I just feel like in America its just so hard to say what you want anymore. I feel like its just impossible for things that could be said before to be said today. People are a lot more sensitive to what is going on now and because of that no one is really aloud to say anything or make fun of anything just for fun. I think that when things are that sensitive in order to keep things from getting worse, people should not try and fight what is going on anymore. I think it just becomes hard to distinguish that point

I completely agree with this girl! Thank you! I mean like I don’t even think she was all that informed at how things work. To become a citizen or even be considered costs a lot of money and quite frankly when people from another country who are far more poor than Americans try and go somewhere to provide a better life for their country its all of a sudden a terrible thing. Like how do people just say that its not okay when they preach all the time saying with hard work you get to where you want, yet when they try and do that it becomes impossible.

I mean I don’t think it was ever a legit and fair war between the pilgrims and the native Americans. From the beginning, the whites or pilgrims always felt that they are just superior and deserve to take over but then when other people want to go and do the same thing then they freak out. I think its stupid that people think like that. Like what makes them any better? They complain that the current immigrants right now are illegal but white were really legal when they decided to just take over the US. Ok so they fought and what not but how does that make it okay? I guess what I am trying to say is why is it such a big deal now and why do white people think that they can just sit there and determine who gets to come in and just discriminate? Ok so they say they are taking white people’s jobs away but really you are going to tell me that a white person would sit there and do the jobs Mexicans or Hispanics do? Yeah I highly doubt that. And even those people who complain about illegals or Hispanics or whatever I mean they sure take advantage of it when they just use them to do some kind of construction work for them so I just think people who say that are really big hypocrites. And yeah times were different but and like yeah the US is strong. I mean I understand that they can just take whatever they want I mean even with the war going on Americans think that they can just go where ever they want and get whatever they want. They want the oil so they go and get it. Does anyone else see that as being wrong? Its almost like Americans will do whatever they want whenever they want simply because they want. I don’t know I just feel that a lot of people are so quick to jump at making sure that illegal immigration stops by like saying that they would do it legal but like did any of anyone’s ancestors do that legally? Like why do people just think that they can just change all the rules around when they were the first people to do that themselves. A lot of those people who immigrate do it to just try and find a better future for themselves or their family. How is that not the same thing as what white people did when they came to America? Didn’t they come and reproduce and what not and fill the entire country with their kids? I mean complaining about stealing jobs? Tell me how many Mexicans or Hispanics have taken big jobs that are meaningful that do not require manual work?

I completely agree and I feel like girls who have small boobs want big boobs and no one is ever content. But I also know of someone who hit puberty faster than the rest of the girls and had pretty big boobs at a young age. She HATED them because she felt that the only reason guys paid her any attention was because of the size of her boobs. I almost feel that because I saw her so upset it was almost very comforting to not have really big boobs because I feel that if guys want to talk to me it’s not because of how big my boobs and that really makes me feel even better about myself.

I think that a lot of times it is easy to just see and compare yourself to what the media portrays. I think that because you’re so exposed to it, it’s hard not to compare yourself to all the beautiful women. And even though it is true that you are a beautiful woman when you see these beautiful women everywhere from the TV to movies to magazine covers, it’s so easy to compare and point out your own flaws and instead of just loving who you are and what you have you begin to want to change every possible part of you in order to look that much more alike to the models or artists on TV.
I also feel that Hollywood has a special way of portraying different women. I mean black women are always viewed as angry with more to love, always proud of their bodies regardless of the way white women are viewed as. White women are portrayed as being blonde, thin and white and Hispanic women are often portrayed as being brunette, sexy women. So I feel that if these are the types of women that are put in the media then what is to be expected? I mean if everyone portrays them as being the most beautiful women, then of course you’re going to want to look like them whether it’s losing those extra few pounds and having the right hair cut.
However, I also do feel that women crave to feel sexy and attractive and sometimes the only way they can feel that way is to try and become those who are portrayed as being beautiful. I feel like a lot of the whole esteem thing comes from how you’re raised. If from a young age you don’t value yourself for being the way you are and you don’t have that self esteem, then it is going to be even harder to go through teenage years without trying to compare yourself and always feel like you’re not beautiful the way you are. But, if you are raised and told from a young age that you are beautiful regardless of how you look, then you grow up with a really good self esteem and do not really fall into comparing yourself as much as those who have a lower self esteem. I guess also your experiences you go through in life factor into how you look at yourself. I feel like if you have bad teenage years then you will have a lower self esteem than those who are confident in themselves. You just have to learn to happy with whom you are and are proud of what you look like because every woman is beautiful regardless of how the media may portray beautiful as.

