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Blog #7

With the topic of this blog being based upon an issue we don’t talk about in class, my mind wondered. There are many topics I feel that we don’t touch upon, but I feel like we should. To me a major one is actually one of the simplest ones. Communication in today’s society has been downgraded greatly. It is sad how now a days people can barely have a face to face conversation. And even so if they are conversing, the quality of conversations has decreased as well. I feel that the advancement of technology we have been taking and our society is to blame for this current issue.

           Back in the days people had to actually talk to someone to find out what was wrong with them, or even to find out something in general. Now people can just look at someone’s social media to find out how they are feeling sometimes. It seems like people are more comfortable talking through text, then they are actually talking face to face with someone. This trend of anti-socialness to me is because of social media and phones. I feel that even though cell phones contribute largely to this problem, our society also contributes as well to it.

           Society today has pretty much made it seem that the best type of communication is little to no communication at all. I find that pretty sad because that is the way that people end up having issues because of miscommunication. Then one party ends up upset because the other never stated what was on their mind first. Also I feel like communication in relationships because society has decreased too. Society deems it to be cool to hang out with your boys all day and not communicate with the girl that’s really down for you, but in turn it could also be the opposite way.

           With all this being said, there is still way more levels to this issue of communication decreasing in society. I feel like it is in important issue that should be brought up in class because a lot of people suffer from simply not speaking about what is on their mind. If people just communicated more on the daily then everyone’s life would be a little easier. Also if everyone put down the electronic devices every once and a while to communicate, I feel that we would learn something interesting about someone every day

[sboogie524-blog]

I must admit as I read this blog I felt so guilty because social media has defiantly caused many problems in my relationship. Social media has made it so easy to go Facebook and find a post that you can relate to. I realized it has become a problem when you’re at a restaurant and we are more into our phones than the person we are with. Older people can communicate easier because they did not have all this technology that we have. This is a topic I would love to discuss in class because I know everyone has at least one memorable experience with social media.

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[daja-aaa-blog]

This has been the best blog i have read all day, i can totally agreeee with this blog. Society now a day has made it okay for people to be anti social and not have simple conversations with each other. I have noticed how easy is it for some of my friends to express their feelings on facebook or instagram but won’t take the time to have a conversation with the person they’re upset at. Communication is key and it should be the main part of a relationship or friendship not the opposite. We’re not mind readers so how would we know how you’re feeling so we need for you to express yourself. 

[kandidlykrys-blog]

Blog 7

We cover a lot of topics like with politics with candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with his shenanigans and a lot with police brutality. What we have not really looked into is effect on the diversity of a lot of races and the way we treat others and how that can affect somebody positive or negatively and how we sometimes react to these things. Especially during the times, we tend to blame different races on doing certain things like trends, hairstyles who did this or who did it first instead of embracing or just liking certain ideas from different races. I know a lot of people who will judge others and will get mad about what other people wear like with certain shoes like Jordan’s and even with hairstyles like Bantu knots or braids. I too do get aggravated when I see these things. Not because of the fact that some people are wearing it or following what others are doing because that happens in a country full of diversity and knowing the technology that we have, but it’s because sometimes, I feel like a lot of people aren’t get the recognition they deserve and they praise what they have ONLY when they see a celebrity doing it and they follow. With using the example with Bantu knots. For many years, most colored people like myself would wear things like Bantu knots in their hair and will get looked at funny because it looks ridiculous. Not a lot of people even thought of the hairstyle. When Rihanna was doing it, a lot of people started to bash her about it as if it was stupid. When Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian did it, it was we the best thing that people have seen and it was cool to most people and a lot of people are doing it. Which have started negative disputes between different races especially with how some people view the fashion trends within different races. It shows a lot in our country and how we view others that we consider are taking ideas of others. Whether we like it or not, Its going to always happen

[daja-aaa-blog]

I totally agree with this because I have been judge for wearing certain hair styles or outfits but when someone like kim kardashian wears it it becomes totally okay. i am one for pushing my friends to try new hairstyles and clothing, for example i am currently trying to convince my spanish friend to get box braids. I don’t care about her race or color i just feel like the braids would look good on my friend. It shouldn't be about the color of her skin or her race it should be about the hair and the style. We should treat each other with respect and love. 

