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Robert Myles

English 1a

Formal paper 2: Persuasive Judgment

May 29,2013           

Dear, Santa Cruz Community,

     When was the last time you ever walked into a place were you felt like you didn’t belong or you were a total outsider?  Or a time where you felt like your presence around a certain group of people didn’t feel right? Unfortunately for some of my teammates and I go through this more often than some since we live in a more Caucasian dominate area. There times were we go into stores and restaurants in the community and people instantly stop and look at us like they never seen African Americans before. We sometimes guess to see if they instantly began to judge us based off our looks and appearance, which brings me to my topic about judgment and stereotypes.  In my paper I will attempt to persuade Caucasian American people in my community not to judge other races base off their appearance & stereotypical beliefs.

            Judging someone by their appearance can lower their self-esteem according to Melanie J.V. Fennell “low self-esteem is a core beliefs, anxious predictions and self criticism that appears to be an reflection of central negative beliefs.”  Being judge in a negative way can result into lowering ones self-esteem. For example possibly saying or giving the vibe that a person doesn’t belong can make that person feel unwanted or less important. When doing so they start to feel lesser of themselves and cause their behavior to change negatively in way that they will go out and do things out of character. I know for me when I feel that I’m not welcome or don’t belong in a certain place I tend to leave and be alone. When I was younger I was the type to walk around my household with an attitude towards my siblings or starts fights with them when I felt down about myself. It was an unusual emotion and behavior for me because I was always a happy and full of enjoyment kid, so when I would act this way my parents always know something was wrong.

            In Santa Cruz County population is estimated at 266,776 people in 2012. The percentage of African American is 1.4 percent. The Caucasian American percentage in Santa Cruz is 88.0. According to the US Census Bureau. Theses statistics clearly show that there are hardly y any African American people who live in Santa Cruz; therefore, people who live here all year long aren’t used to African Americans. When Caucasians see African Americans they tend to judge based on what they see or hear on television. Television tends to show that some African Americans are thugs, rappers, and criminals.

        However, not all television shows portrays stereotypes of African Americans. For example the show “Love and Hip-Hop” shows that African American rappers have a thug/Gangster image and tend to commit crimes behind the scenes. But some truth to it is that some who does but not all. Cast star Rapper Joe Budden, who’s very intelligent and has a very broad vocabulary isn’t a criminal. He raps about his personal life situations that he learned from early on in his life and shares it with his fans so that they won’t make the mistakes he did. Another co-star, who is a writer/producer by the name Consequence, is also very smart and family oriented man. He put his wife and son first before his career. His wife of three years happens to be a Caucasian female in Queens, NY. This is an example of two people from different race who don’t discriminate based on color or race and are still able to find love for each other to have a kid and be married. They changed their view because they started to see that love is much more than skin deep. Television shows like this are important because the white audience need to see that not all blacks are exactly what they see on other shows or movies. There are black people who do a lot of good and are very successful.

          As an African American student Basketball player in a primarily dominant Caucasian community, I instant look at myself as an outcast. I watch my every move because I’m not sure who’s watching me or what the people around me are thinking.  I’m from Las Vegas a city where there’s an even balance of people from all different races so, its normal to be around those who don’t look the same way as you. By that it benefits the society because people feel more welcome to be who they are and not be something they’re not. If people in a different city with a lot more people and various races can walk the same streets and shop at the same store can do it without judging the next person to walk by then people in Santa Cruz can do it too. It matters to me because it shows not every place is the same. Some or better and others are worst, but other place can change it and improve like the Santa Cruz community can.

           People in Santa Cruz should be more open to others that way its easier to get people to want to come and stay rather than come and get the vibe that Santa Cruz isn’t the place for them. Also if people were to be more open with accepting others people around town wouldn’t seem so depressed. Likewise many people who hangout downtown Santa Cruz like the homeless tend to walk around like the world is over from others staring and pointing as if they came from a different planet. I’ve talked to several people down there and they are nice and fun to talk to. They have interesting stories and views of life, but they think others look at them as psychos.

         In the article “My Heart Is As Black As Yours” it talks about how Mario Procaccio a state senate candidate unintentionally insulted the black community by saying that “My Heart Is As Black As Yours.” The Black community took his words as disrespect. Reporters called his campaign group “Anti Blacks and Racist” groups. This a example when misjudgment of the Black community goes wrong. Procaccio thought he understood what the black community was going through and put it in words, which stated  “Elect me and I will put Blacks in their right place.” that Black community didn’t agree with his choice words. In this situation Procaccio speech was intended to help crime prevention. This goes to show why you shouldn’t judge a Ethnic community before speaking on a situation because you never know how one may react to it. For example George Wallace an opined southern segregationist said,  “it’s something you would hear in Alabama but with a New York accent.” In other words Procaccio’s campaign is nothing more than indirect form of bigotry.

