Degrading of African American Women Through Media

http://www.pittnews.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_a0bedcb8-4ce8-11e3-9855-001a4bcf6878.html

Before you open this link viewer discretion is advised. Seriously when I watched the two video's attached to the article i found them both very disturbing. The first video is Lily Allen's (who i had never head of before until now) music video. "Its Hard Out Here for a Bitch" I find it ironic how the only dancers in the video were black implying its hard out here for black women yet objectifying them having them "twerk" on camera and other things that shall not me mentioned won't make it any harder for them.

Then in the preview of the movie "Orange is the new Black" it showed the stereotypical big angry blacks vs innocent white even in a prison setting were all where criminals. It showed black women portrayed much like black men are portrayed in prison movies. Thus implying the worst think you could possibly be in American is a African American Women.

These two video's are just flat out messed up from not only an african american standpoint but i think more importantly a african american women's standpoint. This is what I think the writers bias on his commentary on the videos was. Because he was a man he did not recognize his privilege and he said it himself when he flat out said. "I don't know if male privilege applies to me" Of corse it applies to you!! You identify yourself as a part of the dominate group which is male. This is why he tended to focus on race and not sexism with these two obvious female degrading video's.

Naija Omari

11 Ways The American Workplace is Still Sexist

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/20/sexist-workplace_n_2718249.html

This article mainly talks about how women have always been getting the "short end of the stick" with their workplaces. This article really highlights many of the invisible injustices that women face in the work place that they have to put up with because of this so called "male-privilege" that men have and how powerful men in the corporate business world take advantage of it and hurt women. Because of that, working women suffer from less pay, sexual harassment in some cases, having to take longer to have the ability to move up the corporate ladder, etc. It is more than a well known fact that for decades women have been treated unfairly in their workplaces and clearly they have been suffering which is completely and entirely wrong, if they can do the job right and effectively then their pay should be the same as anyone else's. Take a closer look at this article to see exactly how in some cases sexism is still alive and well in our work places.

Sexist Speaker in Texas High School

http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/11/texas-hs-students-revolt-over-sexist-speaker.html

Summary:

On Wednesday November 13, Justin Lookadoo, a bible-based dating guru and a motivational speaker, gave a speech to a Dallas area public high school about dating. Many students walked out of the optional seminar when Lookadoo started saying sexist comments against women, like "date able girls know how to shut up" and "date able guys know how to cover women up". Many of the students took to twitter as a way of sharing their recent experience. They used the hash tag #LookaDouche.

Opinion:

I think that it's crazy that people like that are able to go and speak to students in school. I would have thought that the administration would have done some research on their speaker before clearing him to speak. This just shows the opinions of some people about women and their role in society and I think it is HORRIBLE that it is being taught to high school students.

Gender Bias in Swedish Films http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/swedish-cinemas-bechdel-test-films-gender-bias

 Summary    
       In Sweden, there is a Bechdel test that has been introduced to give movies a rating. But in order to get a good rating they need to have "at least two named females characters who talk to each other about something other than a man." Some filmgoers have reacted to this test and it has affected then positively. They see this and try to use this to make their films better in this aspect of the movie. This rating is the Swedish attempt to put equality of gender in films. They want to change how the public sees women in movies because it gives a sort of perspective that they act exactly like that in real life. It is a belief that the roles of females in society are those that gossip, stay at home, or always involved for concerned about a man. This is what they want to change in the film industry.  
        Reflection  
                I think that is a very good attempt at depicting females roles. I don't like how movies make females out to be. Women don't gossip for a living or worry about men or things like that. They have a life and are trying to get a successful career just as men try. Personally, this rating is a way to basically put an end to certain stereotypes about women because I know if I was a female I wouldn't want people to think about me in such a way. Before this, people outside of the film industry weren't acknowledging this, and this can change the perspective people have. Society has this effect on how they look at male roles vs. female roles and the Bechdel test is altering this. I'm surprised that woman were not actively involved or trying to do something about this earlier.

Gender Bias In The Education System

Lucas Perez                                                                                                                              11/15/13
Diversity                                                                                                                              Mr.  Cassidy 
                                  Gender Bias In Education

   Gender bias is strongly seen in the education system. This bias is mainly seen in women, even though they are unaware of this. Women have worked hard to overcome this bias and take gender out of the education system. The existence of gender bias in organizational policies and practices may suggest that they have no power to determine their own success. Without an understanding of second-generation bias, people are left with stereotypes to explain why women as a group have failed to achieve equality with men.  It is said that women who have managed to succeed that they are exceptions and women who have experienced setbacks that it is their own fault for failing to be sufficiently aggressive or committed to the job.