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Blog #7

Blog #7 “Citing Properly” & discussing current events

Honestly speaking I can say that I’m really comfortable in this course even though I’m a little timid sometimes. But one thing that I feel that should be stressed more often even at this level of English is citing and annotating properly. This can be blamed on my lack of knowledge I this particular area but for some odd reason I feel like I haven’t really mastered to citing to the full degree. I know it’s a little embarrassing that I am still having trouble with citing in different formats but this is how I really feel bluntly speaking. As I mentioned earlier that I feel very comfortable and enriched academically with current format, but since we’re putting in our 2 cents I feel that we should discuss current events and what’s going on in the world around us especially in this day and age. With the Middle East in turmoil and the two major world powers basically having small proxy wars though out much of the Middle East I feel that it’s very important and beneficial for us to discuss current events as often as we can because it’s always good to be fully aware of these things. One of the many reasons that’s it’s extremely beneficial to stay informed with current events is the fact that it may even have a impact on yourself and the community around you. For example with the horrible events that have been plaguing Syria and much of the Midd East this has caused a huge pour of immigrants on Many countries, recently reading the Buffalo news I noticed that some of these immigrants fleeing their homeland have finally settled in the Buffalo area. Reading and following current events can even go all the way where it help you understand the community around you and the people living around you. Apart from situations like this, staying up to date with current events and news always interesting and sometimes even necessary to do well in certain courses and general life lol. Just looking at the current presidential election you can see that there is a lot at stake and it’s very important to vote. Reading a lot of the current news can give you a huge boost of information on the candidates running for the presidency of this country! Some of the stories I’ve read worries me and most importantly gives me a huge boost to get out there and vote, mainly because I feel like a lot is at stake and if I don’t vote my life can take a huge change in direction.

[kiesha1218-blog]

I must say that I agree with both topic. I hate citing because I feel like it’s just an extra step in writing a difficult paper and yes whoever we get information from should get credit, but why put information out there if you don’t want others to use it. There are so many formats=and ways you must put it in that are unnecessary. Annoying in high school was also annoying but it did help me out in college so I don’t feel like that’s a big topic to have to touch base on. I do feel like we should talk about current events as well because we should know what’s going on in the world. But we kind of already do talk about current events like Black Lives Matter and what’s going on, but yes, we should continue talking about more current news so it’s a good idea.

[electronicnerdbear-blog]

Citing is always an ongoing learning experience so I do agree with this topic I believe I do not know everything about citing and annotating myself so it wouldn’t hurt to discuss how to better our writing. I strongly agree with discussing current events because there is so much going on in this world at this moment, this election is kind of blinding us from what is happening in the real world outside of the United States. There is a lot of injustice going in areas such as the Middle East and this would be a great discussion topic to talk about.

[geekin-writing-blr-blog]

I agree with Keisha as well. Citing can be difficult when it comes to writing. Honestly I feel like that is sometimes the most work when you’re doing a research paper. And yes we should give credit when it’s due but like she said why put it out there if you wouldn’t want anybody to use it or pass it on. The current events is a very, very important topic and I definitely agree that we should discuss this topic. People should know what’s going on in the world at all times in the present and also in the past.

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[daja-aaa-blog]

I definitely agree we should continue to learn more about citing because i still struggle to cite when it comes to writing my essays. I feel like if you cite one thing incorrectly it can ruin the whole essay and your grade. We should talk more about current events in class, even though we already do we don’t talk enough about them. Sometimes professors mention the current news or tragedy but them we move on with the lesson. We should have a day out of the week where we can sit and have a discussion about the current events going on so we can all stay informed. 

[daja-aaa-blog]

School Violence

School violence is youth violence that sometimes may take on school a property, or even some students may face or fear a act of violence will walking home from school or during a school events which can leading to young children losing their lives over nothing that could’ve been prevented. A young person can be a victim, a suspect, or a witness of school violence. School violence may also involve adults and the impacts they have towards their own child or in some cases what they have experience. The thought of thinking about students don’t care enough for a school that they would just want to damaging the school’s atmosphere. Putting students in fear to enter the premises of the school fearing acts of violence against them or around them. This also very badly affects the learning environment of the school. They usually lose focus and start to lack on their education. If young people aren’t taught from an early age about the consequences of what is wrong and what is right they start to feel as if they can do what they want on their own. Education does not always have to be taught at home or in the class, but most importantly through the parents. And because of the lack of parenting students are now bringing guns, knives, and other weapons to school, and many of these students are using them to hurt and kill. A student who faces lack of love and attention may also become violent. They usually look for it at schools if they don’t get it from home and when they are at school there are no supportive teachers, so they feel it is okay to disrespect teachers and the other students in the class. The teacher is not helping a student through difficulties, and which leads to frustration. It is the teacher’s duty to guide the student and help to him/her. A student may also result to violence when he/she is unsure of his career or future and hence proper guidance and the help that is required.In a world with so many cruel people and different perspectives it hard for us to come together and help the violence decrease. Just because we do all come from different races, different sexual orientations and different nationalities. We shouldn't feel like we don't fit in with different groups of people and be equal without any violence. It can be harder to find your place if everyone around you makes fun of you for the qualities which make you different but if we teach our youth that we are all equal then there will be less hatred towards one another. As school violence creates a large amount of problems and troubles we need to help this issue and try to prevent or reduce violence in schools. It is not only important for the child’s career but for our children’s safety. We shouldn't have to be afraid of sending our kids to school because other students we need to teach them proper way to treat one another. It is the responsibility of schools and parents to give proper guidance, equality, support, love, care and affection to our youth. These things can easily reduce or prevent such kind of inhumane attitude.

