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My siblings

Isn’t it crazy how you’re siblings can be such pains in the butts, however the love you have for them is still so unconditional? I never noticed the love I have for my siblings until I came to college. Every day I wake up to two other people in my room and wish I was waking up to my brothers and sister making noise in the living room and watching tv. When my mom had my little brother who is now 12 years old in middle school and recently started playing basketball for his school I was so excited. Every time my mom calls me and tells me my brother had a basketball came I have rush of happiness. However, I do get a little sad, wishing that I was home to attend all of his games and show him support. I and my brother got closer than ever in summer 2016 when I decided to have him participate in a summer camp program that I worked at. He was in my group and it gave me a new few of him seeing him participate and work with other kids.

On the other hand, my brother and sister, Carlos and Carla mean the world to me. When my mom told me she was pregnant with triplets I was so ecstatic to have new brothers and sisters in my life. However, my mom came in one day from an appointment so depressed one day finding out that she had had a miscarriage with them. A few weeks later my mom found out the she was pregnant again with twins and she stuck the pregnancy out and now I have a beautiful brother and sister. They do get on my last nerve at times, but not everyone can say that they lived in a family where not one but two siblings grew up. There were a lot of complications in their birth coming out premature but now they are both big and healthy and I wouldn’t replace them for anything in the world.

My older sister who is 20 years old, two years older than me also is a spark in my life. Growing up me and my sister didn’t have the best relationship. We argued and fought about every little thing even if it was really nothing to argue about. However, now that we have grown up and noticed that if we continue to argue and bicker it would come to a point where we would distance ourselves from each other forever. Currently my sister and I have almost great relationship. We still have little arguments but we have better communication skills to be able to get passed arguments quickly.

All of my siblings mean the world to me and I would never ever disclaim them. Without my siblings I would not be the young women I am today. Having siblings made me very responsible and independent.

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Your words are very strong and for me, it is very emotional, as well, because I feel think that as the same amount my siblings give me trouble and annoy me sometimes I love them and miss them way more when I don't see them. I always think of when I leave them and transfer to a bigger college. it really makes me want to cry because i cannot imagine my life usual life without seeing them or play or even arguing with them. Sometimes I have to leave the states for work purposes and I feel that two or three days are very long and sad when I don't see them as usual.

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This one isn't mines it's called "LETTING YOU GO"

Time is known to heal all wounds, And it would if only it could Yet these wounds cannot be healed, With permanent scars they have been sealed.

Locked inside is all the pain, Which cannot be washed away by even by the heaviest rain, If only you could feel how much it hurts, Yet I would not wish that upon even the cursed.

The pain is a dagger which stabs my heart, And pricks it every second till it tears apart, Like a flower whose petals have died, All I feel is emptiness inside

Though for you my heart weeps a river of blood, You are not to blamed for this flood. I’m letting you go even though you were never mine, It was my mistake to think this could be just fine. -D.U.

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Though for you my heart weeps a river of blood, You are not to blamed for this flood. I’m letting you go even though you were never mine, It was my mistake to think this could be just fine.

I think that letting go is a very difficult thing especially when the thing you want to let go is very close to you. If you are used to that thing in your life you will suffer a lot you may say you did let go and did not remember it but the truth is that some stuff will be in your long term memory you might say you forgot them but actually you did not. I had to let go one of the closest people to my life and it felt like time has stopped and everything in my life has changed since then. I always say everything is a destiny but I never thought of even not seeing that person every day, but here we are we don't even see or talk to each other anymore. I can understand and feel all the words that you blogged above and especially the ones in the last lines.

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Buff Activities (programs)

First Semester was a total failure for, I didn’t really get the college experience you know. Y'all probably know what I’m talking about too. Besides all the partying and doing all the other fun things with your friends. Buffalo State has some great fun activities. Just today I went to this sort of nerdy nerf game. Walked in there swear to god it was was people in costumes I thought I was in comic con to be honest. I was dragged into this by my friend Joseph he told me to come my first thought was that this is going to be a waste of time. The way the people had this program down and organized was awesome. I mean everyone played and I could say had fun. To my people that was like me first semester go and have yourself some fun with these programs honestly I’m not saying they all going to be great but try it out. This evening really open my eyes t stop being closed minded about my own colleges activities I mean I did pick the college so why not have some fun while in it. I would definitely advise doing these things with one of your best friends don’t do it alone trust me . Pick things you know at first you know you would want to do if that doesn’t work try something out of your comfort zone. That’s what I’m going to start doing now and in the process I might look for the class extra credit this should be fun and interesting.

