en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2436439 Comments by psunicollette http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145246210 A lot of people feel as if illegal immigrants are lazy and that if they stayed in their own country and put a little effort into creating jobs they would probably have just as much opportunity there as they do here in our country. I find it very interesting that so many Americans feel this way about illegal immigrants. In all actuality we are the lazy ones because they are the ones fighting for their freedom while we just get ours handed to us with little to no effort on our part. Another problem U.S. citizens have with immigrants is the spread of their culture and language. Which is another example of Americans being lazy; it seems like we would rather have everyone convert to however we live than learn a little bit about another culture. Maybe another problem people have with illegal immigrants is that they have no sense of family because they left their family at home and may never see them ever again just to come over here and raise money. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:49:50 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145246210 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145246192 This is a really great question but I do not think it is any different from asking the generic question of why are people racist. I do not understand why any person would hate another person just because of where they are from or how they look. People hate certain people, especially Mexicans it seems like, just because they assume that they are immigrants that are in “our” country illegally. First of all, it is not “our” country, this is a free country, and secondly not all Mexicans, or whatever, are illegal immigrants. I think that people especially dislike people that they know are illegal immigrants because they fear that the immigrants will steal all of our jobs. My friends feel that illegal immigrants need to go back to their own country and create their own jobs instead of stealing our jobs in our country. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:49:43 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment145246192 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment140916203 Part 4: The needy penis lecture was by far the most entertaining lecture. I think it would be hard to pick a favorite lecture because up until this Christian Invasion I have thoroughly enjoyed and found all the lectures thought provoking! But the lecture on slavery where we did the m&m experiment type thing was way better than this lecture. I like the lectures where I leave and cannot stop thinking about this Soc119 class. I love reading the twitter feed after class to hear all about everyone’s reactions to the lectures. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 04:57:02 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment140916203 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment140916147 Part 3: I think that Sam has had way better lectures than this Christian Invasion lecture. I may be thinking this way though because I am Christian and I thought that this Christian Invasion lecture was kind of a hate fest on Christians, even though Sam tried really hard for it not to be. I don’t think Penn State needs to see more crazy Christians, we all know they are out there and I don’t even like them. It took me eighteen years to believe in God because of how crazy Christians are and I don’t like to be put in the same group as those extremists. So naturally, because Christianity is kind of a touchy subject for me to hear about, I like a lot of other lectures better. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 04:56:39 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment140916147 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment140916092 Part 2: I thought we came to the conclusion that groups of people judge each other and are wrong most of the time a long time ago. Seeing what people from Iraq see was no surprise to me. I mean, the media really has a huge effect on how we see things and we only ever hear half of the story. The media is the same in every country, or that’s how I see it anyway. Sometimes it is ironic to think about though because the people in America that other countries don’t like are the same people Americans don’t like in America. This is probably the same way for Iraq and many other countries. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 04:56:13 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment140916092 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment140916055 Part 1: I personally did not think this was Sam’s best lecture of the semester, or even close to the best lecture. I didn’t really gain much from this lecture because religion is something that I think about often and am very familiar with. So for me, Sam was going over things I already knew, like how crazy extremists of any religion are. I’m sure it helped a lot of people gain knowledge and understanding of Iraqis but i just thought the lecture was entirely too long and unnecessary. We were taught a long time ago not to think like the majority, so I was a little bit confused as to why we needed to judge Americans through the Iraqis eyes or vice versa. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 04:55:59 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment140916055 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/31/what-was-more-enlightening-the-information-on-your-own-sex-or-the-opposite-sex-and-why-119-blog/#IDComment139172837 part 3: I really enjoyed this class because it put such a serious and sometimes awkward conversation, into a hilarious learning experience. I think that men should really take the time to learn about women’s bodies and how to make sex enjoyable for them because the best sex is the sex where it is mutually good for both parties involved. I also think that women should take the time to learn about their bodies to maybe tell the men how to do it and what we like instead of just going with the flow and not taking action ourselves. Sex isn’t a man’s job; it takes two to tango. Fri, 1 Apr 2011 18:49:08 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/31/what-was-more-enlightening-the-information-on-your-own-sex-or-the-opposite-sex-and-why-119-blog/#IDComment139172837 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/31/what-was-more-enlightening-the-information-on-your-own-sex-or-the-opposite-sex-and-why-119-blog/#IDComment139172774 Part 2: I think that everyone should have been enlightened about women, because in my opinion everything that we learned yesterday about men is common knowledge. Penises are extremely different than vaginas and we all know that