Tom, dont grade these just yet... So upset soc 119 is coming to an end :( bummer much!!!!! But like really, when you feel like you have no one else, you just have to be there for yourslef. there's not much more to it. so much goes on in this world that sometimes we cant see past what is directly in front of us. We dont see the bigger picture, and even when we do begin to see the bigger picture, it is highly unlikely that other people will so we may have to deal with the fact that the things we do to cause positive change may not positively affect us. We live for what is safe fun exciting and fulfilling TODAY, not the beautiful world that may or may not be here tomorrow. So i need thirty more words. this is what i am going to type.... aggggoooo haiti. we got lots of $$$ for you.... seven more words now three two one done :)
People dont feel like they should be for others when others are not for them. And often times, minorities(its even in the name minor or less than) are looked down upon and treated unfairly.... So they feel like the only way to survive is to stick together. if you're not for yourself, who will be??? It's hard out here for a pimp... Have you ever heard of larimer pennsylvania? do you ever get nervous? well, i do. I'm black and i feel like if i don't try to help my fellow black/ african american people, no one will. Race is a very complex deep rooted issue in the US.
ECON 102... I dont quite remember the name but theres a game. A game we played in econ 102 with professor dirk mateer. its the very first thing that came to mind when i heard the question.
First off, everyone has to work to protect themselves and their interests. Life on earth is about survival of the fittest and sometimes assisting others can cause harm to yourself.
Okay, back to the game. Just so you guys know, ECON was AWESOME...but anyways ... there was a game where.. goodness i forget how it worked but uh.. If anyone knows what im talking about, PLEASE respond... helping the group could benefit you, but if everyone in the group wasnt for the group, you'd be left in a very bad position. So, the comparison is that it isnt always in a minorities best interest to reach out. It may be in the best interest of the world as a whole but when minorities cannot reap the benefits of the world improvement, it takes away a great deal of incentive.
People become so accepting of the idiotic actions of others that hey sometimes forget what is right and wrong. They become so caught up in our cultural norms that they begin making false associations. They have a very skewed and limited perspective on what it means to be American and very little knowledge regarding the value and meaning of human life. Regardless of whether someone is an American citizen or not, it does not make them worth any less than us. Also, just because there are some extreme cases in any given culture doesn’t mean that every single person is the same. It was an assumption that she’s even Middle Eastern. There are plenty of Muslims in the US who are not from the Middle East so to judge her based off of religious attire when America is supposed to be a country of religious freedom is ridiculous. I personally would have said something, but I don’t believe my words would have been heard. I am an African American woman, and as we all know race and gender play a role in nearly every single aspect of our culture. Speaking up for a Muslim woman, I believe my words would be disregarded and I too would be looked at as either not American or less than American.
Some people may not have stood up for the woman for several reasons. They may fear being judged or not know exactly what to say, but at the end of the day; it all comes down to ignorance and fear.
Well, I think part of it is because we can never be on the same level as god, so we use people such as priests and pastors simply as pathways to them. Often times they are more knowledgeable and dedicated to God. They are closer to him/her because they spend more time praying and learning and indulging themselves in religion. Kind of like how for Christians, Jesus is seen as the way to God... because we could never be on the same level as God, we seek to be closer to God through people who are closer to God than we are. We look to religious leaders for guidance not because we need them to have a relationship with God but because we admire their closeness to God and it’s something we want for ourselves.
Sometimes it can also be because of the control associated with the social system of religion. People try to make it seem as if we need religious leaders to be close to God so that believers can be kept in line. If we feel dependent on other human beings to be close to God, we won’t go against them and an order can be kept.
. It is seen as disrespecting ourselves because of the intent behind wearing such clothing. Most women are not showing off their bodies because they just love them so much but rather because it pleases men. I feel like this is the same in the Muslim culture. Although some women wear their covers because they want to respect themselves, others do it because they feel forced to. They don’t really have a say. They do it because they feel like they have to. I feel like this debate is about women having options and doing what they want. Regardless of whether women are covering up or letting it all hang out… the disrespect stems from the reasoning behind their actions. Some women may genuinely just enjoy the way they dress and there isn’t anything wrong with that in my opinion. As long as a woman is comfortable with the way she dresses and proud of it, then she is respecting herself by making herself happy and not living to please society. I just really feel like you cannot determine whether or not a woman respects herself based on the way she dresses. You can tell by the way she may act.
i feel like it is seen as disrespecting ourselves because sometimes women dress in certain ways to impress men or because they're submitting to the stereotypes of society or trying to fit a certain image. It is seen as disrespecting ourselves because of the intent behind wearing such clothing. Most women are not showing off their bodies because they just love them so much but rather because it pleases men. I feel like this is the same in the Muslim culture. Although some women wear their covers because they want to respect themselves, others do it because they feel forced to. They don’t really have a say. They do it because they feel like they have to. I feel like this debate is an about woman having options and doing what they want. Women need to have options and do what they want to do. i feel like it is seen as disrespecting ourselves because sometimes women dress in certain ways to impress men or because they're submitting to the stereotypes of society or trying to fit a certain image. When you let others put you down and make you feel forced to submit to dressing one way, then youre disrespecting yourself.
Did you guys like class. I left early on Thursday, what happened?? So, now I have 325 words, but when I typed 325, it turned into 326 words… lal la lalal uh yea…. Who’s goin out his weekend? WAR. Killing… America is awful… war is awqful… we all killed 29 people… we murder civilians… I am sam… sam I am…. Every life should be as valued as the next. Changed my profile pic. But really though, we need to engage in conversation with people with first-hand experience and opinions need to be shared.
But whatever… uhm….. ….. ….. in our discussion group, we have someone from the middle east and someone who served in the army… it was cool to hear both sides of the story and I think this is what we must do to get closer to the truth. We must have dialogue with different types of people, interact, question, challenge, and open up to others so that we can come to some sort of appropriate understanding. Wow, still two hundred words to go. Omg, becky…. War is bad!!!!! Really bad, like Michael Jackson. We kill people and try to justify it. Nobody from another country could ever justify the killing of an American. Like really, we need to get over ourselves….. huh, still one hundred fifty words, like goodness I thought I typed a lot.
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