          My teammates and I travel around the Santa Cruz area and get the feeling of being judged every time. When we walk into the Safeway grocery store we get the stare as if we are going to steal. Personally when I walk up and down isles and I see workers following I instantly get irritated. I get to the point where I don’t want to shop anymore and I’d rather send other people into do my shopping for me. After I leave I feel like I’m never welcome into the store. People stop and stare for long periods of time and it bothers my African American teammates and I a lot. If people were nicer and didn’t look at me like the stereotypical African American guy they see on television then I’d be more than happy and feel comfortable grocery shopping there all the times. It’s times when we walk into the store and the vibe from the people in the store is negative. That makes me resort to having to go grocery shopping at midnight, when there’s hardly any workers and no other customers. Being friendly and not quick to assume/judge can easily eliminate this feeling for most African Americans and not just us.

         I personally feel if people were to take the time out to get to know someone before assuming/ judging who they would have a more positive affect on the people they meet. For example if one of the workers were to ask me how I was doing or where I from, just small talk whenever I come into the store then I’d feel a lot better when I come and go into the store. This also can make me or anyone else whose going through this feel better when going into a grocery store during the day when its possibly busy and not at night when its empty.

My argument here is people shouldn’t judge because it drives people away from a good opportunity. It makes them feel bad about themselves in a way it can cause them to react from it in a negative way. To judge without any information about someone should be irrelevant to any situation.  You never know a good person can walk up and be the best person they can be but thinking of them differently may cause them to go away. Some things as simple as a smile can go a long way to make someone feel welcome.

    In conclusion I’ve gave my insight and suggestions on how being judgmental can be affective and make someone feel who comes from a completely different area have low self-esteem and feel unwanted.  I gave my information about how the media stereotypes can portray African Americans to being something that they’re not but in reality being just like everyone else that is smart well educated and family oriented. After reading this I hope the people in the Santa Cruz can become more open to meeting people who aren’t from this area, to make them feel more comfortable and welcome of being in a nice area to better themselves and be around things they aren’t usually use to being around. Also I hope the readers understand my views and suggestion of shopping at Safeway make it a better store for all people to shop at and feel welcome. 

Work Cited

"Santa Cruz County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau." Santa Cruz County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau. Quick Facts, 11 Mar. 2013. Web. 25 May 2013.

V. Fennell, Melanie J. "Low Self-Esteem - Springer." Low Self-Esteem - Springer. Encyclopedia of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 2005. Web. 25 May 2013.

Lizzi, Maria C. "My Heart Is a S Black as Yours"" Web.ebscohost.com. Journal of American

Ethnic History, Spring 2008. Web. May 11

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When was the last time you ever walked into a place were you felt like you didn’t belong or you were a total outsider?  Or a time where you felt like your presence around a certain group of people didn’t feel right? Unfortunately for some of my teammates and I go through this more often than some since we live in a more Caucasian dominate area. There’re times were we go into stores and restaurants in the community and people instantly stop and look at us like they never seen African Americans before. We sometimes guess to see if they instantly began to judge us base off our looks and appearance, which brings me to my topic about judgment and stereotypes.  In my paper I will attempt to persuade Caucasian American people in my community not to judge other races base off their appearance & stereotypical beliefs.

            Judging someone by their appearance can lowers their self-esteem according to Melanie J.V. Fennell “low self-esteem is a core beliefs, anxious predictions and self criticism that appears to be an reflection of central negative beliefs.”  Being judge in a negative way can result into lowering ones self-esteem. For example possibly saying or giving the vibe that they doesn’t belong can make them feel unwanted or less important. When doing so they start to feel lesser of themselves and cause their behavior to change negatively in way that they will go out and do things out of character. I know for me when I feel that I’m not welcome or don’t belong in a certain place I tend to leave and be alone. When I was younger I was the type to walk around my household with an attitude towards my siblings or starts fights with them when I felt down about myself. It was an unusual emotion and behavior for me because I was always a happy & full of enjoyment kid, so when I would act this way my parents always know something was wrong.

            In Santa Cruz County population is estimated at 266,776 people in 2012. The percentage of African American is 1.4 percent. The Caucasian American percentage in Santa Cruz is 88.0. This is shown by chart of the US Census Bureau. Based off these statistics shows that theirs rarely any African American people who lives in Santa Cruz, therefore people who live here all year long aren’t used to African Americans. When Caucasians see African Americans they tend to judge base off what they see or hear on television. Television tends to show that some African Americans are Thugs, Rappers, and criminals.

For example in the show “Love & Hip-Hop” shows that African American rappers have a thug/Gangster image who’s tend to commit crimes behind the scenes. But some truth to it is that theirs some who does but not all. Cast start Rapper Joe Budden who’s very intelligent and has a very broad vocabulary isn’t a criminal. He raps about his personal life situations that he learned from early on in his life and shares it with his fans so that they wont make the mistakes he did. As for another co-star who is a writer/producer by the name Consequence who is also very smart and family oriented man. He put his wife and son first before his career. His wife of 3 years happens to be a Caucasian female in Queens, NY. This is an example of two people from different race who don’t discriminate based of color or race and are still able to find love for each other to have a kid and be married.

