1968 Election and Donald Duck...err I mean Trump

1. When Trump canceled a rally in Chicago, violence broke out, leaving innocent bystanders beaten and bloodied. During the 1968 elections, Chicago broke out in turmoil regarding protests of the Vietnam War. Chicago is a popular choice for political violence.
2. There's bigotry involved. Trump has been known to be racist by targeting Muslims and many other minorities. Richard Nixon's running mate Spiro T. Agnew was known to use racial slurs when talking to reporters.
3. In tying in with number 2, Richard Nixon and Donald Trump were not popular among minorities.
4. Richard Nixon and Donald Trump were both outspoken. Each were against what were called the "Silent Majority".
5. While Trump vows to have a secret plan against ISIS, Richard Nixon also stated he had a secret plan to end the war in Vietnam.


Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Mommy, I'm Hungry for Food, Wealth and Education

We've all have probably been "hangry" before. The combination of being hungry and angry is actually real science. When you eat food, the carbs, proteins, and fats that we digest travel through our bloodstream and give us the energy in order for us to be able to get through the day. When the nutrients in your blood decrease, the brain will react as if would if you were in a stressful situation. Another factor is that your blood glucose levels drop. Blood glucose help stimulate brain activity during the day. When your blood glucose levels drop, your brain will get "tired" and it will be hard for you to pay attention. This is how this may tie in to the graphs that we are looking at.


These graphs show scores from fourth and eighth graders and their reading and math scores that they get in school. If you look at the pattern, kids who are eligible for free or reduced meals tend to have lower scores then those who are prohibited from having the free or reduced meals. Kids that apply for free meals usually don't come home to a nice meal waiting for them on the table. The cold hard truth is that the sometimes their only meal they receive is at school. If kids are hungry in school, their minds will probably wander off and have an irritable attitude towards learning. They probably don't feel like dining into a math assignment! They probably want a ham sandwich with a side of chips.
    
There could also be more explanations to kids just being hungry. Things like social classes could also tie into how kids perform in school. If you are in a family that does financially well, you make try harder in school. The graphs suggest that if you don't need free meals, you do better academically compared to having free meals and struggle in an educated setting.  Learning habits can also be learned by how the parents performed in education institutions or how they present themselves in today's society, whether their broke, rich or earn enough to support everyone under the roof. All these things make an impact on how kids perform in school: Food, Wealth, Education

"Big White Ghetto" Q&A

What does the average coal miner make (wages per hour)? $25 an hour

Who are some types of people a person might find in the big, “White Ghetto.” Drunks, those who do and deal drugs, people working to get out of there, people that use items such as Pepsi to buy a pack of cigarettes, jobless

Why do you think the author calls it the “Big White Ghetto.” It is a poor and filthy community with the majority of the people being white

 

What does the author suggests “keeps the underclass in place?” Welfare programs and how it prevents people from “trying.”

 

The author suggests that “poverty is the natural condition _of the human animal___.”

 

How does Pepsi play into this? Pepsi is used as a currency in The Big White Ghetto. People buy cigarettes or drugs with cases of Pepsi.

 

List five things/facts you took away from this article.

1. People use Pepsi as a form a currency
2. Parents actually pull kids out of school to collect money from Social Security
3. Women in the drug-economy who give pop or sex for drugs are $12.99. Cheap deal.
4. Town gossip consists in white ghetto consist of who’s cooking meth or whose meth lab burned down or who’s growing weed.
5. There are white ghettos after all.

Ted Cruz Scandal

In order to become the President of the United States, you must be a resident for 14 years or a natural born citizen. One of the candidates running for President is under heat for not being a "natural born citizen." According the Constitution, Article II, Section , Clause 5 states that only citizens born in America are qualified to run in America. Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, therefore that makes him ineligible according to the Constitution. The little loophole that keeps Cruz in the race is that his mother was an American so it gives him citizenship rights. If you are American in a foreign country and you give at a nearby hospital in a different place, they will still consider that baby an American citizen. His father, however, was a Cuban with no citizenship rights so that's where everyone argues the case if Ted Cruz should still be considered for a Presidential bid. There are no such thing as a "Real American". We all come from a line of ancestors from different parts of the world. Most Americans got European bloodlines but also there are many other continents that people have their origins from. If Ted Cruz is paying his taxes and has done good enough in his political career to run for President, more power to him. He deserves to be running but everyone is a critic.  


