I agree with you thought that everyone has a little bit of racism in them. I know I do and even people who claim they don’t are full of crap. Stereotypes are the simplest form of racism and there is no doubt ever one acknowledges stereotypes. I like your openness to admit you think you are better than some people because I think subconsciously we are all superior to other people whether we want to admit it or not. I know I also openly admit I believe I am superior to some people, not in a bragging way, but it a muffled subtle way that I really only feel.

I agree with you when you claim that there is a difference in thinking that you are better than someone in a developing country than thinking your race is superior because quite frankly it’s a complete individual idea and not necessarily everyone thinks like this. Like I previously said in another post, sometimes you subconsciously believe you are superior to people living in third world countries and you don’t even recognize it. I believe that thinking your race is superior is much worse because of the implications it has here in the United States and the potential feathers you could ruffle on American soil.

Coming from the wealthiest nation in the world, it is easy to simply blow off third world and developing countries and their problems. I admit that many times I do this and don’t really think twice about the issues facing these third world countries. Yet now that this video post has come up I have thought a little differently about why I don’t think about these third world countries and the issues they face. I know it’s a combination of many things. Maybe I subconsciously feel as if I am superior to the citizens in these third world countries. Maybe I feel as if a 19 year old college student in State College, PA can’t really make a difference that can truly affect people hundreds of miles away. Or maybe it’s the fact that I simply don’t care because their situation and issues don’t directly affect me. I don’t consider myself racist, but yet again who does. I truly believed that I am so removed from third world country issues that I really don’t know how to react to them because I truly do believe I really can’t do much to truly affect the outcome. I never really thought of thinking of myself as superior to people living in third world and developing countries until this post. I guess you can’t compare a person from the U.S. and a person living in let’s say Ethiopia because the lifestyle, customs, and culture is so distinctly different. What I’m trying to get at is that people in Ethiopia might consider themselves superior to Americans, not in the fact of possessions, but in the idea of more enriched in their cultures. People living in Ethiopia might think that internal awareness of culture is more important than material goods. Obviously they defiantly need more materials goods to live, but Americans might consider themselves superior to those citizens of third world countries because we simply posses more tangible objects. I believe that there is a very broad line regarding the difference between people who are racist and people who consider themselves superior to people of third world countries. People, who are racist, completely consciously degrade other human beings because of their skin color. People who feel as if they are superior to others in third world countries might do so in a subconscious way. Like I’ve previously stated this wall post has opened my eyes regarding people in third world countries. I never really thought of myself being superior to them, but I guess I subconsciously do. And it’s not even that I feel superior to them, it’s as if I really don’t even recognize people actually live in these countries as weird as that might sound. When people raise money for 3rd world countries, now that I think of it, I really don’t even realize that money is going to help people who live in those countries.

I feel as men don't need to conform to society because men have been quite frankly been able to do as they please and had been able to make it acceptable. Men with beer bellies are viewed as normal while girls who are a little chubby are viewed as fat and ugly. Men are the exact opposite of conforming. It is almost as if men do as they please without really thinking about the possible ramifications that could come into effect. It is basically the nature of men to do as they please

Hey listen I'm all about that all women are beautiful. I do agree all women has a distinct characteristic about them that separates them all other women. Some all beautiful, some are smart, while some are funny. However, I believe that it has come to a point where women overuse this cliche statement in nearly all possible situations. I feel as if women always use this term as a defense mechanism whenever they possibly can. You never hear men saying "All men are beautiful." Maybe it goes back to the fact that women are still discriminated against and still feel the need to possible team up and use this common phrase to always insist why women are beautiful. But honestly, you have to love women though. Your mom brings you into this world and to some degree everyone is a momma's boy. You are naturally attracted to a woman's caring and nurturing ways. My grandmother, mother, aunts all show the love that truly display why women are beautiful. In my words women are beautiful because of this characteristic. There is always a safe zone when it comes to talking to women that even the menliest men need every now and again. There is defiantly something beautiful about that characteristic. I keep referencing this idea that beauty is more of an emotional thing that a physical or characteristic thing. Everyone needs someone to go to and talk to in a time in need, and women are that person you can go to. Granted some women are physically beautiful but the best part about women who are "beautiful" is that they are opening and loving and caring. Also in relation to the topic on women being beautiful, I believe some of it has to do with the miracle of birth. We all know the miracle of birth is a beautiful thing and since women are the delivers of the miracle they are the beautiful thing, thus making all women beautiful. So as I believe women can be beautiful is several ways but the most important ways is relating to beautiful i the loving and caring nature of women and the beautiful miracle of life a women performs every time they give birth. As a guy, I want to know why not all men are beautiful though? Why aren't men considered "handsome" or something of that nature? Is it because men typically have thicker and tougher skin and can take criticisms or is it because of the reputation the society of America portrays on men. Regardless, we all know men and women are always held to different standards with most everything in life, but when it comes to "beauty" I will agree that women are more beautiful. There is no doubt that all women are beautiful, and there is the common bond between women and the unbelievable ability to