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I was dragged into this by my friend Joseph he told me to come my first thought was that this is going to be a waste of time. The way the people had this program down and organized was awesome. I mean everyone played and I could say had fun. To my people that was like me first semester go and have yourself some fun with these programs honestly I’m not saying they all going to be great but try it out.

I totally never tried doing anything at school besides going to classes and coming back home. I feel like not living on campus takes away a huge percent from the fun you can have and a huge amount of friendships you can make because you do not stay on campus all you do is go to classes and come back home. One time I went to the game room and I meet many people and I had a lot of fun that I never expected the experience to be like that next semester I will get involved like you said in new activates and I will also try to stay at school.

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Blog #11

When I first heard about blogging I thought it would be different and throughout my high school years I never did a blog before so I though it was something new and different. when I first began blogging it was kind of awkward because it felt as if I was talking to my self and nobody else. from Blog #1 to about Blog #8 was okay, until blog 9 and we had to start reading each other blog’s. At first I thought it was kind of weird but then as I did it, I got to the chance to actually know who my classmates were and I found that interesting. I think my writing has improved since blog one because the topics has gotten a little challenging and I like a challenge so it made me wanna work harder to do better when I write and by the time Blog #10 came I felt pretty confident that I knew what to write about. I think that my strength as a blogger is the fact that I get more into detail about what I write , and that I try to get at least 400 words. my weaknesses may be when I tend to change the idea and talk about something else and that kind of throws me off guard. but overall blogging has helped me become more confident as a writer and helped me improve also as speaker.

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I think that most of the people do not know what is Tumblr only the ones that are really into that kind of social media. I never blogged in my life before neither I did hear about Tumblr. Till now it feels weird to post or talk about yourself and no one knows you but I understand that it really helped me and improved my readings and my writing. Also, I thought that I was the only person who thought that when we just blog it is kind of awkward but when people read your writings and respond to you it feels that you are writing for a purpose.

Blog: 11

During the first and second week, I have realized that I have been lacking many writing skills. By watching my following students in the class blogging and also by watching and looking at my mistakes over after every blog, I watched a big difference in my writing skills. At first blogs, I did not focus on the inside text citations and the references and there are very small simple mistakes that I had on my writing in the first blogs like spelling and the very simple grammar mistakes. Now I started focusing more on many grammatical mistakes.

I think that now I am really good at using any text or using any type of references, also I think that my skill of reading a text summarize the most important information in the text got way more advanced and I stopped procrastinating. At first, I used to think a lot about the introduction and the conclusion not focusing on the actual inside body paragraphs which made my essay very weak but now I focus on every paragraph especially the body paragraphs. Now I feel like I have more self-confidence in my writing and the rate of my overall essay.

One of the most important things that came up to my mind when I saw this week blog descriptions was to make other people have some type of interest to review my writing weekly So, I decided to get advantage of this huge opportunity when my classmates to review and write me comments back or when they talk about my blogs when they see me at college. Listening to them made my writing get improved by a short time of period. Seeing my friends commenting and reviewing my last blogs specially made me realize how important it is to listen to other classmate’s advice. One of the first blog I posted, I noticed that the advice I was receiving from my classmates started to go down and decrease and when I asked some of my friends in the class of the reason why they showed me some mistakes and also told me that the way I wrote the blog was not really interesting due to many long paragraphs and quotations. After that, I stopped using many quotes and many text references. Instead of having many quotes I have started to increase my explanations by making them more specified and more interested to the audience and my classmates. Furthermore, I started thinking of what people might think and what people want to view instead of writing for my own interest.

Blog: 10

This week was one of my favorite weeks to be in class because I found out what most people interests are and what issues they focus on. This week we had to present type of a problem that we can protest about and we had to make a sign for our protest. Each student had 5-10 minutes to present their ideas. Many people just had a paper in their hand and they just read what was on the paper many other people made conversations and stated couple facts but my favorite presentation was the one on bullying even though I really do not like anyone presenting and reading from a paper and that is it, I still liked the presentation. The presentation idea was to stop bullying and I feel that bullying is one of the most horrible things anyone can go through. The evidence he gave were very strong and heart touchable. He said that many people committed subside and many other people end up being bad because they were bullied when they were young. I think that it is completely true and also many mass shootings on schools that happened inside the USA the criminal was either from that school or he was kind of bullied in another type of school when he/she was young.

