Dear Students,
Please read the directions below. Unless told otherwise, each of your research logs MUST follow the same instructions as seen below.
Directions:
The topic: Describe your topic and your initial thoughts on the topic, including your position and what you already know about the issue. As you continue on researching, describe your developing thoughts on the issues and what you are learning about the issue. Be sure to explain if your own position on the topic has changed. By week three, you will write a working thesis which considers your findings.
The Research: Post AND explain the research you have found on the topic (include the citation and URL). Explain how and/or why the research relates to your topic and how you plan to use the research in your essay (to refute,counterclaim, support, clarify, etc). You MUST label the research type your are presenting (e.g. appeal to logos comparison, appeal to ethos ethics, etc.).
Feedback: Offer feedback (at least 1 paragraph) to at least 2 of your classmates (maximum 3 comments per student). Respond to at least 1 comment/feedback on your research post.
Topic:
ReplyDeleteMy topic focuses on the controversy that surrounds the question, "Is Graffiti art or Vandalism" has spread throughout a city like Los Angeles and even abroad to Europe. I would personally argue that graffiti is a form of 'street art' but for the sake of this argument paper I will be objective and reveal the opposing sides' reasoning. "Graffiti," is known as street drawings, paintings, and writings on public surfaces. The issue is the debate on whether graffiti is to be respectfully recognized as a freelance style of 'public art' or just a simple crime violation of property damage and vandalism on buildings. I am researching into both sides of this controversial act. I am looking for information that I can find helpful in writing an essay that will help me come to an objective conclusion to which side is right in my opinion.
Research: (Appeal to Ethos-Pathos, Social)
Tats Cru, a graffiti art company, is scheduled to paint large-scale banners live at International Artexpo New York. All six of the company's graffiti artists will paint three themed banners, one for each day of Artexpo, and one pre-painted banner to be auctioned off during the show.
The three founding members of Tats Cru, Bio, Nicer and BG183, first got together in the 1980s with a rather controversial start. In their teens at the time, the trio painted New York City subway cars and concrete walls, honing their spray-can painting skills as part of the street graffiti movement All the effort put into dodging police to mount their murals proved worthwhile when landlords and store owners began commissioning their work.
"They noticed that our work was colorful and attractive, but since they had problems keeping their property clean, one of the biggest selling points for them was that it would go untouched by other graffiti artists [due to their reputation on the street]," said Bio.
As the trio matured and politicians cracked down on vandalism in the late 1980s, graffiti art left the streets and entered galleries, advertisements and pop culture. While they kept their nine-to-five day jobs, the friends would go on to garner more commissions for their work and paint fewer illegal murals.
The jobs increased to a point where they decided to give up their daytime jobs and pursue painting full time. "We started the company because we were broke, and we noticed that a lot of companies were using graffiti-style ads to market their products but they weren't using graffiti artists. They were using commercial graphic artists that were trying to emulate the graffiti style," Bio said. "At first we were upset, but we realized there was no reason to be because we were not making ourselves available...So they made themselves available and, since then, have been able to employ talented artists who don't have the opportunity to go to art school. The six artists that currently work for Tats Cru are both local and international talents from as far away as Puerto Rico and Dusseldorf, Germany.
The beginning proved to be difficult since neither Bio, Nicer nor BG183 had any business experience, but modeling their company after sign companies and ad agencies gave them the structure they needed to land high-profile deals with the likes of Coca-Cola and the House of Seagrams... Although Tats Cru continues to grow in size and fame, their tools remain the same. "We still use spray cans," said Bio. Visitors to Artexpo New York will see the 'cru' and their spray cans Feb. 26 to March 1."
Lo, Kevin
I like your topic. Although you should still address it, I think that in order to make your argument stronger you should focus less on whether it is considered art and more on the legal part. Whether it should be allowed on public buildings and private property without permission, etc.
DeleteEddie I agree with Shanel, you should talk about the legal aspect of your topic. I think that would add more credibility.
