en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2444672 Comments by TOO_Bossy http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145286960 PART 3 Also, from the comments it seems like most Americans who are not in favor of immigration aren’t in favor of illegal immigration specifically. This is because being an illegal immigrant is breaking the law and even some legal immigrants feel that they had to work very hard to get to America and gain citizenship and every immigrant should do the same. I don’t think its right for people to not follow the law and not have any consequences for it. We all live in a society especially in America where if you commit a crime or go against the law there are going to be repercussions for doing so and it seems as if those same rules don’t apply to illegal immigrants and I think that’s what most Americans have a problem with. However, many Americans don’t realize how hard it is to become an actual citizen which is why so many people actually come to the United States illegally. Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:53:54 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145286960 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145286892 PART 2 And the problems that some Americans have with illegal immigrants are the same as legal immigrants; the only difference is that Americans feel as though illegal immigrants are always referencing U.S. rights that they technically don’t have. Just reading the comments and opinions that some people have about immigrants it’s very clear that most comments that are made come from either pure ignorance or bitterness. It seems like many people have hade personal situations where they’ve been laid off or unemployed and have used the influx of immigrants taking jobs as a scapegoat. However, people fail to realize that immigrants play a major and important role in this country whether Americans like it or not. As we all know many immigrants take the jobs that most Americans don’t want anything to do with and will work for a lower wage. Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:53:26 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145286892 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145286791 PART 1 Immigration has been a constant controversial debate in the U.S. for many years and a lot of Americans have opinions on the subject. I believe immigrants are portrayed badly for the simple fact that society dislikes immigrants. It seems as though society through the media have portrayed immigrants in a negative light as if they don’t belong and that’s what keeps this negative image of immigrants thriving. When I thought about why society disliked immigrants I wanted to research and find out some opinions that people who dislike immigrants may have and why. Some people claimed that they dislike all immigrants while others claim they don’t dislike immigrants in totality they only dislike the illegal ones. Those who disliked immigrants altogether said things like the immigrants that come here are working for less, they send the money they makes back to their families in their home country instead of supporting the U.S. economy and the immigrants refuse to become part American culture and speak English. Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:52:50 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145286791 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/what-are-your-thoughts-on-everything-we-saw-and-heard-in-lecture-about-native-americans-119-blog/#IDComment142732790 Part 3 I just think its unfair how people can come kill and steal the land of Native people, and then call it America without any remorse. Then on top of that to find some type of justification or to get rid of guilty feelings America may have and to make it “fair” we put these native people on reserved land that was originally their land to begin with. There are so many issues with reservations including the fact there are 550+ American Indian tribes that don’t even have a piece of land allotted to them. Not only that but so many American Indians were forced to live on reservations against there will and sometimes two different tribes were forced to live on one reservation which brought much conflict. I just hope that through this lecture people recognize the struggles that so many American Indians face on reservations and the actual concept of having a reservation isn’t as noble of America as we may think it to be. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:20:17 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/what-are-your-thoughts-on-everything-we-saw-and-heard-in-lecture-about-native-americans-119-blog/#IDComment142732790 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/what-are-your-thoughts-on-everything-we-saw-and-heard-in-lecture-about-native-americans-119-blog/#IDComment142732698 Part 2 It’s extremely sad how so many American Indians on reservations live and the statistics about their life expectancy is horrendous and I don’t understand why there isn’t anything being done about it. In my opinion it seems as if America sees American Indian reservations as almost being a separate country from the United States and one has nothing to do with the other. For example, the average life expectancy of a Native American male on a reservation is 48 years old and many deaths on the reservation are from suicide. They don’t even have access to the same basic essentials we, who don’t live on reservations, take for granted like running water. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:19:48 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/what-are-your-thoughts-on-everything-we-saw-and-heard-in-lecture-about-native-americans-119-blog/#IDComment142732698 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/what-are-your-thoughts-on-everything-we-saw-and-heard-in-lecture-about-native-americans-119-blog/#IDComment142732605 Part 1 When I first did responded to the clicker question about how much I know about Native Americans and the lives they live on reservations I said that I didn’t know a lot. I mean yes I knew about the history of Native Americans and their land and how Europe traveled to America to kill its native people and steal their land but I didn’t know about life on the reservation today. In listening to the lecture on Tuesday I sat and thought about why I don’t know as much information about Native American life as I should and how I’ve never even met a Native American. I really like this lecture about the American Indian because in U.S. history and even when we discuss people on a geographical level we include all types of ethnicities other than the American Indian, the first people. America history books treat the Native American population as if they have been literally wiped off the face of the planet and don’t exist. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:19:21 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/what-are-your-thoughts-on-everything-we-saw-and-heard-in-lecture-about-native-americans-119-blog/#IDComment142732605 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/how-have-you-acted-when-involved-in-racist-or-discriminating-events-119-blog/#IDComment137622222 PART 3 So now I see myself as more of an educator, letting these people who may be ignorant that the N word is a derogatory word and shouldn’t be used because many African American people find it offensive and insulting. Its easier now to be able to let people know that they cant act the same way they do at home at Penn State because we are in a more diversified institution. Looking back Im glad I went through the racial experiences I did because now being in the work place I can adapt a lot easier. Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:56:35 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/how-have-you-acted-when-involved-in-racist-or-discriminating-events-119-blog/#IDComment137622222 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/how-have-you-acted-when-involved-in-racist-or-discriminating-events-119-blog/#IDComment137622146 PART 2 . While my other friends were able to laugh and shrug it off as if he was just being ignorant and should be ignored, something inside of me couldn’t do the same. Since I’ve never been called the N work before something it caused my body to have an adrenaline rush and it caused me to yell at the guy and curse him out. A lot of people always wonder why people get into fights over racial slurs instead of just explaining to the person that the word inappropriate. But I think people also have to understand that once you’re called something that is so derogatory and offensive you aren’t thinking about the most logical way to handle the situation, you’re reacting strictly off of your emotions at the moment. However, as I’ve gone through my years at Penn State and having multiple encounter with racist people I’ve learned to pick and choose my battles and I handle them with more maturity and an understanding. Unlike my thoughts when I was younger I realized that many white people think saying the N word is completely appropriate where they come from Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:56:03 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/how-have-you-acted-when-involved-in-racist-or-discriminating-events-119-blog/#IDComment137622146 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/how-have-you-acted-when-involved-in-racist-or-discriminating-events-119-blog/#IDComment137622089 PART 1 Ironically, or as surprising as it may seem being an African American female I haven’t been in any racist or discriminatory situations until I came to Penn State, and those situations have only made me grow as a person. When I was younger I was always seen as a quite person who didn’t like to be in the middle of conflict and pretty much a people pleaser. But now that I’m older I tend to be much more opinionated and assertive, and I sometimes I may be too assertive in certain situations especially racially hostile situations. My first encounter with bigotry was the second semester of my freshmen year and I was living in East Halls. Some of my friends and I had went to the commons to get some studying done in one of the study lounges. While we were studying there was a white guy sitting behind us and as we were laughing and joking the guy sitting behind up had shouted a racial slur at us without hesitation and then laughed about it. Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:55:34 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/how-have-you-acted-when-involved-in-racist-or-discriminating-events-119-blog/#IDComment137622089 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-video-119-blog/#IDComment135954992 PART 4 In other words parents of African American youth often preached to their children that they should be proud to be African American therefore those children had higher self-esteem because of their parents telling them they should be proud to be who they are. This means African Americans take great pride in their culture and therefore not comparing themselves to anyone else. Looking back at other research and seeing the proof of the high self esteem of African America girls I realized that there’s so much complexity in this situation that the answer of African American children preferring white dolls over black dolls is so much deeper and not s simple as we may have thought. Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:46:30 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-video-119-blog/#IDComment135954992 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-video-119-blog/#IDComment135954935 PART 3 Referring back to research I’ve done over self esteem you would gather from this video that African American girls self esteem isn’t very high but other studies seem to show otherwise. It’s also very important to acknowledge the role that parental figures play in the life of young African American girls and how it reflects their high self-esteem or low self esteem. One study I researched found that racial parental socialization among African Americans reflected pride and knowledge about African American culture were positively associated with black youth self esteem (Constantine and Blackmon, 2002). Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:46:11 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-video-119-blog/#IDComment135954935 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-video-119-blog/#IDComment135954702 PART 2 Being an African American woman and being dark skinned growing up I never felt like the color of my skin made me less fortunate or ugly. I never preferred white dolls over black dolls, in fact when I was younger everything I owned was black Barbie, from my comforter to my back pack to my umbrella. I didn’t want anything that didn’t look like me because I couldn’t relate to it. As I think about my childhood compared to many other African American girls I really sit back and wonder just how different is my childhood from others. Grant it there may be many different factors that shaped me into the person I am but I was made fun of just as much as other black girls and I’ve been exposed to just as much media as many other black girls, so what makes my situation different? Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:44:36 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-video-119-blog/#IDComment135954702 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-video-119-blog/#IDComment135954610 PART 1 Before Sam had put on the video about the white doll versus the black doll he mentioned that the video would be quite disturbing. Thinking about all the information I knew on studies like that that were conducted with African American children in the past I kind of knew what to expect. However, for some reason I was still shocked and upset when I saw that video and not because of the fact that African American children prefer the white doll but more so because of the fact that its still something that’s prevalent today and not something that went on in the past like I previously thought. The video hurt me to my core because theses African American children prefer white dolls over black dolls, the dolls that look the most like them. But what brought me to tears were the reasons why these children were picking the white dolls over the black dolls. Some reason included things like the white doll is nice and the black doll is bad. Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:43:54 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-video-119-blog/#IDComment135954610 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/28/scholarships-for-white-men/#IDComment132695882 Part 3 I also think that it’s important to keep in mind that just because some white males may need assistance and though there may not be a scholarship strictly for “white males, “there are also plenty of scholarships that they can fall under as well. There are scholarships for people who are left-handed, for people who live in a certain area, for people who only have one parent in the household etc. So to say there aren’t enough scholarships for white males in America I don’t believe that to be true. Though I am a black female, I also believe in equal opportunity for all. Whether you’re black or white, male or female, it doesn’t have anything to do with race, if you can’t afford to attend college then its only right that you have scholarships granted because you are a disadvantage economically. It just so happens that most people who are at a disadvantage financially happen to be minorities but white males who are disadvantaged financially also exist. Sat, 5 Mar 2011 22:12:18 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/28/scholarships-for-white-men/#IDComment132695882 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/28/scholarships-for-white-men/#IDComment132695792 Part 2 In the interview the reporter mentions that some people may take offense to the fact that the President of this scholarship organization is offering the scholarships to white males only because for so many year white men always were preferred over women and minorities when it came to attending college. I completely understand how this scholarship opportunity can be seen as possibly having some type of political agenda given American history. However, I think it’s very important to note that even though this young man seems to be ignorant of American history and the white privilege he possesses, he makes it very clear that his organization has no political agenda and will not take money from any white supremacist organization. For him to make such a statement is very important because I’m sure that’s what many people would think was occurring. Sat, 5 Mar 2011 22:11:49 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/28/scholarships-for-white-men/#IDComment132695792 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/28/scholarships-for-white-men/#IDComment132695741 Part 1 I feel as though offering scholarships to white males in need of student aid is just as great of an idea as offering scholarships to any other ethnicity or gender. I think that many people have the