Another presentation that I felt was very persuasive and I never thought of the topic that way till I listened to the presentation was the presentation on abortion. The way that the presenter presented the issue was very persuasive. Also, one of the stuff that I felt was very interesting in her presentation was when she said “I feel that even if the mom cannot raise the child there should some type of government homes that take the child from the mom that cannot raise the kid” I felt that this action should take place because it is true that many parents only does abortion because they cannot afford a comfortable life for their newborn kid. Also, one presentation that made me completely change my mind was the presentation on college tuition. He said that” Even though in 2018 college tuition will be free for New York residents, only a household income of 100,000 per year and less would be benefited from the new decision.” He is totally true because if two or three people work in a house and they make more than 100,000 combined all three then the person attending college would not have the tuition free. I was thinking that it should not be free for everyone because there is already FAFSA and TAP and Financial Aid which helps students who cannot afford to pay it but after the presentation, i completely change my mind and think it should be free for everyone.

Blog 9:Gender

Gender is the state of being male or female. I think that gender has a tremendous effect on the way we live our life from the start of our life till we die. Also, gender plays a huge role in the modern world and in the shaping of almost everything we see nowadays. For example, if you go to a store and you were looking for a painting or some clothes for a newborn baby. If you know the baby is a boy then you will buy him the materials with the color blue, but if you know the baby is going to be a girl then you would buy her pink materials. Furthermore, Boys are supposed to like romantic movies while guys must like action movies. From the first day we come to life we have some set of rules and ideas that we should go by which is blue for guys and pink for boys or action for boys and romantic for girls. All of these ideas should be taken off from our lives because those ideas are a disaster for any nation. Additionally, the definition of representation is the action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so represented. I believe that in the development of technology nowadays, play a big part of the representation. I think there are many separation and inequality in representation even in gender most of the time. Most of the time the men are represented as the strongest and more physical than women and women are smarter and serious than men, which I totally disagree with.

I Believe that gender is just a biological classification. I believe that the idea of the man is the person who does the working and getting the money and the women should stay in the house and take care of the kids is a huge mistake that any society can make to fall back and become worst. My opinion is that women should be equal to men and men should be equal to women because they both can do the exact same things and they both can produce the exact same powers. In my opinion, women have not got their equality yet in most cases because women’s are still treated different then a men’s in our society and that should be completely different. There has been a great improvement in getting women equal to men but they were not complete improvements. According to the International Labour Organization, “Equality in pay has improved in the US since 1979 when women earned about 62 percent as much as men. In 2010, American women on average earned 81 percent of what their male counterparts earned” (2010). Identity is What and who you really are. I feel like Identity should be the way we look at people and define them because that is the only true way of knowing people. Being a male or female does not have to be a priority in our society. In my opinion, most people just judge really quick rather than understand and believe who you really are.

http://www.ilo.org/washington/areas/gender-equality-in-the-workplace/WCMS_159496/lang--en/index.htm

Free College

One blog about the issues that draw my attention was that should college be free or not. I think we should talk more in class about whether the college should be free or not because in my opinion, this issue is so big and I cannot think or imagine my life after graduation if I am taking loans in the crazy amounts and by the government making it double and triple to pay back is just crazy. I personally think that once a student gets to the point where they need to take student loans then the college should be totally free to them because at that point they could not afford the tuition.

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Should school/College be free or paid for?

If schools are suddenly free, would education lose its value?

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Personally, I think that college tuition should be covered by the government. I feel like if you want to go away for college and live in dorms then you should pay for your dorm and meal plan. Many people are very educated and it is sad that they cannot be involve in the college experience because they can’t afford it. I feel like they should put the free tuition for SUNY schools into play because it will give a lot of people the chance to gain a college experience even if they don’t have a lot of money or financial aid.

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I do not think that college should be totally free for everyone I think it should be all based on your family income and they are doing it now and there are financial aid and tap and say yes programs. So for the people that cannot completely afford it its free. If they make college totally free then the taxes and the price of many stuff and products will go up. But, I think if a person needs to take loans than college should be totally free to them because they came to a point that they had to take loans to go to college. Most resources and services we have in our college is because students pay tuition otherwise, we would not have any of this stuff.