[daja-aaa-blog]

2016 President Campaign

The 2016 president campaign has been a really hard, confusing and misunderstanding with all the lies and crazy antics that have been going on. Probably one of the worst campaign ever when you really think about it. Having so many issues with topics such as police brutality, abortions, social issues, gun control, and even same-sex marriage. But the one that has voter and other especially in the black and hispanic community is police brutality. in my onion Hilary Clinton has the voter best just because with the situation like police brutality. She wants to implement thing like having police officers practice before to prevent police-involved shootings. And yes at times we look at Hilary like she's just talking to talk but we don't want neither her or Trump we have no choice but to have to try to put some faith and trust in her and hope that the things she does say about police brulitay and how she make it better gives our voters to only go by her.

[professor716-blog]

Killings Over J’s

    Have you ever wore a pair Jordan’s?  Well have you ever thought about people being robbed and killed for those shoes, On December 15,2014 Michael Jordan says it is not his problem that kids are dying over his shoes(http://nahadaily.com/gossip/michael-jordan). Yet people still continue to support and buy the shoes. His shoes are released through tickets. There are three steps involved when getting the sneakers. You have to go and enter the raffle. Then once you enter and if called then you have to confirm that you are going to buy the sneakers. Than you have to go that Saturday to buy the sneakers. On December 21 2013 a young man in houston Tx was killed on his way home after buying the shoes according to(myfoxhouston.com). The mother was saddened because she was suppose to go with her son to buy the shoes but he told her no he would be fine but, she ended up never seeing her son again(myfoxhouston.com). Jordans either need to have more pairs released or they need to be put in stores.Jordan is getting out of control especially the fact that he doesn’t care about the people being killed and’ only about the money he makes.http://nahadaily.com/gossip/michael-jordan). Recently in Ohio a kid was shot over the most recent release the Jordan 11’s  Legend Blue’s on December 23’2014 (http://solecollector.com/news/a-teenager-was-killed-over-air-jordan-11s/). There are more important things in this world than just robbing and killing someone over 200 dollar pair of sneakers. This is a sad case that people can’t enjoy their hard earned money because people want to kill and hold people at gunpoint for their shoes.

   I think Jordan should restock his shoes at least every 4-5 months. This would lower the the death rate caused by Jordans. People think just because they come out every 4-5 yrs they are the best thing in the world and do anything to get them. I personally love wearing jordans. I have my very own collection. Of course i will not stop collecting them but, I am very careful where i wear what shoes. I have witness people get their shoes stolen and,its sad but I’m can’t do anything about it. If i try to do something about it i might get robbed.

   The Jordan’s are a very special shoe because he wore them in many historic moments of his career and, because of their wonderful style. They are just very mind blowing shoes. Every dollar you spend on those shoes are worth it. They can go with a formal outfit, casual outfit or just plain outfit. Jordan’s will never go out of style just because of the historic meaning behind them and their outstanding fashion. 

Work Cited

“16-year-old Shot and Killed over Air Jordan Sneakers.” 16-year-old Shot and Killed over Air Jordan Sneakers. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2015.

“Michael Jordan on Kids Dying Over His Shoes “Not My Problem”“ NahaDailycom. N.p., 15 Dec. 2014. Web. 06 Jan. 2015.

"A Teenager Was Killed Over Air Jordan 11s.” Sole Collector. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2015.

[jaybuffstate3-blog]

This is outrageous. People getting killed over a pair of sneakers. This almost makes me fear going out to buy some damn Jordan’s. I believe people are just crazy nowadays. I mean, you must be crazy if you have the gumption to kill somebody over a pair of shoes, I mean really? What is wrong with the world today. Way back, people used to be killed fighting for what’s right, now, people get killed for the dumbest things like sneakers. People have got to change, people have to want to change. I mean yes, I love to buy sneakers and look fly also, but I’m not going to go out and kill somebody over sneakers, that is pathetic.

