In "Where The Whale Be At" by Terry J. Cole the author alerts us about how people of color should be caring of their environment or keep on facing the consequences. The author informs us about how land areas start as farms. As a result the population have a connection with the land. Since black people were the first and especially the people of the land it has been too difficult to know this in modern times. It also tells us that because we don't connect with the family this results in losing our values to the city. Since we don't seem to show interest on the issues of this matter the only way is reality. Lead poisoning, waste sites, and air pollution are among most people of color which leads to stroke, chronic pulmonary diseases, asthma,etc. Doctors who treat blacks for cardio arrest will least likely be alive because doctors probably wouldn't keep them alive.If there were more grocery stores around for people of color would reduce these illnesses. Just like people of color have been the main on a lot of movements they must also with the environment and they will never see the environment unless they turn on the TV.
Based on my observations, from what I see on the news and from my opinions I think to solve this we first have to look at the roots of this issue and take in consideration. So I do agree with the author, on how colored people need to watch their environment and take caution of what we eat because this has been reported for years and years in the media also. Mostly what is being reported is the obesity rates among latinos in the Spanish media while in CNN we hear "America has the highest obesity of any country". In the newspapers like NY Post they always point out the areas of the most obese and with high risk of illnesses. Usually we can tell that these areas are mostly among blacks and latinos because of my observations. An example I can relate about the startling "more than 600,000 students-mostly African-Americans in New York, Massachusetts, California, who attend public schools located within one-half mile of state-identified contaminated sites" is that not only could this be happening in schools but the real problem may also be in that some of the areas they live in are usually in apartments where the walls or ceilings are cracked and are contaminated with lead as it was reported in the news as well. So I do think that first we need to lift the graduation rate. Then if latinos and blacks are gonna keep on breeding mostly than might as well pass on those values to them. Even if they don't graduate then at least work harder to create businesses that encourage cleaning efforts and get them aware of what is going on or volunteer somewhere. So I do agree when Bobby Seale says "the only solution to pollution is the people's humane solution". Same thing with food. Teach ourselves to make healthy foods or go to a seminar and unwind our mentality off the new generation of Mcdonalds,etc. The information is there. All we have to do is read and take action.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Blog 11 Typing CATW 4
In "Let Them Eat Fat" by the author Greg Critser discusses how, fast-food companies because of the cheap need from poor people in meals the innovation known as supersizing was born. For example, Mcdonalds which is located in a low-income area attracts most of the low-income workers once they leave work and this is where Mcdonalds begins its "supersize" offer. This is almost similar for black kids because of their economic status which are the majority who purchase the same hamburgers. The rest of teens are doing the same and not noticing that by supersizing your meal you double the amount of calories more than what teens are suppose to be taking because the calories are poor and all it has is fat added.
I agree with the author Greg Critser and how he explains us how food companies have been aiming at poor inner-communities because since it is always reported that low-income communities, which is mostly hispanics, are low in graduation rate and high deaths in obesity then it must be true also that they are the most obese. Same for blacks. It was reported on the New York Post newspaper on a map how mostly in latin and black communities had the most obesisty rates. These areas included the Upper West and East sides of Manhattan. Also Uptown Bronx and Upper West of Brooklyn. Only a few parts in Staten Island.
Another example I can point out is that statiscally the low-income areas have less healthy organic supermarkets. This is why there are more reports if diabetes and other related sicknesses in the low-income communites, plus more deaths. Therefore, huge food companies have more advantage to make more profit with supersizing in meals in the low-income areas than the upper ones and since they are low on economic status there is more demand for fast food. This can stop if we educate ourselves more,read and work harder to put our own healthy food store businesses.
I agree with the author Greg Critser and how he explains us how food companies have been aiming at poor inner-communities because since it is always reported that low-income communities, which is mostly hispanics, are low in graduation rate and high deaths in obesity then it must be true also that they are the most obese. Same for blacks. It was reported on the New York Post newspaper on a map how mostly in latin and black communities had the most obesisty rates. These areas included the Upper West and East sides of Manhattan. Also Uptown Bronx and Upper West of Brooklyn. Only a few parts in Staten Island.
