Monday, March 26, 2012

the murder of trayvon

on the news there recently was the death of a 17 year old teenager. His name is Trayvon and he was murdered on his way home. According to the man who did it, he looked suspicious. But according to others he was just black , wearing a hoodie over his head carrying a bottle of iced tea and a pack of skittles. Personally I think that it was a form of racism. I think that it was a form of racism because he was not making any threat towards any body, he was not even carrying a weapon. He was just on the phone talking to his girlfriend. He was shot down and killed for nothing. This topic is something that has been trending and had people talking on twitter, facebook, youtube and other networks. The thing that has every one upset is the fact that the guy who did it it not arrested, and he is still walking on the streets free, while an innocent boy is dead. People are protesting and creating a movement. Over the weekend people were walking around Philadelphia with signs and wearing hoodies to show that they will not rest until this murderer is behind bars. People are especially worried because there are alot of boys that walk down the streets wearing hoodies and this situation is just saying that they could be next and there is a possibility that this man will have the same excuse and get away free. This should not be left quiet.
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/03/28/in-another-florida-stand-your-ground-case-fatal-stabbing-is-ruled-as-justified/

Thursday, March 15, 2012

most births occur outside marriage

In for "women under 30, most births occur outside of marriages" Jason Deplare illustrates how most women under the age 30, in today's world are having kids before they are married. This article includes fact and percentages, rates and statistics of this topic. One fact that was stated in this article was that kids who tend to the be born before wedlock tend to have behavior problems. I do not believe that because my parents were not married and they had me and i do not have behavior problems. This is not really a 100 percent fact because I don't have anger problems. I feel that this article was more of a survey rather than scientific facts. I feel that most women want to be settled down and married with kids, but sometimes everything doesn't work out like that. So it takes its own path. This article tells me that women under thirty are being stereotyped and that many women are being falsely judged because they are not what everyone expects them to be. But little do they know that everything does not always work out the way as planned. This article also talks about how women in college are more likely to have kids when they are married. Personally i think they are less likely because while they are in college they are living the life of the party, bu that only apply for a small amount of people. Overall this article was a very interesting one, and it stirred up some different reactions, and feelings.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Stop kony

This is a story that is a major topic now. Since yesterday there has been millions of people talking about how serious this topic is, and why it is so serious. people also talk about what we can do to stop this and how we can spread the word and get the government to pay attention and listen to ways to capture kony. Some people are really interested in this cause because what he is doing is inhumane and horrible. Its a shame that those kids have to go through that and nobody can do anything about it yet. Personally I think this is a bad, but I think that even if we do capture him that somewhere in Uganda there is someone just as bad as him that will continue this vicious act of inhumanity. Just because he's captured does not mean all bad will end in Africa. It will just be that what we think and how we feel actually matters. it will be the beginning of everyone coming together to end something that's happening bad in the world, also just because its not happening to us does not mean that we should not have a say so in this matter. The fact that everyone is talking about tells me that everyone has some type of heart and that people are not selfish and only worried about themselves.I believe that if everyone shares this topic that everyone around the world will have a different opinion on this specific topic.