1. The article I read is called A Few words about censorship vs. the freedom of speech. It started off with the quote, "Without the freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public freedom without freedom of speech; which is the right of every man as far as by it he does not hurt or control the right of another: and this is the only check it ought to suffer, and the only bounds it ought to know." Benjamin Franklin age 16! The gist of this article is that if we have the freedom of speech, why do people freak out when people actuallly excersice that freedom. He used examples of when 2 Live Crew was sued because of t heir lyrics and performances (my article was from 1990) and argues that there is freedom of speech, so if you don't like it you can simply ignore it. Then again he talks about cencorship and how he understands why people wouldn't want R-rated things and X-rated(censorship!) things just open to the public, but thats also where the question of why is their freedom of speech if people are just going to censor everything. I got a reallly good quote: It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those unspeakable precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them." It was the ending of my article.
2. Obviusly this article is related to the First Amendment of the Constitution. It talks about the freedom of press and expression vs censorship. The author used different examples such as inappropriate music, x rated books and videos sold in stores, and explicit art work. To show the contradiction of censorship and freedom of speech\ expression.
3. This article interests me because I always have found controversy between censorship and freedom of speech interesting. I think the two are super related, and its hard to draw the line of what is too much because it says in the constituion that there is freedom of expression in the first ammendment but does not have restrictions as to what is too much when you are excersiing that freedom.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
blog#7
Something that stands out to me about the way we learn in this class is every day feels like inspiration day. It feels like we aren't in an english or history class but to me it feels like we are in a Motivational class. Everything sounds like you've said it thousands of times before and its very easy to follow what you are talking about. I like that due dates are strict and not moved around secretly and that it is made very clear how deadlines are going to work. To build on my success I will continue to write down eeverything in the LA Semana emails into my planner so i can stay updated every day and make sure I don't miss out on any assignments. I might also come in for some office hours because I somtimes struggle with the readings and history. I will strive to make an effort to participate in class discussions by asking questions when I do not understand something or when I get lost in the conversations. But overall history is working out a lot better than last year so far, I like how we compare the past to the present to show real examples and meanings of things.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
final artist statement and picture
What is she?
By Brandi Coley
I was attending Fletcher Elementary, Ms. Long’s third grade class with tiny blue plastic chairs to be exact, when I read a biography about Rosa Parks. The biography introduced different elements of black history, but at that age I did not really know or understand much about the Civil Rights Movement. The only thing that stuck with me was that we shared the same birthday; February 4th. When black history month rolled around I wrote a short blurb about Rosa Parks’ act of courage on December 1st, 1955. Little did I know why she did it or the effect it had on black people in America.
My father tried to make me understand the importance of the history of black people when I was young. He would tell me that as a young woman growing up in America, especially a part black young woman, it was essential for me to understand what happened in the past that got black people in America where they are today. Every February my family and I gather around the television in the living room to watch showcases about the Civil Rights Movement, slavery, or both on HBO and BET.
When I was young the shows were not to my taste and often bored me, but I will never forget the testimony of a former black slave. A dramatization showed her running towards a forest, vicious hounds trailing her. The hounds caught her, mauled and tore off her breast, and then slave owners dragged her away. One month every year is dedicated to recognizing black history month and I am there for every 28 days.
Frederick Douglas, John Brown, John F. Kennedy, Linda Brown, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks all fought for numerous elements of the Civil Rights Movement. Whether the fight was for the Abolition of Slavery in 1833, the Equal Payment act in 1963, the Civil Rights act of 1964, the Equal Employment act of 1972, or the Equal Education act of 1974, they all had one common goal: Equal Rights and the end of Discrimination for black people in America.
Every day I encounter people defiling what civil rights activists have worked so hard accomplish. I try to tell them what they do is wrong and why it’s wrong- but they don’t care enough to take the time to understand. On rare occurrences, people do listen and I see a genuine change in that person and how they carry themselves. The others simply carry on their lives day to day with the same smug look on their faces, but I know that I just can’t give up on them now.
