About thinking outside the box

Thinking outside the box to me is when you look at a variety of isms in different ways. this college and Carree intensive taught me the good and bad about how people react to different isms. for example... racism while watching documentaries i learned that racism happening in other places in the world. Racism from the white and blacks. That is what i learned in class.

One thing i learned in class was that going in to college the college schools look at your 10th and 11th grades. i was just going to try really hard the last year and try to get in to college. but now i know that i have to do good now so i have to pick my grades. that helped me a lot because now i know what to do to get in to college.
Jason Lawyer

Unlock your Box and Think outside the box!!!!

In Life we all believe in doing what we think is right. Surrounding yourself with people who are always optimistic not caring what others may think or suggest. However thinking outside the box might destined someone who is really ordinary or just a regular person to become famous or wealthy in life. I took a class called "Thinking Outside the Box"....

At first, everything about this class seemed blur and bizarre to me. I thought to myself I don't wanna be here or even participate in any activities. But not withstanding it came out great and most of all I learned gradually about sterotypes and people's identity as well. Even the book we read "A Hero ain't nothing but a Sandwich" reveals that if life gets you anywhere in some circumstances sometimes, you have no option than to be ready for whatever and to learn how to benefit with what you have. Perharps cherish those in your life because they might be gone tommorrow!! By CHINASA EKWEREMUBA

RACISM? HMMM LETS TALK ABOUT THAT

Did you know that race comes in all shape color and form?



Racism is the discrimination against a race that believes that one race is superior to another race. Racism is a moral issue; it is a political issue that is going on in America. There is a lot of evidence that the moral issue then lead to social effects. Racism was not supposed to be prolonged but it still plays a major part in the U.S till this day. Martin Luther King had a dream and this dream was to see blacks and whites get along but this dream really didn’t come true.

In college and career class we are learning about the Isms. One major Ism that we are focusing on is racism because this is still continuing within everyday society. We watched a video that was addressing racism. I learned that (Kevin Powell) did a doll test to see which doll the kids would pick most of them picked a white doll. Black kids grow up to understand that black is an ugly color and white is more superior. We are raised in America to have a slave mentality and most of us do.

During college and career we read a short story called recitatif. This was a very tricky story. We had to read about children who lived in a shelter but the tricky part is we wanted to figure out what race they were. Back in the days, black people were characterized as having nappy hair, big lips and being IGNORANT. White people were described as soft hair, very pretty and INTELLIGENT, because they had supposedly bigger and smart brains and blacks didn’t. In the book the characters were described under black and whites stereotypes. My guess was that Twyla was white and Roberta was black at first. My classmate and I believed that Twyla was the black one and Roberta was the white one. At the end of the story it became very difficult to know but my guess may be correct.

In class we began to watch documentaries; one caught my attention, it was called the race power of an illusion. This was about the genetics of blacks and whites. Many people shared their experiences of being black or white person. A main experience that caught my attention was a story about a black man. People would sometimes go to a black man and ask are you a basketball or football coach and he would actually be a college professor. Black people are really upgrading and doing what they have to do but there are many black people ruining it for the rest of us. I believe if white people can make it then us blacks can do it also because Barrack Obama made it. If GOD created us as humans with brains just a different color we are still the same as the other.

In conclusion, this world can be better only if we all get along and make it better. Even though racism is wrong it is still practiced in many countries. We are all human beings and we should love one another. It is proven that blacks resemble night and white resembles day, night is dangerous and day is supposedly a safe thing. Either way that is just an opinion. There is no need for discrimination because we all know that a person is neither good nor bad depending on the color of their skin.

BY: THE LOVELY QUEEN MARIE NOEL

Racism Is Everywhere!!!!!!

Racism is something that surrounds us all. Some of us have witnessed it or perhaps been racist towards one another. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you live, or what type of job you work in, you are bound to have at least witnessed racism once in your lifetime because racism is everywhere. Racism refers to the belief that human capacities can be determined based on their race.