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Nasal Ranger

I chose this current event because to me it seemed funny. The article I read was titled “Nasal Ranger” that intrigued me so I looked into it deeper. The article addressed a problem that until now has never been an issue, the problem is smell. In major cities where marijuana has become legal for recreational use, major cities have been receiving complaints about the smell of people smoking marijuana. As if it harms anyone more than car exhaust or pollution from buildings or factories. There has been pushes for legislation in LA and in New York City. The offender could receive up to a $2000 fine if they are in violation.

My next thought after reading this was how could anyone prove that the person was in violation since smell along with taste is a very subjective thing and varies greatly from person to person. The answer is a small device that looks like a blow dryer. The machine would then detect whether the smell is strong enough to issue the fine. This machine is not limited to just marijuana smells it also applies to houses or people that “sink” in New York City the town tried to force a woman to tear down her walls and rebuild them because the smell of cat urine was so strong you could smell it across the street. In a case like that an officer could issue the fine and hopefully incline the person to fix the smell issue. To me it just seems a bit excessive, and I can see there being a lot of lupeols.

For example, if someone was smoking marijuana in an ally in NYC someone would notice the smell, then notify an officer of that smell. But by the time all that happens there is no chance that there would be any smoke to take a sample on the machine. I agree with the idea of this fine however. It makes sense to use the fine as a deterrent forcing people to control and be aware of the smells they generate every day. After all we can all agree that a stink free place makes everyone happier. I just think that going about it in this way may present some challenges. Yes, it is an issue and people have their right to push this into motion but I can’t help but feel that this is fairly low on the totem pole of important things to be worried about. Especially when it comes to politics and making laws.

http://hightimes.com/culture/should-you-fear-the-nasal-ranger/

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I think that the more the government focuses on small issues the bigger the issues will be. Like for example when we were kids when our parents tell us many times to not do something and punish us the more we think about it and want to do it. I also think that nobody would want to get in a place and the place would smell bad but there are some exceptions because would if the person in there does not have the money to buy perfume or to wash their clothes or whatever but if someone can buy weed I am sure they can try to not smell. I totally agree that the government should not put that much fine on it or just warn people instead of making them pay money.

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That Cocaine

Cocaine is one hell of a drug. Many people in this world has taken many different kinds of drugs, most died from it or even worse, build up an addiction for drugs. I’m sure that information isn’t anything new to the ears. Imagine having to depend on something that isn’t do any good to your body, just pushing you closer to the heavens lights or right into the devils open arms, depends on the type of person you are. Also doing drugs makes you broke, which one you prefer being broke or high? I hate drugs for the simple fact that it’s an “escape” from the real world, but this escape, is limited and that is tortuous.

I’m pretty sure the high feels amazing if you put yourself in a position to gaining an addiction for an highly addictive drug. When you’re sobering up you start to feel pointless right? Guess what addict, you are now an addict. Be as it may, I’m not going to sit here and talk about addiction. I’m here to talk about the number one drug I hate, cocaine. The deaths that it this drug collected is crazy. This drug is a murderer in many disguises. Even if you have an overdose, it often leads to a heart attack, stroke, or seizure. Doctors try to treat the overdose by treating these conditions but they haven’t found a treatment yet.

The 80’s it was a gay decade filled with colors, smiles, music crazy attention stealing unpredictable outfits, and that hell of a drug called cocaine. This drug was this decades best friend. This dangerous drug, this drug takes over your movement and controls the way you feel pleasure. So now that we know cocaine heightens your pleasure levels, that leads to health effects which is HIV, hepatitis C, and other diseases, because cocaine hinders with your judgment, which can lead to unsafe sexual behavior with infected partners. Another dangerous thing about cocaine is that you don’t know if you are actually buying the complete drug. Some drug dealers mix other things in there drugs to increase profit, so you’re not get all your money’s worth.

If we ever have a issue of overpopulation make cocaine become best friends with another decade. overpopulate things, don’t do drugs especially not this one. If you want to have good time save up all the money you would through away for drugs, and plan an away trip with your friends and have some unforgettable moments. Also keep this on the back of your mind, there is no treatment for cocaine addiction, so if you want to walk that dark road keep in mind you walking through that path alone and soon will be filled with a lot of regrets. Do not waste your life on drugs, dying from overdose isn’t honorable and a pretty loser way to die.

https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/cocaine

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I totally agree with you that this drug is dangerous in my opinion and many scientists have proven that. I also think that our government focuses way more on marijuana than this dangerous drug. I totally think that our attention should be all on this drug and the many effects of it on our nation. I think that many people would say we did not have any other choice that was our only choice the only way I think of it as if you did not have a choice as if you were forced to take any type of drugs because if you spend your money and let that drug control you that is your choice.

