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[heavennevaeh]

My friend Cem (“gem”) Oztamur came to America when he was 8 years old from Izmir Turkey. His story is very different from the “typical” immigration story’s we think about as Americans and pretty cool. When he was 8 years old his mom went to work, while working she saw an add on her computer it was a lottery pretty much to win a green card. She wanted to win one for her and her family so (For me being born and raised in the states I have never seen or heard of a green card lottery which shows me a vast difference on what gets promoted or advertised in different countries.) she applied. Not thinking anything of it, a couple weeks later she received news that she won!! Her and her immediate family including 3 kids all moved over to America. Cem says that “life there is way harder than being here” the price and inflation of living has rocketed tremendously. When he was living in turkey 1 U.S. dollar would exchange for 1.5 lira and now the exchange is a total of 18.7 lira for 1 dollar.

Some of the push and pulls Cem faced was that the education was not good and America had better schools. There were a better choice for jobs and making money and in turkey there was low pay. Lawyers and doctors went to Europe and if in turkey they had to Uber.

His experience since he moved to America he would say was “good” he learned English, and made new friends. When he first came he wanted to go back he missed his family and his friends. He only goes back to Turkey on vacation for about 3 months. Another barrier his family faces was trying to find jobs when they first got here. He says that if he had stayed in Izmir his life would be harder now. He says moving was a good decision.

[heavennevaeh]

I would put the money towards youth development, affordable housing and education. This is because it is important to help kids while they’re young and developing skills and morale. This will help to prevent future problems or generational challenges. Non affordable housing is a root of poverty and challenges and trauma that comes with it. I think at first it should go towards long term solutions unless the solution is to fully take care of people that can’t afford to on their own, to not make people comfortable with being taken care of it should be a rehabilitation type of solution to allow them to become successful on their own. I need to know what problems the neighborhood is facing and what people are willing to do to help in order to know what to put a large investment towards. Multiple interventions. I think I would make more business investments if there were more money to use. Possibly helping others start business in a program.

[heavennevaeh]

The bigger picture- lil baby: I chose this song because it talks about police brutality towards black people. It talks about institutional racism and how society and the whole way of life is against certain people.

Polo G - Wishing for a hero- race and racism- talks about the struggle of being black with cops trying to kill blacks, hard to get a job, etc

House bigger - no cap- class and inequality- talks about how rapping got him richer and got him a bigger house and a more expensive car

woman by raheem devaughn. I chose this for gender because most of the time we only focus on men and what they do for their families but nobody really knows the hardship it takes to be a woman but a woman

[heavennevaeh]

Karl Marx

Marxism: What It Is and Comparison to Communism, Socialism, and Capitalism

Marxism is a set of social, political, and economic theories created and espoused by Karl Marx that became a prominent school of socialist t

Carl Marx’s theory expressed the relationship between capitalist and the working class. The working class will produce goods for the capitalist to sell but only make a small fraction of the profit. For example: working in a shoe store such as Footlocker the amount of money you make as an employee is significantly lower than the price that the actual shoe sells for. This is the same in many different businesses. Like the chocolate industry. The actually harvesting of the cocoa bean is done by workers who get paid so low and are so far underneath the capitalist that they have never tasted the product in which they are helping to produce.

Weber

The Max Weber theory of bureaucracy is a part of classical management theory. Learn about bureaucratic management by Max Weber from Harappa

Max Weber’s theory states that to run a smooth business there should be a role for each employee. In this the management will always know from who the work is being done. For example in a restaurant there are the cooks, the waitresses and the cleaners if a certain thing isn’t being done such as the floors have been dirty for the past few days the manager knows that the cleaners aren’t doing their job

Bourdieu

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/unequal-opportunity-race-and-education/amp/

This theory suggests that in a higher social class where’s there are more opportunities, the opportunities will past down to their future generations where they will use it in education and further more. Those who have access to education and things of that nature have come from a family who have provided it and they in turn will provide it for their kids.

[heavennevaeh]

My family from what I know best is that for the most part my family has lived in the us. My great grandmothers father is Native American and white and her mother is black. She doesn’t know much about where specifically he is from and the rest of her father’s family Native roots. I’m not connected to his side of the family. My great grandmother had 9 kids, 8 girls and one boy. They all have the same father but you can definitely see their grandfather’s genes in most of them from their skin tone and their hair textures. My Great Grandmother Shirley Lucas.

In my family tree it shows that my family from the 1800’s can be traced back to wake forest, North Carolina which is where primarily most of my family still resides. The rest of the family scattered around North Carolina, not too far away from each other and it shows in the generation today in how my great grandma’s children do not separate themselves far from each other. My family today resides in wake forest North Carolina and Raleigh North Carolina for the majority of it.

[heavennevaeh]

Hypodescent-

This shows hypodescent based on the “one drop rule” any person that has black in them is considered black. As you can see in the diagram there is only one fully black person in the family line and the rest of the descendants came from white people, the fact that there was one person in their family line that was black made every other descendant black.

Race

The myth of race - BBC Ideas

Is there any biological basis for categorising humans by race? Made in partnership with The Open University.

This video shows race, and the idea of race. It takes about how there is no scientific basis behind ease but is a social construct of power.