These others look at me with questioning eyes; What is she? They make assumptions and try to guess my race but become baffled by my tan, yet not dark enough to be ‘black’, skin. They make stereotypical judgments about me before they meet me and after they get to know me, wonder why I’m not the loud ghetto black girl they thought I would be. Once they find out I am part Asian that opens a whole new door for racial slurs and jokes. They find it funny, but I find it ignorant. Don’t they remember that everyone is created equal? People who make jokes like that either do not know the hardships their ancestors endured or do not care about the hard work and many years that went into it. My father did not want me to grow up to become one of them.
By Brandi Coley
I was attending Fletcher Elementary, Ms. Long’s third grade class with tiny blue plastic chairs to be exact, when I read a biography about Rosa Parks. The biography introduced different elements of black history, but at that age I did not really know or understand much about the Civil Rights Movement. The only thing that stuck with me was that we shared the same birthday; February 4th. When black history month rolled around I wrote a short blurb about Rosa Parks’ act of courage on December 1st, 1955. Little did I know why she did it or the effect it had on black people in America.
My father tried to make me understand the importance of the history of black people when I was young. He would tell me that as a young woman growing up in America, especially a part black young woman, it was essential for me to understand what happened in the past that got black people in America where they are today. Every February my family and I gather around the television in the living room to watch showcases about the Civil Rights Movement, slavery, or both on HBO and BET.
When I was young the shows were not to my taste and often bored me, but I will never forget the testimony of a former black slave. A dramatization showed her running towards a forest, vicious hounds trailing her. The hounds caught her, mauled and tore off her breast, and then slave owners dragged her away. One month every year is dedicated to recognizing black history month and I am there for every 28 days.
Frederick Douglas, John Brown, John F. Kennedy, Linda Brown, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks all fought for numerous elements of the Civil Rights Movement. Whether the fight was for the Abolition of Slavery in 1833, the Equal Payment act in 1963, the Civil Rights act of 1964, the Equal Employment act of 1972, or the Equal Education act of 1974, they all had one common goal: Equal Rights and the end of Discrimination for black people in America.
Every day I encounter people defiling what civil rights activists have worked so hard accomplish. I try to tell them what they do is wrong and why it’s wrong- but they don’t care enough to take the time to understand. On rare occurrences, people do listen and I see a genuine change in that person and how they carry themselves. The others simply carry on their lives day to day with the same smug look on their faces, but I know that I just can’t give up on them now.
These others look at me with questioning eyes; What is she? They make assumptions and try to guess my race but become baffled by my tan, yet not dark enough to be ‘black’, skin. They make stereotypical judgments about me before they meet me and after they get to know me, wonder why I’m not the loud ghetto black girl they thought I would be. Once they find out I am part Asian that opens a whole new door for racial slurs and jokes. They find it funny, but I find it ignorant. Don’t they remember that everyone is created equal? People who make jokes like that either do not know the hardships their ancestors endured or do not care about the hard work and many years that went into it. My father did not want me to grow up to become one of them.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Blog#5 Questions about our writing...
1. What aspects of the American Icon artist statement successful for you and why?
The most helpful aspect of the American Icon Artist Statement is the thing where we go from past to present to past to present to past to present etc. because my regular writing pattern happened to be in that pattern. I think it makes sense for it to be like that also because it goes back and forth to show the connections between me and my icons.
2.What writing tips have been the most helpful and why?
The most helpful writing tip is the one about concerts not pancakes because it allows me to go back and reread and take out the nonsense words. Also the watch the adverbs tip' I went back and reread my artist statement and took out unecessary words to keep it to the point.
3. What aspect of the Artist Statement has been most challenging? Why?
The most challenging part of the artist statement for me is to add in my place in the continuum. It was hard for me to add because I don't want to just bluntly say: my place in the contiuum of icons is.... but I managed to get it in their more subtly but I'm not sure if its clear enough.
4. What is the most challenging writing tip and why?
I think the hardest writing tip is concert not pancakes because I am a swooper not a basher and it is harder for me to stop and make sure every word is a bang! instead of a blah.
5.
Every day I encounter people defiling what civil rights activists have worked so hard to bring to an end. I try to tell them what they are doing is wrong and why it’s wrong, but they don’t care enough to take the time to understand. On rare occurrences, people do listen and I see a genuine change in that person and how they carry themselves. The others simply carry on their lives day to day with the same smug look on their faces and I know that I just can’t give up on them now. I have come too far from where I started from.