Me being an African American student Athlete in a primarily dominant Caucasian community I instant look at myself as an outcast. I watch my every move because I’m not sure who’s watching me or what the people around me are thinking.  I’m from a city where’s its an even balance of people from all different backgrounds and race so its normal to be around those who don’t look the same way as you or be from a different race. By that it benefits the society were people feel more welcome to be who they are and not be something their not. People in Santa Cruz should be more open to others that way its easier to get people to want to come & stay rather than come and get the vibe that Santa Cruz isn’t the place for them. Also if people were to be more open with accepting others people around town wouldn’t seem so depressed. Likewise the people in downtown Santa Cruz tend to walk around like the world is over from others staring and pointing as if they came from a different planet. I’ve talked to several people down there and they are nice and fun to talk to. They have interesting stories and views of life but they think others look at them as psychos.

In the article “My Heart Is As Black As Yours” it talks about how Mario Procaccio an state senate candidate unintentionally insulted the black community by saying that “My heart Is As Black as yours.” The Black community took his words as disrespect. Reporters called his campaign group “Anti Blacks and Racist” groups. This an example of misjudgment on the Black community goes wrong. Procaccio took it as he felt and understood what the black community were going through and put it in words that blacks didn’t agree with. In this situation he should have gotten an viewpoint of how someone in the black community felt before making his comment. This goes to show why you shouldn’t judge before speaking on a situation because you never know how one may react to it.

My teammates and I travel around the Santa Cruz area and get the feeling of being judge every time. When we walk into the Safeway Grocery store we get the stare as if we are going to steal. This is a stereotype African American gets a lot from movies and other media sources. Personally when I walk up and down isles and I see workers following I instantly get irritated. I get to the point where I don’t want to shop anymore I rather send other people to do my shopping for me. After I leave I feel like I’m never welcome into the store. People stop and stare for long periods of time and it bothers my African American teammates and I a lot. If people were nicer and didn’t look at me like the stereotypical African American guy they see on television then ill be more than happy and feel comfortable grocery shopping there all the time. Its times when we walk into the store and the vibe from the people in the store is negative. It even makes me result into having to go grocery shopping at midnight when it’s hardly any workers and no other customers. Being friendly and not quick to assume/judge can easily eliminate this feeling for most African Americans and not just us.

I personally feel if people were to take the time out to get to know someone before assuming/ judging who they would have a more positive affect on the people they meet. For example if one of the workers were to ask me how I was doing or where I from, just small talk whenever I come into the store then ill feel a lot better when I come and go into the store. This also can make me or anyone else whose going through this feel better when going into a grocery store during the day when its possibly busy and not at night when its empty.

My argument here is people shouldn’t judge because it runs off other people from a good opportunity. It makes them feel bad about themselves in a way it can cause them to react from it in a negative way. To judge without any information about someone should be irrelevant to any situation.  You never know a good person can walk up and be the best person they can be but thinking of them differently may cause them to go away.

In conclusion I’ve gave my insight and suggestions on how being judgmental can be affective and make someone feel who comes from a completely different area have low self-esteem and feel unwanted. After reading this I hope the people in the Santa Cruz can become more open to meeting people who aren’t from this area, to make them feel more comfortable and welcome of being in a nice area to better themselves and be around things they aren’t usually use to being around. Also I hope the readers understand my views and suggestion of shopping at Safeway so that the workers can make it a better store for all people to shop at and feel welcome.

revised draft formal paper 2

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            When was the last time you ever walked into a place were you felt like you didn’t belong or you were a total outsider?  Or a time where you felt like your presence around a certain group of people didn’t feel right? Unfortunately for some of my teammates and I go through this more often than some since we live in a more Caucasian dominate area. There’re times were we go into stores and restaurants in the community and people instantly stop and look at us like they never seen African Americans before. We sometimes guess to see if they instantly began to judge us base off our looks and appearance, which brings me to my topic about judgment and stereotypes.  In my paper I will attempt to persuade Caucasian American people in my community not to judge other races base off their appearance & stereotypical beliefs.

            Judging someone by their appearance can lowers their self-esteem according to Melanie J.V. Fennell “low self-esteem is a core beliefs, anxious predictions and self criticism that appears to be an reflection of central negative beliefs.”  Being judge in a negative way can result into lowering ones self-esteem. For example possibly saying or giving the vibe that they doesn’t belong can make them feel unwanted or less important. When doing so they start to feel lesser of themselves and cause their behavior to change negatively in way that they will go out and do things out of character. I know for me when I feel that I’m not welcome or don’t belong in a certain place I tend to leave and be alone. When I was younger I was the type to walk around my household with an attitude towards my siblings or starts fights with them when I felt down about myself. It was an unusual emotion and behavior for me because I was always a happy & full of enjoyment kid, so when I would act this way my parents always know something was wrong.