White privilege

This page defines white privilege and shows how it can be used in favor of whites and agains people of color. It shows how the “privilege” is a privilege and it specifically catered to white people and helps to ignore and look past everyone else.

Institutional racism

This shows institutional racism in school and education, how it is discrimination that is built into the structure of education and not changed.

Jim Crow

This is showing the segregation of whites and black people. Jim Crow laws made it so that the segregation was enforced and therefore situations like this was all there was.

Miscegenation

This is showing miscegenation because she is not only a black woman which is putting her down but she is in a interracial marriage which is frowned upon as well.

[heavennevaeh]

Item Cost Want/Need Origin of desire

iPhone XR $700 Need To be able to keep in contact with the world, friends, and family

Led lights $30 Want For decoration and lighting

Vanity $30 Want For self care

Lamp $30 Need Light

Fridge $300 Need To keep food refrigerated

Comforter $40 Need I get cold and a thick comforter keeps me warm

Pillows $120 Need For comfortably

Croc slides $40 Need For the community showers

Trash can $20 Need Cleanliness

Toothbrushes $6 Need Hygiene

Toothpaste (multiple) $10 Need Hygiene

Mouth wash $10 Need Hygiene

Mirror $10 Need Self care and looking at myself

Soap $7 Need Hygiene

Body wash $30 Need Hygiene

Perfume $60 Want Smell goods

Bath mat $20 Need To step on after shower

Swiffer $20 Need Cleaning

Cart $40 Need Organization

Crates $25 Need Organization

Foot locker $40 Need Storage

Tapestry $15 Want Decoration

Hair products $130 Need Hair care

Calendar $15 Need Organization

Books $60 Need Educational purposes

Hand soap $30 Need Hygiene

Bed skirt $30 Want Decoration

Microwave $70 Need To cook food and warm it up

Alarm clock $20 Want Decoration and time telling

Shelves $30 Want Decoration

Charger $30 Need To charge my phone

Drop cord $25 Need To give me access to outlets

Laundry basket $15 Need To hold dirty clothes and clothes after a wash

Towels $20 Need Showers and drying off

Bath cloths $10 Need Showers and facial cleansing

Deodorant $20 Need Hygiene

Scrunchie $15 Want Hair decoration or holding

Hair brushes $40 Need Hair care

Comb $2 Need Hair care and parting

Hair clips $15 Want Sectioning and decoration

Edge brush $7 Want Hair styling

Shoes $1,500 Need/want To wear along with outfits and to protect my feet

Nike pros $100 Need/want Athletic activities

Makeup $200 Want Fun

Lashes $30 Want Fun and looks

Lipgloss $20 Want To keep my lips hydrated and glossy

Lotion $20 Need Body care and face moisturizer

Cocoa butter $15 Need Body care, face moisturizer, and lip care

Shea butter body scrub $30 Want To scrub off dead skin cells and protect from ingrown hairs after a wax

Wax kit and beads $100 Need Body care and hygiene

What I have gathered from this: I have a lot of things that I use on a daily basis. Along with that, I also have a lot of things I own but do not use regularly. The amount of money spent as well as the amount of materials out into my lifestyle has always shocked me. I always knew I have a lot of clothes as well as items I own. My consumer footprint has always struck me to be pretty large. I take pride in my self care, hair care and hygiene. A lot of my products are those that contribute to those elements of my life. I am also grateful for my parents, they have contributed to 90% of the things that I own. I also notice how much money is actually put into my lifestyle. My car, my dorm, my university, myself and everything that comes with me. Consumerism is larger than we think and this has given me a second to put it down on paper and look at my part.

[heavennevaeh]

The familiar yet unfamiliar world of waxing

Hair removal originated in the Middle East to reduce odor, parasites, fleas, lice and other unwanted bacteria holding or forming critters. In the Roman Empire it was a sign of wealth and class, but not many resources for hair removal were available.

Waxing itself became prominent after the 1930’s when it was first manufactured and sold to the public. By the 60’s strip waxes and hard waxes were available to the public.

This particular wax warmer was made in china

My own personal wax warmer gives me the ability to remove hair from my own or others bodies as I desire, for my own self care and hygiene.

After scanning the internet the best I can find is that the hard wax beads are made from pine trees, possibly in Brazil. The wax warmer itself in china. Many wax traditions come from Brazil as well

10 Things You Don't Know About Hard Wax Beads

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The Weird & Wonderful History Of Wax

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[heavennevaeh]

4 points of Globalization

Time and space compression

People are able to connect directly to anybody in the world through phones instantly. Where as 20 years ago unless traveling there was no real way of seeing in real time what was happening in other countries and parts of the world.

Flexible accumulation

This chart shows the wage difference between the US and China. Companies can use this to decide the places they want to conduct business in order to gain the most profit without paying as much.

Increasing migration

https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/FT_19.08.05_Refugees-vs.-Immigrants_Featured-Image.jpg

This image shows others welcoming refugees. Increasing migration is shown from how the refugees choose to go to these parts of the world to live a better life for themselves and their family.

Uneven development

This picture shows how not even a mile away from each other a society can be broken up and dived between poverty and urban life. This is also happening on a wider scale scaling across the globe, people who do not benefit in the same way as others due to globalization.