Refugees

Today I want to talk about a big problem that I feel that every single one of us should know about which is getting forced to leave your home country and being a refuge and hoping that some country will accept you and let you live in their land. According to the UNITED NATIONS, An unprecedented 59.5 million people around the world have been forced from home. Among them are nearly 20 million refugees, over half of whom are under the age of 18. This is not the exact percentage and the numbers of people not having a place to live in is getting bigger and bigger. This problem has been on the face of the earth since the world war II and there were many organizations that help to fix this problem like the UNCHR (UN Refuge agency).

I once was forced to leave my country because of terrorism and the very dangerous situation in my country and leaving my country was very hard and living in another country illegally and waiting for another country to accept you and let you live there is very hard. You cannot work or so any activities until you get excepted from another country and this time of period can take from 1 year up to 20 years and you may not get accepted. Living a life where you are denied a nationality and access to basic rights such as education, healthcare, employment and freedom of movement is very hard.

All of us need to take in consideration and think a lot of times before judging a person that is coming new to the country and most of us say why did they even come here and why don’t they go back to their own countries and the simple answer is they cannot go back because they will get killed. According to UNITED NATION humanitarian needs in Syria have increased significantly since the beginning of the crisis, with 12.2 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, including more than 5.6 million children. Over 220,000 people have been killed and more than 1 million injured since 2010. These numbers have not stopped yet and they are growing bigger and bigger from day to day. Not only in the middle eastern countries but many Africans are moving out from their countries because there are no food or water resources in their countries which can be a human rights disaster. We all should consider the way that these people fight death to move from one country to another, also we should never judge those people because they were not born in that country they just moved to it.

http://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/refugees/index.html

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Mandatory Courses

Some students don't like mandatory courses, for example, art majors or history majors are still required to take math courses. Also, mathematics majors are still required to take art. Some people think that it's not fair for someone to take a course when it doesn't apply to their majors and to their future job requirements. By putting, requirement courses colleges are limiting what the student can really choose, due to the matter of time to graduate. Some required courses are high with the cost of the books and materials of the text and most students live on loans and it doesn't give them enough money to buy very expensive books and materials. A lot of students could not graduate in four years because of the requirements courses, either they did not have enough requirements, or they could not finish their major requirements because the intellectual foundations took them a long time and made them not take their major requirement. It is really a hardship for people. But I think a major is only 36-40 credits, therefore there is plenty of time for the mandatory course.

Furthermore, Colleges teach mostly liberal arts education which is all of the intellectual foundation courses. College would not be a good place for someone that want to take only one kind of courses about one specific thing. Students who want to only take specific courses in a specific thing can go to trade school instead of college. A bachelor’s degree typically takes four years of study, which means that people who enter the workforce after receiving their bachelor’s degree aren’t doing so until age 22. That shaves some years off of a person’s career and can be considered an opportunity cost for experiencing the ‘real world’ hands on instead of being in a classroom for those people who just want to go to trade schools. Plus a four-year program usually makes you take classes outside of your major to fulfill credit requirements because college is a general teaching technique, not just one specific thing.

I was undecided for my first semester of college till I took a Computer Information Systems course one of the requirement courses. I loved that class, I learned so many new information’s about computers, and I found out that my first interest or my passion goes to computers and computer programs. I already had a lot of computer background and I took some of the computer languages in Jordan like HTML and C++, so this course helped me set my goals straight. Now I changed my major to Computer Information System. Therefore, I think that all college students should take the mandatory courses, I also think that there should be college requirements for both students that have picked a major or have not picked a major. Many undecided students like requirement courses because they can explore and take these classes till they find a career or a major that they are interested in.