Another example I can point out is that statiscally the low-income areas have less healthy organic supermarkets. This is why there are more reports if diabetes and other related sicknesses in the low-income communites, plus more deaths. Therefore, huge food companies have more advantage to make more profit with supersizing in meals in the low-income areas than the upper ones and since they are low on economic status there is more demand for fast food. This can stop if we educate ourselves more,read and work harder to put our own healthy food store businesses.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Blog 9 Summary of Three Meatrix Films
The Meatrix
In the first Meatrix film we see Leo the pig in his everyday life. Eating and nothing but eating around the farm. Morpheus(awakened cow) appears himself to Leo and tries to explain him about the illusion he lives in. Morpheus convinces Leo to take the red pill. The red pill is the truth. After Leo takes the red pill they are both transformed into the real world where Leo looks around witnessing the horrors of pigs, chickens, and other farm animals.Morpheus explains how in the 20th centruy agriculture factory farm is born and has found a way to profit from us the consumers. All the animals on farms are treated with cruelty. The greedy factory farms began putting pigs, cows, chickens all close together to the point where they can't move a muscle and begin to kill each other. For this reason the cruel factory farms started debeaking chickens with machines and feeding antibiotics to the cows and pigs to keep them alive. But this does nothing but cause diseases and germs. This is why communities near factory farms face the consequences of sickness.
Another problem we face as Morpheus explains it in the "The Meatrix" greedy corporate industrial farms have been diminishing small independent farm businesses and mistreating communities as a whole. It started mostly in the 1950s with 2 million family farms dissapearing and more continue to do so. After witnessing this Leo is in the quest for revolting and encourages us to do so also.
The Meatrix: Revolting
As Morpheaus, Chikity and Leo continue their mission the good news is that Leo in his first step to revolting has freed at least 10 million people from the Meatrix. People are now starting to buy healthy organic food which supports independent family farm that use no drugs against animals. As they are transported again to the real world Morpheaus shows and explains to Leo how cows instead of using hands to squirt out milk machines are being used pumping milk more faster than using a hand. The calves are separated from their mothers and fed with dead cow's blood through machines also.
So even if some cows are fed with antibiotics which is said to keep them alive they still die. Even if they don't die they still begin to have diseases. Especially mad cow disease which can come from the calves drinking the dead cow's blood. Cows which are supposed to eat grass for healthy production of milk from the mammary glands is not this way in factory farms. As Morpheus tells us agents from these factory farms(the meatrix) use a needle to inject artificial growth hormone to the cow's mammary gland so it can produce more and more milk faster without the cows having to do it naturally! Basically we the consumers eat this type of cheese, milk or eggs because chickens also are given the drug so like Morpheaus and Leo encourages us we should buy and support family farms who don't use these machines to kill animals to gain faster profit from us.
The Meatrix II 1/2
Leo and Chikity(chicken) are ready to save Morpheaus from an ongoing battle between the agents. The agents have kidnapped Morpheaus and Leo is more determined than ever and is on his way with Chikity to save Morpheaus. As they arrive they witness the way employees are treated. Employees are cutting through the meat so fast that they even cut themselves so they have to have caution as the meat machine cutter speeds up. Morpheaus tied up to a chair tells him how insane he thinks he is by treating the employees that way. Agent already knows this because profit is his way when doing this.
Meanwhile dead cows are hanged up and pass by through a automatic suspender where the employees catch big risk because even the agent admits meat packing is the most dangerous jobs but since these employees are expendable there is no stopping it. The employees catch risk because cow manure which contains mostly feces falls on the meat and maybe even them. Another reason why it isn't safe is because feces contains the bacteria called E Colli so the employees could catch it. The agent then tries to get rid of Morpheaus by hanging him up on the suspender where it will transport him to his death on the saw cutter. Just in time Leo arrives to save Morpheaus. Leo kicks the agent right to the suspender and stays there. Leo turns off the machine equipment. Morpheaus is safe. Leo has been a hero and is the one.
Reponse
In the "the Meatrix Interactive 360" in "communities" article it explains how industrial farming can affect us in many different ways. For example it can take away a hog farmer's job out of business. This has been going on for nearly on 40 years or so because of corporate industrial farming. It is fierce competition as well versus of group greedy men who care nothing but fast lazy money using technology and drugs on animals making them suffer. They also lie to the community how industrial farming will have a positive impact on local economy by creating new jobs and investing in the community but its not true due to all the complaints from nearby residents. One example I can point out is that because of all the foul odors that get near the resident's house their house property value drops and other small businesses around.