The others look at me with questioning eyes; What is she? They make assumptions and give me racial groups but become baffled by my tan, yet not dark enough to be ‘black’ skin. They make stereotypical judgements about me before they meet me and wonder why I’m not the loud ghetto black girl they thought I would be, after they get to know me. Once they find out I am part Asian that opens a whole new door for racial slurs and jokes. They find it funny, but I find it ignorant. Don’t they remember that everyone is created equal? People who make jokes like that either do not know the struggle their ancestors endured or do not care about the hard work and many years that went into it. My father did not want me to grow up to become one of them.
questions: Does it flow? is there any confusion about who I am referring to at any moments in these two paragraphs? do you see my place in the continuum?
The most helpful aspect of the American Icon Artist Statement is the thing where we go from past to present to past to present to past to present etc. because my regular writing pattern happened to be in that pattern. I think it makes sense for it to be like that also because it goes back and forth to show the connections between me and my icons.
2.What writing tips have been the most helpful and why?
The most helpful writing tip is the one about concerts not pancakes because it allows me to go back and reread and take out the nonsense words. Also the watch the adverbs tip' I went back and reread my artist statement and took out unecessary words to keep it to the point.
3. What aspect of the Artist Statement has been most challenging? Why?
The most challenging part of the artist statement for me is to add in my place in the continuum. It was hard for me to add because I don't want to just bluntly say: my place in the contiuum of icons is.... but I managed to get it in their more subtly but I'm not sure if its clear enough.
4. What is the most challenging writing tip and why?
I think the hardest writing tip is concert not pancakes because I am a swooper not a basher and it is harder for me to stop and make sure every word is a bang! instead of a blah.
5.
Every day I encounter people defiling what civil rights activists have worked so hard to bring to an end. I try to tell them what they are doing is wrong and why it’s wrong, but they don’t care enough to take the time to understand. On rare occurrences, people do listen and I see a genuine change in that person and how they carry themselves. The others simply carry on their lives day to day with the same smug look on their faces and I know that I just can’t give up on them now. I have come too far from where I started from.
The others look at me with questioning eyes; What is she? They make assumptions and give me racial groups but become baffled by my tan, yet not dark enough to be ‘black’ skin. They make stereotypical judgements about me before they meet me and wonder why I’m not the loud ghetto black girl they thought I would be, after they get to know me. Once they find out I am part Asian that opens a whole new door for racial slurs and jokes. They find it funny, but I find it ignorant. Don’t they remember that everyone is created equal? People who make jokes like that either do not know the struggle their ancestors endured or do not care about the hard work and many years that went into it. My father did not want me to grow up to become one of them.
questions: Does it flow? is there any confusion about who I am referring to at any moments in these two paragraphs? do you see my place in the continuum?
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Blog #4 American Icons Opening and Closing
Intro: I was attending Fletcher Elementary, third grade to be exact, when I read a biography about Rosa Parks. At that age I didn't really know or understand much about the Civil Rights Movement. The only thing that stuck with me was that we shared the same birthday, February 4th. When black history month rolled around I chose to write a short blurb about what Rosa Parks' act of courage on December 1st, 1955. Little did I know why she did or what it meant for black people in America.
Outro: People look at me and think, What is she? They try to give me a classification, a racial group but become baffled by my tan, yet not dark enough to be 'black' skin. People make stereotypical judgements about me before they meet me. Once they find out I'm part asian that opens a whole new door for jokes, racial jokes. They find it funny, but I find it ignorant. Don't they remember that we are equals? People who make jokes like that either don't know the struggle their ancestors endured or don't care about the hard work and many years that went into it. My father didn't want me to be part of them.
1. I can't exactly say that I chose this opening and ending combo. I just kind of wrote what sounded and felt right. I think It makes sense to introduce myself and the topic intertwined and outro it with myself and the topic intertwined bu t with my personal part dominating the intertwined-ness.
2. My ending ties together my big ideas becuase well my big ideas were that discrimination is wrong, you should be educated about ur past, etc. I think the outro ties together my main ideas because it includes both my big ideas and how I am involved with them.