This is not surprising, but is definitely not acceptable. I think that women should most definitely have equal opportunities as men in the education system. Women in some casses are even more determaned than men are, and even I'm these asses men still have more opportunities the women.

Food Media Vs. Gender Bias

Ruben Dario Cuñas
Mr. Cassidy
Diversity / 4th Block

Food Media 

                                   Last week, Times Magazine dropped its "Gods of Food" issue and set an internet rage because no women chefs were considered "gods."  The Times editor, Howard Chua- Eoan, never thought that media had to play a role in closing the gender gap within the restaurant environment. He said  "If the chefs talk about it, then we can cover it. If the female chefs talk about it, we'll cover it...If there had been someone who had made a huge stir this year about how terrible it is, then perhaps." Well, people are making a "huge stir" now." Grub Street found ten female chefs that were suited for the issue,  and the Daily Meal found twenty.Elena  Arzak  won the award " World's best Female Chef "  and her restaurant  is number eight on the World's 50 Best list. 

                              When I read about Ms. Arzak and Ms. Santini, I was impressed with their position in the World's Best 50. I believe that the female chefs are not getting equal opportunities as the male chefs. I believe they weren't put  in "Gods of Food" because they were to good for the issue and that the magazine wants to show the readers that the men are the ones that work.

1) Was  Time's issue "Gods of Food" trying to degrade the female chefs ? Why or why not?
2)  do you think the chefs that won the World's Best 50 get a chance to be "Gods of Food"?


http://eater.com/archives/2013/11/12/women-chefs-media.php

Bank of America

   This article talked about Bank of America agreed  to pay $39 million to women who worked in its Merrill Lynch brokerage operation, another costly settlement of a discrimination case filed by its employees. Merrill, which has about 15,000 brokers worldwide, also agreed to change its policies to give women a better chance of succeeding. I think this is great because sometimes male privilege prevents women from  becoming more successful in work .

    Some of the female workers didn't feel appreciated and respected so some of the women workers came together and filed a complain. Something interesting was said by one of the female workers and she said " We do the same jobs as most of the men in the bank industry, and I believe we should be treated equally ."I personally agree to this statement everybody should be treated fairly in every area of life ,especially work. It's tuff now to find a job and make money so women who are working hard are denied certain work privileges is very hurtful.                                                             Link:http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/bank-of-america-to-pay-39-million-in-gender-bias-case/?_r=0

Male Athlete v. Female Writer

Joe Burgos

Diversity

Mr. Cassidy

11-14-13

Sexism Article

            My article is about the amount of sexism that happens within our sports culture. This article starts off with an incident that happened to a female she was a write for the Philadelphia inquirer. This was her first year covering the 76ers and after a game she walked in the locker room, she knew that one of the teams best players already had a habit of doing interview right after he got out of the showers and he would usually do it with a towel tied around his waist.  Her thinking that he probably wanted to get his interview done with quickly she walked over to him and he said “ You like walking up to half-naked men?” with a smile. She didn’t know what to say she was in such shock that she left the locker room she thought to herself should she apologize and as she looked at her notepad it was empty and she asked her self “Can I do this job?” When she walked back in the locker room she saw him talking to writers all of them men but still in his towel.

            After reading this article and going over it carefully it made me think how hard women have it. This article clearly shows how men clearly think less of women. As the player for the 76ers said that what was running though his head yeah she a woman but you have to show her respect. Clearly after talking to male writers after that incident it shows sexism. The way that this makes me feel is that men should show more respect towards women. I also feel that the women should have never thought of apologizing to him she was just trying to do her job like the rest of the writers in the locker room. Men feel that they are superior to women but that’s not true women could do almost anything men could do and this should show that they are legible to do any job a man could do without being thought of as a regular person trying to do their job. 