            In Santa Cruz County population is estimated at 266,776 people in 2012. The percentage of African American is 1.4 percent. The Caucasian American percentage in Santa Cruz is 88.0. This is shown by chart of the US Census Bureau. Based off these statistics shows that theirs rarely any African American people who lives in Santa Cruz, therefore people who live here all year long aren’t used to African Americans. When Caucasians see African Americans they tend to judge base off what they see or hear on television. Television tends to show that some African Americans are Thugs, Rappers, and criminals.

     For example in the show “Love & Hip-Hop” shows that African American rappers have a thug/Gangster image who’s tend to commit crimes behind the scenes. But some truth to it is that theirs some who does but not all. Cast start Rapper Joe Budden who’s very intelligent and has a very broad vocabulary isn’t a criminal. He raps about his personal life situations that he learned from early on in his life and shares it with his fans so that they wont make the mistakes he did. As for another co-star who is a writer/producer by the name Consequence who is also very smart and family oriented man. He put his wife and son first before his career. His wife of 3 years happens to be a Caucasian female in Queens, NY. This is an example of two people from different race who don’t discriminate based of color or race and are still able to find love for each other to have a kid and be married.

Me being an African American student Athlete in a primarily dominant Caucasian community I instant look at myself as an outcast. I watch my every move because I’m not sure who’s watching me or what the people around me are thinking.  I’m from a city where’s its an even balance of people from all different backgrounds and race so its normal to be around those who don’t look the same way as you or be from a different race. By that it benefits the society were people feel more welcome to be who they are and not be something their not. People in Santa Cruz should be more open to others that way its easier to get people to want to come & stay rather than come and get the vibe that Santa Cruz isn’t the place for them. Also if people were to be more open with accepting others people around town wouldn’t seem so depressed. Likewise the people in downtown Santa Cruz tend to walk around like the world is over from others staring and pointing as if they came from a different planet. I’ve talked to several people down there and they are nice and fun to talk to. They have interesting stories and views of life but they think others look at them as psychos.

         In the article “My Heart Is As Black As Yours” it talks about how Mario Procaccio an state senate candidate unintentionally insulted the black community by saying that “My heart Is As Black as yours.” The Black community took his words as disrespect. Reporters called his campaign group “Anti Blacks and Racist” groups. This an example of misjudgment on the Black community goes wrong. Procaccio took it as he felt and understood what the black community were going through and put it in words that blacks didn’t agree with. In this situation he should have gotten an viewpoint of how someone in the black community felt before making his comment. This goes to show why you shouldn’t judge before speaking on a situation because you never know how one may react to it.

My teammates and I travel around the Santa Cruz area and get the feeling of being judge every time. When we walk into the Safeway Grocery store we get the stare as if we are going to steal. This is a stereotype African American gets a lot from movies and other media sources. Personally when I walk up and down isles and I see workers following I instantly get irritated. I get to the point where I don’t want to shop anymore I rather send other people to do my shopping for me. After I leave I feel like I’m never welcome into the store. People stop and stare for long periods of time and it bothers my African American teammates and I a lot. If people were nicer and didn’t look at me like the stereotypical African American guy they see on television then ill be more than happy and feel comfortable grocery shopping there all the time. Its times when we walk into the store and the vibe from the people in the store is negative. It even makes me result into having to go grocery shopping at midnight when it’s hardly any workers and no other customers. Being friendly and not quick to assume/judge can easily eliminate this feeling for most African Americans and not just us.

       I personally feel if people were to take the time out to get to know someone before assuming/ judging who they would have a more positive affect on the people they meet. For example if one of the workers were to ask me how I was doing or where I from, just small talk whenever I come into the store then ill feel a lot better when I come and go into the store. This also can make me or anyone else whose going through this feel better when going into a grocery store during the day when its possibly busy and not at night when its empty.

formal paper 2 draft 1

            When was the last time you ever walked into a place were you felt like you didn’t belong or you were a total outsider?  Or a time where you felt like your presence around a certain group of people didn’t feel right? Unfortunately for some of my teammates and I go through this more often than some since we live in a more caucasian dominant area. There’re times were we go into stores and resturants in the community and people instantly stop and look at us like they never seen African Americans before. We sometimes guess to see if they instantly began to judge us base off our looks and appearance, which brings me to my topic about judgment and stereotypes.  In my paper I will attempt to persuade Caucasian American people in my community not to judge other races base off their appearance & stereotypical beliefs.

