en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2409698 Comments by Roxdaddy09 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/29/how-will-you-be-treated-differently-if-whites-become-the-minority-119-blog/#IDComment279951504 Do you actually believe what your saying or are you looking to get a reaction? If you actually believe it i'll take some time to show you how much of a fool you are, if not I won't waste my time. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:36:53 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/29/how-will-you-be-treated-differently-if-whites-become-the-minority-119-blog/#IDComment279951504 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145020030 part 3 Now that we’ve covered the job issue, we can move on to what I think the real issue is. I feel that Americans are just plain old intolerant of foreigners coming into America whether they are legal or illegal. We are a very selfish society as whole, we don’t want anyone coming in to “our” land and taking anything away from us. Our society would never say it out loud because it would look bad and it’s not politically correct but I think if we could severely cut down on the number of immigrants in the United States without anyone knowing and without any repercussions we would. I think it’s funny that we make a big deal about people illegally coming to America when everyone here is an immigrant. Other than native American’s we are all immigrants, we came here without invitation stole the land from the Indians and called it our own. I’m black so I didn’t come here voluntarily so like Sam said we get a pass. My people were stolen from their country and brought here and forced to work for no pay, illegally! So it makes me sick that we make a big deal about immigration because we as a people have no room to talk down on anyone. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:48:45 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145020030 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145019903 part 2 Most of society strives for higher end jobs leaving these types of jobs with availability. It’s not immigrant’s fault that people who are struggling to find jobs are too proud to do these jobs but we act like it is. What makes things worse is that immigrants are willing to accept lower wages which makes them more appealing to employers because they can save money by hiring an immigrant for less than American citizen. This rubs a lot of Americans the wrong way, and honestly it is kind of an unfair advantage but life isn’t fair and we all know this already. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:47:48 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145019903 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145019859 part 1 Most people in society dislikes immigrants because they are taught to by the mainstream media who only have bad things to say about immigrants. Think about it, when is the last time you turned on the CNN or Fox News and they were saying something positive about immigrants? Probably very rarely if it ever happened at all. The main issue that leads to our society disliking immigrants is that we feel like they are unfairly taking something that should be ours, and that is jobs. Especially if they are illegal immigrants. I don’t blame society for having these concerns because they are legit reasons to be afraid especially in today’s economy. The truth is that a lot of the jobs that illegal immigrants are occupying are jobs that have been available to Americans for years but that most people do not want to do. These are jobs that involve a lot of labor such as, landscaping or factory work. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:47:32 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145019859 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/do-you-think-you-would-actively-try-to-not-benefit-from-nepotism-if-the-situation-presented-itself-119-blog/#IDComment143296335 part1 To start out answering the question at hand, I personally would not actively try not to benefit from nepotism. I honestly do not truly understand why anyone would. I guess the fact that if they did not benefit from it that it may make them feel better about their accomplishments knowing that they did it on their own. That sounds all well and good but I rather take a connection if one presents itself to make my life a little bit easier. I would not look at it as taking the easy way out because I know that I will have worked hard to get where I will be. So getting some extra help along the way to me is just another part of the game. I will not lie and say that it doesn’t kind of bother that some people who do not deserve to be where there are benefiting from nepotism but I don’t let it get to me because I know that’s just the way of the world we live in. I try to make friends with people of different races, backgrounds, and interests, so that maybe one day in the future they can help me, if I need it. Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:56:51 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/do-you-think-you-would-actively-try-to-not-benefit-from-nepotism-if-the-situation-presented-itself-119-blog/#IDComment143296335 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/do-you-think-you-would-actively-try-to-not-benefit-from-nepotism-if-the-situation-presented-itself-119-blog/#IDComment143296189 part 3 Now after graduation for a lot of people comes the real world n trying to find a job in it but Johnny will never experience this. Johnny will be hired right out of college into his dad’s company making a very respectable wage at the tender age of twenty two. For a lot of people this is something that will drive them insane, but for me I say congratulations on being lucky because sometimes that’s all that matters. In closing, I would never actively try not to benefit from nepotism because it can benefit me in ways that I personally couldn’t pass up. Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:56:09 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/do-you-think-you-would-actively-try-to-not-benefit-from-nepotism-if-the-situation-presented-itself-119-blog/#IDComment143296189 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/do-you-think-you-would-actively-try-to-not-benefit-from-nepotism-if-the-situation-presented-itself-119-blog/#IDComment143296012 part2 Nepotism puts people on the fast track to better lives. While there is a possibility that these people were going to get there eventually anyway, nepotism allows these people to get ahead much faster than the people without the connections. For example, say there’s a kid named Johnny and Johnny’s dad is the CEO of a fortune 500 company. Let’s say throughout highschool Johnny gets pretty good grades nothing spectacular but he’s a solid student Like a 3.1 average. Nepotism will allow Johnny to attend a good school such as Penn State because he has the means to pay for it, so now he’s getting ahead of all the other kids who have better grade point averages but don’t necessarily have the means to come to Penn State. Not only that but all Johnny has to do at Penn State is major in something in the business college, get by only getting C’s because C’s earn degrees and before he knows it he’ll be graduating. Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:55:32 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/do-you-think-you-would-actively-try-to-not-benefit-from-nepotism-if-the-situation-presented-itself-119-blog/#IDComment143296012 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/do-you-think-you-would-actively-try-to-not-benefit-from-nepotism-if-the-situation-presented-itself-119-blog/#IDComment143295032 part 1 To start out answering the question at hand, I personally would not actively try not to benefit from nepotism. I honestly do not truly understand why anyone would. I guess the fact that if they did not benefit from it that it may make them feel better about their accomplishments knowing that they did it on their own. That sounds all well and good but I rather take a connection if one presents itself to make my life a little bit easier. I would not look at it as taking the easy way out because I know that I will have worked hard to get where I will be. So getting some extra help along the way to me is just another part of the game. I will not lie and say that it doesn’t kind of bother that some people who do not deserve to be where there are benefiting from nepotism but I don’t let it get to me because I know that’s just the way of the world we live in. I try to make friends with people of different races, backgrounds, and interests, so that maybe one day in the future they can help me, if I need it. Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:51:51 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/do-you-think-you-would-actively-try-to-not-benefit-from-nepotism-if-the-situation-presented-itself-119-blog/#IDComment143295032 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/07/4827/#IDComment141106850 part 3 To many people these facts are unknown and they just continue to follow what they hear in the media which is mostly likely biased in its views. The big oil companies also claim that they need incentives in order to drill and explore. With oil prices at an all time high how what more incentive can there possibly be to drill? I personally do not like the way the big oil companies handle their business and I don’t like how government protects them instead of forcing them to do the right thing. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 22:42:35 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/07/4827/#IDComment141106850 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/07/4827/#IDComment141106772 part 2 The big oil companies are claiming that eliminating the subsidies will lead to higher gas prices and the loss of jobs. These claims are a pretty good scare tactic because no one wants higher gas prices or for people to lose their jobs, so many choose to support the oil companies to avoid these problems. If these people were to look at the facts, they would see that these claims are false. “Fuel costs largely reflect the price of oil, and that price has little to do with how much it costs to produce it. According to a U.S. Energy Information Administration survey, between 2007 and 2009, major U.S.-based oil companies spent an average of $29.31 to produce a barrel of oil. About one third of that amount went for extraction and taxes, and two thirds for exploration and development -- precisely why those companies are making such a killing when prices are $100 a barrel or more. Rather than production costs, the price of oil is set by the global market, and is affected by multiple factors. Those can include financial speculation and geopolitical fears that lately have been causing wild price swings (Huffington Post).” Fri, 8 Apr 2011 22:42:19 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/07/4827/#IDComment141106772 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/07/4827/#IDComment141106562 part 1__ The oil industry today has more power than ever before and as long as government continues to allow this, the trend will continue. I personally don’t understand why the government continues