Chapter 23:
I enjoyed this chapter the most out of all of them I think. The chapter goes into details about the American culture and how corrupt it is. Specifically it brings up the question is Barbie a good representation of America? And the answer is no. Absolutely 100% not. For starters, Barbie is unmarried and has this whole mad love affair with Ken. Next Barbie is a slut. She wears revealing clothes and is portrayed as scandalous. In addition to this, she is has an unreal body. Finally, she is white.
Barbie is not okay at all because this is what we give our children to play with. Therefore, from the time they are little and playing with dolls they are being fed false information. They are subconsciously thinking that all of these things are quote on quote "normal", "okay", and "acceptable". Barbie becomes an icon of what children should look like, she is appealing because she is "beautiful" but how many people really look like that? We are setting our kids up for failure and doing a shitty job as parents if we continue to support this because this is not how we want America to be seen as.
Also, last time I checked America is not simply made up of white people. Therefore, why is Barbie only white? Again, we are already imbedding racism in our children's heads from the time they were little. This is one of the many reasons as to why we struggle as country so much. People don't understand the total effects these small things have on our nation.
Yes our nation has gotten better, and we are trying to move in the right direction and make change. Apparently they are making different color Barbie's, which helps the racism part. However, your telling me there going to make fat Barbie's? Absolutely not. It is just something that won't happen because they simply will not sell. Fat does not appeal to people whether one is fat or not. This is because of this ideal body that is seen to be as perfect.
Chapter 23 Visual Sources:
I liked the visual source 23.1 because it really helped me put things into perspective. It is one to thing to hear and to be aware of all the injustices that are taking place around the world. But it is different when you see it. When you see a picture like this one, it really becomes serial. I can only imagine how miserable it would be to work in a place like this. It makes me sad to think that even though our world has come so far, these wrongs are still taking place. It also makes me mad to no end that wealthier countries (like us) take advantage of these third world countries in order to save money. That is something I just do not understand and will never.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Chapter 22 Documents
Chapter 22 Documents:
Document 22.3 was the one I liked because it talked about 9/11 and that resonates with me because I live in America. Osama Bin Laden was a part of the organization al-Qaeda and they were the ones who launched the attack on the United States. The case I bring up is that this is why we are still afraid of Islam. Although we finally got Osama Bin Laden and he is dead, the organization is still going. There are still members of the al-Qaeda and Isis out there who are looking for terrorist acts to commit towards the United States. The reason Americans are fearful is because we do not know who all is in the organization. There are too many of them to pin point which makes them a threat to America. However, it would be morally wrong to take out there whole nation, which is where the slippery slope comes in. Although there are a lot of men, women, and children involved in these crimes there are also a lot of innocent ones as well. So what is to be done? This is the question we are still looking for an answer to.
Document 22.3 was the one I liked because it talked about 9/11 and that resonates with me because I live in America. Osama Bin Laden was a part of the organization al-Qaeda and they were the ones who launched the attack on the United States. The case I bring up is that this is why we are still afraid of Islam. Although we finally got Osama Bin Laden and he is dead, the organization is still going. There are still members of the al-Qaeda and Isis out there who are looking for terrorist acts to commit towards the United States. The reason Americans are fearful is because we do not know who all is in the organization. There are too many of them to pin point which makes them a threat to America. However, it would be morally wrong to take out there whole nation, which is where the slippery slope comes in. Although there are a lot of men, women, and children involved in these crimes there are also a lot of innocent ones as well. So what is to be done? This is the question we are still looking for an answer to.
Chapter 22: pg. 1087-1119
Chapter 22:
Nelson Mandela was South Africa's nationalist leader. His mission was to create a democratic and a free society in while every person, (all races), had equal opportunity. Because of his passion and dedication to doing this, he spent 27 years in prison. Once he got out,he ran for president and became the countries first African black president. Mandela's movement was the first start of change amongst the European rule. He helped overthrow the sole control of the white settlers and create equality. This was called The Struggle for Independence or Decolonization.
Slowly but surely, this "struggle" spread throughout the African Colonies. From there, it spread from empire to empire which was known as empire dissolution. This was different than any other time due to the fact that the empires were not destroyed by money, or wars, it was destroyed by mobilization of masses around nationalist ideology. Meaning, people who wanted to be equal.
After this had occurred, at the end of the 20th century, social and economic from within the colonies produced raw materials. This helped Africa and Asia become more Westernized. However, it also created less jobs, more people, people lost money and land, and it was hard to find living space. These were all things that people gave up in order to have freedom.
In addition to Madela, a man named Gandhi also helped to stop racism. He was the person to start the non violence act and to not fight back. Gandhi was recognized as a world leaer in the fight against the colonial rule.
Nelson Mandela was South Africa's nationalist leader. His mission was to create a democratic and a free society in while every person, (all races), had equal opportunity. Because of his passion and dedication to doing this, he spent 27 years in prison. Once he got out,he ran for president and became the countries first African black president. Mandela's movement was the first start of change amongst the European rule. He helped overthrow the sole control of the white settlers and create equality. This was called The Struggle for Independence or Decolonization.
Slowly but surely, this "struggle" spread throughout the African Colonies. From there, it spread from empire to empire which was known as empire dissolution. This was different than any other time due to the fact that the empires were not destroyed by money, or wars, it was destroyed by mobilization of masses around nationalist ideology. Meaning, people who wanted to be equal.
After this had occurred, at the end of the 20th century, social and economic from within the colonies produced raw materials. This helped Africa and Asia become more Westernized. However, it also created less jobs, more people, people lost money and land, and it was hard to find living space. These were all things that people gave up in order to have freedom.
In addition to Madela, a man named Gandhi also helped to stop racism. He was the person to start the non violence act and to not fight back. Gandhi was recognized as a world leaer in the fight against the colonial rule.
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