Summary- A while back a lady named Nina Davuluri Miss New York was crowned the winner of the 2014 Miss America Pageant, who the first contestant of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America. When her win was announced, so many racist and hateful words were said about her. People went on twitter saying hurtful things about her and her race. People were bringing up 9/11 and that she can't be in America or deserves it. This event is a beauty Pageant that crowns the most beautiful woman a tittle such as "Miss New York, or Miss America" etc.

Reflection- I don't think what people did was right. She deserved it, she is a very beautiful woman. I understand what happened on 9/11 and the people that died for no reason. We should learn how to forgive and forget, just because she was an Arab doesn't mean that she was the one who bombed us. All we're doing is depriving people from happiness and freedom. I'm pretty sure that girl was torn down and unhappy that she probably didn't want the tittle, or didn't enjoy it as much. To add on she is a female, they are sensitive, emotional and soft. If I won the award I wouldn't be happy, or enjoy it. I personally think that there's too much racism and criticism going on .

Kamar's Blog

Young black thugs shoot white baby in the face at point blank range

Brunswick, GA has been rocked by the unprovoked hate crime murder of a 13 month old baby. The baby was shot right in front of it’s mother by two black teenage thugs. The shooter is believed to be between the ages of 13 and 15. His accomplice was even younger. The mother was also shot in the leg.

The media absolutely refuses to call it a hate crime. The suspect is called a “white supremacist” because he is an ex-con and belongs to a white prison gang. NBC even enlisted the notorious fraudsters at SPLC to comment on how white prison gangs are a major threat to public safety. Think NBC National News would report that the unprovoked execution style murder of a white baby in a black neighborhood is a “hate crime?”

This is the topic i found online, and basically it has to do with a bunch of black teens killing an innocent young white baby just for the fun of it. I am African American and i find this sad. This is similar or and worse than the George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin case. This was a murder that wasn’t considered an act of racism, but with a white killing a black it would be quickly suggested an act of racism. I feel that they were sentenced to time because they’d have no argument saying it’s self defense with a 13 month yr old baby. At the same time don’t feel them being locked up is right because Zimmerman is a free man and it’s something similar.

Carlotta Ferlito Racist Remarks Towards Simone Biles

Summary:

The article was about Gymnast Carlotta Ferlito racist comments towards Simone Biles. Simone Biles became the first African American to win an all-around world title. Ferlito finished 11th in the all-around and she revealed to reporters a conversation she had with an Italian teammate. She told reporters, "I told Vanny (Ferrari) that next time we should also paint our skin black, so then we could win too". Ferlito later apologized for her comments on Twitter, and she chalked it up to failing to think before she spoke.

Reflection: 
I thought this comment was not completely racist but at the same time it wasn't an appropriate thing to say. Carlotta was referring to a trend in gymnastics at this moment, which is going towards a technique that opens up new chances to athletes of color. People are just so quick to think that everything is racist and this is why people of the world can't progress. When someone is obviously joking, we take it and escalate it to another level. Many people might not agree with me but that's my opinion. 

Homework

In this article a white female teacher is being charge with racist acts against a black student who also happen to be the only one in class. The teacher put pencil shavings in the students mouth because he was sleeping in the back of the class. The teacher was suspended for a while and then came back.

To me I think that family of the child took it to far. How can someone  be racist for putting pencil shavings in someone's mouth. It is extreme but not racist.


http://o.dailycaller.com/thedailycaller/#!/entry/teacher-accused-of-racism-after-pouring-pencil-shavings-into-students,51a67efcda27f5d9d0d1cad0

Racism Article

Joe Burgos

Diversity

Mr. Cassidy

10/20/13

Racism Article

http://www.newser.com/story/174690/superintendent-ad-resign-after-incredibly-racist-texts.html

Summary:

           

My article is about the superintendent and the athletic director of a Philadelphia-area school district resigning from their jobs. It’s said that the reason why these two might have had to resign from their jobs is because they were both caught sending offensive and racist text messages to each other. To make matters even worse it says that the Daily Local News in West Chester leaked a transcript of the messages that the two men were sending to each other.  In one conversation the two men talk about that black people should the same last name and that last name should be the “N” word. In another conversation they talk about a red-haired girl having sex with a black man and they make jokes saying that there is no way that an “ape” referring to a black man had sex with a white woman. The way that people found out about these messages was that a district employee saw the messages while transferring data from one to the other.