to protect the oil companies the way they do. President Obama asked congress to eliminate four billion dollars in tax breaks for the big oil companies and got absolutely no support for it. Four billion dollars of tax payer money is going to big oil companies such as, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell, who together made almost a trillion dollars in profit over the past decade. So what do these companies need subsidies for? Why does the government allow them to have our money when it is clear that they do not need it? President Obama was even quoted as saying, “I don't know if you've noticed, but they're doing just fine on their own.” Fri, 8 Apr 2011 22:41:06 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/07/4827/#IDComment141106562 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/29/how-will-you-be-treated-differently-if-whites-become-the-minority-119-blog/#IDComment139292503 part 3 The only thing that may change is how white people feel about being considered the minority when compared to all the other races put together. Based off the clicker question in class we saw that some white people won’t know how to handle being the minority. I think it will be interesting to see what people who are white have to say about their feelings regarding the situation. I think it may be a hard thing for some to accept because there used to being the largest group so to have that taken away may not sit well but if they think of it as each group individually then they would have nothing to worry about. As far as I can see I don’t think minorities being the majority will lead to me being treated better than I was before. I don’t see how it could; we still aren’t the ones making the rules so how can it be a positive. I personally think white people will be the ultimate beneficiaries of being the minorities, because they will be able to enjoy the programs directed towards helping minorities, while also holding all the power. They can have their cake and eat it too. Sat, 2 Apr 2011 04:25:41 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/29/how-will-you-be-treated-differently-if-whites-become-the-minority-119-blog/#IDComment139292503 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/29/how-will-you-be-treated-differently-if-whites-become-the-minority-119-blog/#IDComment139292407 part 2 I think that whites becoming the minority will help them more than it would hurt them overall because now they can rightfully request all the luxuries, government programs, and scholarships that are usually reserved for minorities. It would be like having the best of both worlds for whites. Let’s be honest when whites become the minority they are not going to lose the control that they have over this country. It is not like soon as that day comes the power will magically shift from whites to blacks and Asians and Hispanics. All the people at fox news aren’t going to be fired and replaced with blacks, and all the people in the senate and the House of Representatives are not going to be impeached and replaced with Hispanics, and instead of having presidential elections we will not be naming Barack Obama president for life. None of these things are going to happen, not even close. Sat, 2 Apr 2011 04:25:22 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/29/how-will-you-be-treated-differently-if-whites-become-the-minority-119-blog/#IDComment139292407 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/29/how-will-you-be-treated-differently-if-whites-become-the-minority-119-blog/#IDComment139292243 part 1__When whites become the minority, I honestly do not think it will affect the way I am treated very much if it does at all. I feel as though white people will still have the most power and probably have even better chances at getting a job because they technically will be the minority. There will still be a lot more whites when compared to one minority group at a time, just not as whole. I personally do not understand why all minority groups get lumped together when we are all different. When we lump everyone who is not white together it just perpetuates the notion that white is the norm and everything else is not as good. Sat, 2 Apr 2011 04:24:42 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/29/how-will-you-be-treated-differently-if-whites-become-the-minority-119-blog/#IDComment139292243 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/has-barak-obama%e2%80%99s-presidency-helped-the-race-movement-119-blog/#IDComment137630111 part 3 I think that while Obama’s presidency has helped the race movement in ways that were never imagined it has also hurt it some ways as well. I say this because now that the president is half black, there is added pressure for people of color to succeed. It sometimes seems as though white people think that now that the president is black that everything is right in the world and that could not be further from the truth. Yes it has helped but there are still so many problems that people of color still face today that seems less important now because a person of color holds the highest position in the land. We need to realize that Obama being president does not mean that everything in the world is fine and that since we have a black president that we can stop working towards the ultimate goal of true equality. That’s why I say that Obama’s presidency has helped the race movement tremendously but has also hurt it in some ways. Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:58:43 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/has-barak-obama%e2%80%99s-presidency-helped-the-race-movement-119-blog/#IDComment137630111 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/has-barak-obama%e2%80%99s-presidency-helped-the-race-movement-119-blog/#IDComment137630081 part 2 Even before he was elected his candidacy inspired many people of color to get out and get actively involved in the voting process. I personally got involved the election process by canvassing my neighborhood with my track team. We encouraged people to get out and vote, we specifically targeted people who registered as democrats because we were supporting Obama, but as long as we were making a difference we were happy. My primary reason for getting involved in canvassing was because I was too young to vote and I wanted to be a part of something so historic. So when my coach approached me about doing it, I was eager to accept. It was great experience and it was also a lot of fun hanging out with my friends all day. It was obvious that even before Obama won the election, just the fact that he was in the race was inspiration to many people. Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:58:30 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/has-barak-obama%e2%80%99s-presidency-helped-the-race-movement-119-blog/#IDComment137630081 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/has-barak-obama%e2%80%99s-presidency-helped-the-race-movement-119-blog/#IDComment137629999 part 1 I feel that Barack Obama’s presidency has helped the race movement tremendously but also has hurt it in some ways as well. Barack Obama being elected president had an immediate impact on the race movement. It instantly gave the movement a renewed sense of hope. For a man of color to be elected into office was something that many didn’t think was even possible, at least not for a long time. His election gave many hope, especially many underprivileged African American youth, hope that if a man of color could be elected president, they could do anything they set their mind too. It made many people of color feel as though they could make history just like he did; this was a thought process that hadn’t been prevalent before Obama won the election. Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:58:15 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/has-barak-obama%e2%80%99s-presidency-helped-the-race-movement-119-blog/#IDComment137629999 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-do-you-think-of-the-diversity-at-penn-state-119-blog/#IDComment135969721 part 3 I do think it’s interesting that some people do think that Penn State is really diverse. Some of my friends have said that they were amazed at how diverse Penn State is and I just looked at them like “are you serious?” I found that the reason they see Penn State as diverse is because in the towns where they grew and in the schools they attended there were few if any African Americans or Asians or any other minorities. So for them to see a couple hundred black people walking around is probably a shocking experience. So for them Penn State is a brand new experience for them because they are now interacting with diverse groups with whom they have had no prior contact with. I don’t think that what they see as diversity is wrong at all but I personally don’t see that at all. If Penn State was diverse I wouldn’t be able to walk from Pollock Commons to the IST building and only see like five black people on the way. Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:29:59 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-do-you-think-of-the-diversity-at-penn-state-119-blog/#IDComment135969721 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-do-you-think-of-the-diversity-at-penn-state-119-blog/#IDComment135969686 part 2 I just like everyone else has seen the many tour groups, taking a tour of the campus. Out of all the families there are I on average only see two black families and that’s on a good day. Just today I saw five tour groups go by and only saw one black perspective student among them. Penn State isn’t known to minorities as place where diversity is prevalent. When I told people I was going to Penn State some people made an awkward face and asked “why you want to go to school with all white people?” People who have no affiliation with Penn State know that diversity here is a major problem. My next door neighbor is a black Penn State grad and when I went home for spring break during my freshman year she asked me “are they starting to get more black people up there yet?” That’s the reality of diversity here at Penn State, there really is very little. Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:29:44 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-do-you-think-of-the-diversity-at-penn-state-119-blog/#IDComment135969686 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-do-you-think-of-the-diversity-at-penn-state-119-blog/#IDComment135969639 part 1 I personally think the amount of diversity at Penn State sucks. I feel like there could be a whole hell of a lot more blacks. I’m not sure what the exact percent is but it is way lower than it should. I also think there should be more Asians and other minorities as well, but I doubt this will happen because Penn State is historically a white dominated university and they will not allow that to change. While I am sure that Penn State is capable of letting more minorities in, this issue is not completely the universities fault. More minorities can’t be admitted to Penn State if they are not applying or have an interest in coming here. Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:29:29 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-do-you-think-of-the-diversity-at-penn-state-119-blog/#IDComment135969639