[daja-aaa-blog]

I never knew that Michael Jordan said that it is not his problem that people are dying over his sneakers. I am a big jordan Fan. Pretty much all of my sneakers are jordans. I know that sometimes when the new and hottest releases come out it is hard for people to get a pair they usually do a raffle or they have hundreds of people waiting outside on a line for some sneakers. I refuse to stand or even put myself in a horrible predicament like that so I would rather just pay the full amount for them or just go without those new jordans because people now a days are crazy and half of the time they dont even be wanting the jordans they just be wanting to sell them for the more money and i would not want to get hurt over something like that. 

[electronicnerdbear-blog]

It was around this time to be exact about 7 years ago, that my life took on a whole new level. Not whether I wanted it to happen or not but it wasn’t my choice or decision to make. My life made a drastic change immediately as soon as I arrived in this country. Leaving Jamaica was probably one of the toughest things I have ever done but in true honesty it defined who I am to this day. I was born in St.Andrew, Jamaica and lived there for twelve years of my life. My father wanted me to move to The United States for a better future, which was most peoples dream in Jamaica to go to “foreign” (United States) and have a better future or a better life. I viewed it differently as a young boy, I didn’t want to leave the country that I grew up and had so much memories for. As I stepped on the plane I knew there was no turning back that I had to accept my future with not knowing what’s in store for me. Most of all I was scared actually terrified not of the plane or flying but to be in a place that I never been I felt as if I would become an alien that everyone will start staring at me as soon as I take a step off the plane. I will never forget that plane ride as all my thoughts focus to my new life ahead of me. I remembered I had a sense of calmness overwhelmed on me when I felt the wheels of the plane touch the pavement of the airstrip. This was it! I came to the conclusion that there is no turning back and I had to come to reality of the fact that this is my new home. What made the transition more comfortable for me being in America especially Florida at my school everyone around me  had a different background whether it was being From Cuba, Haiti or even Jamaica everyone was different. I didn’t feel like an Alien or that I would be the center of attention because was different just look me. Leaving my home country really gave me the ability to adjust and adapt to wherever I may go, I will never have the feeling of nervousness or fear when I first left my home country.

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[daja-aaa-blog]

being from the united states I would never be able to understand how it feels to be away from a place called home until I actually got to college. I always wanted to be from where else in this world but unfornatlety I am not but I get to experience something like that before. growing up in new york city you see a variety of different types of cultures and religions so I always would ask what it was like being from somewhere else because I only got to see and hear about what they life style was like and how different it was. 

[emelda-faiith-blog]

Women in the black community: How many essays does it take to realize we are all just the same?

What does it mean to be black?  Being black isn’t just about a skin color, it isn’t just about the texture of our hair or even the clothes that we wear. Being black is a history and i’m not talking about slavery, although it  plays a major role in our lives, it shouldn’t be the only thing that defines and divides us.

If you thought being a black man in society was tough, having to be stared down and gunned down because the verdict is in: “guilty on the charge of being black” leaving life as the price to pay, try being a black woman in society. Being a black woman in society means having to fight to define your beauty. It means having to dress half naked just to be noticed as beautiful, it means having to hear the words “you’re beautiful for a black girl” as if your head wasn’t hung low enough already. Now, if you thought being black and being brought down by those of a different race was bad enough, try being black and being knocked over by your own.

In this day and age we see black women competing with each other for the  attention of others rather then standing tall as one. When we think of teamwork and togetherness, a few things come to mind like family, trust, harmony and even shared experiences. These words go far beyond our basic dictionary definitions, they take us back to times of trials and tribulations when black people had no other options but to stand close to those of the similar skin.

It is important for us as black women to stick together and share the bond of sisterhood. In today’s society, we like to think it is okay for a black woman to be herself, that it is okay for her to embrace her naturality, but in actuality, many people do not view those qualities beautiful. If only we were a few skin tones lighter then this wouldn’t be such a fight for us.There is somewhat of a battle among women inside the African American community. This internal battle is a debate on whether “team light-skin” or “team dark-skin” is higher on the social ladder. This brings me back to my original argument. Rather than standing together, black women insists on bringing each other down. How can we demand the respect of other races if we can’t respect each other as one?