DeleteCitation: Lo, Kevin. "Graffiti art live at Artexpo: Bronx-based Tats Cru to bring graffiti from the streets to the Javits Center." Art Business News Feb. 2004: SS24. Fine Arts and Music Collection. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
ReplyDeleteReasoning: I chose this piece of an article that raises the progressive lives of a group of graffiti artists that were able to move up the ladder and from their works being in the streets into live art expos. This can help as a source that supports the idea of graffiti as an art form.
Topic: What is terrorism?
ReplyDeleteIn my last post I decided to look up the motives of a notorious terrorist group, and how they justify their violent actions.
I decided to do some research on the word terrorism, and when it was first used. This is what I found.
Research: (Appeal to Logos)
Source: Wikipedia
URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism
"Terrorism." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
"Terrorism" comes from the French word terrorisme,[15] and originally referred specifically to state terrorism as practiced by the French government during the 1793–1794 Reign of terror. The French word terrorisme in turn derives from the Latin verb terreō meaning "I frighten".[16] The terror cimbricus was a panic and state of emergency in Rome in response to the approach of warriors of the Cimbri tribe in 105 BC. The Jacobins cited this precedent when imposing a Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.[17][18] After the Jacobins lost power, the word "terrorist" became a term of abuse.[9] Although "terrorism" originally referred to acts committed by a government, currently it usually refers to the killing of innocent people[19] for political purposes in such a way as to create a media spectacle. This meaning can be traced back to Sergey Nechayev, who described himself as a "terrorist".[20] Nechayev founded the Russian terrorist group "People's Retribution" (Народная расправа) in 1869.[21]
I'm planning on using this in the beginning of my research paper to formulate my argument on how terrorist attacks might be mistaken with an act of revolution. My example would be the French Revolution and how the government was corrupt in that time period, and relate it to modern governments that practice some type of laissez faire.
I also plan on defining the word, based off of Howard Zinn's definition in his book, "A People's History."
So far your research is going well, i do believe your topic is very strong. By using the Zinn book, that its self has a lot of information on terrorism which is very good for you. However have you thought of maybe giving a definition of your own of what you believe terrorism should be ? If you came up with your own definition , that may make your essay more interesting.
DeleteJose I think that you were very smart in using Howard Zinn for you research. I agree with helen, that you should consider giving your point of view. You have some really good research, and I think you will have a good essay based on the research you have done.
DeleteThanks Helen and Ricardo for the feedback.
DeleteI'll make sure to come up with my own definition of terrorism.
Cruz, your research is going well. i think that if you include the extra view of not only yourself but of other people in power it could make your argument stronger.
DeleteTopic: Prostitution
ReplyDeleteResearch:
"In much of Southeast Asia, female children are considered to be an economic and social liability. The parents of a female child must pay a dowry to the family of her future husband, and the girl then becomes the property of her husband's family. Given this cultural reality, combined with the prevalence of extreme poverty in that area of the world, parents are often enticed into selling their female children into sex slavery, either for a lump sum or for a monthly payment, thereby turning their female children into a financial asset, rather than a liability."
Explanation: I have decided to research on child prostitution because people don't associate prostitution with children its usually just women and some times men.
I believe this research will help give a different perspective on prostitution and allow readers to understand the difference of children and adult prostitution. It may be shocking but in foreign countries , children prostitution is accepted way more then adult prostitution.
"Child Prostitution Among Boys and Girls is on the Rise." Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources. Ed. K. Lee Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, and Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 403-405. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.
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I think it's interesting that you're also going to address child prostitution in comparison to adult prostitution. However, from your research I'm assuming child prostitution is forced while some, not all, adult prostitution is voluntary. I think you should consider those factors as well.
DeleteI have to agree with Shanel, the information that you have seems like child prostitution is not voluntary since some young girls are sold into that kind of life style. This can be used to go against the idea of legalizing prostitution since children are doing it.
DeleteI think you can use this to justify your idea in a different way. Overall good evidence.
Child prostitution is also an extremely sensitive topic. If you choose to compare the two, I would suggest further research on the topic such as the number of known child prostitutes, circumstances that push them towards the profession, manipulation, kidnapping, and the enslavement of children as sex workers.
Deletehttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-light-girls-bill-duke-20150117-story.html
ReplyDeleteAnderson, Trevell. "Q&A: 'Dark Girls' to 'Light Girls,' Bill Duke Talks Colorism in New Film."Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.
Topic: Colorism
Research:
Pain has no color, but there’s a separation socially. It’s assumed that light-skinned women have no problems or issues, but they are judged before you know who they are. The thing is one group thinks it’s going through more pain than the other. The fact of the matter is that when you’re in pain emotionally about your life, the color of your skin does not matter. Until we heal as a people, in terms of resolving the conflicts of our culture, we have no strength, focus, energy or ability to fight the forces that are externally killing us.
Explanation:
This article in an interview of director Bill Duke who produced both documentaries, Light Girls and Dark Girls which examine the effects of colorism for Black women. I’ll probably use this article to explain how colorism effects cause tension among members of the same racial communities because of perceived privilege for one side of a group.
I like your evidence Shanel, and I think that it will bolster your argument that people who have lighter skin tones tend to have more privileges.
DeleteI think that you'll have a good paper Shanel since you have all this evidence. Keep up the good work.
I was sort of confused by the information that you provided, I would suggest to paraphrase the evidence in your research paper so that it'll make more sense. Other than that, I think that it's good.
DeleteWorking Theses: Music has been around for a very long time, and it is able to affect many people in very different ways. Although music can have some negatives, the positives can outweigh the negatives. Because of this music should be a part of everyone’s daily lives.
ReplyDeleteTopic: My topic is about music. I am focusing on the positives.
Research: (Logos reasoning from authority…)
This article talks about a study done on people who play an instrument. It was found that “musical training before the age of 7 has a significant effect on the development of the brain and builds connections between the organ's "motor regions" that govern how you plan and carry out movements.” The article also states that “researchers found musicians who began playing before age 7 had more accurate timing, even after two days of practice” and that “The scans also showed differences in brain structure between the two groups; musicians who started early showed enhanced bundles of nerve fibers that connect the left and right motor regions of the brain... the researchers found that the younger a musician started, the greater the connectivity.” I will use this to support my argument, by showing how music has benefits.
Tate, Nick. "Music Lessons Boost Brain Power." Newsmax 13 Feb. 2013. Communications and Mass Media Collection. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.
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I like how you focus on individuals who play an instrument and not only on the people who listen to the actual music. Also how you use studies that has been done before to use as your evidence that music is beneficial. One thing specifically that I like about your information is how it gives ages and how the younger a person is when interacting with music, the more connections they have with music.
DeleteTopic: College Education. I been doing more research of many options that students can take when going to college. If a students concerns is about money, there is plenty of ways to deal with the issue.
ReplyDeleteResearch: The ways students are funding higher education are all over the board, Malone says. Increasingly they are borrowing heavily to finance living expenses, including living off of credit cards. More and more students are qualifying for grants. And many are reducing their class load to part time so they can also work, or they are living with their parents to help cut back on expenses. Although the Alaska Supplemental Education loan remains popular, Malone says, there are also more students seeking federal aid as tuition increases faster than wages. In just seven years UA's undergraduate tuition rate has increased from $79 to $134 per credit hour and the number of people applying and the amount of financial aid has more than doubled, growing from 6,500 students to 11,000 competing for $65 million in $30, loans and scholarships, up from 0 million. This funding demand will continue to grow as more students complete their degrees in five years instead of four because more students take remedial courses and fewer are able to carry a full 15-credit course load while working.
I think that the article does a good job in explaining different approaches that students can take if students are struggling with costs. I also found information that isn't included above but that was in the article, that has reasons to why we should get the highest college education possible because it is very beneficial. I also found information why students can not pay college in the first place.
Bohi, Heidi. "Paying for a college education: begin early and consider every option." Alaska Business Monthly June 2009: 24+. Business Economics and Theory Collection. Web. 13 Feb. 2015.