Articles: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/cleo-hamel/us-citizenship-problems_b_9070622.html


http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-01-27/ted-cruz-is-not-a-natural-born-citizen-according-to-the-constitution

Saints & Roughnecks

1. One of the reasons that the Saints were overlooked for their delinquent behavior was their academic success.  The Saints usually maintained an A or B in classes while the Roughnecks would fail or get very low grades. The Saints would drink and get drunk in bars while the Roughnecks would be drunk in public. The Saints did also financially okay while Roughnecks had tougher times financially. Of course, people usually look at people’s backgrounds to see if there way of life is influenced by their home-life. The Roughnecks had it rougher and therefore were blamed for many of their criminal acts. Since the Saints didn’t have it as tough, people really didn’t point fingers at them. It’s all about the environment everyone grows up in. If you have it rough, you’re going to have rough stereotypes on you, even if you aren’t that bad.
2. Not necessarily a serial killer but he killed someone. I forgot his name but we went to one of his motivational speeches that he has to do for community service. He killed someone while texting and driving. His life changed forever because of what he did. He served his time and jail and now has to go around doing talks for part of community service. He can’t drive and relies on people to drive him to work. Not only does it affect him but it affects his wife and kid. One small action can change one’s life forever. Now he has to live with guilt of killing an innocent man for the rest of his life.

Freddie Gray

Did Freddie Gray let down his country or did his country let him down? In this whole situation, I believe that Freddie Gray is not innocent, but his rough upbringing probably did not help the case. More importantly, what happened to him in the police van that was transporting Gray was uncalled for. He had a tough upbringing and even lived in a house with lead paint that poisoned him and led him to developing disorders such as ADD. Freddie lived in a tough part of Baltimore; a place many people try to avoid. One day on April 12, Freddie Gray was pursued by cops by foot when Gray started running when seeing a cop. I find it strange why he started running when he saw the cops and then why the cops decided to chase after him. Either Freddie did something that he thought he had to run from the cops (since he had numerous run-ins with the law previous to this particular arrest) or did the cops have some type of stereotypical idea that some black man was running from them and there for he must be guilty for something. The police found a switchblade that apparently was illegal in the state of Maryland and broke the code of possessing a weapon in the city of Baltimore. When taken into custody, bystanders witnessed Freddie screaming in agony when being dragged to the police van that would transport him. When the van made its stop at the police station, medics were called to take Gray to a hospital because he slipped in a coma. His family stated he slipped in a coma by fractured vertebrae and that his spine was severely severed at the place of his head. He also suffered a heart attack but was successfully resuscitated even though he never gained consciousness. Gray would later die a week later from his injuries, leading to Baltimore to go in an outrage, especially the black community.
Police brutality is something that happens. When cops think they have all the power in the world to do whatever they want because they sport badge. That's not the case. There is no reason to beat up on someone even if they are guilty. They are still human. Six Baltimore cops were suspended for their actions and handling of Freddie Gray. Riots ensued in the city of Baltimore. The story of Freddie Gray was widespread and on the news every day. Even though Freddie Gray may have not been the most innocent man to live, he certainly died in an unlawful way. Police, who are supposed to protect civilians from harm, were the reason Freddie Gray died that day. Police officers let their country down. Police officers let down the city of Baltimore and Gray himself.

