This video is beautiful. It allowed me to remeber to think in another lense then I usually look through. Life's complexities are not neccessary to survive. There are communities out there who are much happeir with the limited resources that they have instead of these mega citites and developed countries. The hope and faith of just knowing you will see the sunrise the next day is the glory needed to lifet someones spirit. As far as mega consumers in capitalist economy belive that little materialistic things will eventually make us happy. But the sad part about that is that its only making us more depressed sad and less faithful. Now what does this have to do with the video is that the hope and faith the population of Haiti has had over the past years and now even after the tragedy has been measured out to be greater than many wealthy countries themselves.

This booming economy in Haiti is lovley to see how the country within weeks of the earthquake can turn around and get back on their feet and make ends meet for survival. Its also intereesting to see how money little, none, or alot is good for business. The city of Port A Prince has somwhat of a better economy than before. Haiti has little money but is able to conduct successful business not on the mission to make money but to help the community while being able to help themselves. This is somewhat of a sustainable definition of Haiti's economy. The business to charge cell phones while allowing children to watch movies is an smart economic move in order to attract more business. Many other moves like this are going on throughout these tent cities. It doesnt always takes books and having book smarts to think of these good economic moves. One of the men in the video said the movies are to be of a distraction for the kids of the visible struggle, something to uplift their spirits in order to keep the faith going.

Its an alarming issue to know that these tent cities may be in Hait for years, but its nice to know they are reacting to the tragedy in a positive way instead of sulking around looking for help from other nehboring or even long distant countries. Haiti is building its infrastructure little by little through ends meet. Complex measures are being taken in order to do business and help the citizens of of HAiti. This booming economy in Haiti is lovley to see how the country within weeks of the earthquake can turn around and get back on their feet and make ends meet for survival. Its also intereesting to see how money little, none, or alot is good for business. The city of Port A Prince has somwhat of a better economy than before. Haiti has little money but is able to conduct successful business not on the mission to make money but to help the community while being able to help themselves.

I feel that t is very selfish that we Americans can go to someone elses land and tell them we will take something that is naturally theres and qwill kill there own people over it because they have no say so. The things we are putting the countries in the middle east through is just wrong. They are fighting with us because they believe in what is theirs should be controlled by them, and they are not at fault for that. Unites States citizens just need to man up, and fight for whats realy theres and make use of it.

Our country clings onto the natural resource of another country and believes that is ok to do so. Its like going to someones house and claiming their parents as their own and telling those who live there as well that they should have all rights to their parents and there is nothing they an do about it.

I am not sure if the name Christian invaders is the right name forthis topic although it is understandable. Not all christians believe in the war against the middle east and the United states, but again the christians going to war are representing the Christians in the United States as a whole. I guess its only right to do so because we look at the middle east countries we are at war with an we assume they are all muslims. This is not right, we should call it the war and the reaction or invasion of the countries who are at war. I can stand and say its United States citizens are the only ones on the western hemisphere that are invading the land of the middle east not Christians who are found in many parts of the world.

The lecture on Christian invaders actually made me think more about the war in Iraq. Ever since the war begain i stood nuetral on the whole idea. I didnt really think my input was neccessary therefore i stayed in the background for years, as far as touching on that topic in conversations. After our Thursday's class I can actually say I have picked a side on the war or anti war issue. My stand in the war between the middle east and the U.S. is that I am all the way against it.

Although rituals and the culture of the middle east is unfamiliar to me, I have some type of understandings on the measures and precautions that the people of the middle east particularly the citizens of Iran, Iran, and Afganistan. The fact that the Amerian genrals in key positions pertaining to calls making certain procedures to be seen oout can actiually say it ok to kill aroung 28 innocent people in order to capture, hill, or just even get to one person it is ok. That is just insane, who in there right mind can believe that that is ok to even be said, they are just straigt sick and selfish.

Well duh if the person was sitting right next to the person who had ate the first piece of chocolate why would they eat the second one. that was a dumb question. Thats just how the world operates. People are more likely to help out in a situation when they are effect by the situation or someone close to them is being effected which will trickle down to effect them physically, emotionally, or mentally. If people don't have a direct idea of what, who, or where they are affecting then they a more than likely going to be blind sided to the idea whether or not they just watched the video on cocoa slavery off the ivory coast of Africa. I say whether they have seen the video or not because someone's response can be simply how do I know for a fact who and where am I being an affect on. The question is not ho can you eat that candy, its more of why are the supplies allowing for prices to decline which would then force these slave masters to hire slaves in order to pay for cheap or free labor in order to be successful more the lest survive.