misconception that all white men in the United States can afford to attend college; however I believe this interview brings to light that this isn’t always the case. Though being a white male in today’s society gives you an upper hand amongst everyone else, there are still plenty of white males whose families are working class or working middle class and can’t afford the cost of tuition. Especially as tuition costs rise, it’s even harder to attend college. If In American society people of different genders, races and ethnicities have struggled for equal opportunities then why should we deny the opportunity for college scholarships to white males? Sat, 5 Mar 2011 22:11:25 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/28/scholarships-for-white-men/#IDComment132695741 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/23/why-are-white-people-so-reluctant-to-admit-to-having-discriminations-119-blog/#IDComment130238451 PT 3 “Many traditionally oppressed minorities, from the Maoris in New Zealand to Blacks in the USA, have suffered mentally, socially, and economically from past wrongs. White people should make sure they do not continue to marginalize non-whites & non-whites need to take more accountability for their own futures. We all need to meet each other half way. Only then will progress be made.” So, I do believe that it’s quite natural for white people to not really talk about discrimination because of their white guilt they don’t want to be labeled as racist. This is because society has put the blame on white society and the newer generations who may not deserve most of the blame takes on the guilt and feel it necessary suppress anything they may say to offend someone. I feel as though people of color need to lean more on free will and make a conscious decision that they won’t let the things of the past affect them in the future. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:47:32 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/23/why-are-white-people-so-reluctant-to-admit-to-having-discriminations-119-blog/#IDComment130238451 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/23/why-are-white-people-so-reluctant-to-admit-to-having-discriminations-119-blog/#IDComment130238325 PT 2 I think white guilt is something that is still talked about even on blogs, some people claim that white people who suffer from white guilt usually deal with it in two different ways. 1) Excuse non-whites for every and anything they do wrong or 2) Become vehement racist who claim non-whites are solely responsible for the state they are in.“The simple solution for this problem is for people to simply try their best to look at these issues as objectively as possible. It would be unfair for a Native American man to blame the white man for his drinking problem. However, the fact that the Aboriginals in The United States, Canada, & Australia all collectively struggle with poverty, unemployment, suicide, alcoholism, crime, and domestic violence when they have little to no communication with each other is NO coincident.” I think this statement is very important it when it comes to the concept of free will versus determinism. Though the Native American cannot blame the white man for his drinking problem directly, I feel as though the white man plays a huge role in the fact that Native Americans as a people have a problem with alcoholism. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:46:33 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/23/why-are-white-people-so-reluctant-to-admit-to-having-discriminations-119-blog/#IDComment130238325 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/23/why-are-white-people-so-reluctant-to-admit-to-having-discriminations-119-blog/#IDComment130238154 PT 1 I believe that white people are reluctant when it comes to admitting discrimination for a few different reasons, but I think the primary reason is because they don’t want to be labeled as racists or bigots. I also believe that white people throughout history understand that they have always been labeled as the racists and I believe that the younger generations of white people don’t want to be put in the same category as their grandparents and great grandparents. I think white guilt also plays a major part in why white people don’t talk about discrimination because they feel bad for the racist treatment against people of color by white people both historically and presently. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:45:19 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/23/why-are-white-people-so-reluctant-to-admit-to-having-discriminations-119-blog/#IDComment130238154 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/08/how-have-the-choices-youve-made-and-determinism-affected-your-life-119-blog/#IDComment127298140 PT 4 In my life, I can definitely say that both free will as well as determinism have played roles in my life in some way but I can relate more to the free will aspect. I say this because I don’t believe that my circumstance can only affect my life as much as I let it and I have control over my life. I feel as though the only reasons why I end up in certain situations are due to my actions and decision making in some way or another. I feel as though you may not be able to control certain things like where you were born or who your parents are, you are absolutely able to control how it affects your life. I just believe its an attitude that is learned and not innate, the ability to accept things the way they are and do something about it. Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:46:06 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/08/how-have-the-choices-youve-made-and-determinism-affected-your-life-119-blog/#IDComment127298140