            Judging someone by their appearance can lowers there self-esteem according to Melanie J.V. Fennell “low self-esteem is a core beliefs, anxious predictions and self criticism that appears to be an reflection of central negative beliefs.”  Being judge in  a negative way can result into lowering ones self-esteem. For example possibly saying or giving the vibe that they doesn’t belong can make them feel unwanted or less important. When doing so they start to feel lesser of themselves and cause their behavior to change negatively in way that they will go out and do things out of character. I know for me when I feel that I’m not welcome or don’t belong in a certain place I tend to leave and be alone. When I was younger I was the type to walk around my household with an attitude towards my siblings or starts fights with them when I felt down about myself. It was an unusual emotion and behavior for me because I was always a happy & full of enjoyment kid, so when I would act this way my parents always know something was wrong.

            In Santa Cruz County population is estimated at 266,776 people in 2012. The percentage of African American is 1.4 percent. The Caucasian American percentage in Santa Cruz is 88.0. This is shown by chart of the US Census Bureau. Based off these statistics shows that theirs rarely any African American people who lives in Santa Cruz, therefore people who live here all year long aren’t used to African Americans. When Caucasians see African Americans they tend to judge base off what they see or hear on television. Television tends to show that some African Americans are Thugs, Rappers, and criminals. For example in the show “Love & HipHop” shows that African American rappers have a thug/Gangster image whose tend to commit crimes behind the scenes. But some truth to it is that theirs some who does but not all. Cast start Rapper Joe Budden whose very intelligent and have a very broad vocabulary isn’t a criminal. He raps about truelife situations that he learned from early on in his life and shares it with his fans so that they wont make the mistakes he did. As for another co-star who is a writer/producer by the name Consquence who is also very smart and family oriented man. He put his wife and son first before his career. His wife of 3 years happens to be a Caucasian female in Queens, NY. This is an example of two people from different race who don’t discriminate based of color or race and are still able to find love for each other to have a kid and be married.

annnotated bibliographgy

                The article “My Heart Is As black as yours” is about a phrase that was not taking in a good way by the African American crowd in Harlem by Mario Procaccino . The African American crowd took it as them being insulted. Procaccino intention was not to insult the African American community but to help them in a better proper place. Procaccino was running as a third party candidate as senate. Procaccino actions consequesntly hurt him with the media. Reporters called his campaign supporters and him the “anti-blacks and racist” group. This caused white ethnic groups to be directed more in a hostile way in urban America. This article gain a lot of attention due to the race being a key factor in a lot of segregation and discrimination that were going on in 1969.

Lizzi, Maria C. "My Heart Is a S Black as Yours"" Web.ebscohost.com. Journal of American

Ethnic History, Spring 2008. Web. May 11

            The article “White Mutants of Straight Edge” talks about nonviolent and anti-racist Straight Edge youth movement. In which supports abstinence from recreational drug use and sex, into a number of sections promoting racist violence and homophobia. The author Gabriel Smith puts in his documents the historical relationship between the movement and the hardcore music scenes. He believes that sex, drugs. And alcohol triggers the youth movement under “clean living”.  He is very interested in the similarities and differences between Straight Edge and other avant-garde social and political movements. The incorporation of veganism into the movement's ideology is explained, as is the general trend towards a militant enforcement. The punk subculture resulted into students to be more of the post-war-working-class as the youth culture. I found this article to relate to Gitlen and Kupliean articles we discussed in class all three articles ties into the subculture of kids getting into drugs, sec, alcohol, music etc.

            Smith, Gabriel. "White Mutants of Straight Edge." Web.ebscohst.com. Journal of Popular

Culture, 1 June 2011. Web. 12 May 11.

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RR killer culture

    The article "Killer Culture" by David Kupelian is about a father who believes that modern society and the way it influence kids is killing our culture. He thinks the way MTV, commercial advertisements, and sexual advertisements is corrupting the children in today's generation. Kupelian thinks the best way to keep children safe is to home school them until the parents feel that they're ready to go out in the world.

        I personally believe that if every parents were to home school their children for majority of their life that the kids wouldn't have the experience of seeing how the real world actually is. For example children that's goes through home schooling at the high school stage wouldn't see the bad of what drugs can do to someone. Therefore once when they are out In the real world and get their first view or insight on it they won't have any answers for as far as what to do or how to stay away from it. Most importantly they wouldn't know what drugs to do or not do and the side effects of each one. Home school is a good idea to a certain extent but for it to be suggested as to home school until the children is of age eighteen is a little bit over the top. Also every parents aren't  authorized to home school or can afford it for multiple children in their household. 

  

     An possible solution to try to keep today's culture from killing the society and youth other than home schooling is to focus more on the way parents raise their kids. Instead of locking them up and being over protective about the things they watch, music the listen too, and amount of explicit video/advertisements they see, be more willing to teach and let them understand the rights and wrong of each popular society interest. Theirs good and bad in the world no matter where too see it or hear it. It's always gonna be their and as parents they just have to be good teachers to their children so they know when to turn away form the bad. 

killer culture RA

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This article “Killer Culture” was written by David Kupelian. Who also wrote “How Evil works” and “The Marketing of Evil.” In his articles he intend to persuade the audience to believe that the modern culture is being ruined by MTV, drugs, sex and music. He also trying to get parents to home schools their children to save the culture and protect the children of this generation.