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Love Yourself

Growing up I wasn’t the prettiest. I was bullied every single day from the third all the way to the eighth grade. Being so overwhelmed with the emotions from being called everything in the book put me into a deep depression. I had no self-esteem. I stopped believing in who I was. Overtime, I created a new image of myself. A “false” image of myself that I created to please everybody else. No longer thinking of myself and my well-being. But, I loved the attention I was getting from everyone. All my new “friends” with me skipping class, skipping school and Fighting all day everyday with any and everybody. I was the talk of the school. That’s when I realized I had developed a very bad temper and had zero patience for everything. Throwing tantrums with the authorities, other students and teachers. Everyone who tried to help me I got angry at. I completely lost who I was trying to be like everybody else because I was bullied out of who I used to be. Quiet, happy, smart and to myself. Who was I ? Where did the child my mother raised go? I questioned myself in the eleventh grade after being told I was on the edge of being kicked out of school. That’s when I decided to talk to my mom. Let her know how my school life was going. I wasn’t confident, I wasn’t happy with myself anymore. That’s when she told me the story about how I was named “Aereiana”. My mother met a little girl named Aereiana who had a twin sister. Aereiana was dark and her twin sister was light. The twin sister got the majority of her family’s attention because they thought she was so pretty because she was light skinned. Aereiana didn’t get any attention because she was dark. The family and their friends looked over Aereiana because she was dark and they didn’t think she was as pretty as her lighter twin sister. My mother told Aereiana that she was beautiful and that she will remain beautiful even when other people don’t think so. My mom told Aereiana that when she had a daughter she would name her “Aereiana”. When I was born, My mom saw Aereiana in the hospital and told her that she had me and that my name was Aereiana. The girl cried. After, hearing that I lived up to my name and learned to love the skin that I’m in. I built my self-esteem again and turned my whole life around. Now I am a early graduate and I graduated top of my class with a 4.0 GPA and an advanced regents diploma. To this day I live by the quote, “Love yourself. Don’t change who you are because others think negative of you. Live your life to the fullest. And keep away from setbacks.”

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I think your very strong for going through all of that and it did not lead you to give up or stop believing yourself. I really respect what you have been through and I want to have the same strength you have. I grew up in a society that loves the outside beauty too but when I was raised, I remember my mom telling me one time that beauty is the actual inside of a person and who the person really is. Also, do not let any person make your confidence go down because your beautiful everyone is beautiful in their own way. “Love yourself. Don’t change who you are because others think negative of you. Live your life to the fullest. And keep away from setbacks.” That was an amazing quote that we should live by and learn how to really understand its meanings. Keep going and I am so proud of you.

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Claudette Colvin : Black History Month

At the age of fifteen, Claudette Colvin refused to move to the back of the bus. She started studying black, independent leaders during grade school and Claudette felt inspired to join the movement and stand up for herself. On March 2, 1955 Claudette sat in the front of the bus. Once the bus driver noticed a white passenger asking her to move, he ordered her to get up and her response was “It’s my constitutional right to sit here as much as that lady. I paid my fare, it’s my constitutional right.” She described the situation as if it felt like “Sojourner Truth was pushing down on one shoulder and Harriet Tubman was pushing down on the other—saying, ‘Sit down girl!’.” Claudette stood her grounds. This situation did not discourage Miss. Colvin, actually encouraged her to stand up more for herself and African Americans. Shortly after she challenged the law multiple times, she was arrested and thrown into jail. During her jail sentence she explained how scared she was to be in prison, mostly because she was always unaware of what white people would do to her. The NAACP was considering using this case in court but they ruled against it because of her age and her troubled behavior. She was pregnant at the time and they decided an unwed mother would attract too much negative attention to the case. Claudette was one of the four women involved in protesting the segregation laws in court, Browder vs Gayle. Browder vs Gayle ruled that the bus system in Montgomery, Alabama was unconstitutional. Two years after the ruling, Claudette moved to New York City where she became a nurses aid in an Manhattan nursing home. Although she is not known worldwide, she helped advance civil rights movements in Montgomery, Alabama. Her attorney from court explains how she gave the city hope and moral courage. He also explains how she helped to shape the support Rosa Parks received in the future.

Why is it most people know about Rosa Parks but not Claudette Colvin? Miss. Colvin’s bus situation happened before Rosa Parks and she was not the first to refuse but typically you do not hear about these women. Due to the fact that Rosa Parks inspired herself to become a better icon during this movement. Rosa was also the secretary of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People. Miss. Parks was already well known and extremely respected by her peers. Miss. Colvin’s experience happened nine months prior to Miss. Parks situation. Claudette story received little publicity unlike Rosa Parks.

