crash-racism-mother of all blogs!

1. The cop in the beginning was a racist pig. He pulled over the black couple b/c they were doing inappropriate things in the car. He then proceeded to make the situation a bigger deal then it was supposed to be by molesting the lady. The husband couldn't do anything or else he was going to be in big trouble. The cop treated the lady badly and she hated him for that. When she was driving home she was in a huge car crash. He was the cop that she had to trust to save her. At first she didnt trust him or want anything to do with him. He gained her trust and saved her with only seconds to spare. His co partner hated the cop because he was so racist so he asked to not be with him anymore after the incident with the black couple. When the husband got his car almost stolen by the other black characters the other partner helped him out and saved him from getting into trouble.

2. The mexican man was stereotyped in two different ways by two different people. The shopowner didnt trust him and when the mexican man said he fixed the lock but the door was the thing that needed fixing the shopowner didnt believe him and said he was trying to con him. The key fixer was right and people broke into the shop and trashed it. The shopowner found out where the key man lived and was about to shoot at the key man when his daughter ran in front of the bullet which shot at her. Thankfully the bullet wasnt a one that shoots at people and she was safe.
The white lady also didnt trust the key man so once her doors had new keys she told her husband that she didnt trust him and that they have to change the locks the next day. She thought that he would give the keys to his "gang" friends and then they would rob their house. The key man moved to that area to get away from that kind of stuff. She was being racist towards him.

3. When i saw this movie it was so discusting. 90% of the characters were ignorant racist pigs. If there was a situation where they could be racist they were. Like the white women clung to her husband when she saw the black men. But that caused the black people to be racist and steal there car. No one was right in that situation and they were both racist. I believe most americans are racist. They identify people by skin color and they make there judgements based on that alone sometimes. I hope this will change and the day when people look past skin color and different cultures and just the reality that all humans are different then that will be the day that america wont be racist. I believe that that day will never happen. Its sad. It makes me so upset. I mean its just a color! thats it! nothing more simple. and its sad that america cant look past that.

4. Stereotypes come from the beginning of time when people had differnces. When people saw that there are different people that arent the same as them is when people started to judge and stereotype. For example in the beginning of the movie there was a car crash with an asian lady and the white lady. There is a stereotype that says that asians are bad drivers and the white lady was rude to the lady and it wasnt even the asians ladys fault. I have no idea where theese sterotypes come from but they are here and we have to deal with them. One day i hope there will be a change.

5. Humans have brains and they identify and classify and remember things. It is normal to regonize skin color diffrerences. The brain studys patterns and that is common reasons for stereotypes. It is natural in our genes to see differnces and act upon them.

6.The media and your family has a lot to do about how race is learned. In school we learn about diffrenet races and cultures and we see all of the diffrences positive but in the media there sometimes is racist things and comments that teach america bad behaviors and brainwash them to think the way they want us to think.

7. I wish it was possible to end racisim. I dont think it is. Racisim is just a state of mind. The way to end it is to change peoples thinking process. America is a land of free thinkers so we cannot change the way they think. They have to be inspired and do it on there own. Maybe the media can help that. And by having a change in color in the presidency can help break some barriors. But helping stop Racisim is a long almost impossible process that maybe one day in the future we can help stop. And then america will be a more respectful, kind, caring kind of country!

Marriage in Black and White

In the United States there is a difference between the marriage statistics in black couples and white couples. The sats show that it is more likely for a white couple to get married and there are a higher percentage of whites already married than blacks. I dont think that there are any factors that cause this difference. Black and White are just colors. They are all people and the statistics just show the difference in skin color. Black people arent different from white people. It just so happens that they arent as likely to get married as white people.

Yesterday in class we were given 5 pennies. We gambled them in groups of two. My stragety was to just bet one penny each time and go on my gut (when choosing heads and tails.) Sometimes I would go against my gut feeing and then I would loose. I have always tried to go on those feelings in any situation because if you 2nd gess yourself then it will bite you in the butt. For example on a test. Once I lost we talked about peoples stragety. Some picked heads on time and tails the next-switching off. Some just picked heads, and some like me kinda choose randomly. This activity showed us that the wealth was unevenly spread because only 3 people ended up with 18 or more and almost half of us ended up withe 0!

Classy or Class-less

"What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what
we think of what he does, depends on his circumstances. The characteristics that
ruin a man in one class made him eminent in another."