In this article Kupelian states that “hip-hop has an in your face attitude looks strong and free to kids who feel constrained by expectations of the mundane middle-class world they have grown up in.” (Pg. 649) This statement is supported with a quote from rapper Ice-T album “Home Invasion”. That refers to “cultural invasion.” This occurs when adults sit around with their racist attitude and their kids sits down listening to Ice-T music through their earphones. The author is trying to get parents to be more observant of their children and the music they listen too. Kupelian hope that he accomplished getting his word out to other parents about being more protective and observant of what their kid is doing.

 Kupelian point of view is supported with the negative lyrics the rapper Ice-T says in his song. For example Ice-T says, “Once I get ‘em under my f---kin spell/ they may start giving you f---kin hell.” (Pg 649) He blamed the rap world for the diversion the ordinary world of college boards and dating. I recognize that Kupelian culture is different than today modern when it comes to parents. He’s really strict on how kids should be raise rather than other parents who don’t really control or say much to what music their children listen too.

In this article there were a few remarkable features for example the connection to his religion. He connects his Christian beliefs to support his reasoning of trying to save kids from this “Killer Culture”. He put this information towards the middle/end after he put his views on music, commercials, and MTV.  He emphasizes on the behavior would change if the kids continue to be influenced by this.

I would characterize this article as informal. Its informal because it gives a parent point of view like Kupelian to inform other parents about the negativity that music, drugs, some advertisements and MTV has on the modern culture. His message he sends out other parents and readers are very informational but his suggestions to help fix is the culture is unrealistic.

Kupelian tone in this text is serious. He is trying to get his point across as much as he can so that others will agree and go with the idea of home schooling. He references a lot of sources of negativity for example MTV videos, Commercial, and rappers. 

todd gitlin question #2

  American global media has been infiltrating nations and homogenizing local cultures and countries identities. Television, movies. Computer software and music began to change the images of what things perceived to be and what others advertised. I estimated that knowledge and the broad of American’s mind were expanded through this transition in a good positive way. People began to see things in different views and also made people of America be more aware of the American culture change.

if i could change one thing in the society/community...

If I could change one thing in society/community I would change the way people judge others based off their appearance. People can look a certain way that others would be quick to judge or question what kind of person they come off to be. I feel like it’s not fair to judge someone because they don’t look the part of someone else another person might be used too.

Being around judgmental people can lower your self-esteem and how you see yourself in the community. Judgmental people can make you feel so low for no reason. Just because you dress with your hat to the side, baggy pants, and oversized shirts doesn’t make them a bad person. Some people might dress that way because they cannot afford clothes to fit them perfectly so they have to settle for hand me downs and hand me ups. Before people get to judge others they should get to know them before categorizing them as a bad person. Judging someone can also make him or her act out of characters in a way they might feel disrespected or hurt by the people to judge them. This can cause the person to give those who judge a reason to think that they’re the type of person that they might assume them to be.

Changing the judgment by people in the community/society would make things better in my eyes because it would give other people in the society more confidence about themselves when they go out in public to be apart of the community and not feel like they’re getting judge by others. If people were to not judge others wouldn’t get the feel that they are not welcome in some places in the community.  When people gang more confidence in them it helps them in a lot of other different areas in their life. For example people who has more confidence in themselves and not worry about being judge by society usually are more open minded and outgoing to meet new people and become successful with their jobs.

I feel judging is wrong for our society because people come from different backgrounds and different lifestyle an people shouldn’t have the right to down talk to or think of them differently because of it. For example some people might come from what others says is the “ghetto” doesn’t mean that they have to be ghetto. They can live in that area and be well educated but by judging a person wouldn’t know that.

Judging others would be the first thing ill try to change in the community/society because I know how it can influence others negatively in society and impact others behaviors in a way they wouldn’t normal act. Don’t judge based off someone appearance get to know them it would make the community a much better place.

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            The book “Persepolis” was written by Marjane Satrapi. Marjane is also known for writing Persepolis 2.  I chose to analyze page 63 of this book because I see to understand how Marji felt after knowing the guy she was beginning to like very much was soon leaving her for good.
              This text is intended for the readers to get visual in their minds to understanding how different the lifestyles and cultures varies in different country and that the simplest things that could be fix in today’s country can cause someone from another country like Iran to have to leave to better themselves.

            This text says that Marji boy crush is moving to the United States because his parents says “Its impossible to live under the Islamic Regime.” It shows that the boy is very sad having to leave his friends behind as he move to the United States. The author supports this text by showing that the boy feels down talking to his friend and Marji. He doesn’t smile in the illustrations or show any signs that he is happy about the move to United States. So he has a month left in Iran until he leaves. The boy friend tries cheering him up by saying “ now you get to meet Bruce Lee.” Marji walks off saying “Bruce Lee is dead.” She extremely upset that the boy she liked is moving.