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I like how you have chosen to write about the opposite perspective about your topic. It definitely counters the argument of student who have trouble paying for college, so way go to college and end up in debt. I think that your source was a good compliment to your topic and my only suggestion is that you include statistics of how many people go through college with the help of financial aid. Other than that, you are definitely doing a great job with this topic and headed in the right direction.
DeleteTopic: Are ancient myths based on facts
ReplyDeleteI chose this topic because a great deal of people believe that the ancient myths of the world are nothing but the over active imagination of the people that lived in those time periods. I think that a lot of the myths are based on truth and have connections to human life. Also that these myths in certain religions are similar.
Working Thesis: Myths that are found in religions may be just that but they're not only connected to each other but also they are some that may be based on truths.
Research: logos
I continued my research on the death or the afterlife to be more precise. This time i wanted to focus on heaven and places like it. In many religions, heaven is used as a place for people who are “good” to go are death for all eternity. Like hell, to get in one must have done certain requirements to get into heaven. For example, sacrifices to the gods, being a hero or great warrior, worshiping and praising the god, or just being royalty or a person in high power. Once in heaven there would be endly joy and prosper.
As for getting into heaven there, are some cases of people trying to get in without the requirements. Such as the flight of Icarus, the Hindu legend of the conquest of heaven by the Asura (demon) king, Bali, and countless variations on the story of Babel, a man-made tower reaching to heaven found in the book of Genesis. Each attempt ended in a complete and utter disaster. It is said that some people could go to heaven in a dream but the most common way is to kick the bucket.
Citation:
"Heaven." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.
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I am not entirely sure as to how the existence or the similar beliefs between religion of the afterlife helps connect your argument of myths being based on facts. I do not think you should use the controversy of afterlife in your topic because that is something that cannot be proven due to that usually being a one-way trip. If you are trying to argue that Heaven is real or that there is an afterlife, then you are going to need a lot more stronger sources and I suggest you look at the statistics of people that are religious in the world. Your topic is interesting and I think that there is still potential for you to give a more convincing argument for your topic.
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ReplyDeleteTopic: Discrimination in the media
ReplyDeleteThis argument appeals to logos.
Research: People tend to make assumptions based on skin color rather than on the actions of these people. I do not understand how a police officer is able to look at a highway full of people and single out the colored person who’s blasting music and has body tattoos and piercing on his or her face and pulls them over just to search the car and find kids are in the back seat playing and laughing. While a possible psychopath may have just drove by with charming blue eyes and classical music playing from his car, while they might have dead bodies and drugs stashed in their cars but will not get pulled over because they are white.
“In 2010, the U.S. Sentencing Commission reported that African Americans receive 10% longer sentences than whites through the federal system for the same crimes.”
This is an alarming fact that should make people see the truth behind the inequality behind the so called “justice system” that convicts people of color much longer than that of a non-colored individual because of the ideology that the media has implemented in their minds that people of color are dangerous and must be treated with such caution.
“The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics concluded that an African American male born in 2001 had a 32% chance of going to jail in his lifetime, while a Latino male has a 17% chance, and a white male only 6%.”
Source Citation:
11 Facts About Racial Discrimination. (n.d.). Retrieved February 13, 2015, from https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-racial-discrimination
Feedback: I like what you have so far, but I feel like your argument would benefit from having exactly how the media has made colored people look dangerous.
DeleteTopic: NFL Stadium leads to gentrification
ReplyDeleteResearch: logos
• Gentrification greatly accelerated in several cities. Nearly 20 percent of neighborhoods with lower incomes and home values have experienced gentrification since 2000, compared to only 9 percent during the 1990s.
• Gentrification still remains rare nationally, with only 8 percent of all neighborhoods reviewed experiencing gentrification since the 2000 Census.
• Compared to lower-income areas that failed to gentrify, gentrifying Census tracts recorded increases in the non-Hispanic white population and declines in the poverty rate.
Perhaps nowhere were changes more visible than in Portland, where 58 percent of eligible tracts gentrified – more than any other city reviewed. Comparing 2000 data to the most recent Census estimates suggests at least half of lower-income neighborhoods also gentrified in Minneapolis, Seattle and Washington, D.C. In terms of raw totals, the highest number of tracts (128) gentrified in New York.