This quote describes that a man does things based on there situation and not always on his character. This week in class we have been talking about class especially middle class. We have talked about what makes something middle class or high class. Class is based on how much money someone has or how much there house is. I think it shouldnt be labled as that. There are a lot of high class people that have no class and a lot of low class people that are very classy. High Class people will remain high class because they are more educated and they have the tools to go through school and graduate school whereas a lower income family wont be able to send there children to college even if they are smart kids. In some cases those lower class kids work their butts off to succeed and ritcher kids get by. But sometimes its the oppisite. I believe that in Buffalo Grove and the areas around SHS are between Middle and Upper Class. In Illinois there is many other towns that are even fancyer then our ares. I think that no matter what class you are in you should appreciate everything you have and work hard to acchieve your dreams! =)

Deviance of Soceity

Deviance is doing something against the norm of society. For example an act of deviance is giving someone a card just for the sake of being nice. For my act I gave a piece of candy to some random freshmen in my studyhall. He seemed weirded out by that and then left the candy on the desk. Oh well. Then I just realized now that I just did an act of deviance. My best friend has been having some icky stuff happen to her that sucks. So today I declaired it Best Friend Day and I made her a mini cake and made her a card and gave her a stuffed animal. she loved it and she looked really happy and thankful! I also did this one time last year for her! I think its tradition now! In the artical the saints were more bad then the roughnecks in many things but society saw them as good kids whereas the roughnecks did bad things and were seen as bad kids. After watching some of 30 days in class it shows me that the jail systems need to be changed and they arent doing anything positive for the crimminals. They just lock them up and dont teach them any better and then they end up right where they started from. They shouldnt treat prision like a business and start caring about the people in it. Happy Thanksgiving!! =]

Final Blog <3

Today i am home sick so I am wearing sweatpants and a T-Shirt. Usually when I go to school I express myself through what I am wearing. My future plan is to be a professional dancer. A lot of it is determined and will happen because of my nature, but the nurture from my family and friends helps me hope to make my dreams a reality. It mu life they balance eachother out nicely.

Social status and power is very important to teens today because that is all we have in society. We can try to stand out by who we hang out with, what we wear, or the music we listen to. We do so many things to fit in with the crowd. Status is something that even if kids try really hard to get they can sometimes not fit in with the crowd that they want to fit into. Usually by highschool status and "popular" isnt as important. In Middle School there was always the group of "popular kids" usually the cliche preppy bitches. Sometimes they were nice to the "normal" kids but when the groups were together they werent always amazing people. As we all go to Highschool in my opinion there isnt any popular kids because one our school is so big, 2 no one gives a damn about popularity. Every group has there own idea of status.


Kids today are raised very differently then previous generations. They are raised with way more technology such as computers, Tv, iPods, cell phones, xbox, etc. The concerns that are raised are that kids arent interacting with eachother as much as they could be. I think it is very valid. Kids today sit around playing video games, on the computer and texting when they could be going out getting fresh air or socializing with other children


Girls and guys are very different. Girls are very open and emotional and on the other hand boys are more agressive and they keep there feelings in. Girls seem to be more self conciness then boys. They are always concerned about what there wearing or what there hair is like, boys seem to be more chill about that- at least thats what it seems. Boys and girls are baiscally oppisite in socialization and in life =]

Kids? Teens? Adults?

There is a lot of conflict and confusion by being defined as an adolescent. The article we read about adolescence showed the idea that society puts us in a crazy state of being because were not children, but were not yet adults. But we are adults biologically in many ways. There are some things that we are given the opportunity to have adult status and not others. Some examples of the things we are given the opportunity to do is driving and getting jobs. But even with that we are still treated like kids. When we drive we have to get hours and once we get our licenses we have rules like having one person in the car for a year. When you get your license when you are 18 you dont have to follow any of those rules. When your 18 you can get a job. But when your under 16 you need a workers permit. There are other things adults do that we cant. aka drinking and smoking. at 17 you have many adult responsibilitys and then at 18 you can smoke. But even when society sees you as an adult you still cant even drink until your 21. So when do we actually become adults? At 18 is when society sees you as an adult and legally you are an adult. But there still isnt things you can do. So really what is the timline between being a kid, a teen, an adolescence and finally being an adult?

Besides family, my friends are one the most significant groups in my life. They affect a lot of the things. They influence things in my life. A lot of my friends are very outgoing and have positive attitudes which makes my personality a lot like them. Most of my close group of friends at Stevenson make good choices regarding certain things and that makes it easy to be in our group. however, i do have some close friends here and at other schools that don't make amazing decisions regarding certain things. I am not influenced by all that crap. i make my own decisions. The way I look at life is like my friends in the way that they live life to the fullest. I like adventure and not all of my close friends like that so my other friends are up for adventures. Sometimes I'm not always up to what they have in mind, but they influence me and encourage me to be adventurous. Woo :-)