Reflection:

            As I read this article I was just in shock. First off I feel that these to men are honestly stupid. I feel this because they have jobs that of course revolve around kids of different cultures and backgrounds and to start talking bad about them is just dumb. Secondly they are sending text through phones that the school district issues and of course they are going to be patrolled and checked on by the district. They way that they refer to black people and what they think of them is just awful they are horrible people. I also feel that as soon as the district got word of this they should have immediately fired them both. Why keep two men that make offensive jokes about black people, that just doesn’t make sense everyone is human and they should be treated equally.

Purple Boots, Silver Stars, and White Parents

This article is a very informative and insightful one. The whole main idea of this article is that it discusses the difficulties and the struggles that parents have when they adopt a child of a different race, in this case a black child with white parents. I believe that there is nothing wrong with adopting a child of a different race because I believe integration is a beautiful, progressive thing and that everyone should get along based off the content of one's character and personality, not skin tone or race. I personally loved this article because it discusses how you can find who you really are even though you might not be with your biological parents. It discusses more on how you can find out about your heritage, culture, etc. as well as who you are as an individual as well and not just be defined by a race, but as a human being.

Please take a look and leave some feedback!


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/opinion/purple-boots-silver-stars-and-white-parents.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1381938853-o+WDLxvjdyNLcVJjP4QyBA&

D.C. Officers Target Black Motorcyclists

This article is about Washington D.C. officers targeting black people riding illegal motorcycles. These officers use a very barbaric way to stop these people, they would follow someone and then hit the person using their squad car. One man was found lying dead on the ground with his dirt bike. These types of vehicles and all terrain vehicles are also illegal, but are able to be bought at many stores. http://mobile.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/07/23/federal-suit-claims-dc-cops-target-black-motorcyclists

Reflection: When I first read this, I thought of this as being a video game. I would never think someone would actually do this. This is just unnecessary to stop a person this way, it is obviously discrimination. These officers are clearly trying to take advantage that they are trying to "help". This gets me infuriated when people take advantage of the law and bend it to their own advantage and screw over other people. It is people like this that corrupt oue society today, and no one is taking responsibility of this.

Obama rodeo clown incident illustrates nation’s continued racial divide

Anthony Gomez                                                                                                                                               10-20-13

Mr. Cassidy                                                                                                                                                         Block 4

Racism Article

            The article I read was called “Obama rodeo clown incident illustrates nation’s continued racial divide”. It was about a ring leader taunting a clown who had a mask of President Barack Obama in the rodeo. As the ring leader taunted the clown, he played with his lips as the bull charged at the clown. The people In the crowd said it was a joke but clearly it wasn't  In the article it says “I've got no respect for him,” said Virgil Henke, 65, a livestock farmer who explained his distaste for Obama with several falsehoods about his background: “Why, he’s destroyed this country. How much freedom have we lost? I don’t care whether it’s a black man in office, but we have to have a true-blooded American. I think he is Muslim and trying to destroy the country, catering to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.” This one person was saying that he has nothing against Obama race but he is bringing being a Muslim into play. He is saying that Obama has brought negativity into America because he is “Muslim”. That right there is a stereotype and racist.

Reflection:

            This is a clear example of racism and the fact that a lot of people think it’s a joke is not funny at all. It degrades Obama as a human being. Also in the article it says “At the rodeo here last Saturday night, a clown wearing an Obama mask stood on the arena’s dirt floor, propped up like a straw man with the appearance that a broom stick was going up his backside. A second clown called him “ya big goober.” Before letting the bull loose to charge at the clown with the Obama mask, the second clown provided live narration over the loudspeakers”. This shows me that people enjoyed this racism and were fond of it. This is degrading and unacceptable in our society.

Do you agree that these acts were just a “joke”?