[electronicnerdbear-blog]

I completely agree on your statement regarding the fact that there is a sense of feud between the African-American Community which is so true especially dealing with black men and women. There are too many black men that are not treating black women how they are supposed to be treated. Like African American fathers abandoning their home or even the way they address their own race. As a black male myself I believe for our women to be respected as black individuals there need to be a sense of bond and communion between both genders. Black women should not go to any extent to be beautiful because they already are.

[daja-aaa-blog]

Love it! Growing up and till this day I am told I am not black because I was light skinned and my hair is too good to be black. when I am the same as every other black person. Just because my skin tone and other features on my body does not look like other black people does not mean I am not black. I get the same thing also, “ you too cute to be a black girl”. I am no different from any other black female or male. I find it to be very offensive that people can judge others based off their looks. 

[finessinandwriting-blog]

I GOT ROBBED!!

It all started May 1, 2016, the day everything went south. I was so excited that my first year of college was finished. My friends and I decided to leave our stuff in storage, so we packed our stuff up and put it in the truck. Our first dilemma was finding someone 21 and over to drive the truck. Being in college, that shouldn’t be hard right? Guess again. Since everyone on the campus was moving and needed a driver we were a bit late in assigning one. But we made the best out of it and found someone to drive the truck.

We are now on our way to the storage place, our things packed in the back of the truck alongside us.  As we approach, I see the sign of the storage company in which we thought we made a good choice in choosing because we spent days looking for it. We get the big carts and take the big stuff out the truck first, such as our huge trunks and containers of shoes and clothing. Then we take everything else out and neatly pack our storage space so that everything fits and no damage will be done over the summer. As usual, there was someone who needed to put other stuff in the room so she went there to find that some of her things were missing (a pair of boots). We paid it no mind and reassured her that all the things were in there.

Now that storage is done we anxiously waited to go home and start enjoying our summer. Fast forward, summer is over and we are now back to school. We greet each other with hugs and smiles, and excitement. Although we kept in touch over the summer a lot it feels good to be in the presence of each other. Now I am ready to see my room and fill my empty room, with all my things that I bought from home and of course what I put in storage! 

We all gather up and head over to the storage place in excitement to move in and finally get started on our new semester. We finally get to the place open up our space and notice that it looks a little lesser than what we actually packed but we brush it off and start looking for the girl’s boots. As we’re moving things around we came to the conclusion that the boots really aren’t there. We start moving more things around and notice that our 3 big trunks are gone?!?! So as we keep moving things out there are more things that were in the storage room that isn’t in there anymore.

This story is still ongoing so this is where I’ll say to be continued….

[electronicnerdbear-blog]

That sucks that you had to start your sophomore year on such a bad note, but you should have saw it coming when your friend send her boots were missing that was like definitely a sign I would have reacted to. I’m still a bit curious who could of took your stuff or maybe you guys have misplace everything I hope you and your friends find all your stuff, I know if I was in that situation definitely flip out. You should also try and talk to the storage place because they may have cameras or someone could of saw anything.

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[daja-aaa-blog]

Wow! I have never been in a situation like that before but I can only imagine what I would do. So many questions I would have needed to be answered because I trusted the storage company to watch over my things. When leaving your things in the storage place did you have to sign a contract saying that they would not replace the missing items? are they even going to replace the things that are missing? I would have been so hurt knowing that someone stole from me and it was nothing I can do about it. 

[daja-aaa-blog]

Multi Modal Text

Multimodal learning consists of 4 different strategies visual, aural, kinesthetic, and reading/writing. For example a picture book which shows visual elements on individual pages, a web page in which elements like sound effects, music, moving pictures written language are combined. Multimodal texts can be live, paper, or digital. A regular text and a multi modal text are completely different. When reading a regular text you might want to learn something or be informed of what is going on at the moment. But when reading a multi modal text you are mostly likely reading something more than just words. For example if I was to say I went to a ballet recital compared to me showing you a video clip or picture and showing you I was there.  

My understanding for this project is to pick an idea and explain it in a different and unique way but still following the multi modal format. I would like to pick a topic for my audience to understand it through my pictures. I want my pictures to be unique and creative, then find music that goes along with the topic and images or videos that will fit with the topic. To go along with my topic I will need a article to back up my narrative thoughts. Furthermore, as I work on my project some things I think would be significant for me to focus on is my wording and being able to use my words to express what I am trying to say. The idea behind this project is to look at something in multiple different ways that my classmates and others can get a clearer image of what my multimodal text is.  