Another bad impact from industrial farming is that all the the dangerous substance released to the air and water such as hydrogen sulfide or ammonia can have affect on people giving them respiratory problems and children may be at risk to asthma. Not only that but sadly it can lead the residents to have depression or fatigue which results low social status with neighbors, arguments, and lost of trust. Many people would not understand this since they don't live in these conditions and just laugh about it since they are stuck in the Matrix themselves. They think all of this is right since they have never seen it or think money is everything. I think we should read first and then support hog house farms by donating money to them so in a few years they donate then start buying the food healthful supermarkets. By checking the food guide also would be a good idea so we don't die or become infected like the rest who have cholesterol, diabetes, breathing problems,etc. This way we can counter against the system of industrial farming and increase hog farms. It can also save animals from cruelty and we won't need to be their slaves. Or even go to a Farm Aid concert. If the corporation has the nerve to do this America then we can make a difference also and stop them!
In the first Meatrix film we see Leo the pig in his everyday life. Eating and nothing but eating around the farm. Morpheus(awakened cow) appears himself to Leo and tries to explain him about the illusion he lives in. Morpheus convinces Leo to take the red pill. The red pill is the truth. After Leo takes the red pill they are both transformed into the real world where Leo looks around witnessing the horrors of pigs, chickens, and other farm animals.Morpheus explains how in the 20th centruy agriculture factory farm is born and has found a way to profit from us the consumers. All the animals on farms are treated with cruelty. The greedy factory farms began putting pigs, cows, chickens all close together to the point where they can't move a muscle and begin to kill each other. For this reason the cruel factory farms started debeaking chickens with machines and feeding antibiotics to the cows and pigs to keep them alive. But this does nothing but cause diseases and germs. This is why communities near factory farms face the consequences of sickness.
Another problem we face as Morpheus explains it in the "The Meatrix" greedy corporate industrial farms have been diminishing small independent farm businesses and mistreating communities as a whole. It started mostly in the 1950s with 2 million family farms dissapearing and more continue to do so. After witnessing this Leo is in the quest for revolting and encourages us to do so also.
The Meatrix: Revolting
As Morpheaus, Chikity and Leo continue their mission the good news is that Leo in his first step to revolting has freed at least 10 million people from the Meatrix. People are now starting to buy healthy organic food which supports independent family farm that use no drugs against animals. As they are transported again to the real world Morpheaus shows and explains to Leo how cows instead of using hands to squirt out milk machines are being used pumping milk more faster than using a hand. The calves are separated from their mothers and fed with dead cow's blood through machines also.
So even if some cows are fed with antibiotics which is said to keep them alive they still die. Even if they don't die they still begin to have diseases. Especially mad cow disease which can come from the calves drinking the dead cow's blood. Cows which are supposed to eat grass for healthy production of milk from the mammary glands is not this way in factory farms. As Morpheus tells us agents from these factory farms(the meatrix) use a needle to inject artificial growth hormone to the cow's mammary gland so it can produce more and more milk faster without the cows having to do it naturally! Basically we the consumers eat this type of cheese, milk or eggs because chickens also are given the drug so like Morpheaus and Leo encourages us we should buy and support family farms who don't use these machines to kill animals to gain faster profit from us.
The Meatrix II 1/2
Leo and Chikity(chicken) are ready to save Morpheaus from an ongoing battle between the agents. The agents have kidnapped Morpheaus and Leo is more determined than ever and is on his way with Chikity to save Morpheaus. As they arrive they witness the way employees are treated. Employees are cutting through the meat so fast that they even cut themselves so they have to have caution as the meat machine cutter speeds up. Morpheaus tied up to a chair tells him how insane he thinks he is by treating the employees that way. Agent already knows this because profit is his way when doing this.
Meanwhile dead cows are hanged up and pass by through a automatic suspender where the employees catch big risk because even the agent admits meat packing is the most dangerous jobs but since these employees are expendable there is no stopping it. The employees catch risk because cow manure which contains mostly feces falls on the meat and maybe even them. Another reason why it isn't safe is because feces contains the bacteria called E Colli so the employees could catch it. The agent then tries to get rid of Morpheaus by hanging him up on the suspender where it will transport him to his death on the saw cutter. Just in time Leo arrives to save Morpheaus. Leo kicks the agent right to the suspender and stays there. Leo turns off the machine equipment. Morpheaus is safe. Leo has been a hero and is the one.
Reponse
In the "the Meatrix Interactive 360" in "communities" article it explains how industrial farming can affect us in many different ways. For example it can take away a hog farmer's job out of business. This has been going on for nearly on 40 years or so because of corporate industrial farming. It is fierce competition as well versus of group greedy men who care nothing but fast lazy money using technology and drugs on animals making them suffer. They also lie to the community how industrial farming will have a positive impact on local economy by creating new jobs and investing in the community but its not true due to all the complaints from nearby residents. One example I can point out is that because of all the foul odors that get near the resident's house their house property value drops and other small businesses around.