If do not believe these acts were not just a “Joke”, explain how they should the rodeo host be punished? If you do believe these acts were just a joke, explain why.

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-08-15/politics/41413723_1_president-obama-rodeo-arena-clown

Waitress receives racist comment on receipt.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2454331/Red-Lobster-waitress-collected-check-customer-ni-er-written-tip-section-receives-10-000-tip-outraged-internet-users.html

Summary:

Toni Jenkins, 19, is a nursing student working at a Red Lobster in Franklin, Tennessee. On September 7, 2013 she was waiting on a table of a couple who she said " was acting strange". Jenkins said that the couple was acting very rude and strange and that when they ordered they immediately asked for their food in to-go containers. When Toni came back to collect her check she received a forty five dollar check with no tip. Instead the check read " none N----r". Toni showed the check to her manager who insisted she had done nothing wrong. Jenkins then posted a picture on her Facebook page with the comment "This is what I got as a tip last night... so happy to live in the proud southern states. God Bless America, land of the free and home of the low class racists of tennessee". Some people have called the authenticity of the receipt into question, one man even accusing Toni "racist against white people". Matthew Hanson, founder of AddictingInfo.org saw the post and decided to raise money for Toni. In seventy two hours he was able to raise 10, 749 dollars for Toni. Toni has since been suspended on full pay until her superiors decide their next move.

Reflection:

As far as the check goes I am not that the surprised. I have no doubt that racism still excists everyday. One of the things that really stood out to me was the fact that people think that Toni is lying and just wants attention. I couldn't believe that a black man said that she was lying and that she is "racist against white people"! My question is what did Toni have to gain from this? She had no idea that people would donate money to her, as far as I'm concerned she just wanted to raise attention to the fact that racism is still a huge problem.

Mummers' Parade

Jendy VanHeyningen

Summary
   This article is about a parade known to those that live in Philadelphia, which occurs on New Years' Eve. It is called the Mummers Parade and it holds a "carnival-esque event" about European traditions. But during this joyous time, there was also a great controversy and then it gained a lot of criticism. The musical skit that was performed on this day started people that looked like stereotypical Native Americans and Indians. The Native Americans represented US citizens, while the Indians play roles of people of other countries from all over the globe that were "stealing" jobs from the Americans. Blackface was then banned from the events even though people try to use the "tradition" excuse to explain the skit.

Reflections
   This is a horrible presentation on behalf of both the people in the skit and those who came up with this idea.  It really does make me feel not only uneasy but also gullible. I thought that Americans were not driven completely away from racism but extremely past this way of thinking. Being in Newark, I see a lot of diversity so I know that racism is much more evident in those places than cities like this. It's just ridiculous that people still have this disturbing mindset in the year of 2013, even though it seems like an eon away from segregation. Another thing that just makes me think a lot is that people have the mentality that Caucasians have the right to a good job and that immigrants are "stealing" even though they haven't earned it. With all the immigrants and people from different races now in the country, people still have the nerve to say or portray these kinds of things.

White Supremacist
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/30/us/white-supremacists-plan-angers-a-north-dakota-town.html?_r=0


This Article is about a white-supremacist male named Paul Craig Cobb. First started in a small town in Canada, bought many pieces of land in which he would let other white supremacist reside and build a colony in which they would make their own rules and any one who was not like them would go to jail. He was accused of promoting hatred and fled from Canada in to the U.S. Now in North Dakota Paul is trying to do the same and used many social websites and other sources to promote his plan and get more people to support his plans. He is taking all the publicity and mocking them.

   The article I'm reading is entitled "Purple Boots, Silver Stars ... and White Parents" this article was inference to white couples adopting African- American children and personal experiences . when reading this newspaper article  it talks about a couple and their African-American adopted daughter lnamed Rosa and things they worry about . This article tells in details about Rosa, and how she had gone with an older black friend to Fulton Mall, a crowded commercial area in our Brooklyn neighborhood, where the shoppers are mostly black. Fulton Mall is not only about shopping, it’s also a place to flirt, talk, laugh and argue, and to listen in passing to gospel, soul, hip-hop and R & B music". As white parents they never experience African-African music nor heritage so they are having a tuff time raising a African American daughter who wants to know her history and they can't help her because they grew up as white people living in a white society not worrying about racism .
 while reading  this it made me think ,I'm not racist but personally It would be hard to raise a child from another background or ethnicity . As an African-American you never experienced what it would be like as an white person and vice versa. How can white parents tell their African American son or daughter why they can't get a job due to their race .As a white person your living in a world with doors being open to you due to your color.
Would you adopt a child from another race ?

