College Racism

Two years ago, an African American student in college was discriminated against and bullied. This happened in UCSD, University of California – San Diego. Words of hatred were thrown at her.

They (students) maybe don’t even have a lot of understanding of the history.

People don’t understand what is the history behind every person. They judge people of their culture, their status and their race. They don’t understand what every person has gone through and racism can really affect someone without you even knowing.

The girl’s family wished that she was in a place where she would be more comfortable, but not in a place where people wanted her dead.

We (her family) came from struggles and this was an accomplishment being here. But I would prefer to go somewhere else than to be here, knowing that I have to look over my back because people want me dead.

-Robinson said.

Comments? Leave them below.

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/feb/24/ucsd-students-say-deeper-racism-exists-campus/

Skin Doesn’t Matter

This picture shows that anybody can be friends, regardless of your skin color. It doesn’t matter what skin color you are, but what matters is what is underneath.

Do you think different races can be friends? Comment below.

Racism Cartoons

Racism isn’t just what you say. Pictures also show racism. 

The picture above is racism because the white dog is angry a black dog, one that he doesn’t even know but yet he judges. This is how society is today.

Leave your thoughts below.

Outrage

In March, a year or two ago, there was an outrage spark involving students of UC, in North Carolina. They protested against racist acts, fighting for equal rights for all races and types of people: such as gay people. Many people were outraged by some of these racist acts. Many people thought it was sickening, how people were so disrespectful to the race and status of people.

Thoughts? Leave them below.

http://www.blackvoicenews.com/news/44094-outrage-over-racist-acts-at-three-uc-campuses.html

Promotion for Racism

As many of you have seen in my posts, I wrote about Trayvon Martin’s case. However, this is still not over, even thought it happened months ago.

A company named the Hiller Armament Company of Virginia began selling targets for practice, shaped like Trayvon Martin, with Skittles and the Arizona ice tea. 

This is illegal and absolutely racist and vile to everyone. This is promotion of the death of a teenage boy that a family lost.  The Virginian law states

“Prohibits the unauthorized use of a person’s name, portrait or picture for advertising or trade purposes. The right continues for 20 years after death.”

What do you think? Should they shut down the business because it’s illegal or keep selling them to keep promoting his name?

Leave your thoughts below.

http://www.change.org/petitions/virginia-attorney-general-ken-cuccinelli-take-action-against-hiller-armament-company-for-trayvon-targets?utm_campaign=BEhnWPiUyq&utm_medium=email&utm_source=action_alert This website currently hosts a petition to stop the use of Trayvon’s name in this business. Sign it if you believe this isn’t right.

Asian Pacific-Islander Heritage Month

Many of you have heard that May is the Asian Pacific-Islander Heritage Month! It is a celebration for all the Asian and Pacific-Islanders in the United States. If you are Asian, or a Pacific-Islander, or both, embrace that fact and celebrate. Places such as China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Japan, Mongolia, Singapore, New Zealand, Philippines, Australia, and Indonesia are part of the Asian Pacific Region.

Anyways, moving away from the happy facts, do you know why we’re celebration Asian Pacific-Islander Month? If you don’t, you are going to find out now. First, I’m just going to say APIM because it is too long to type and it’s annoying.

We celebrate APIM to pay a tribute for all they have done for us in the 19th and 20th century. In the 19th century, many Asians (mostly Chinese) immigrated to the US. They were rarely tolerated by the settlers and people already inhabiting the US. In California, there was a big gold rush. It attracted many Asians to immigrate there. Asians and Pacific-Islanders were not allowed to mine gold for themselves, but for the others. They were discriminated against, and they were not considered US citizens.

Many API worked on the First Transcontinental Railroad. The path of the FTCRR followed the well-known trails, such as the Mormon Trail, Oregon Trail, and the California Trail.

The API working on the railroad got very small pay, while the whites received about $3 per day. They went on strike and earned a bit more salary. They often sang songs to keep themselves entertained through the day. They sang songs like “Comin’ Round the Mountains.”

Even after they finished, they didn’t receive any less discrimination. They weren’t allowed to live near whites, or own their own land. Laws were passed to make their lives difficult. Usually, the Chinese men wore their hair in braids, but a law was passed saying that they had to cut it. Only after years passed, the law was abolished.

