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Where’s The Pride?

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:42:11 +0000

Its February and I have been looking for some sign that its Black History month. I’m still looking and nothing as of yet. I’m proud of who I am and where I came from. I don’t sum people up just because a group of them decide to act like they were raised by wolves. Being African American is something to be proud of just look at Martin Luther King Jr. or Harriet Tubman. I mean there’s no shame in singing to the mountain tops or encouraging a culture to act proudly. I just don’t get it what is the world coming to?

I’m praying that the culture will wake up and take a stand. They should hug and love one another and leave the violence be. Its time to act with intelligence and make something out of nothing. Growth is what is needed and I’m quite disappointed at the lack of pride in our culture. Hating one another and not knowing why is just obsurb. Be humble and let the world know that you are here and have something to offer. Stop sitting back and blaming all your down falls on white America. Take a stand and take it today.

You can be something look at Tyler Perry, Denzel Washington, Maya Angelou or Fred Price. Come on people if there’s no jobs lets create them. Hire the experience but help your brothers or sisters out. Its time to make our presence known. I agree with diversity but guys its our month and I’m trying to encourage my people to feel proud of it. Walk with your head up and not down because your rent is behind. Pray and ask God to give you strength to carry on. African American is nothing I’m ashamed of. Some may not like being called African American. I’m proud of where we are today. Thank God no more water hose spraying of dog attacks on our people. I know that there is some sort of racism going on but not like it use to. Its time to stand up tall!

A little dedication to my people and encouragement for them that’s all I’m saying. They need some encouragement because many have given up and don’t believe they are wise and important. We are good people and will bring change! And please don’t believe that Obama did not bring any change because he did and he will continue too. Thanks for reading and stay blessed!

Orca ’slave’ Case in U.S. Courts

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:33:39 +0000

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A U.S. judge has been asked to rule on whether animals should be protected from slavery in the same way as human beings. This case is being heard in San Diego and has been brought by PETA, who named five orcas as plaintiffs in the case. The US District Judge Jeffrey Miller called the hearing.

The orcas reside in San Diego and Orlando, and are forced to live in tanks. PETA lawyer Jeffrey Kerr says ‘This case is on the next frontier of civil rights’, despite the fact that these orcas are not expected to respect the civil rights of their audience. Theodore Shaw, Sea World’s lawyer, says the lawsuit is a waste of the courts time and money. He added that a court does not have the authority to answer the ethical question of whether animals should be treated as humans.

The Judge has now heard the evidence from both sides, before deciding to take the case under advisement and to issue his ruling at a later date. The implications of a ruling in favour of PETA could be significant, allowing animals to be plaintiffs in a law suit. It would also raise questions concerning how scientific data is gathered, and in the use of animals in the military.

Defence lawyers say the issue at the heart of this case is not whether the animals have been abused. The case aims to give animals the same rights as humans, so keep them captive would clearly be wrong if PETA was to win the case. PETA say any ruling would only apply to the entertainment industry, but the ruling could have repercussions in many subsequent animal rights cases.

Some people were once considered property, and animals also should be thought of as humans and have their rights protected in the same way. This is an interesting ethical question; these animals did not choose the life they lead. But at what point do equal rights become impractical? Will a decision ultimately lead to the life of animal being equal to that of a human? The judge in this case has not set a date when he will announce a verdict.

Invitation Only Game – Anno1777 – Earn Real Money Playing an Online Game

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Anno1777 is a great online game that is currently invitation only.

So here is your invitation to Anno1777

Anno1777 is a great game which allows you to earn money online. It will take an hour or so to get the hang of the game, but it basically consists of governments, companies and slaves.

You can earn money in several ways.

The first and easiest is by working. You get paid a wage for working 8hrs daily, and this is timed in real time, however you don’t have to stay logged in to continue working. All you have to do is go to the jobs market and click on work. You will be paid a wage depending on your wellness.

You wellness can be increased by buying food, clothes etc.

Another way to earn money is by fighting. Everytime you fight, you earn money, and the amount will depend on what the government has currently set it at. When you win a fight, that person then becomes your slave and will pay you a percentage of their income, unless someone else attacks them, in which case you will lose that slave. However you can block slaves by paying a small fee and that will prevent others from fighting them.

You can also earn money by setting up your own company, and there are a range of companies you can own, from restaraunts to weapon production.

You can also vote for government and changes that they propose. You can even become part of the government yourself.

Other features include:

Travelling to other countries and buying shares in Anno1777.

It’s a game that doesn’t require you to spend a great deal of time on it, but can earn you money.

You can join Anno1777 here. It doesn’t cost you anything to sign up, and you can check it out for yourself.

Disposable People

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:22:07 +0000

I think the hardest thing for me to accept is the abundance of slavery continued in the world today. Before taking this class, I had no idea that slavery was still so many. I knew there was much corruption in poverty in the world but has never happened to me that people were used in a way the economy can be high. In the book Disposable People, Kevin Bales talks about how the slaves still exist around the world and even in developed countries such as France and the United States. He talks about this new type of slavery is all about business and people use the slaves to be rich. When they are finished with them, just throw these people like crap. In the “old” slavery, slaves were worth money, profits were low, and there was a shortage of potential slaves. Back in the day, slaves were expensive and should be retained. Today, you just throw them away when they finish their business. It’s so amazing how some people have no heart and just make these people suffer, so you can earn more money. Not that I do not think about it, but I can not accept the idea. The other day in class was probably one of the saddest movies I’ve seen. These innocent children were abducted by a life of suffering and cruelty. The sad thing is that many things we have today is because of the misery these people. The shoes we wear and the carpet under our feet may have been made by slaves in Pakistan. Sugar as we enjoy each day and children like toys that are made by slaves in the Caribbean. The shirt on your back and the ring on the finger could have been made by slaves in India. In addition, children are kidnapped and sent to Ghana to pick the beans, so that we can have our chocolate. Worse, they paid nothing.

