I wish I would have had more time to think about this project, but it was interesting to know what people think of themselves and what people think of you.
light humor or racism?
February 27, 2008 at 4:34 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: racism
A student from Colorado University wrote a “humorous” plan for his online campus newspaper on how to hate Asians back, since it has been his experience that Asians don’t like Whites. Reading it felt a bit uncomfortable since I can’t imagine this person sitting in front of his computer writing about racism in such a way. Yes, Russel Peters, Chris Rock, George Lopez and many others have made a living making fun of racism…but reading this article felt different than listening to “comedy.”
”And I say it’s time we started hating them back. That’s right-no more “tolerance.” No more “cultural sensitivity.” No more “Mr. Pretend-I’m-Not-Racist.” It’s time for war. But we won’t attack their bodies or minds. We will attack their souls.” – Max, student from CU
I definitely did not laugh.
a grand solution
February 20, 2008 at 2:58 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: immigration
Debbie shared this video with me:
I couldn’t help but think about my Feminist Theory & Body, Yoga & Dance class. Today,the world was an experience heard, touched and seen by me and somehow discrimination was not part of it. What do you think?
The young are just as wise
December 16, 2007 at 3:13 am (Uncategorized)
I found online an article about a study done on children. They were asked “What is love?” and their responses were simply profound.
My favorite was seven year old boy, Bobby:
Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if
you stop opening presents and listen.
Hope you’re able to feel it this holiday season!
The Human Cost of War
December 4, 2007 at 4:08 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: , Human Cost of War, Iraq Body Count, missing children
Since 2003’s USA intervention in Iraq, around 85,000 Iraqi civilians have been reported dead. On a daily basis, 15 civilians die from vehicle bombs and 35 die from executions/gun fire. That means that every 22 days, the population size of Scripps College is continually being swiped out.
Today, I read an article about a dead American girl. She was found around 5 minutes away from my house, 8 days after my 19th birthday. She’s still at the morgue without a correct ID, age, history. She will be buried with a headstone reading “UNK W N,” for unknown woman.
I can’t image 85,000 headstones with “UNK.” Can you?
A relative of mine decided to start over at another city/state without telling anyone. She was only “missing” less than 48 hours, but all those hours were painful. I searched through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children today. I was hoping I could identify a missing child, and stop the grief for a family. Of course, I wasn’t able to help.
Families of missing relatives survive on the hope that their relatives are still alive. This is why I am a promoter of the Iraq Body Count. It keeps a note on every life taken due to USA intervention. It compels me to abhor war.
Should the cost of War depend on human lives? I wouldn’t want it to be.
Mon résumé!
November 12, 2007 at 3:38 pm (Uncategorized)
I can only define my generation through the events I have perceived to be controversial. To be part of me, you have to understand these events. I have not been directly affected by most things I remember, but my mind has consumed them to be a part of my memory. It’s not selective listening, or in this case selective consumption of information…I think it’s beyond that psychological antenna. And I’ve wanted to write a poem about these events since like sophomore year of high school…and I can’t. These events/people speak for themselves.
Rwanda genocide
Darfur genocide
Congo genocide
War on terror
Columbine school shooting
Virginia Tech School shooting
Stockton massacre
Resendiz serial killer
29 total school shootings
KIPP
Romanian Revolution
Zapatista uprising in Chiapas
Croatian War of Independence
US in Afghanistan
Congo Civil War
Selena
Anna Nicole
Tia Johana
Rocio Durcal
Rocio Jurado
Celia Cruz
9/11
HR 4437
Jena 6
Cell phones
Hurricane Mitch
Hurrican Katrina
President Fox
“Kennewick Man”
Clinton’s Sex Scandal
Terri Shiavo
Berlin Wall
Dalai Lama Nobel Peace Prize
World Wide Web debuts
Nelson Mandela
Text messages
Gen Noriega convicted in USA
Vladimir’s Suicide
Ani DiFranco
Olympic games
Stem cell
Kim’s Death due to Leukemia
Mormon church
Facebook
Princess Diana
Myspace
Enron’s scandal
Saul Williams
Computer Virus around net
Pluto
NAFTA
Japanese Earthquake
Nuclear testing
UN additions
Mother Teresa
I’ll be adding to this list as I remember more things