For our multimodal project were suppose to take five pictures of a topic we personally chose and then write about it. For my project I will be looking for abandoned locations/ objects such as cars, homes, trails, people, etc. To create a horrendous story of a group of college girls going on an adventure through buffalo on bikes.The college girls continue to run into pretty hair-raising situations but can't stop the ride because one of them went missing. I am not completely sure of how my story is going to wine- up so I will be going to see my professor to run my ideas by her and see if she would expand what I already have.  

[daja-aaa-blog]

blog #10

Daja Dukes

A Class Divided

The most salient issue that was being taking place was how the students from Jane Elliot class thought that they where better than the other students. The white people would make the blacks feel as if they were not from america. The children in her class responded yes, that Black and Indian Americans are not treated as brothers. Jane Elliott main proposes was to be a experiment to help the students understand what discrimination means. For two days  the class was split into blue-eyed and brown-eyed students and that one blue-eyed people are better than brown-eyed people. A problem was how the student got more privileges than the brown-eyed people meaning they get extra recess, can drink right from the fountain, may have seconds at lunch and can play on the playground. Brown-eyed students must use a paper cup to drink from the fountain, can not play with the blue-eyed students, and could not play in the playground as well as they had to wear collars around their necks to be easily identifiable as the students who were being discriminated. She notice how quickly and easily the blue-eyed children slip into the roles of bully,and being mean to one another. Some children call others “brown eyes” in a way that one child explicitly compares to the use of the n-word against African Americans. On Wednesday, it is the turn of the brown-eyed children to be better than the blue-eyed children. All the privileges that accrued to the blue-eyed kids the day before are now the prerogative of the brown-eyed ones today.                                                    

[daja-aaa-blog]

Homelessness

Imagine feeling lost and not knowing what to do or where to go. Today, the problem of homeless people is rather a pressing one, and, unfortunately, is widespread all over the world. Homelessness can come from different situations it can be from high rent and getting evicted, low salary, mental disability, the loss of all the members of the family etc. When people are in such a difficult situation, they need to live further somehow and they have no other way out than to live in a small world not being cared about by not a single soul. Witnessing people each night and day sleeping on New York City streets, in the subway system, and in other public spaces. You spend almost every night on a bench or on the floor. Depending on the weather you have to find somewhere for shelter so you wont get caught in the rain or be out in the freezing cold usually under a filthy blanket or ragged coats or something to keep them warm. When you get hungry, you beg people for change to eat a cheap meal or you search the nearest garbage can and find something to keep you full till you are able to get some real food. For the rest of the day you sit in the city hoping people will notice you and will feel some sympathy to want to help you out. If someone gives them money they may respond with prayers of thanks and blessings, or stare off into space feeling untouched by efforts that people gave to them when trying to help. These people are called homeless, although they are more than just people without homes. Many homeless people show signs of drug addictions, smelling of alcohol, and even smell like they have been drinking from their drunkenness and the way the are reacting to the people who are living their normal lives. Some people in society may feel sad when questioned by panhandlers; as others feel anger or even fear to their stories. “You are not judged by who you are but what you are”, a lot of people in todays society don’t understand the seriousness behind homelessness.

[merstrology]

Reasons the signs SHOULDNT vote Donald Trump

Aries: he’s anti-muslim Taurus: he’s antisemitic Gemini: he’s a rapist Cancer: he’s homophobic Leo: his nasty ass hair Virgo: he’s anti-immigrant Libra: he’s pro-life Scorpio: he’s anti-women Sagittarius: he’s racist Capricorn: he’s sexist Aquarius: he’s a pig Pisces: Bernie Sanders exists

[daja-aaa-blog]

BLOG #8

One of the main issues in this years presidential elections is citizens not wanting Donald Trump to become president. The many factors that support this issue are Donald Trump making public insults against the LGB community, muslims and immigrants. He is a very ignorant candidate and has no prior experiences to even be considered as a good president of the United States. Donald Trump has made races comments that blacks and Latinos commit most crime in America, but he’s also on record saying that we should be giving Europeans access to America and a path to citizenship, but not Latinos south of our American/Mexican border. Donald trump has made some remarks in his public appearances that were interpreted as racist remarks. Some people believe that Donald trump is a racist person especially when it comes to African Americans and Hispanics as well as Mexicans.  Donald Trump has no background check that qualified him to be a president, or that he would have a good chance of winning a national election in 2016. Voters today even know this. The media knows this. But because Trump is famous and willing to be controversial.

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Blog # 6

For a very long time, police officers have failed to protect citizens. There have been a plethora of cases where people are either being killed or not receiving justice for police brutality. Police brutality remains one of the most serious and hostile human rights violations in the United States. The brutal acts performed by the police officers violates our amendments.