Any thoughts? Leave your comments below.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/immigration1.html

http://www.tcrr.com/

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/worldwide/asia-and-the-pacific/

Not Just What You Think

I know that when some people mention racism, they think of discrimination, mostly against African American and Caucasians. However, there are other races affected by racism. There was one major event caused by racism. Most of you have heard of the Holocaust.

What was the Holocaust?

The Holocaust was the murder of about six million Jews by German Nazis. The murder included men, women, the elderly, and children.

When was the Holocaust?

The Holocaust took place between 1933 through 1945.

Where was the Holocaust?

The Holocaust was all over Europe, affecting every Jewish resident.

Who did the Holocaust affect?

The Holocaust affected every Jewish resident and the supporters of Jews in Europe.

Why did the Holocaust exist?

The Holocaust happened because Nazis and Adolf Hitler in Germany believed that all their troubles was caused by Jews.

How did the Holocaust happen?

The Holocaust started slowly. Even before the Holocaust, there was centuries of years of Jews being victims of racism.

In Germany, Nazis build ghettos and death camps. Thousands of Jews were imprisoned in there and many died of starvation, and diseases. As soon as the Jews were sent to the camps and ghettos, immediately 16,000 of them were murdered.

In November 1939, Jews were forced to wear yellow stars to indicate who they were. The yellow stars were known as ‘The Star of David.’ The Star of David was a symbol of death for them.

The Holocaust ended at the end of World War II. The Germans were defeated by the Russian and US allies. Few of the living prisoners were actually freed after Hitler died. Today, many Jewish people live with each other, avoiding others. They are still discriminated against by others, because of who they are.

Did you know about the Holocaust before or not? If not, was this surprising information? Do you think it was right for the Nazis and Hitler to blame the Jews for all their country’s problems?

Leave your thoughts below.

http://jfedpgh.org/page.aspx?id=148354

http://www.hypertextopia.com/library/read/1347/8507

http://www.sixmillioncrucifixions.com/How_did_the_Holocaust_start.html

Then and Today

Long ago, Native Americans were treated very racially. The white had taken some of them captive and used them as slaves. They were treated like slaves, and they had their homes torn away. Their homes were set on fire, and their animals and crops destroyed. One event that many have heard of is ‘The Trail of Tears,’ where thousands and hundreds of Native Americans like the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, and Chickasaw were forced out of their homes. They traveled the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma, where the Indian Territory was, over 200 miles from Georgia.

Today, many Cherokee/Indian descendants are still teased and made fun of, because of their culture, and because of what happened to them. Many of them, present day, still live like their ancestors with their old traditions and culture. Many of them that don’t live in the old traditions live like modern families, yet they still might suffer discrimination.

Leave your thoughts below.

http://www.history.com/topics/trail-of-tears

http://ngeorgia.com/history/nghisttt.html

Guilty or Not?

Many of you have heard about the Trayvon Martin case. In case you haven’t heard yet, the Trayvon Martin case was a racism based act. In February 26, 2012, in Florida, African-American Trayvon Martin was shot by George Zimmerman. George Zimmerman was a Hispanic man. He had shot Trayvon in the chest when he was on his neighborhood watch. He claimed that Trayvon was a suspicious person. When Zimmerman called the police about Trayvon, they told him to not confront him, but he did anyways.

After weeks and months passed, the police didn’t arrest Zimmerman, but finally, Zimmerman was charged with murder. However, he was released from jail.

There’s always two sides to a story. We’ve heard what most people said, how Zimmerman had shot Trayvon just because he looked suspicious.

Zimmerman’s side of the story was different.

According to Zimmerman, he was returning to his car when Trayvon attacked him from behind. He said that Trayvon had knocked him to the ground and then proceeded to bang his head on the ground. Zimmerman had shot Trayvon in self-defense.

At that time, he wasn’t charged for murder, because he had acted in self-defense. However, Zimmerman had turned himself in and was charged with second degree murder.

So what do you guys think? Should Zimmerman have stayed in jail or was he not guilty?

Leave your thoughts below.

http://www.northmobilepost.com/tag/george-zimmerman-arrested/

http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-our-son-17-year-old-trayvon-martin

Welcome

Hello! Welcome to Issues Today: HRI. HRI is short for Human Rights Issues. Today, we have lots of issues, such as racism, women rights, gender bias, modern day slavery, etc. I will be talking briefly about racism and elaborating on it. Feel free to comment on any of the posts and leave suggestions.

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