            The purpose of this text is to acknowledge that marji had some kind of love life but was ended due to the boy having to leave to another country. Earlier in the book it showed that Marji helped the family house keeper write notes to a boy of a higher class than her because she understood the feelings the two had for each other but was ended due to her father having to tell the boy that she isn’t his daughter and her social class is lower than yours for anything to ever work. The author hope to accomplish showing the audience that Marji also had feelings for someone of her own.  The author moves her signals by incorporating the words that’s being used into pictures to show emotion of the characters.
            The author adopt the point of view of trying to show positive side of the boy moving by mentioning that it would be a better opportunity for them as a family and that the little boy get a chance to meet Bruce Lee. I recognize a social influence of the little boy friend because by the illustrations of the little boy friend trying to say positive things that he thinks will cheer him up.

            This text show some interesting features for example, it shows the ups and downs of having to move and how it can effect the people around you just as much how it can change your life as the person having to move. This text shows the features of young relationship between Marji and the boy that’s moving. The two really liked each other and it hurt Marji once he told her.

            The style of this text is sad and depressing. Knowing that a person you like so much is leaving to a different country and you will never get to see him/her again can really make someone feel unwanted or miserable for extended period of time.
             The tone of this text is serious mostly throughout the text with having to break the bad news to Marji and his guy friend, then shows a little humor with the boy friend tries to make the situation better with saying he can meet Bruce Lee.

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Persepolis post #2

          The ending of story “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi was very sad. Marjane gotten kicked out

of her school, forcing her aunt to somehow maneuver her through the system to get put into another

school. Its gets worst from there as she goes to the new school and her and the teacher as she told her

off about how the Islamic regime ordered her uncle to be killed. Marjane father found out from the

principle and smiled as he says she gets it from her uncle. Very soon Marjane parents would have to

make a big decision that will Affect Marjane life drastically. They decided to send her to Austria

where she can be happy but yet be far away than close and be miserable.

            Marjane leaving would hurt everyone around her deeply. Her parents sending her off knowing that they would never be able to stay together again but then again would come visit her. Marjane grandmother would come by the day before she was leaving to give her advice on how to take care of herself. Her grandmother told her “if a jerk hurts you tell yourself that there are stupid because it will help her not to react in a cruel way. Nothing is worse than bitterness and vengeance. Always keep your head up and true to yourself.” These words from her grandma would stay with her forever. When she says her final goodbyes to her parents and she walks through checking she looks back at them one more time and her mom faints into her father hands. She knows leaving would be the best thing for her to better her life.

     In my opinion this was a great book ended so sad. In my life experience the only thing that could

compare to this type of hurt would have to be when I first left for school. I left knowing I wouldn’t be

able to see my parents, grandparents, and my siblings for a very long time. Once I said my goodbyes

to my family and I began to walk through the airport I broke down. I cried all the way to the gate

because not knowing when the exact time and date that I’ll ever see them again was painful on the

inside. For the whole first 2 weeks I called my family everyday telling them how much I miss them

and I was ready to come home. Being homesick really sucked more and more each day until one day

I just got over it and focused on school knowing they would be ok. I can only imagine how hurt.

Marjane felt about leaving and nor being able to go back to them anytime soon. This book opened

my eyes a bit on other cultures and taught me I shouldn’t take my family for granted because its

other people that can’t see or speak to them anymore base of their lifestyle or family structure.

narrative respone #2

In The Article “The Great Escape” by Joshua Bearman Tony Mendez was head of Disguise and Authentication chief for his division for the CIA. Over time Mendez would to try to rescue the hostages from the Canadian Ambassador house. Soon after he came up with an idea that he felt best suited his skills as part of the CIA. His plan was to give the Americans who were held hostage at the Canadian Ambassador a false identity to walk out of the Mehrabad Airport. For his plan to work he would have to sneak in himself to organize and lead the escapes for his plan to be successful.

According to Joshuah Bearman “Mendez knew that rescuing the hostages alone couldn’t be done by using his real name, so he decided to give himself a false identity as “Kevin Costa Harkin,” an Irish film producer.” He would call his Hollywood friend by the name of John Chambers, a veteran make up artist who won an academy award for Planet Of the Apes in 1969. They would come up with a production company by the name of “Studio Six Productions.” The name comes from the six hostages they plan to rescue from the Canadian Ambassador.

According to Bearman “Their plan was to pretend that they were going into Iran to film a movie based off a previous script writing by Chambers long ago that evaporated due to funds.” The name of the script was “Tale of Hindu-inspired a mystical science fiction.” Mendez agreed and quickly changed the name of the script to “Argo.” Meaning a vessel used by Jason on his daring adventure across the world to retrieve the Golden Fleece. He was sent into Iran after getting a cable approval from president Carter to produce his film.