   The article I'm reading is entitled "Purple Boots, Silver Stars ... and White Parents" this article was inference to white couples adopting African- American children and personal experiences . when reading this newspaper article  it talks about a couple and their African-American adopted daughter lnamed Rosa and things they worry about . This article tells in details about Rosa, and how she had gone with an older black friend to Fulton Mall, a crowded commercial area in our Brooklyn neighborhood, where the shoppers are mostly black. Fulton Mall is not only about shopping, it’s also a place to flirt, talk, laugh and argue, and to listen in passing to gospel, soul, hip-hop and R & B music". As white parents they never experience African-African music nor heritage so they are having a tuff time raising a African American daughter who wants to know her history and they can't help her because they grew up as white people living in a white society not worrying about racism .
 while reading  this it made me think ,I'm not racist but personally It would be hard to raise a child from another background or ethnicity . As an African-American you never experienced what it would be like as an white person and vice versa. How can white parents tell their African American son or daughter why they can't get a job due to their race .As a white person your living in a world with doors being open to you due to your color.
Would you adopt a child from another race ?

Empathy Games

Empathy Games News Report Link

Empathy Games News Report Link

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/10/14/seen-at-11-empathy-themed-video-games-could-change-the-way-you-think/

I saw this article about a week ago on the channel 2 news. The title of the segment, Empathy Games. It wasn't directly based on anything racist but here's the most of it.

I saw this article about a week ago on the channel 2 news. The title of the segment, Empathy Games. It wasn't directly based on anything racist but here's the most of it. Empathy Games, is the title of the segment. What are they ? They are games that depict the harsh lives of people living in 3rd world countries. For example, during the report they showed a kid playing this game and the character of the video game was an African boy running through bushes in old dirty school clothes and a gun on his back. They later went on to bring experts to say that Empathy Games can change the way you think. I believe that that was offensive. It is one thing to say young kids were being exposed to violent games and shows but they didn't even talk about how messed up these games are. Think about it, they actually make games to show how bad the lives of these people are. I think that is just wrong. The fact that we live in a country of opportunity without the fear of dying everyday doesn't give us any right to make fun of their lives. If it were up to me, I would definitely sue the companies that made said games.

Tiwalayo Eisape

This article reports on the detainment of three connecticut police officers for alleged racial profiling. These cops were arresting mainly the latino community in there town which attracted the attention of the bureau of investigation. 

This story scared me. When i put my self in the position of a Latino in the same town as the alleged police officers i ask my self how seriously i would consider moving. This type of thing is not an isolated incident either, it happens in small cases constantly around the country. 

This is a perfect example of institutional bias. An overwhelming and powerful issue. 

How can we fight an issue like this? Think about the black director in the movie crash

What would be an appropriate way to react to profile from the police?

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/24/justice/connecticut-racial-profiling-arrests/

The Mysterious "B" in NH

Website:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/t/story/gun-application-leads-nh-racist-graffiti-arrest-20578456

Summary:
      On Tuesday, October15,2013,  Raymond Stevens was brought to court and was sentenced to jail on $8,000 bail for defacing three African refugee families in September 2011 as well as writing graffiti on a fourth house in the same south Concord neighborhood a year later. One of the families that were targeted in the incident left in fear but the other three were pleased with the arrest of Stevens. The case came to a big break after a detective looked through thousands of documents to match the handwriting on the homes to someone who had contact with the police. Detective Brown was looking in the documents for a  lowercase "b" that was written like a number six. In September 2012, Detective Brown found an application filed by Stevens. Searches of Steven's home, car, parlor had more samples of the handwriting and on his Facebook page the police found racist cartoons that were " indicative of white supremacist ideology".  Stevens is scheduled for court on October 24.