Police brutality is when a police officer acts with excessive force that is unnecessary. Police officers have gotten above the law and are now able to abuse their powers as they wish. When an officer uses excessive force, they are violating the fifth and fourteenth amendments. The fifth amendment protects the rights of citizens by allowing them them the due processes of the law, and the fourteenth amendment guarantees citizenship, due process, and equal protection of law. This is a violation of the amendments because they are supposed to protect us under the law and they don’t. The police force does not protect us in many ways. Research has proven that the percentage of people getting killed by police officers has drastically increased.

It terrifies the citizens when they know that they have no control over the police abusing their power. Police officers should be the ones protecting the people from harm, not the ones doing harm. It is a police officer’s job to help the people when they are not able to help themselves. Often, when there has been a public report of police brutality, it causes the citizens to empathize and sympathize with the person who has been treated unfairly. The punishment of a crime is supposed to be decided by law not an individual.

Civil unrest involves violent or nonviolent disruption of social order. Civil unrest can also involve things such as protests or strikes. For example, , civil unrest occurred in a case in Ferguson, Missouri.  An 18 year old  boy who lived in Ferguson, named Michael Brown, was shot by officer Darren Wilson at least six times, including twice in the head. Brown was unarmed.

Citizens were upset over the shooting and many community leaders thought that the the officer involved with the shooting should be tried for manslaughter.  However, the outcome of this case was not very successful. The grand jury decided not to indict Officer Wilson. This caused a lot of dismay for the citizens of Ferguson. In order to protest the lack of justice receive justice for Michael Brown’s killing, the citizens of Ferguson decided to have a protest. The protest in Ferguson lasted four days. Not only did it last four days, there were also many people arrested. Police brutality can lead to civil unrest which causes more unnecessary forces used by police officers. The citizens will not stop protesting until something is done about the police officers brutal actions.

[icantthinkofagoodname5000-blog]

This topic is very important because a lot of people deal with police brutality during their life. Since I’m a black man who can be subjected to police brutality, this is a very good topic. Many police officers believe that they live above the law because of the badge that they wear and other cases where they believe they are going to get off. Many officers abuse their power and no actions are taken upon them because they are police officers which supports the fact that police officers lives above the law.

[daja-aaa-blog]

Police brutality is a good topic because in today's world it is a huge problem in our society because police are getting away with hurting people severely and in some of cases even killing them. Coming from a black family racial profiling is one of the most police brutality we face. There are some cops that have been abusing people for a long time but, nothing has been done about it. Lots of times we see these police officers repeatedly beat a person after restraining them. Which then leads to death and nothing happens about it but because they have a badge and a gun it's makes it okay for them to do the things they do to our people.

[fletchermarple]

Last March in Detroit, authorities made a terrible discovery in Mitchelle Blair’s house as she was being evicted. Inside a deep freeze they found the bodies of two of her children, Stoni (13) and Stephen (9).

Now Mitchelle has pleaded guilty to the murder of her children, and added that she didn’t feel any remorse “for the death of those demons.” She claimed that she killed them to protect her younger child, of 8 years old, that was being sexually abused by the two murdered kids.

Both Stoni and Stephen died from multiple blunt trauma. Mitchelle said she had intentionally killed Stoni and that Stephen’s death was an accident, but she would have been proud if it was intentional too.

“If I had the chance to do it again, I would,” she told the stunned judge. She also said she wanted to confess to show her younger child she wasn’t a coward, and that she didn’t care if she got a life sentence or the death penalty.

Her sentencing will be in July. Meanwhile, her two living children, the 8 year old and a 17 year old, are staying with relatives. Both show signs of abuse and several scars consistent with being hit with an electrical cord.

[daja-aaa-blog]

Child Abuse and Molesting is a terrifying, disgusting activity that occurs throughout the United States and many other countries. Child Abuse and molesting are results from neglect. Which sometimes can come from the household or just even from the parenting skills. Another result that can happen when being abused or molested is serious injury that can possibly even cause death in some people. Most situation remain unknown due to the insecurity of not being sure if people will believe you. Most incidents aren't heard of because there is no evidence or people chose to not let it be known. Mitchelle Blair was sentenced to prison for the murder of her two children who were molesting her youngest son. I believe that both the kids, stoni Ann, 14 and Stephen,9 and their mother, Mitchelle Blair were wrong. I don't believe two wrongs make a right. I believe that kids learn new things everywhere whether it is at school, social media or things that go on in the house. For example: how would they know how to participate in these roles unless they've seen it somewhere.Mitchelle took it to a whole new level strangling her kids, suffocating them with plastic bags and also burning them. But I also thought the children were in the wrong too. They molested their 6 year old brother and physically abused him. The things they did to thing young boy are things no one would ever think about doing to their siblings. What was their reason behind all this torture? And also did she think her kids weren't going to be affected about their dead sister being in the freezer for over a year? And then following the murder of her other son Stephen 9 months later? Do you believe that child molestation and child abuse are topics that should be talked about more in depth in the classrooms? And if yes, why?