3. I hope that when people are done reading my work that...
-They will stop and think before they call others by racial slurs or other types of mean names
-Think about their elders before they defile or disgrace what has been done for so many years to get whatever their racial group (in my case black/vietnamese) to the place that they are now
-To stop telling me to go make them bok choy. This might sound like sarcastic but it is a serious thing, people think just because I'm asian I can just go and make all this asian style food and they don't even realize that Bok Choy is a vegetable...
-To use their brains a bit more often before speaking.
-Stand up for others when they see acts of discrimination happening even if its minor. little things always lead to big things.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
blog #3 american icons
Part One
Two things I am including in my artist statement are segreagation and Rosa Parks. Segregation represents keeping two or more different things apart from eachother and not letting them into eachothers atmosphere or allowing them to intermingle. Rosa Parks can represent a number of things but one thing she represents is courage. Courage and Segregation may not relate directly but Black people needed to have courage in their hearts in order to make it through the Civil Rights Movement. Some didn't have courage and they did just fine, but those who did made a positive change.
Part Two
I found information on rosa parks as well as her picture from http://www.mindfully.org/reform/2005/Rosa-Parks-Dickson1dec05.htm
What I liked about this website is that it gave me insight to Rosa Parks' childhood. I never really knew anything about what or how she was before that day on the bus. I used the part about how she went to the montgomery industrial school for girls and how the school motivated the students to value themselves and go for the gold no matter what stands in your way.
Two things I am including in my artist statement are segreagation and Rosa Parks. Segregation represents keeping two or more different things apart from eachother and not letting them into eachothers atmosphere or allowing them to intermingle. Rosa Parks can represent a number of things but one thing she represents is courage. Courage and Segregation may not relate directly but Black people needed to have courage in their hearts in order to make it through the Civil Rights Movement. Some didn't have courage and they did just fine, but those who did made a positive change.
Part Two
I found information on rosa parks as well as her picture from http://www.mindfully.org/reform/2005/Rosa-Parks-Dickson1dec05.htm
What I liked about this website is that it gave me insight to Rosa Parks' childhood. I never really knew anything about what or how she was before that day on the bus. I used the part about how she went to the montgomery industrial school for girls and how the school motivated the students to value themselves and go for the gold no matter what stands in your way.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Blog #2 American Icons Ideas.
1.Surfrider Foundation represents to me advocacy and helping others who are in need and can not support themselves.
2. Surfrider fights to help save the beaches and oceans and animals that reside there. They want to keep our oceans safe, protect special places, and preserve the beaches.
3. Surfrider is important because they spread awareness to people that the state of our oceans is not very much of a good one and we need to take it into our own hands to fix the problem we have created.
4. Surfrider became important to me when I did a water and sewer science project and we went into depth about everything going on with water and the earth. I learned about water pollution and many other things and it makes me feel very very bad that this is happening and I do my part in using reuasble bags and recycling and spreading word to my family and friends.
1.To me Martin Luther King Jr. represents piece of mind and awareness.
2. There were many important things to MLK and one of them was religion. While his father was alive he acted as an assitant pastor in church. I believe his education was important to him because he finished High School at the age of 15 and went on to graduate college and so on.
3.MLKJ became important to American culture because he fought for civil rights of African-Americans and supported the movement which many did not. He was able to stand up for those whose voices could not be heard.He opened up peoples eyes to what the future may behold for everyone to get along peacefully side by side.
4.MLKJ is important to me because he taught me that you have to stand up for what you believe is right in your heart and stand up for others who cannot stand up for themselves.
5.MLKJ inspired many peoplein a lot of different ways' some good and some bad. For example whoever killed him he probably inspired that person to not want MLKJ's dream to happen in the future...if that makes sense.
1. I think Rosa Parks represents courage because she stood up for freedom which not many blacks did back then.
2. She was always taught to stand up for herself and believe in herself ever since her school days when she attended Montgomery Industrial School for Girls whose policy was 'to take advantage of the oppurtunities no matter how few there were.'
3. Rosa Parks became important to the American culture because with her single act of defiance came a movement for the end of segregation.
4. This icon became important to me when I wrote something about her in 3rd grade during black history month. I wrote about what she did on the bus and later found out that what she did had a great influence on the movement and if it wasn't for the legal ending of segregation my life would be extremely different.
5. Rosa Parks inspired many people whether white, black, asian, or mexican, to stand up for themselves and what they believe in and know is right in their hearts.
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