Reflection:
        Racism still present in the twenty-first century, it's been with us throughout history. I believe we are all ignorant if we think that just because we are born here makes them American. None of our ancestors were born here, they were brought here either by force or by choice. So when Stevens said " the sub humans in this house are enjoying free rides", I was shocked and the first time I read it, I didn't understand.  Instead of going forward in history we are going backwards.

Question :
      If you met Raymond Steven, what would you tell him regards to his crime against the four African refugee families?

Congress Passes Debt Deal

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/17/us/congress-budget-debate.html?hp

The main thing i don't understand about this whole situation is back in the 2008 election I remember Radical Republicans were against medicare and for the affordable care act. They were against medicare because it would have had the whole country paying for each others health care weather they like it or not. This is very un-reblican because the medicare tax would be decided by the government and regulated by the government. But NOW The Affordable Care act (OBAMA Care) has just out sourced the same thing to the individual insurance businesses which can be very complicated for dr.'s and hospitals but convenient for the people whose jobs riley on these individual insurance companies.I believe this is a very republican act because it keeps the power outside of the federal government and in the rich competitive power hungry issuance companies. Given all this NOW the republican radicals (Tea party) are against this. What could they possibly want? I personally think its because the race of our president and him having such a successful two terms pulling us out of a crazy unemployment rate and economic recession. I think they just want to tarnish his name especially it coming to the end of his tike in office. In this country everybody remembers the first and last things you do weather they be positive or negative.

Naija Omari    

racism hw carristian

I found this article on the huffington post. A man named Kevin Jackson posted on his website an essay or spech from a politician named Wurzlbacher and he wasfound saying that wanting a white republican president doesnt make you racist but american. Jackson said that electing a black president was supposed to ease racial tension and let the legislature focus on real isdue. He claims none of that has happned and things would be a lot easier if we had a white republican president. When he was running for office in 2012 he said we should put a fence on the border and shoot all the mexicans.
My reflection on this is that this is the 21st century and people ate still behaving like segregated schools were just put into place. It makes it seem like America has had no progress at all.


1. Is having a black president any different from having a white one?
2. Why does this country not want to progress?

Current Event

http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=20580191&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2Ftopics%2Fnews%2Fissues%2Fracism.htm -copy

 Summary: 
         This week two members of the notorious Kehoe family were arrested on multiple weapons charges in Arizona. The family belongs to a white suprmacy group and were responsible for distributing a large number of weapons to other white supremacists throughout the 1980's and 1990's. They are also accused of stockpiling weapons and threatening to overthrow the government. When authourities searched their property they found a large number of weapons from pistols, to semiautomatic rifles.

Reflection:
           Because of the opportunities that exist today it is easy to think of true racism as a thing of the past. Here I was thinking that the stereotypical image of a gun toting racist red neck was a thing of the past. I do however applaud our federal government for not letting criminals like this slip under the radar even after three decades. It was only a matter of time before those men used those weapons for their "cause." When you think about it it is pretty scary that their are still people out their ready to destroy in the name of white supremacy.

Q1: Do you belive that our world is progressing (in terms of racial tolerance) or degressing?
Q2: If you sell a gun to someone who uses it to take a life, and you know what they are doing, and you continue to distribute them weapons should you be held accountable in a court of law and serve a sentence?

Sakhile Matthews

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2013/06/chris_koster_racial_disparity_police_searches.php

This article is about the high number of African American and Hispanic drivers being pulled over and searched in Missouri at a higher rate than white drivers. From a report of 1.6 million stops, it shows that black motorists are more likely to be arrested than white drivers. African American and Hispanic drivers are also more likely to be arrested when stopped than white drivers by 8.4 percent. 

I believe that the Missouri police department have arrested more African Americans and Hispanics than white people because for conditioning from the media. As black and hispanic people are shown as people who drive fast and have contraband in their car. For example on the show "Cops" the most of the people getting pulled over are high black and hispanic drivers instead of white drivers.