Neighborhoods gentrifying since 2000 recorded population increases and became whiter, with the share of non-Hispanic white residents increasing an average of 4.3 percentage points. Meanwhile, lower-income neighborhoods that failed to gentrify experienced slight population losses and saw the concentration of minorities increase. They have also experienced different economic fates: Average poverty rates climbed nearly 7 percent in already lower-income tracts that didn’t gentrify, while dropping slightly in gentrifying neighborhoods.
Maciag, Mike. "Gentrification in America Report." Gentrification in America Report. Governing, Feb. 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015. .
Explanation:
This source gives statistics and graphs of the rates of gentrification and the number of cities gentrified in the US as well as other countries. There is a pattern of white wealthy people coming into gentrified communities.
Feedback: I like the research you have so far, much of it points how gentrification hurts communities. You definitely have a lot of information, maybe a counter argument is your next step?
DeleteI think one of your counterarguments could be how home owners already in the area benefit. The value of their homes go up and the businesses that come to their area may be beneficial to them.
DeleteTopic: Last week I looked into how many classical artists found beauty in strong, dominating male and female figures, their beauty renowned for being almost divine. I'd like to compare this to another art style: Les Nabis
ReplyDeleteResearch: The Nabi artists considered themselves to be the initiates of a brotherhood devoted to exploring the pure sources of art, personal or spiritual. Searching for beauty beyond that found in nature, they seized upon the mysterious and mystical even if the subject related to ordinary, everyday life.
This is definitely different from the classical style mentioned above. It looks for beauty in nature and such, rather than physically dominating figures. However, both were similar in that they were looking for beauty in something other than the physical; the classical looked for the divine while the Les Nabis looked for the beauty in the spiritual. The latter is perhaps something that evolved from the former.
"The Art Story: Modern Art Movement Timeline." The Art Story: Modern Art Movement Timeline. The Art Story., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.
Evidence-Logos Comparison
Topic: I will go in depth on comparing contemporary female archetypes with male archetypes. As female archetypes have changed, male archetypes have taken a turn for the realistic as well. This is a positive because it gives a reflection of what men are like in actuality, but can also be negative because of the end result.
ReplyDeleteResearch (appeal to logos): "THE BIG BABY – These rotund men range from the asexual Kevin James to the nasty Zach Galifianakis. Some are overtly feminized like Tyler Perry. Obese men are no longer the domain of Santa Claus and are built for laughs over substance.
THE BRAVE BOY – This encapsulates the reluctant boy, tossed out into the harshness of the world to find his destiny and fight evil. Go Harry Potter.
THE BACHELOR – No longer dandies, uptight marginalized men or screaming queens. In contemporary cinema, these are good men who just haven’t found the right woman, until the end of the movie at least. They party in packs and are waiting to settle down.
THE HUSBAND – Gone are the days when father would come home from a hard day at the office to be greeted by a doting housewife and rascaly kids at the dinner table. Today, they’ve reverted to infantile behavior, are sexually unfulfilled, are abused by their kids and wonder if family life was all worth it.
THE HERO – The largely ignored below average man beefs up and follows his calling. They are stoic and understand the importance of duty. Females take second place unless they can nurture, support or organize him.
THE WIMP – This is almost a modern take on the anti-hero. These include the physically weak, the nerd, the braniac, the science geek and the gay best friend. They get sand kicked in their faces and end up with the pretty girl. All in a day’s work.
THE METROSEXUAL – In my day it was the SNAG (sensitive new age guy). The male lead totally in touch with his emotions, keeps his testosterone and aggressive behavior in check and completely understands why his wife needs so many pairs of shoes while protecting her from the world."
Sarantinos, Gideon. "Gideon's Screenwriting Tips: So Now You're a Screenwriter." 3 September 2011. 11 February 2015. https://gideonsway.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/male-archetypes-in-movies/
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/movies/male-archetypes-in-the-movies-big-baby-to-brave-boy.html?_r=0
I plan on using this information to introduce how both male and female archetypes have changed for the better because of their basis on real people. Male archetypes have maintained a certain persona that has yet to change.
