Yes health care should be for everyone even immigrants, because I believe that if someone is sick and they need health care they should be taken care of. I feel that there could be limitations put on the amount of “free” healthcare that they receive but they should be able to receive it. Also because if you deny health care to immigrants then you would be denying it to the poor because most illegal immigrants are poor or close to poverty, also we let them in our country when we need them so shouldn’t we at least make sure they are healthy?

Hard work should be rewarded, but it’s sad that immigrants work so hard and don’t get rewarded, plus like everyone else said immigrants do the jobs that American’s don’t want and have no desire to do. Most of the time they get paid less then minimum wage and have no benefits and can’t really get any. Also for the people who say that they are taking government money with all the programs, they are illegal immigrants so they can’t get the programs. So I feel that if you really want to stop the immigrants from taking the jobs that “all American’s want” then go after the companies that hire them

Any one who watches South Park or any show that is somewhat like South Park know that they try and push buttons, and get people raddled. The show is full of derogatory phrases, stereotypes and mockery of all cultures. The authors of the show purposely make fun of all cultures and things that are happening in the media. They want to bring attention to situations and to the politics that are happening in today’s time.

I feel that the people that who made the controversy over the South Park episode were ignorant to what South Park is and how the show makes fun of every religion. When I was younger my mother always said that she disliked South Park but she never actually sat down and watched a full complete episode of the show. After viewing a show her opinion of the show changed a bit, yeah she doesn’t watch the show but she did say that they put satire on political problems and bring situations to light in a comedic manner. So Maybe the people who through the show was offensive just didn’t understand that the show is just for fun but is political and the writers do this for a reason.

Also their has been controversy over this show for so many years, because of how it talks and brings to light taboo conversations and practices of many religions, races, cultures. The show attacks everyone in every realm so if you disagree with what the show is saying then don’t watch it.

Also the show is protected by the first amendment, they can say what they want and create their own opinions. Also, a lot of the stuff that they say on the show is true they just portray it in a different way, through vulgar children that speak everything that comes to their minds. The thing that I find most interesting about the fact that these people got upset about South Park is the fact that there are so many news channels that do the same thing but in a different way. How the media brings light to certain situations and creates a bias opinion about all the same political matters.

One main thing that interests me is the fact that this one episode can make such in impact on public opinion. South Park has so much controversy surrounding it and how it reaches such a large crowd and actually gets people to think about political situations in a different way. It also brings otherwise non-existent conversations to light and makes people examine the situation. The show is great in how it does that for all cultures, and powerful in the same way. It’s just sad that people make such issues about the show before they actually watch it or understand what the writers are trying to achieve.

I feel that when people think about Muslim’s they group them into one single category; which is the radical one and they believe that they all believe in and follow Osama Bin Laden. It’s sad that it has to be this way because there are plenty of Muslim’s that are peaceful and are against the war and against all of the beliefs of Bin Laden. But Americans can’t seem to get past all the media representations of these radical Muslim’s killing American soldiers with guns. In my own personal experience it took me actually working with Muslim’s to realize that there are plenty of peaceful Muslims who are against the war and Osama Bin Laden.

When I think about the fact that she was avenging her husband’s death, I guess it lightens the fact that she is a suicide bomber because if her husband hadn’t been killed she would not have done this otherwise. I never actually thought about it suicide bombers in this way, I guess I just thought they were crazy patriotic people doing this for their country but I feel that if someone in my family was killed then I would want revenge also but I don’t think I would go as far as to kill myself to kill others. There may have been other ways that she could’ve avenged her husbands death.