Guns, Power and White Privilege

As of today, we live in a society where the majority of the people are white. The white race is the dominant race in America, as many white-ran media outlets will try to show you. As much as you would like to say that our country America, land of the free and home of the brave, is racist-free, it's not. Racism still lingers in today's air. The news will show you many shootings and robberies committed by blacks or even blacks getting shot down. Many will generalize that they had it rough growing up, and that they are all just a bunch of young "thugs". However, if you see white kids fooling with guns you see nothing wrong with it. They are just harmless. Media has influenced the human ideology into believing that the blacks or the minorities are the reason for all the violence and the trouble that brews. White privilege, the idea that if you are white you have the upper hand in today's society and can easily get away with things that non-whites can't, exists. It is no myth because you can see it with your own eyes. Turn on the television, maybe go read the newspaper and see for yourself. But, if you look at all the school shootings that have happened, 97% of the perpetrators are white. We don't call any of them "thugs". Their motives are to shoot as many people as possible and then take their own life in the end of their kill spree. That is one of the only times you will actually see white people on the news for killing people. When Sandy Hook happened, it was on the news for weeks. It just happens that Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook villain, was white. Other than that, I can't recall watching the news and hearing about a white guy shooting others, due to the fact that White Privilege is alive and well and that media will show mostly minority screw-ups, just because they are minorities and the whites are the majority.
The 2nd Amendment, which states that we all have the right to bear arms, was drafted by white men. Black people or any minority in particular back then had no say on anything, regarding making up our country's foundation. Our country was found basically by the white man. Rules were drafted by the white man. America's society make-up was created through the eyes of the white man. We are a white man society. A long time ago when America was only 100 years old, the National Rifle Association was created.The NRA, of course was made by white people  One of the main reasons for the creation of this association was to improve marksmanship, especially those that were to fight in any war. It promotes the 2nd Amendment and gun safety. There are over 5 million members in the NRA as of today. The NRA, because it is a huge gun promoting association, is a scapegoat for the misuse of firearms, such as school shootings or slayings of others by a gun. The one thing I found interesting was back in 1967, when the blacks wanted to carry a gun for protection, the NRA supported the Mulford Act, which restricted people from carrying hand guns. An organization who promotes the usage of guns and all of a sudden they are supporting the restriction of guns. Is it because they are scared? A study backs this up a little by saying whites are more likely to shoot someone who isn't white. They have a quicker reaction to fatal decisions. The whites seem to be trigger-happy when it comes to decisions like this. Is it the stereotypes that we see on television or any news outlet the reason we are scared? Honestly, every race is guilty of murder! No race the superior race. No race is perfect. Yet, when we live in a society where whites have the privilege, the whites tend to get away with a lot. If you see a white cop kill a black man, it was the black man's fault for retaliating, even if the cop was using unnecessary force.
What is the future of guns? Guns will one day become an ancient artifact. Guns and the control of them are becoming such controversy that America will one day get rid of guns as we know it. Or, guns might be like drugs. Some people use drugs even if they know their illegal. A man or woman might secretly still keep a gun with them even if the laws says otherwise. When people get caught with drugs, they go to prison for possession of drugs. You can go to jail with possession of firearms but that's only if your in public. We're talking about them just being your house! "Oh honey, the cops are here, hide our guns!" The 2nd Amendment would change forever and the NRA wouldn't exist. Only the army can possess firearms. But how would the world fare without firearms? Well, there would be less paranoia. A white man can't fire his pistol at a minority if he's scared. Maybe there should be an experiment for one moth or maybe a year where the 2nd Amendment doesn't exist and guns are illegal under any circumstance. Emotions and economics would be effected greatly. Honestly, we couldn't live in a society without guns. Gun sales bring in good money for the USA and even if guns were illegal just like drugs, people would still smuggle them.
What would happen when one day, the whites are no longer the majority in America. In fact, Hispanics are slowly becoming the majority. Would the paranoia whites have lived since the creation of the gun increase? I believe gun sales at this time would soar. Same for any other minority. We are all going to be paranoid by all those stereotypes that we learned about that we will buy guns to protect us. Guns will be our new homeland security. Deaths of firearms will increase due to the human race looking over their shoulder every minute, fearing if they are about to die. Guns wouldn't be a big issue if everyone knew how to properly use one, but since their are idiots in our society that have no idea how to use one properly, we will continue to live in a world with paranoia.