Topic: Racism in criminal justice
ReplyDeleteResearch: "Blacks are extraordinarily skeptical that the system can be fair, while whites see the system as essentially color blind."
This quote can possibly be used in the counter argument portion in my essay. I can talk about how some people believe that the criminal justice system in America is color blind, meaning that its not singling out certain races and that its completely fair.
" On average, 70 percent of blacks, but only 17 percent of whites, considered these serious problems. And the courts were not immune from such skepticism, either: while about 25 percent of whites disagreed with the statement that the “courts give all a fair trial,” more than 60 percent of African Americans disagreed."
This evident show the percentage how many African Americans and Whites think about the issue. The percentages show that more Africa Americans think the criminal justice system is unfair. The reason for this is because of different experiences people have with the criminal justice system.
"We found that African Americans, especially younger black men, were far more likely than whites to report being treated unfairly by the police because of their race. In fact, a recent Gallup Poll found that one of every four black men under age 35 said that the police have treated them unfairly during the last 30 days."
"White People Believe the Justice System Is Color Blind. Black People Really Don’t." Washington Post. The Washington Post, n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/22/white-people-believe-the-justice-system-is-color-blind-black-people-really-dont/
Topic: Racism in criminal justice
ReplyDeleteResearch: "Blacks are extraordinarily skeptical that the system can be fair, while whites see the system as essentially color blind."
This quote can possibly be used in the counter argument portion in my essay. I can talk about how some people believe that the criminal justice system in America is color blind, meaning that its not singling out certain races and that its completely fair.
" On average, 70 percent of blacks, but only 17 percent of whites, considered these serious problems. And the courts were not immune from such skepticism, either: while about 25 percent of whites disagreed with the statement that the “courts give all a fair trial,” more than 60 percent of African Americans disagreed."
This evident show the percentage how many African Americans and Whites think about the issue. The percentages show that more Africa Americans think the criminal justice system is unfair. The reason for this is because of different experiences people have with the criminal justice system.
"We found that African Americans, especially younger black men, were far more likely than whites to report being treated unfairly by the police because of their race. In fact, a recent Gallup Poll found that one of every four black men under age 35 said that the police have treated them unfairly during the last 30 days."
"White People Believe the Justice System Is Color Blind. Black People Really Don’t." Washington Post. The Washington Post, n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/22/white-people-believe-the-justice-system-is-color-blind-black-people-really-dont/
Topic- Continuing my research on the existence of Mermaids. I came across an interesting perspective. Although my views have not changed, I do want to expose the truth about one thing, although we do not know how exactly mermaids “look” like, Disney has already created an image for us.
ReplyDeleteResearch- “Thank you for changing the story of the Little Mermaid and thus not ruining my childhood.”
While I was conducting my research, it had occurred to me to wonder as probably might have wondered, the truth behind the Little Mermaid. This video exposes the truth behind the Little Mermaid, including characteristics, and figures. Other movies that come across mermaids are; Aquamarine.
Citation- "Interrobang Ruins Your Childhood: The Real Little Mermaid." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.
URL- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUWS4OvrpWI
Topic: International Adoption and its effects nationally and globally
ReplyDeleteResearch: "Ke Yue, a girl, was admitted to the orphanage in November 1989, the month of her birth. Two and a half years later, on 9 June 1992, orphanage doctors recorded that she had developed “third-degree malnutrition,” was “breathing in shallow gasps.” On 10 June, she was admitted to the Medical Ward, where she died later the same day. Two separate causes of death were diagnosed by her physician, Wu Junfeng: “severe malnutrition” and “congenital maldevelopment of brain.”
The research demonstrates the history of dead children in China's Shanghai Children's Welfare Institute. This is one of, if not the largest orphanages resided in China. Many opponents of international adoption may argue that children within their own country are in need. However, the severity may differ. In China, the orphanages are not sought for as protection but abandon children are forced into them by government officials that find them. Within these orphanages, death is common because of the lack of resources the institutes have.
http://pop.org/content/the-scandal-of-chinas-orphans-304
"The Dying Rooms: Chinese Orphanages Adopt a 'zero Population Growth Policy' | Population Research Institute." The Dying Rooms: Chinese Orphanages Adopt a 'zero Population Growth Policy' | Population Research Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2015.
