This weeks blog is a little bit different from what we are used to doing. Instead of reading just one article we had to watch a few videos, look at a website, and then read an article. Then basically take the main points out of them and or connect them. The main thing that I took from these artifacts was that we still do not consider all people equal and we are scared to talk about and admit that this is true.
In the videos that we watched one of the main things that i took out of it was that we do not see all people as equals. The videos used two different examples that stuck with me. The first one was with President Obama and former President Bush. The video was saying that we give way to much credit to white people even if they are a "bafoon" (talking about bush). The first video also said that just because Bush was white and mediocre we were fine with him as president. Along the same lines with this it also says that McCain was also a candidate only because he is white. If he was a black man and we knew his background about how he crashed five planes we would never be talking about his as a presidential nominee.
Another great point that the video brought up was that we don't let people of color be mediocre and still get jobs. While the white man can go to a community college and have no experience in the field and still get the job over a person of color who is pretty good at the job and has experience with it. This shows that we don't consider all people to be equal and we give precedent to people in the culture of power even thought they aren't the best candidate for the job.
In the NY Times Article that we had to read it talked about how schools still are segregated even though they legally aren't anymore. The article says that school still are segregated because of where people live. If the child is living in a bad neighborhood like a lot of hispanic and black people do then they are forced to go to a bad school because that is what is in those bad areas. The article also said that when these kids were put into better schools they started to get better grades and became better students. It is sad to think that schools are still segregated and most people don't believe that they are but the truth is that schools are segregated simply by the fact of where people live. Another article that i found says that schools are more segregated today than they were in the 1950's. This article said almost the same things as the one we had to read for class with the main reason still being where families live depend on what school they go to and therefore still contribute to segregation.
Talking points for class: Did anyone think that schools were still segregated before you read the article? And whose fault is it that the schools are segregated?Personally i don't believe that the government is responsible for the segregation. I believe that the people are responsible because they are the ones living in the areas and not moving to different neighborhoods for better school systems. I also know that it may not be financially possible for these people to move but i do think it is possible for quite a few of them because i drive through providence everyday to school and see really nice cars in old houses driveways and think that they have enough money for $80,000 worth of cars but they are still living here.
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