Obama last term

as we all know are first African American president term is coming to an end. Even thought the congress fought him on everything he still was an great president and got things done. My views on the president are all good for the first black president. he improve the unemployment rate which help a lot of people. he also was a role model to all African american kids and his family was the best first family this country has ever seen. He showed kids a world the world who are African Americans that you can be anything in this world even thought the system is not necessarily on your side that nothing can stop you and that's the best influence anyone can give as an president . He also gave the African american people Hope that change will come.

Race

Race divides people in ways it shouldn't. Race is basically the difference in skin color, features and behaviors according to people i have talked to about race. But indeed there is only one race. The HUMAN race. And thought people think they are so different from other people outside there so called race, we biologically are not that different. So how can there really be multiple races? honestly there might not be an actual reason or answer.

Video Project

Our video project was about race. And in light of some of the other things that have been having in the country such as the University of Missouri race protest I want to ask the questions:

1. What does race mean to you?

2. Do you think that Groves is a colorblind school?

Because I think that race is a defining thing for all of us. It helps us with our individuality and for us to be able to get along with others because we are all different, I mean if we were all the same then the world would not be a very diverse place. And the race is something that is just what is past down from your parents not that only certain people are inferior to others. I also think that Groves is not a colorblind school because some people only hang out with people of that color and only feel comfortable with those people and I feel like we can get there. If we take the issue of people interacting with others and then actually working together on things to make all of us feel welcome them I think that Groves will be colorblind.     

Graphs

IN one of the graphs from the chart website, the one on weather strikes me as interesting. this is because i observed that basically west coast states west of Rockies are more predictable while east of Rockies are less predictable. It shows that an accurate graph can show information better than numbers.

Gun violence

In America, gun violence is a common crime. Many unfortunate mass shootings have happened because of it. Some ways of reducing gun crime is not giving guns to crazy people who don't deserve it. Also get all thugs of the street as Wayne La Pierre says. The 2nd Amendment does give the right for sane people to bear arms.

SuperSize Me

In Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, he binges on eating fatty foods at McDonalds for a month and shows us the extreme effects of the food industry on American society. This documentary does show a problem with the food industry. That is that Americans eat too much fast food and are developing health problems because of this. It doesn't really offer much solutions other than the obvious eat healthy and exercise a lot.He treats the obesity issue with some source of seriousness but with a humor-like tone. His method does compare to Michael Moore in that advertising does appeal to younger people like through the use of clowns, toys, kids meals, etc.

In this Cadillac Escalade commercial, some questions about this product set our minds off to buy it. Like driving in the city doesn't need a big car. It just shows off style of the car and that it get 20 mpg. Its main purpose is to sell the car and prove that despite it being a gas-guzzling machine, it still gets decent mpg for that car. It shows that American culture is about being big and flashy just like the car is.

THE CHANGE OF ADVERTISING

Advertising now is more pathos and ethos now than back in the beginnings of marketing. today we know to move or engage people to commercials you have to appeal to them and those advertising back then was more the approach of using ER VERBS like greatER, biggER, bettER, and words like these used to encourage buyers to buy their product. But now everything works now so the advertising business had to try other ways to appeal to us. so they began the way the advertise now through pathos and ethos and even some times logos.

In the advertising industry, we as consumers are constantly being bombarded with new info about a product. Some of these ethos appeal to our senses like the way a product is portrayed or how it compares to its competitors. I agree with writer Michael Sandel in that marketing just comes naturally to appeal to us. Some ways business can appeal to us is through the use of celebrities, emotional stories, or through explicit material. Market has become an improtant part of life in the USA as Sandel writes.

DEFORCE

In the video today we learn the after effects of the riots. we also learned why the riots happened in Detroit. we learned that the riots happened because the city of Detroit was not as racially as equally as the american people around the country. There was a lot of racial tension between abd many policy put in place like S.T.R.E.S.S  or red lining.

Deforce

In Deforce documentary, we learn of the different reasons of why Detroit is on economic decline. Many of these reasons are related to race and segregation and prejudice. Maybe some tips to improve Detroit's situation is to integrate the community more with different races and have more black police. I think segregation only hurts the economy within Detroit because it doesn't promote the sharing of ideas for new culture and things of that nature.

Race/cultural identity

America is known as a melting pot of different ethnic groups and backgrounds. However, we are supposedly united as equal. Or so it seems, right? As people, we look at certain situations through a prism. I believe that America is still segregated and still has a long way to go.Even at Groves, we are still separated into cliques based on race and things of that nature. Also when we look at the inner cities, they are all segregated and are living in poverty. People generally filter their views of a certain race on past experiences even though everyone is different.

what do you think about the Jeremy McDole shooting in Delaware?

I'm just fed up with this police brutality of my people man. I can Literally take no more of this. There are not going to be happy until the African american people rise up and have a riot that's going to tear up this country. African Americans are tired of being oppressed by this racist system we live in.now come on man there is no reason to shoot this man.He is in a wheelchair which means he can't run away from you or anything so why would you kill him, and they shot him multiple times with shotguns and pistols. the said put the gun down but he never had a gun and even if he did one shot with with a shotgun is enough. i am just very displeased with this man and angry that these police get caught on tape shooting an innocent black man and still doesn't get charged with murder man. enough is enough i just wonder i'm i next to be shot and killed by the police for being black.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC1viLiHGZ0

Mean Girls

IN the Mean Girls  movie, the Plastics represent the typical spoiled white high school girls. They are like the perfect barbie dolls who think they are better than everyone. The movie also steotypes different types of people based on their different interests and race. The movie represents women and feminism in a negative way by showing American girls as property of men and shows them as incapable people.

Do you think it is fair or right for men/females to go to prison for being unable to pay child support?

I believe that it is unfair for a man/women to go to prison for being unable to pay child support. I fell this way because you are taking a person's freedom away for being unable to come up with the money. second of all you put a person in prison with real criminals with people who have done big time things. my 3rd point is many mothers don't even use the money for there child they spend it on them selves. that's why i believe it is not right and unfair.

I believe in modern society, certain toys make us feel a certain way towards a gender. For example, a GI Joe figure has more muscular biceps than before and the barbie doll is more feminine in dress and maybe the way she is positioned. This in a way distorts our viewpoint of a certain gender and influences us in a bad way. More muscular could mean more violent, or more girlish means a wimp.

Gender Identity

In mainstream media and pop culture, gender roles are constantly being defined. Men and women have different roles in society. The stereotypes usually come from an identity because usually women have had roles doing household chores and doing indoor work while men on the other hand have done more strenuous labor. Describe maybe some stereotypes that exist in society today.

Bias vs. Persuasion

In the documentary called Fahrenheit 9/11, it presented George W. Bush in a slanted view in regards to 9/11 terrorist attacks. He was also blamed for his business relations with the Bin Laden family and such. What was your view on the bias, or persuasion of this documentary?

What do you think about Donald Trump's campaign so far?

I think Donald Trump's campaign is silly. He makes him self seem like a fool with his many contradictory comments too him self and his out outrageous comments.  https://youtu.be/e7UcQcD9INI    https://youtu.be/ThXmJJF2CVA

On Native Soil Movie

What was something you thought was interesting so far in the movie? I know that one thing i thought was interesting was that 9/11 could have been prevented because of  the airline security and that the CIA was getting information that terrorists were taking flight lessons to hijack planes.