Another bad impact from industrial farming is that all the the dangerous substance released to the air and water such as hydrogen sulfide or ammonia can have affect on people giving them respiratory problems and children may be at risk to asthma. Not only that but sadly it can lead the residents to have depression or fatigue which results low social status with neighbors, arguments, and lost of trust. Many people would not understand this since they don't live in these conditions and just laugh about it since they are stuck in the Matrix themselves. They think all of this is right since they have never seen it or think money is everything. I think we should read first and then support hog house farms by donating money to them so in a few years they donate then start buying the food healthful supermarkets. By checking the food guide also would be a good idea so we don't die or become infected like the rest who have cholesterol, diabetes, breathing problems,etc. This way we can counter against the system of industrial farming and increase hog farms. It can also save animals from cruelty and we won't need to be their slaves. Or even go to a Farm Aid concert. If the corporation has the nerve to do this America then we can make a difference also and stop them!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
CLASS BLOG: Now in our modern days almost everything is artifi...
CLASS BLOG: Now in our modern days almost everything is artifi...: "Now in our modern days almost everything is artificials from foods to places such as beaches. One of the artificial beach that was created w..."I like this because at least this is something cool about artificial life. For example look at Times Square today and decades back. Unbelievable!
Goal: Artifacts # 2
Goal: Artifacts # 2: " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUadW2eWsKghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUadW2eWsKg The reason why I choose Madonna's song The Material ..." I like this because I feel the same. There is no feeling to the heart with the music today except to force yourself in the bandwagon. The only thing I see good today in music is the dancing(not sexual), nothing else.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Blog 8 The Net Is The Real World
According to the authors Jake Simms and Larry Magrid an incident not just with humans but with technology has lead to a crime from the criminals and a suicide from the victim. It happened at Rutgers University with young adult students. Their names are Dharun Ravi, Molly Wei, the criminals, and Tyler Clementi, the student who commited suicide. These inhuman students especially Ravi turned on the webcam where Clementi also were roommates. After that he went to Molly's room with the intention to invade Clementi's privacy by using the webcam he was in with Molly.
What happens next would be cyberbullying and invasion of privacy where Ravi streams Clementi kissing another guy to the world on Twitter. As a result according to the passage Clementi commits one of the rarest desperate acts which is to take his own life by jumping off the Washington Bridge. As a result Ravi and the conspirator Molly will pay the consequences thanks to New Jersey's privacy law which makes this selfish crime illegal. Hopefully, also they will get booted from Rutgers University.
Due to this unfortunately as stated in the passage like it or not, the net now is reality for the overwhelming majority of children and adults in the developed world and the rest of it. This is significantly changing attitudes or moods like what happened to Clementi and some others. This is the most dangerous of them all because we are hearing different kinds of stories in the news all yeasr and it can wreck your life for a long time. This is why parents should stop the excuses of them being at work all day and not buy them webcams and moniter who they talk to.
As for the situation within these students Clementi should have been stronger. This might be just the beginning of all of this. It almost reminded me of the movie from the 70s where only machines moniter humans. People are just becoming obsessed with this by letting kids do this and it has resulted in many suicides by teens.
What happens next would be cyberbullying and invasion of privacy where Ravi streams Clementi kissing another guy to the world on Twitter. As a result according to the passage Clementi commits one of the rarest desperate acts which is to take his own life by jumping off the Washington Bridge. As a result Ravi and the conspirator Molly will pay the consequences thanks to New Jersey's privacy law which makes this selfish crime illegal. Hopefully, also they will get booted from Rutgers University.
Due to this unfortunately as stated in the passage like it or not, the net now is reality for the overwhelming majority of children and adults in the developed world and the rest of it. This is significantly changing attitudes or moods like what happened to Clementi and some others. This is the most dangerous of them all because we are hearing different kinds of stories in the news all yeasr and it can wreck your life for a long time. This is why parents should stop the excuses of them being at work all day and not buy them webcams and moniter who they talk to.
As for the situation within these students Clementi should have been stronger. This might be just the beginning of all of this. It almost reminded me of the movie from the 70s where only machines moniter humans. People are just becoming obsessed with this by letting kids do this and it has resulted in many suicides by teens.
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