this is a man’s world. The facts about men that we introduced to us in class were facts that everyone should know. But I am so glad that Laurie brought up things about women’s bodies because men truly do not know and sometimes the women do not know either. Women should explain to their men that they have cycles where sometimes they are not going to want to have sex, unlike men. A lot of times I do not even know about my own body so it was very enlightening to hear that we do not need to feel bad, or like we have done something wrong when we do not want to have sex. It’s okay that men get aroused easier and quicker than women, but it would be more okay if everyone knew about it. Since people do not know about the human body, they just assume that the women are in the wrong because we are different from our male lovers. Fri, 1 Apr 2011 18:48:46 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/31/what-was-more-enlightening-the-information-on-your-own-sex-or-the-opposite-sex-and-why-119-blog/#IDComment139172774 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/31/what-was-more-enlightening-the-information-on-your-own-sex-or-the-opposite-sex-and-why-119-blog/#IDComment139172720 I definitely think learning about my own sex was more enlightening than learning about the opposite sex. I was so shocked to hear that only 35% of women experience orgasms while having sexual intercourse. I was also enlightened when Laurie was talking about how many women fake orgasms, when actually the sex they just had may have been terrible for them. This might come as a surprise to me because I have been dating the same guy for a while and we are very open with each other; when it’s bad, I straight up tell him it is bad. I do not understand why women fake it so much and lie about how bad sex is. Women deserve an experience just as good as men do. Yes, women should want it to be good for the men but it should be the same for the men wanting women to enjoy themselves. . Fri, 1 Apr 2011 18:48:29 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/31/what-was-more-enlightening-the-information-on-your-own-sex-or-the-opposite-sex-and-why-119-blog/#IDComment139172720 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/religion-in-the-future/#IDComment137410806 Part 4: Christians (I am making generalizations about Christians as a whole but I am definitely including myself in this too) have the tendency nowadays to forget that God should be their number one priority and that the only reason we are on Earth is to spread his word. We get too caught up in trying to hang out with other Christians and working on our careers. When in all honestly, as the Bible says, (again this is just what I believe) Jesus did not hang out with and only talk to other Christians. He talked the most to the poor and the prostitutes. Just like this video says, people that hang out with people that don’t go to church are more likely to not go to church. Well the vice versus is true also because people that hang out with people that go to church are more likely to go to church too! That’s the thing that most Christians don’t see in their busy lives. We need to be spreading the word, and being God’s servants in our community, not just in our everyday life. My conclusion is that the reason religion is dying is the religious’ own fault. Fri, 25 Mar 2011 05:22:20 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/religion-in-the-future/#IDComment137410806 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/religion-in-the-future/#IDComment137410752 Part 3: The real question is why? I honestly think it’s the fault of the religious people in this world. It is not the media or anything that the Earth does, it is what the people do because the devil has been working on turning people away from God forever, this isn’t anything new. I think that it is because Christians are becoming so caught up with their lives that they do not take time out of their busy schedules to serve the Lord and do missionary work to spread the word. The world is busier and has a faster pace now more than any other time in our history and I think that is the problem. Fri, 25 Mar 2011 05:22:02 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/religion-in-the-future/#IDComment137410752 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/religion-in-the-future/#IDComment137410691 Part 2: Over spring break, I went to a church in North Carolina for the first time and the sermon was about missionary work and how important it is as our Christian duties. The statistics are something like 70% of the world has never even heard about God. Thinking about this really scared me because 70% of the world is a whole heck of a lot. Now mind you, this is only information about Christianity because that is the only religion I am familiar with. So from the Christian view of this our world is falling apart worse and worse every day. The 70% of people in the world that have never heard about God is not even including the people that have heard about God and decide not to believe in Him. So in all actuality it’s over 70% of the world that do not believe in God. Looking at this rate it is obvious to see that yes, in the next few decades there definitely won’t be any religion in these big countries that we have data on. Fri, 25 Mar 2011 05:21:40 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/religion-in-the-future/#IDComment137410691 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/religion-in-the-future/#IDComment137410638 Part 1: I am not surprised by the data expressed in this article. I’m sure it is not accurate because I have a lot of doubts about how information gets researched, but nonetheless I think this is a very interesting subject to discuss. I am a Christian and I attend bible studies, Christian organizations, and church every week. I personally know a lot of Christians but that definitely doesn’t mean there are a lot in the world, because the people I know are a part of my small bubble of a life. Fri, 25 Mar 2011 05:21:20 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/24/religion-in-the-future/#IDComment137410638 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/15/have-you-ever-felt-guilt-from-being-of-a-certain-race-119-blog/#IDComment135487789 Part 4: I never thought about most of these topics until this class, and now that I am thinking about them, I am less likely to have white guilt because it is not my fault I am white and it is not minorities’ fault that they are the race they are. There is nothing I can do about the way my white ancestors treated people of another race. The only thing I can do is do my part to change the now. Therefore, I try my best to be color blind, as hard as that is. I don’t feel guilty about my race because I cannot do anything about it. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:57:07 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/15/have-you-ever-felt-guilt-from-being-of-a-certain-race-119-blog/#IDComment135487789 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/15/have-you-ever-felt-guilt-from-being-of-a-certain-race-119-blog/#IDComment135487769 Part 3: I think that this stage of guilt, especially white guilt should not exist. It seemed that the white guilt stage was after the learning more about races stage. This to me means that the people in this stage are well educated about race, enough to not generalize anymore. If people were making it appoint in their life not to generalize, then they wouldn’t be mad at their race or anybody else’s race for getting more or less advantages in the world. Not all white people have white guilt, and not all black people take advantage of white people’s guilt. I think that once you learn about how amazing people are, just as people, not as a specific race, you start to see that you cannot possibly assume anything about anyone, even of your own race. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:57:00 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/15/have-you-ever-felt-guilt-from-being-of-a-certain-race-119-blog/#IDComment135487769 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/15/have-you-ever-felt-guilt-from-being-of-a-certain-race-119-blog/#IDComment135487697 Part 2: So maybe “guilt” is not the word i would use to describe it. I think out of the times that my race has been a huge deal it was because I am embarrassed of my race. I get embarrassed that my boyfriend is borderline racist and that he makes jokes about black people but then says “I’m not racist, I have black friends”. I also get embarrassed when white people make jerks of themselves. For example, the white girl that made a youtube video about Asians talking on the phone in the library. She stated that Asians should come to our country and have “American manners”. Even though the UCLA student just made an ignorant youtube video, she is still representing American, or white, women. People could see her video and generalize thinking that all white women are as rude and ignorant as she is, which not the case is. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:56:31 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/15/have-you-ever-felt-guilt-from-being-of-a-certain-race-119-blog/#IDComment135487697 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/15/have-you-ever-felt-guilt-from-being-of-a-certain-race-119-blog/#IDComment135487674 I have never felt guilty for being white. I never even thought about white guilt before our class discussion yesterday. I suppose the reason I do not feel white guilt is because out of my friends, I am the poorest and I personally have never witnessed any white person in my family being better off than minorities because of our lack of money. This may be because my family background is not wealthy in anyway. I have never noticed my race getting me things that other races do not have. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:56:22 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/15/have-you-ever-felt-guilt-from-being-of-a-certain-race-119-blog/#IDComment135487674 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/02/is-it-possible-for-affirmative-action-to-take-things-too-far-119-blog/#IDComment134259912 Part 3: If I were a minority I would not approve of affirmative action either because I would want to receive a job fair and square just like white people want. I personally just feel that employers should hire people because of their skill and not because of their race or what they deserve because of their race. Some people that are of a minority do not deserve the same job as other people of that same minority. In the same way, some white people deserve better jobs than other white people. Race does not even really exist, so how can it be a way of hiring people for a job. I just think that people who are the best for the job should get it whether they are white or black or whatever else you believe is a race. Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:57:07 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/02/is-it-possible-for-affirmative-action-to-take-things-too-far-119-blog/#IDComment134259912 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/02/is-it-possible-for-affirmative-action-to-take-things-too-far-119-blog/#IDComment134259842 Part 2: . I remember wishing that I was Hispanic a couple years ago when I was applying for college. This is because I knew my Spanish friends would have an easier time getting in to colleges and I knew they would get more money from the government for attending school. I do not think that is fair at all. I have a few Hispanic friends and all of them have way more money than I do. Of course, my friends love that they have it easy because getting in to college was very stressful for me and finding the money seemed to be almost impossible. That is the only example of affirmative action happening in my life and it is not a very good example because I got into the school I wanted to anyway; I just got less money than my Hispanic friends. But when it comes to finding a career in the future, I want to receive a job that the employer thinks I would be the best at. I am going to go to law school and get just as good of a degree as people who are a minority. I will work just as hard as my peers and pursue the same law firms for careers. Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:56:44 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/02/is-it-possible-for-affirmative-action-to-take-things-too-far-119-blog/#IDComment134259842 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/02/is-it-possible-for-affirmative-action-to-take-things-too-far-119-blog/#IDComment134259620 Part 1: I personally do not understand how giving jobs, scholarships, and those types of honorable things to people just because they are a minority are going to promote equality. I may be naïve for thinking this way but I truly believe that the best person for the job should receive it. Not because of what their ancestors did, or what color their skin is. I think that if a white man is more qualified for a job than a Hispanic, the white man should get it fair and square. I would think the same way if it was the other way around. I think that affirmative action is definitely taking it way too far because now we are making things like employment and education harder for white people. I think it should be equal for every type of race. Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:55:45 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/02/is-it-possible-for-affirmative-action-to-take-things-too-far-119-blog/#IDComment134259620