a lot of shooting violence. Never have I ever thought about shooting another person. So for me, that case is not true.

But on to the "game rape" topic. It is really absurd. I have never seen such a thing in my life. I knew what hentai was, but I thought it was just anime sex, not anime rape. I have been obviously mistaken and it is sad. I wonder what is going through these people's minds that they would ever do such a thing.

As with the video violence replication, I do not know if people will be more likely to rape women after playing these games. I think it is just a way for them to privately display their perverted needs. I highly doubt the people who play these games will actually go out and rape. And I think that people who actually rape will not play these games because the games are not real and it would not give them the sexual satisfaction that they crave.

I still think this game is sick though. Its disrespectful to women and it's just disgusting. I don't understand why a game about rape would be okay.

When I first read "white minorities," I really did not care. Race is not a topic I discuss frequently because it is not a major problem in my life that I feel the need to talk about it all the time, except in class. Even if we as black and brown people are the majority, I highly doubt that we will "hold the levers of control." Back in the times of American slavery, we outnumbered slave owners. So if you want to get technical, we were the majority. And we did not "hold the levers of control" back then. Now it is different though. We are educated. We are in college. We are learning. I feel as though we can actually make a difference. But if things remain the way they have always been, we will still be at the bottom.

It is the same as the government. The people in power are usually the minority. We have to listen to them and do what they say I guess. I am not saying that we as black and brown people have to listen to what white people say, but I am saying that if they are the minority, nothing will change. They will most likely get better jobs, have better incomes, and live in better places than "minorities."

Even if the black and brown people are the majority, who says that we will have the resources to "hold the levers of control?" The majority of us will most likely still be lacking the education that is necessary to succeed, so it most likely will not even matter. Sure, there will be more of us, but what are we going to do with more of us? Create an army? I highly doubt it.

I feel like the minority births are a good thing, though. It would be nice to see a real "melting pot." Even though the United States is supposedly the most diverse country in the world, I usually only see black people. Where I live, Philadelphia, it is very segregated. The segregation is sort of natural though, and it is not by race, it is by ethnicity. The Latinos live in a certain section of north Philly and the part of the north east that is sort of connected to north Philly. In the white neighborhoods, the Iris, Polish, German, and Russian people all live in their own neighborhoods with other people who are of their nationality.

But back to the main topic, no I do not feel like we as the current minority will gain any significant power as we become the majority. If it happens, it will be a huge surprise to me. Those who are in power now will probably be those who will be in power in the future.

When i first saw this video in class, my heart was very broken. I did not know why the children thought the white doll was the good doll and the black doll was the bad doll. When I was younger, my parents immediately had the race conversation with me. They did not want me to grow up being confused because I am biracial. My mom is Puerto Rican and my dad is African American. I used to have to have talks because they constantly stressed that my mom was Puerto Rican and not white. I would see women who were white and say "hey, that looks like mommy" and then have to have another long conversation. It was not fun at all. I understood that my mom was not white, but my parents must have thought I was slow or something. She's very fair-skinned, and at five, I do not think I was ready for that conversation.

When I was little I wanted to play with the white Barbie too. I am pretty sure it was because the white Barbie was prettier than the black Barbie. Not because of her skin color, but the facial features that came with the black Barbie. For some reason, she looked different and I did not want her. I used to get in trouble because my dad I was ashamed of black people or something. Now that I think about it, I actually wanted the Hispanic Barbie because she was better looking than black and white Barbie. Also, I identified myself with the "Theresa" Barbie because she was closer to my complexion than the other too. The only thing is, the majority of the Barbies only came in white Barbie, so there really was not much to work with.

I think the fact that the way these young black children think is very sad and their views are skewed. There is no reason why they would feel pained after being asked "which is the bad doll" and "what doll looks like you" and having to pick the same one. Behavior is not associated with color. Black does not equal bad. The positive thing is, these children have time to be education and brought up to love one's own color and not secretly desire to be another.

I have never in my life wanted to change my complexion or my hair type because I was ashamed. I was taught to love the skin I am in, and the hair I have. I think these children's parents need to instill in them the value of loving one self. Self hate leads nowhere. The way I see it, children who picked the white doll are going to have image and identity issues later on in life.

Yeah, I feel you homegirl! If they had something to say they could have spoken up. They're mouths are not broken. I guess they did not want to say anything because they are called racist so often. But so what! Speak up! If you are tired of the BS then you have to do something about it. Everyone has a voice and they are entitled to use it, no matter what complexion you are. We all live in the United States of America, where they practice freedom of speech. If they had something to say, they should have said in. "Silence is submission," so if you keep quiet, you have to deal with it, which is a personal choice.

I guess black people feel very strongly about things like that because of all the setbacks we have to us. People discriminate still. Racism is alive! lol. Lemme stop i'm just kiddin. But uhmn back to what i was sayin... Our ancestors have been throught a lot and most feel the need to speak up and say stuff to represent them. People do not just forget. I think they like to pretend it did not happen or something.