Topic: Undocumented Immigrants
ReplyDeleteResearch:"A looming issue for Latinos across the country is the proliferation of new local ordinances targeting undocumented immigrants. Such ordinances usually seek to impose harsh sanctions on landlords who rent to undocumented immigrants and/or employers who hire them. In many of the debates around such ordinances there is a fusion of undocumented immigrants and Latinos. This blurring of distinct (but overlapping) populations is dangerous, as such debates have heightened anti-Latino sentiment and such ordinances are likely to cause discrimination against Latinos through landlord and employer efforts to avoid possible violations. These ordinances are, therefore, of particular concern for those interested in public policy that affects Latinos."
I think this could fit into my argument because as my previous post said, Latinos are being discriminated. This article shows that the government is causing this because of the laws they implement. I think this is something that needs to change.
Esbenshade, Jill, and Barbara Obzurt. "Local immigration regulation: a problematic trend in public policy." Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy 20 (2008): 33+. U.S. History in Context. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.
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Topic: Drunk Driving
ReplyDeleteNow I am looking into the preventions that can occur because many people think because we have a low percentage of tolerance for drunk drivers the accidents and deaths have declined but its not true. Many other countries have zero tolerance and may still have accidents or minimal.
"Whether stricter drunk driving laws are responsible for this decline is open to debate. The US General Accounting Office has stated that “the evidence does not conclusively establish that .08 BAC laws, by themselves, result in reductions in the number and severity of alcohol-related crashes. There are, however, strong indications that .08 BAC laws in combination with other drunk driving laws, … sustained public education and information efforts, and vigorous and consistent enforcement can save lives.”
"Drunk Driving." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2015. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.
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This quote helps me out because our tolerance is .08 the number of crashes has declined but they are wrong. Moe preventions have to be done in order to enforce this law because many people dont care because they know they can get away with drunk driving.
Topic: Cultural Appropriation
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"The overall effect of the collections was strong, sensual and not a little unsettling. Here was my private closet being raided before my eyes, my one advantage in the fashion realm being broken down into pieces--dazzling pieces, to be sure--and handed out all around like goody bags. The most galling thing was that the nonblack models actually looked good in the clothes, if a little out of place or overwhelmed. (I took a bit of smug satisfaction in seeing some of those bright colors and graphic designs washing them out; call it my Macy's revenge.) But the collective power of so much Africana displayed on a world stage was undeniable. I just couldn't decide if I was proud or despairing--was this timely veneration or more expert white appropriation of something black? A homage to African culture and an acknowledgment that it is too often ignored, or exploitation of its best but least-worn elements to shake up a fashion scene stifled for several seasons by distinctly European brooches and tweeds? It was both, of course, so I wound up harboring both feelings. I may no longer have an exclusive right to African dress that I never had to begin with, but as an African American, I still have a lock on ambiguity."
Culture is not meant to be exclusionary. When a White person wants to become a Buddhist, they must seek out all knowledge about practicing Buddhism rather than taking having lotuses tattooed onto their bodies and buying little replicas of Buddha themselves. When an Asian person wants to listen to rap music, he does not start off by yelling the n-word at any possible moment, but takes the time to find artists who suit his tastes and can relate to him. When a Black person cheers for a football team, they shouldn't be wearing a Native American headdress and "yodeling" from the stands. It is all a matter of respect for cultures that have developed over many years in which the ethnicities they are related to have a connection to one that deserves respect not defamation disguised as a trend or mascot.
Erin, Aubry K. "Spring Fashion Issue; Suddenly, Africa; are the Prints and Beadwork and Bangles of the Spring Collections a Revelation, Or Cultural Appropriation?" Los Angeles TimesFeb 20 2005. ProQuest. Web. 20 Feb. 2015 .