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Elementary School in Georgia Asks Slavery Questions on Math Homework

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:01:58 +0000

Can you imagine your child bringing home math homework to do which contains questions pertaining to slavery? That is what happened at the Beaver Ridge Elementary School in Norcross, Georgia this past weekend. The teachers who wrote up the homework questions were attempting to integrate a few history questions into the math, but that left a sour taste in the mouths of some parents, including Christopher Braxton and Terrance Barnett. African-Americans who come across such questions that are meant to increase a child’s math skills naturally find this out of context and believe that if schools want to teach about slavery, it should be done so in the proper historical context and not treated as a cross-curriculum experiment.

One of the Gwinnett County school district’s spokesperson has responded to the media in what some of the teachers were attempting to teach the children. The math questions were deemed inappropriate by Sloan Roach, but no mention has been made as to whether the teachers who came up with the questions will be castigated for their actions. After this event has been made public, there is probably a very slim chance the Gwinnett County school teachers will try an experiment like this again.

Teaching slavery to grade schoolers is not something that is to be taken lightly but should explain why it existed in the American south when the northern states were experiencing industrialization during the mid-nineteenth century. The passing of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 made slavery illegal even though some landowners still employed African-Americans to work in the fields as a form of cheap labor.

The United States of America Did Not Enjoy Liberty Until After The Civil War

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:56:12 +0000

Since the arrival of the first shipload of colonists to America, the people of the colonies and eventually states, tried to make their living area the best they could. To aid in the effort, the colonists eventually set up a government with three main branches and many levels of power, their job was to secure liberty for the country which would eventually become the United States of America. After the bad experience of colonial relations with the British, the forming of a new government, and even a civil war; the question is: Did the people of the country which would eventually become the United States of America secure and enjoy the blessings of liberty up to and through the civil war? Liberty is to be able to pursue a goal or an element which will better one’s life or a group of lives. The general opinion of Americans today is that liberty, following this definition, was not secured and enjoyed for the entire time of the country up to and during the civil war.

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Britain’s Second Bad Decision Against America

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:55:56 +0000

By having less money, the colonists could not expand their business or do many of the things which they enjoyed. Another way the colonists had their liberty restricted was that they weren’t allowed to settle past the Appalachian Mountains. The British said it would anger the Native Americans and could potentially start a war. It ends up that the French and Indian War happened for seven years and most of the soldiers were colonists. After winning the war against France and the Native Americans, the British still did not let the colonists expand; this is a huge violation of what the constitution of America is now based on: life, liberty, and property. This did not secure liberty for the colonists because they were not allowed to settle, to expand their businesses or their homes and make themselves have a better life; they weren’t allowed to pursue happiness.

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The South’s One Huge Mistake When Seceding From The Union

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:55:01 +0000

Leaving the union did not secure liberty for either side because there was a war going. This war only caused lives to be lost and money to be spent, along with properties being damaged, which violates the constitution, even if seceding doesn’t do that itself. These things violate two of the three main points of liberty on the constitution. Lives were lost, which violated the life point, and properties were damaged which violated the property point. With all of this going on, there was one more major action which violated the constitution: the Emancipation Proclamation. This was a statement by the current president of the time, President Lincoln, which said that slaves in rebelling states were freed, this helped the North in the war because slaves would leave the South and join the north or the Southern states would surrender and keep their slaves. As far as a war effort goes, it is very unconstitutional; again it violates the people’s right to keep property, which is a very big deal. Fortunately for Lincoln, the people saw slaves being freed as a good thing, they were free from their torturous Southern owners and they could enjoy a more free life.

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Past Slave Families Should Not Receive Reparations

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:53:47 +0000

It is come to my attention as a sophomore at Greenwich High School that the debate of whether the families of African Americans should be offered financial restitution for the wrongdoing of their ancestors during the period of slavery in the early United States of America is still ongoing. I researched this topic more and found two articles, which we read in American History class. The names of these articles were: The Cost of Slavery, by Dalton Conley, Should There Be Reparations for Slavery?, from the New York Times newspaper, and Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Blacks is a Bad Idea for Blacks – and Racist Too, by David Horowitz. I think that giving reparations to African American families is a bad idea, because it would not be good for the country, and the reparations have already been paid in different ways, as well.

The Meaning of Liberty

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:53:33 +0000

The meaning of liberty today, in the eyes of the people of America, is to be able to pursue a goal or an element which will better one’s life or a group of lives. Overall, following this definition, liberty was only secured for a small fraction of the total time since America was inhabited by colonists up to the civil war. In the general opinion of Americans today, while the colonists were in relations with Britain and while engaged in the civil war, the blessings of liberty were not secured, but while setting up a new government and electing the first few presidents, liberty was able to be secured and enjoyed successfully. This took a lot of thought and a lot of processing too, so I hope you will comment on this article because it helps me stay motivated, and I like it when people click the like button on my articles too.

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