Racism has existed for centuries, and has prolonged until today. Although slavery was abolished black people are still frequently treated as second class citizens and still have an image that meant that they were not as superior as white people. Racism is everywhere both in musical industries, for example the song by Erykah Badu titled “Soldier”, is addressing the struggles that happen because of a racist society.

This song basically addresses that struggles young black people go through to become stronger in life. Not only black people but it also addresses the struggle of whites in a line that says“To my boys in Iraqi it’s not time to kill”. This is an everyday war scene between the United States and Iraq. Everyone during that time era has died in body but has persevered in their heart and souls.

We watched a movie called Race, the power of an Illusion; in this movie some athletes go through racism especially African Americans. In sports such as Track and Field. Blacks are said to have more genetics advancement to enable them to run faster or have more endurance during races. My point of view is that is true but not because they are blacks but because they worked hard during their practice and did what they have to do to get even better at any given event.

In conclusion, the term Racism would never come to end without racial thinking or Social Identity in the society. Individuals should believe in themselves to prove that they can overcome racism in any ways. Today our president is black, Barack Obama changed history and history is normally said to repeat itself but it didn’t because a black president is in the White House today. Only your dignity would make you a survivor.

BY Chinasa Ekeremuba

What I learned

This week in my college and career class “thinking outside the box” we’ve been talking about racism. Basically the topic was about how racism is still in America today. We looked at documentaries that also talked about racism. My teacher Ms. Deloney read a Langston Hughes poem that I felt was about racism and then she had us listen to an Erykah Badu song. After that we compared the two both were about racism but in different ways. For example Langston Hughes was talking about racism back in the days and Erykah Badu was talking about racism nowadays.
Another thing were talking about was the word “Nigger”. We watched a small video that explained how a lot of rappers use the word “Nigger”. Then we had a discussion that my teacher called the fish bowl. It was about if my classmates and I felt that Nigga differed from Nigger. Even though Nigga came from Nigger, young kids/teens today have different meanings for the two words. Sometimes depending on where you live, using the word Nigga is like saying what’s up to your friends. Also rappers use it the same way so technically we get it from the media.
In class we also read some of a story called “Rectatif” by Toni Morrison. It was about two girls names Twyla and Roberta and they were in a group home. They had these older girls that used to tease the lady that worked in the kitchen who was Maggie. The author didn’t tell us which race the girls were but he was sending us different signs that kind of gave us thoughts but not really. I say this because according to stereotypes both girls didn’t fit any of the requirements. No matter how much of the story we read we couldn’t figure out who was what race. I think my teacher was trying to show us that by using stereotypes we would never be able to figure out who a person really is.

By: Tieshema Gordon

Politikism- My ism is about when people tries to discriminate or put down another race beacuse they feel that their race is better than anothers. For example putting racist pictures in the newspapers and all through the media

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By: Tieshema Gordon

Racism


Racism is when a person believes his race to other races that he is superior and has the right to rule others. For example a Japanese person came to America and tried to help Japanese people become citizens of the United States. He learned how to speak English and learned how to read and write. They did not let the Japanese become the citizens of the United States. But they European were able to become citizens of the United States. Racism stated years ago and it is a problem till today.
In class we listened to songs and one of them was “The Revolution Will Not Be
Televised” spoke about how (black people) will not be on television where will it be? In class we read a short story called Recitatif. The story was about two kids going to foster care. They told you
that they were called salt and pepper but you didn’t know who was white and who was black. The whole book you had to guess who was who. You had to tell who was who with the Stereotypes. Stereotypes are based prejudices towards individuals and groups of people
according to their race.
In the short documentary we watched in class called “A girl like me” by Kiri Davis. There was a test with two dolls a white doll and a black doll. They ask the children questions such as which is the good doll, which is a ugly doll, which is the cute doll.
All the children pick the black doll for all the negative questions. They picked the black doll for the negative question because they grow up with the Stereotypes.

Jason lawyer