I am not uneducated by the way. I got bored and started typing anything, lol.

I think it is very sad that no one will ever hear the words of that woman's language ever again. Language is an essential part of culture, and without culture how will we as people know who we are? If we didn't have language, how in the world would communication? Language is not only spoken but is also depicted through sign. I would feel empty if I did not have my dual culture as a Puerto Rican and an African American. I can speak fluent English because of my father and I am in the process of learning Spanish through my mother. I feel a special connection to those who speak the same language as I do. It makes everything easier. Language barriers make life complicated. I feel like I belong with my language.

But I am still astonished that her language is dead. What if English became a dead language? I wonder what the world would predominately speak. Spanish? Mandarin? Who knows? It is a scary thought for myself because English is my first language. Or what if I was like the woman who was the only speaker? She must have felt terrible knowing that she could not use her native language to communicate with others. It was all in her thoughts.

I have never and will never refer to myself as a "negro." I am an African-American young woman. To me, "negro" is too closely corelated to the derogatory term "nigger," and I would never accept being called that either. It is disrespectful on so many levels and only people of ignorance refer to themselves or other persons of color as "niggers." It is an odd rememberance that people hold on to for some reason. I just don't understand it. I don't think that I would be hurt if someone called me that. I think I would be more disgusted that people are so closed minded and rude.

For people not stating themselves as African-American, I think it is strange. I'm pretty sure they have achieved a level of education so that they would be intelligent enough to pick the correct option. I do not think that it is that hard. It is a pretty basic concept. Unless, they are living under a rock, they should be able and willing to pick African-American.
I also used to feel torn when I am asked to pick only one race for either a job application or a survey or anything. I am biracial, exactly fifty percent Puerto Rican and fifty percent African-American. I usually want to check off two of them, but I can not. The majority of the time I pick African-American because that is the culture that my parents raised me under. I have hispanic blood, but I don not know the culture at all and that is why I identify with African-American. Now, it is much easier for me to decide. Most people do not know that I am Puerto Rican unless I tell them. It is not that easy to tell I guess.

It breaks my heart to read such a thing. All of the players have the same skill, the same talent. Even though they have worked just as hard as everyone else to achieve the things they have, they are still subjected to the open racism and hate of ignorant people.

I think is it such a disrespectful thing to call someone a "monkey" because of their skin color. In light of the video shown in class, "we are all monkeys." So, who gives anyone the right to place themselves above others. We are all the same. I try to stress this ideal in every aspect of my life. Discrimination in general is a social crime, but racism is discrimination to the extreme. I think people separate themselves from others to boost their own low self esteem.

I fully agreed when the announcer said: "American might find it difficult to understand how and why there are so many overt displays of racism in european soccer," because I did find it hard to believe. I am pretty sure that there are plenty of racists in the United States, of any race. But, it is usually hidden because it is frowned upon. Apparently that is not the case for the World. I was very astonished to hear such news, because I have never heard of any blatant acts of racism in this day and age.

I guess it is natural for people to be "in denial" as Piara Power states it. No political leader wants to have a country full of racist citizens, so they act as if there is not a problem with thoughts like "what problem? I don't see a problem" or "it's only a few individuals."

When it comes to judging people, I do so by their character. It would be a lie for me to say that I do not judge. But I do not judge because of skin color. I have been the victim of racism in many cases, either directly, indirectly, or accidentally. So, I feel for these players. I do not think I could imagine the same pain they are suffering, because my cases are not that extreme at all.

I also believe that it is very common to try to dismiss a problem as "not that serious." The coach of the Spanish National Team tried to run a correlation between racism and the discrimination of blacks. It is not the same at all. As Piara Power said "we've never had in this country, or in other nations, people being killed or maimed in the street because they are fat."

I would hope that one day European nations would refrain from that type of behavior. They are going to feel how they feel, even if it is fully ignorant. But, all people should be treated with the same respect.

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I agree with Laurie when she states " Life is a series of random acts and events—and the earthquake was one of them." No one will ever know what will or can happen. No one knew that the Sumatran Tsunami or Hurricane Katrina were going to happen. They just did, and there is nothing we could have done to prevent them from happening. Natural disasters are inevitable. So disaster strikes, and we as people are left to pick up the pieces. It is not anyone's fault, but we as a global community should try to help in any way that is possible.

When Hurricane Katrina reeked havoc for the citizens of New Orleans, people pulled together in the attempt of getting them back on their feet, which did not happen. Hopefully, this will not be the case for Hatians. Everything is destroyed. So much money will be required to help them. I wonder if it is even possible to do so.

I think many people forget that Haiti was already in terrible living conditions. Now that the earthquake has happened everyone wants to pay attention. It is sad that a natural disaster should open our eyes to help.