[cravefoodie]

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If I had my choice of any food, it would be pizza. I love pizza so much. The taste of the cheese melting in your mouth and tomato sauce together just tastes so amazing. I usually don’t eat cheese pizza, unless it is crispy and hot. Pizza is the best creation in the world and my favorite food. It has a really good taste to it especially when you take that first bite, and all the flavors of the sauce, cheese, and seasonings come together with the hotness burning your taste buds. The second reason why pizza is one of my favorite food because when you enjoying the middle part of the pizza you can hear the sound of the pizza that it makes when you are eating it. That crunchy sound you hear when biting into that delicious seasoned crust. while on the side a nice cold pepsi drink. Pizza is everywhere thats how amazing it is. I am picky when it comes to my pizza sometimes because I can’t eat it if it’s not how I like it. Dominos pizza is most likely one of my favorite places. Everyone likes to eat dominos pizza. The way the pizza is seasoned is different from any other pizzeria place. I love when I get the pizza with olives, green or red bell peppers, toasted onion, and much more veggies on my it from dominos because the seasoning make me enjoy it with garlic sauce at the bottom of the crust. But that is almost with all domino's pizza. I used to hate vegetables on my pizza.I used to pick them off and just eat whatever else was around on it left and the crust. Yes it sound crazy but I love food and take it serious. Another important thing I like about my pizza that if it’s not there, then it’s incomplete, it’s the meat. Pepperoni, chicken and sometimes bacon are my favorite toppings on my pizza. The meat is one of the best things on the pizza because you can have it by itself or with the pizza together. It’s not the same with the veggies though because it by itself is just not meant to be. The meat is really juicy and cooked well done as well as hot, fresh out of the oven. I love pizza so much I can eat it all the time without getting tired of it for a while. Pizza turns a plain meal into part time!

[kitianac-blog]

This is my mom and I on the day of prom, we look so happy right? This was probably a nightmare in disguised. This had been my third high school, and I wasn’t excited for “senior activities” because I wasn’t with who I had originally embarked on my high school journey with. I didn’t want to go to prom but being that my mother got pregnant with me her senior year, she never got the chance to go to hers. So to please her I went and I let her handle EVERYTHING. My mom was supposed to do my hair the night before but of course with her procrastination it didn’t get done until three in the afternoon, the day of prom. Prom started at seven. My hair still wasn’t curled, my makeup wasn’t done, my nails weren’t done, and I didn’t have my dress nor shoes. While doing my hair and nails, my mother was supposed to get my shoes from the mall and she forgot. Now it’s seven o’clock and were driving from Brooklyn to Long Island to pick up this dress which my dress maker messed up two days before my prom. My dress maker was a rude, and a prick. I didn’t even like my dress to be totally honest. Two days prior she asked me which color Teal or the color you see above, I’m not much of a girly girl so the darker the better in my eyes. Guess which color she decided to do my dress? Teal, regardless of the fact I specifically asked her for NAVY! Upset, I told her she had to do it over and she had to make a dress that originally took weeks to make in two days, boy was she mad but it was her fault. After picking up my dress, and going back home the time now was around eight maybe seven forty-five. When I finally arrive back to my house, I was surprised. My date was standing there fully dressed, with our family and friends and I hadn’t even showered yet. I ran upstairs to get my makeup done, I had to shower but my hair and makeup were done so, my mother such in “mom mode “she offered to bathe me, that annoyed me . Now I’m dressed and ready to go, my mother wants to me to take millions of pictures with everyone. I got so frustrated I just left. I told my date I was leaving picked my bag up, stormed out and in an attempt to walk down the stairs, my heel got caught in my dress and I went tumbling down around maybe 5 steps, everyone heard it I still got up and made my way to prom.

[daja-aaa-blog]

Lol wow I experienced something similar. I thought I was the only senior going through that. My junior year my school closed down and I had to transfer my senior year. I hated the school so much because I had to travel so far every morning to the bronx. I waited two weeks before prom night and decided to go. I paid for a date and he never showed up so I had to go alone. And went as the only transfer without a date!