I personally think that cocoa and other resources that these capitalist countries are investing in should be sold at full face value. Since the quality of how the resource was harvested in certain climate dependent regions as well as how properly stored and package the item was in order to keep the resource fresh, clean, or what ever type of measure was taken to protect the item. I know every one loves cheap or free things including myself but if chocolate was in such high demand they should be priced at what they are worth not how much you or the middle man can make off of it. I mean mattresses are really expensive but don't all of us westerners need comfortable mattresses to lay our heads down. Pricing resources or items at a value that reflects its quality is reasonable, and if you really need or just simply want it you would have access to have it all for the right price.

If this method was implemented in the globalized market then not just us westerners but every one in the world would be able to understand the meaning and the difference between a need and a want, us westerners would not be so materialistic as well. But its because things are handed to is so easily for little or none we don't see nor hear about the situation like the one in the Ivory Coast so often. Thats mine and i am pretty sure of how a lot more other people's thoughts in eating the second peace of chocolate.

I never really payed attention to the definition of affirmative action until I got to Penn State. And not until Sam's class did I really understand exactly who are the benifscors. Since the begging of the legislation of Affirmative action was set in place, it was for someone of a particular criteria to be given advantage over someone without that particular criteria. Unfortunately those who thought they would miraculously benefit the most did not really understand reality, which is that it is always a hidden agenda behind it all. The person in authority who writes the bill, will more than likely always try in some way to benefit from the action which would be put in place. People need to understand reality although there are good citizens and politicians out there willing to help there is always going to be the issue of every man to themselves which unfortunately how most issues are resolve, somewhat of the survival of the fits.

There are a lot of laws in our constitution that give false hope to citizens in the highest need. Affirmative action is one of those laws that falls under this unfortunate issue. Affirmative action was visioned to help minorities in need of a chance to prove that their credentials are just as good and resourceful as those who have been given an advantage in achieving and setting boundaries. Don't get me wrong now, affirmative action has helped people of color to a certain extent, the unfortunate factor in that all affirmative action is that it has not helped as many people as visioned to helped.

Sam talked in class about the major benifscors of affirmative action. He simply stated that white males who are the predominate authorities of a nation and its laws are the ones who are able to benefit from this law. Like stated before there is always a hidden agenda behind it all in order for the man writing the law to benefit from. Here is how the whole rundown was explained by sam. Not only colored people benefit from affirmative action but those of the female race, disable, and under representatives of our nations population. The white females which are in the middle or higher middle class are those who would be competing for job. Giving them the opportunity and chance to become a employee of whatever organization or company gave the authority the option to pull the affirmative action card in order to give their company organization a good rep without actually choosing an actual minority of disadvantage and actually given them a real chance. Therefore in the end the white man in Authority would be benefiting because the can lead their business or company and move on without open opening their arms to those of the minority population. This is a simple and brief explanation of how much of the American workforce of higher authority has been in much of the nation's history. As time goes by the opportunity for minorities are becoming a lot better but still need to come around a lot more.

____A major contributor other than manufactors to this continuing image would be the media. The images on tv shows, music videos, and etc, is the same ideal image. ____It would be great if this issue could be fixed because gives some children an advantage to succed more than other children when faced with this problem within the same area. Children are not mature enough to realize natural beauty so they have to go along with what they are being taught which is mostly through media, what they see in the stores and what they hear. Having to go to school and have extra everyday constantly revolving problems to deal with on top out someones school work can put people to an unfare advantage.

This video is crazy, but the sad thing is that its true. This happens all the timee every where in the United states and even outside the us. The perfect face or ideal image of a person is instealed in our minds from a very young age. When christmas roles around, mostly every young girl looks forward to getting a barbie doll as a present. Most of these barbie dolls all look the same just with diffrent skin color. Although these manufactures try to be diverse but all the attributes that make of someone of color is portrayed on the doll with attributes of someone with straight hair, narrow nose, slim waiste, and tall. When in reality its only a minority of the world's population that consist of people with this ideal image. Maybe thats why that is the ideal image because it gives everyone something to stride for. If the ideal image was someone that was obese the there be nothing for people to look forward to. If you get where im coming from. Everyone would be like robots.

Yes it is hard to get out of the hole, but also anything is possible. I believe and have witnessed first hand that through hard work and determinism anything is possible. Yeah the journey to getting to the top may be easier than others and one will have more obstacles than the other. Thats just how the world operates, life is not a box of chocolates. I am not saying that it is ok that its always the under privileges or minorities get faced with these problems because thats how life is, what I am saying is that the obstacles will be different for everyone but inly through natural unexpected interruptions.

The struggle still lives on. Although it was more of a struggle for black people then and now than white people, this is a prevalent issue is found among a variety of races and classes. Of course one person may struggle more than the other, but life is usually never easy for the average person when it comes to picking ones self back up after a hard fall. As a result major changes are mad in ones standard of living pertaining to finances, education, food supply, economical stipend, and etc. Its said to be good when day one just works according to plan. Applying that approach to the decisions they should come across . The real question is what is the hole and is there another opening in this hole, but people are just afraid or award of this imaginary secondary path.