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"Why is it most people know about Rosa Parks but not Claudette Colvin?" That was an amazing question and an important one too. I loved the way you talked about Claudette Colvin in general. I totally did not know who Claudette Colvin was until I read your blog. I also think that many of us did not know who Claudette Colvin was until they read your blog. I think that she was not that well known because the media did not really focused on her and she was not that popular as Rosa Parks like you said. This was one of the great blogs that I have read recently. I just think that you need to put where did you get all these informations or facts from. Overall it was a great blog and I learned a lot from it.

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I just peeped a post on Facebook asking “if black people can be racist?” and it was shared saying “Nope. Not possible” then someone puts this article I put above in the comments which was like putting rubbing alcohol on an open wound…

So Racism is defined as “feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another.” and so any individual of a race can have these beliefs. I have met people who perpetuated the same hate that they didn’t want their culture to receive. Like we are all insensitive to other people and where they come from. And by calling a black person a racist doesn’t discredit the years of systemic racism in America that has singled out black people, it just calls out hatred that the individual is breeding.

In the article the author uses the rhetorical device, ethos, to get the reader to feel sorry for the guy who was harassed. You see the author pointing out that he was “a veteran of Iraq and recipient of the Bronze Star for valor”. It definitely got me. In no way did that guy deserve what was done to him. Also, Instead of attacking the race,the reporter remained objective to getting the story out there. By reading that “they approached the man based on his race, presuming he was white, though he’s actually Hispanic and then proceeded to verbally harass him and then physically assaulted him” then if the reader ties that to the definition of racism, that group smells a bit racist to me.

Now I’m all about black lives matter, cause no one ethnicities struggle is the same as another. But next time y’all see my mother wearing her hijab, or an Asian person yelling mad loud in their dialect, try to show some humility as a human. Also, I want to add, I’m all about calling out people in their places of privilege, but sometimes our insensitivity to their place of ignorance can just lead to more hate rather than building understanding. USA Today reported the incident and never revealed the race of the group. They added in the victim statements which appeals to our emotions and values, and from this we can infer that the group were blacks. This article above never came off as a report of a hate crime when I first read the header, but by the end of the article you can see that it was one. Just from adding in his stories of the times in Iraq shows us that Marquez is basically saying “why me ”. On the contrary, the police reported no description of the individuals. There’s a video of the incident, witnesses and Marquez have seen them as clear as day so why not release more information to find the attackers? The reporter discreetly points these things out through the article which appeals to logos. Sure does get me thinking. Overall, the attack being linked to black lives matter is just instilling more negativity and idk like personally speaking, I ain’t about that… And y'all that be saying oh I don’t like this race, but I’m not racist.. I want you to specifically think why you feel that way. Like, you don’t like a WHOLE RACE? Sounds like someone evil in history fam.

iqyamu-blog

This whole writing was amazing. It cannot be said better. Just like you said” I have met people who perpetuated the same hate that they didn’t want their culture to receive.” I agree totally because I have many friends as well that will be so offensive if someone talks about their race or culture in any way but they always talking about other cultures and races. it makes me question many stuff like why would a person be like that and hate other people? Also, why would anyone be racist. I do not see any good reason why would people hate and be racist. Furthermore, it is crazy how some people would say I am not racist but still make racist comments and actions.

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How I feel about college

My college experience was a whole lot of different, yet for some reason is still felt like I was in high school from time to time. I’ve been in an all girls school for eight years… No I am not gay. People seem to always ask if you are gay after you tell them you went to an all girls school. I like the fact that I attend a Co Ed school now because I like change. I really dislike the amount of people in one classroom and the amount of homework is giving place way too much weight on my shoulders, but if this is what change feels like I will accept all challenges. Now back to the college lowkey feeling like high school. The drama that goes around these thin walls of buffalo state I would’ve never thought I’ll meet the face if drama again after graduating high school but that seems to be inevitable. People just has to figure out what is most important and not forget what they came here for. I don’t like seeing people fail.

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I disagree with you on feeling that high school feels the same as college. High school was way different than college. Just the fact that you get to choose which path are you going in college makes it different then high school. Most professor do not even care about whatever situation you are in or whatever is going on your life, on the other hand high school teacher’s kind of responsible for your success. In college, the only responsible person for your success is you. Also, drama will be everywhere. It is just natural in people. My friend goes to UB and he always tell me the same thing about how UB has so much drama and he thought all of that will be gone at college.

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