Link:http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/8944124/espnw-recent-events-further-expose-underlying-sexism-sports-culture

carristian sexism google

  The article I read was on the Huffington Post. It said that some people dont believe in sexism but all you have to do is type in the word woman on google. In a study shown most things that came up in the search engine were negative. Things such as women cant drive, cannot be bishops, cannot box etc. My opinion on this is that yes sexism does exist but using google as an example is a bad idea. I believe so because things come up on most recent searches or most searches but, a lot of people don't use google for many different reasons. Also not everyone believes this way.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4124737/

Sexual harrassment case - Kenya Moncur

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-03-20/local/37860301_1_sexual-harassment-judge-sets-million-jury-award

            This article started with a case in 2006 were at a public pool a lifeguards boss wass acting inappropriately. He was saying sexually demeaning things to the lifeguard and always staring at her in her bathing suit. She first went to six different supervisors to complain and no action was taken. Then in October 2006 she was fired from her job. Recently she filled a law suit and even more recently the jury came to a conclusion.  She was awarded 3.5 million dollars.
  
        Although sexual harrassment is a big issue I do not belive 3.5 million doallars was a fair or just settlement.  Yes I do belive what her manager did was wrong and the failure to act by supervisors was a kiss of death. Even with all of that 3.5 million doallars is too harsh based on the crime. There are serious repeat petifiles thst only serve 10 years in jail but looking at someone the wrong way could cost you 3.5 million doallars. I don't know if its just me but I belive we are severely punishing people for the wrong things.

Q1:  Was the verdict of the Jury fair?
Q2: Why do you think she was awarded so much?

The Right to Drive - Tiwa Eisape

There is a petition in Saudi arabia to allow women to drive. Saudi arabia is the only country that restricts women from operating a vehicle. Many women have been protesting this by openly driving. This protest is very dangerous for the women taking part; they can be charged with disturbing the piece and sedition. Women do not see this as breaking the law because there is no official legislation prohibiting women from driving, but they cannot obtain a license. This movement has no leader which is one of its strengths; authorities have no one person to target. This issue is now being brought up in court by female attorneys results are yet to come. 

I think the fact that women cannot drive in there own country is ludacris mainly because there is NO legitimate reasoning. If men do not have to deal with the struggle that being immobile puts on women than neither should women. I see this as an arbitrary way to put women on a lower level than men honestly it could have been anything as long as it divides the two genders laterally. If someone came to your house and took your cars keys you might feel robbed, just like these saudi women. What would you do would you step back and submit to the sexiest regime, or risk saudi prison and or court.

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/25/saudi-women-rallyworldagainstdrivingban.html

Gender Bias in movies with woman

Anthony Gomez                                                                                                                                               November 13, 2013

Mr. Cassidy                                                                         PB                                                           Block 4

Gender Bias Article

            The article I read was about gender bias in cinema movies.  Movies in America get a rating normally based on how good they are, if there is sex, nudity, or violence. Now cinemas in Sweden are getting rating movies by highlighting gender bias. In the article it says “Now cinemas in Sweden are introducing a new rating to highlight gender bias, or rather the absence of it. To get an A rating, a movie must pass the so-called Bechdel test, which means it must have at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man”. This shows me that even movies have opened up the eyes of many people and these movies have made people realize that woman are still coming second to men. In movies you rarely see an action hero portrayed as a woman, or "a female professor or person who makes it through exciting challenges and masters them", but an A rating movies give the opportunity for a major woman influence in society. For a movie to get an A rating “a movie must pass the so-called Bechdel test, which means it must have at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man”. A rating movie’s empower woman an influence woman to do greater things than being just a “house wife”, and does not look down upon woman. This is a tremendous improvement on the way woman are seen and what they are capable of really doing.

            Reflection = I am very happy Sweden has come up with this new rating, I feel like this new rating will pave the way in America and all over the world for woman. It will help empower woman and will give them a better outlook. This article also made me realize that women are looked down upon in movies because I rarely see a woman action hero in a movie. It’s amazing that after I read this article it made me realize that and I never notice that woman are rarely superheroes in movies.

Article = http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/swedish-cinemas-bechdel-test-films-gender-bias

racism current event

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/14/muslim-prisoners-double-england-wales-ministry-justice

This article talks about prisons in England in Wales and the people in them.  This article states that Black or Asian people are far more likely to get stopped and checked and even thrown in jail by the police then any other ethinic groups.   This is just pure racism and i'm sure it does not just happen in these two countries but the whole world including us.  To prove that it is pure racism the article states that muslim inmates increased roughly 6.5% from 2002 to 2010.  I think these issues are just getting worse and not much is being done to help it.

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 ?