I agree with you here. After this class is over, I will continue my class the exact same as I did before I took this class. Granted I’ll keep some of Sam’s thought in my mind, but I won’t stop buying clothes or foods because they have some slavery links down the production line. I also won’t view people any different than I do now. It’s not arrogance; it’s just that I feel as if it really doesn’t matter I do. I’ll always be polite and political correct and do the right things, but I will not change the way how I live my life.

I was able to eat the second piece of chocolate because first off I was hungry but second of all because I really can’t do much to change how it’s made. I know this sounds terrible, but I’m a college hooligan at the #1 party school who quite frankly doesn’t think about where the food I eat or the shirts I wear come from. I don’t know if I would be able to eat it next to the slaves who were somehow involved, but I was able to stomach it after the movie because I know I really can’t affect the situation.

Let’s be honest, everyday nearly everything we use in the United States was somehow produced by slavery. Now I agree that some of Sam’s comments are outrageous relating to “stop” using products made with slavery somehow intertwined. I know I might sound like a typical ignorant American, but in my point of view I can’t really do anything about how the t shirts I wear are made or where and how the food I consume was cultivated. I’m literally an anonymous person, just as Sam stated the other say in class. I could wake up every day and fight the fight against slavery and yeah I might affect a few people, but let’s be honest, I’m not going to change the world. However, with this being said, I am admittedly guilty of buying far too many t shirts even though I only wear about 25% of them. This t shirts might have some roots that trace back to slavery, but the issue is what effect do I have? Yeah I own all these shirts, but I didn’t make a direct order for this individual t shirt. The shirts had been produced through several processes, all of which I was not cognoscente of at the time. All I know is that when I saw the shirt in the store, I like what I saw so I bought it. Thoughts of slavery didn’t run through my mind. And even if they did, quite frankly I’m still going to the buy the shirt if I like it.
I might be the issue or I might not, I don’t know. I know slavery is never really referred to today amongst my group of friends, but if it is, it is usually regarding slavery in the 1800s, not current day slavery, and let alone slavery regarding food. I know I won’t stop buying clothes because of the overseas slavery. I’m not encouraging the process of slavery or approving of the techniques, but like I said before in the big scheme of things I’m no one. I’m not going to change the world. I know it sounds terrible, but it’s the truth. Sometime s people need to realize that we have domestic issues we need to focus on before overseas issues. Healthcare, the Economy, and the War are just a few things we need to put our effort into before truly worrying about how the $10 t shirts we wear are made. I don’t commend slavery and never will, but the companies owners should feel the guilt of this mistreatment of human being and the bad omen shouldn’t wall on the consumers of the products. Because in reality the consumers of these products also don’t have the ability to change the line of production.

Let’s all be honest and claim that when you see black people in an LL Bean catalog it really doesn’t catch your eye, but when you really think about how many black people do you really see wearing LL Bean? I just feel that people in place to make decisions regarding publications are always wrong. If they put black people in TV shows, black people complain they the black actors are “2nd grade characters or depict criminals.” Yet, when black people are not put in ads or shows, people complain and the NAACP is calling for a federal investigation. I just feel as if lets forget about what is politically correct, and attempt to portray real life as best as possible.

I actually am the complete opposite. I criticize my hometown for being strictly white. I went to my public high school which was home to students, 92% of which were white. I always claim that in a way I wished I went to school with more diversity. Granted my high school has outstanding academics and was voted #1 high school in Hartford county, but sometimes academics isn’t all about life. One needs to interact with diversity so they can be prepared for the real world, because I know 92% of people in the world isn’t white. I may never be put in a situation where white isn’t the majority, but I do wish I grew up in a more diverse community.