I think the end goal is just being able to treat people regardless of the color of their skin. I think that once everyone can get to that point where race is no longer an issue and it can be openly spoken about then that is where we would want to be. With no more racism or discrimination and just really being able to look at people for who they are and not the color of their skin. I feel that once we get there then everything will be so different and maybe people would be a whole lot happier!

i think that the whole issue with welfare shouldn’t just be about completely eliminating welfare or just keeping welfare. Im sure there are people who absolutely need the welfare program, but there are also those people who abuse the system and I feel like if there were some kind of oversight over it that would keep people from abusing the system it would have us in a better position than we are today. I think that there should be requirements into receiving welfare instead of just sitting around and not doing anything productive with their lives except cashing in the checks that they receive. otherwise the problem will just keep happening over and over again.

I feel that a lot of what Sam has said has changed my perspective about a lot of thing. I do not really know if it changed my views because a lot of what he has said I already knew. I do believe though that although a lot of what he does say tends to be something that is drilled into our minds, but I think that if you really open up and think about what he is actually saying it makes a lot of sense and what Sam does say does get you thinking about race in a much more different way. I think that there are also a lot of things that I did not know about that are really interesting and I think that what Sam says has a lot of meaning behind it which a lot of people tend to just brush off as if it were nothing. I think that if there is enough time and effort put into actually listening and taking in the information that Sam shares, everyone would be surprised at what they learn. Hearing Sam talk and actually understand what he has to say are two completely different things. Going in with the attitude of I know exactly what he is going to say and yeah I have heard that before about a million times immediately blocks you from really understanding what Sam is trying to say. I think the whole part on identifying what step you are on was a very interesting part of the class that I enjoyed very much. I feel that I really learned a lot and now that I can identify where I am at helps to identify where to go from this point. The part with the video of the little girl picking the dolls also really made me realize that although I may have thought that the race issue was pretty much over with and done with and that there really wasn’t much wrong with the black race, that they were getting treating just like everyone else because they were equal, I realized that I was completely wrong and it really changed how I felt about that issue. It made me realize that although we’ve come a pretty long way, there is still a lot more to go in order to get to where we should be. That whole lesson changed the perception about how black people often find themselves as being less than others simply because of their skin color. It was a huge realization to see that and really understand that when I heard people from class speak out about it. There was something about hearing actual stories that helped me really try and understand a little more about a part of how they view themselves.

I actually attended a high school where the student body was divided up into equally among Hispanics whites and blacks with the only real minority being Asians. Even though the school was so diverse it was still weird because the majority of people tended to be friends with their race/ethnicity. There were only those who participated in sports and other extracurricular activities that really had friends of other races and didn’t mind the color. Many times though it seemed that because of the division among races there was also some kind of altercation among those who hung out with strictly their race.

I think you should just be like well im not white im on the brown team since it seems that that is where you identify yourself as. I guess through having those experience through your mom and the Hispanic culture you can probably relate more to the brown team than the white although if you’ve been treated as being on the white team then maybe you would be part of the white team and not the brown one ..i guess it just all depends on what you see yourself as because you look white but youre really brown so I guess you could pick either one or both