Mendez would fly into Europe where he obtained visa’s from the Iranian consultant and six passports that the Canadian government issued to him. He turned the six passports into “real fakes” which were genuine documents that were prepared by the Canadian government for the Hollywood aliases devised by the CIA. Canadians law prohibits any counter fit for these documents but country parliament held an emergency secret session to make an exception. This was the first since World War II. Mendez met up with the six hostages the day before at the ambassador’s place for dinner, where he explained to them that he had prepared to rescue them from Tehran. Soon after Mendez gave them the details about the escape plan and it took them four days to get ready for their escape.

While back at home at Studio Six Production studios they were getting busier by the day as the news for the movie film continue to get out. They had three lines two for business calls and one line was for if the plan was to fail or if the plan was a success. The hostages haven’t been in public for almost 80 days before they entered the airport. As they proceed through the airport some of the hostages began to get a bit worried as if the plan wasn’t going to work. Once the Iranian officer disappeared with the rest of the passports everyone kept their heads down as the airport began to fill up with people. Once they announced that their plane was ready for departure one of the hostages realized that the name of the plane was similar to the name of the plane in the cover story, as he sat down on the plane and asked Mendez “you guys planned everything didn’t you?” Mendez smiled as everyone order themselves a drink and he turned and looked back at the group and said “We’re home free.” a few hours later the production company third line rings and they get the good news that they made it out.

WORK CITED

Bearman, Joshuah. "The Great Escape." N.p., n.d. Web.

topic narratives

The book “Persepolis” is so far about a ten-year-old girl by the name of “Marji” who lives in Iran during the Islamic Revolution in 1979. At this time Marji is very religious and thinks she’s the last prophet of God.  She claims she wants to be a prophet but yet she doesn’t want her parents to know about it, so every time they were to ask Marji what she wanted to be when she gets older she says a doctor. The only person at this time who knows about this is her grandmother.

            After reading this chapter I find it interesting that a little girl at the age of 10 years of age would have her mind made up of wanting to be a prophet. I like that she very religious because I used to be the same way at that age but I never thought about being a prophet, then again my religion and beliefs is different than her. Also I didn’t understand why she couldn’t tell her mom and dad about her true future plans. A situation like this have me think if her parents is as religious as her or if they supportive of what she thinks or believe in to the point that will make her ultimately happy at the end of the day. I can relate to her a lot with being close with her grandma. I’m the same way. My grandmother is life outlet to life in so many different ways. I can tell her just about anything and feel comfortable with it because I know she will support me no matter what. 

I am...

I am an African American male born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. I’m the oldest of 5 siblings. I have one brother and 4 sisters. I am 20 years of age with a lot of growing up to do. I was blessed to have both parents in my life to show me right from wrong and keep me on track as much as possible to be successful and better my future. I have a laid back/relax personality. I can be real goofy majority of the time when I’m hanging out with my friends and family. I am highly into music. My favorite types of music genre to listen to are Hip-Hop, Rap, R&B and Jazz. I listen to music daily it helps me get through the day when I am not playing basketball. My all type favorite music is Wale Folarin. His music has more of a poetry flow to it more than rap and rhymes. He has been a good insperation to me writing poetry. 

 I graduated from Spring Valley high school in 2010 where I played basketball for four seasons. I love to play the game of basketball any chance I get; it’s my true passion. I am now a college student athlete at Cabrillo College with goals of finishing college with a degree in psychology and hopefully go on to and continue to play basketball professionally in the NBA or over seas in another country. Basketball is not just a hobby to me it’s an outlet to life were I can be myself and express my feelings towards the game of basketball. After basketball the next thing I like to do is write poetry.

I am an inspiring poet who writes about my past, present and future. Sometimes I even write about old love experiences, like how my heart was broken or the moment and time of my relationship felt like a fairytale ending. My interest in poetry came when I graduated out of high school and I met someone who read some to me and immediately got my attention from the story behind it. That day I wanted to put my own story in some poetry, since then I been writing poetry.

I am a California residence and enjoyed the weather here. It’s amazing and always sunny. My favorite part about California is the beaches. Being able to go on the beach and relax in front of the ocean is so fun. If my hometown Vegas had a beach it would be just as nice as California if not better. I’ve been open to meeting a lot of Californian people. The ones I met so far been really nice and easy to converse with.

I am into the social networking. I have a Twitter and Instagram that I go on daily to talk and interact with my friends and family from back home I used to be against having social networks like twitter in high school until my friend taught me how to use it and soon became fun.

I am a typical young adult in today’s society. I play sports, listen to music, go to school and overall all likes to have fun with friends and family. But yet at the end of the day I am unique in my own way. I am, Robert Myles a 20 year old male from Las Vegas, NV.