I feel that women try to live up to these certain standards that society sets for beauty. In Hollywood there are women of all different shapes and sizes but they all have many similar features. For African American women most of them have European features such as the long hair and many times lighter skin. For a lot of white women their hair color is altered and they are super skinny because that’s what society has decided is considered beautiful. Although all women are beautiful in their own unique way there is a society standard that many women try to live up to. The standard that the mass media has created from television to print media the look of the women is the similar.
To answer the question what it is to be a women is interesting to me because besides all the physical features women all have the same makeup. So the answer to that question would have to be answered individually and by all different types of women because I feel that every woman will answer that question different. To elaborate on the topic of what it is to be women, I wanted to bring light to the mini play that was performed in class on Tuesday. It was interesting to watch because it brought a lot of the issues that girls struggle with to light. The one girl wanted to be liked by guys and to have smaller breasts because that’s what she thought would be sexually desired if she changed her appearance. Many women go through this thought process and believe that if they change this or that and dress this way that they will get more attention. Many girls cannot accept their bodies and appearance the way it is, they want something changed or feel that they are never good enough. I know that this happens because in my own experience I have wanted to change things about myself because I wasn’t happy with it or wanted to look better in an outfit or look a certain way. Also my friends do this same thing, I have been around them numerous times when they say “ I want to lose weight” or “ I hate the way my body looks” and I also have friends that idealize celebrities and want to look like them so they change their hair or dress a certain way to create this look. So I feel that the play was extremely cleaver in the way it was portrayed and how it showed the inner struggles that girls go through on an everyday basis. I could imagine that every girl in that room on Tuesday has said one in their life that they disliked something about themselves or their appearance, or even their body.

This is interesting to think about because it seems that Asians are always underrepresented in all realms. Also its not always Asians that are forgotten there are other races that aren’t thought about when talking. Also what about the fact that when people say that they are mixed they always think in black and white, they never think about all the other ways that a person would be mixed. I feel that since the major race issue is between blacks and whites that all other people seem to be forgotten. So for Asians and other races they don’t have the issues that blacks and whites have with each other and there is still so much hate that exists today.

When you try and talk about your menstrual to men they automatically just stop you and say that they don’t want to hear it or its nasty. But it’s natural for women to menstruate like so many other things that humans do. I feel that most men aren’t mature enough to have a conversation about women’s body and how it works if it doesn’t pertain to them. But that’s not to say that there aren’t those men that will have a conversation about a women’s menstrual. For some reason its taboo like talking about how much people make on the job.

A girl like me video didn’t really surprise me, but it was sad to see. The reason it didn’t surprise me is because I am black and dark skinned. I think when I was younger I may have chosen the black doll just because my mother made sure that I played with black dolls. I can remember when I was younger having many dolls white and black and always favoring the black dolls, but my close friend always chose to play with the white dolls. The video was sad to see because these young girls are color struck and believe that the dolls that are black are bad or ugly. Also, its not surprising to me that the girls picked the white dolls because in the black community lighter skin is assumed to be better, those with lighter skin are more accepted and seen as better then girls with darker skin. I have had experiences like this myself, I have had people say things to me like” you sure are pretty for a dark skin girl” just like the other girl in class. Also within the African American community there are people who say that they don’t date or even socialize with people who are not light-skinned.

Also when I was growing up, I can remember a time when me and my friends were creating profiles on some social network and my friend described herself as light-skinned with long hair. She wanted to look like that because that’s what is acceptable in the black community and what is looked up to.

Another thing that was mentioned in the video was about natural hair and how its not accepted in the African American community. I feel that when people where their hair naturally people do criticize them about how they look. Saying things like they look grungy or like they belong in Africa because they choose to where their hair a certain way. There are so many women in the African American community that don’t were their hair natural, they get perms and get their hair pressed out so that it can be straight. They want to look more European, so they straighten their hair and do things to make their skin lighter.

The video just shows how those young girls are taught to think, not by their parents but by the media and just the people that surround them. Like how in most stores you see African American models with straight hair, and you rarely see dark models on television or in mainstream media. But I feel that a lot of the feeling in the black community that say that people with lighter skin are better is from the days of slavery, when the slaves with the lighter skin worked in the houses and the slaves with the darker skinned worked the fields. So I feel that the thought process that lighter blacks is better is just something was planted in us from years ago.

This is really interesting to me because in my high school there were a few lesbian couples and they went on the prom together and one girl dressed in a tuxedo. Also that for my junior prom I went with my best friend who is a girl although we were both dressed in dresses, it was a same sex date. I feel that America is trying to change and that most of the students in the school probably wouldn't have cared if she had went on prom with her girlfriend, but for the school to cancel the prom is crazy. It’s unfair for the girl and for her classmates. I think this is crazy especially since America is trying to accept gay rights and to just outright tell this girl that she can’t go on the prom, it just shows that the south isn’t trying to accept gay rights.