Stormy Weather

I feel like this poem just shows the different Paradigms that come about as time goes on. When the boy was twelve- this woman was the most beautiful human ever created. However, as he grew up his Paradigm shifted from the importance of her beauty to the importance of what she does. And this to me is what it is all about. When we view something at first, we have a judgement of what that person or thing is without even understanding the background to it. But once time goes on, and we understand more of the backgrounds of things then everything becomes more clear and the picture can become better understood.

Awaiting An Appropriate Provocation

"tell me, arizonans, is a god"
Viewing these words, you can understand exactly what is going on in this poem and in Arizona as well. The Arizonians basically are acting as a so called god. What does this mean exactly?They are controlling and making laws that are not supposed to be in their power. Who are these Arizonians to try to control a group of people just because they are different?
Hopefully, protests will be made and this group of people will be able to live peacefully without being disturbed by those who view themselves as god.

Quiz Number 10

Reflection Paper Number 16

Every human is either born Male or Female. However, as time goes on, there have been many different psychologists and doctors that attempt to understand the differentiation between the actual physicality differences between these two different Sexes. As studies and tests were being done, the idea of Intersexuality and Transextuality came into play.
Intersexuality is understood as the concept of understanding the differentiation of the Male and Female. The differentiation is explained by saying that there is not a main difference between the two. Meaning that a Male and Female is very similar so it becomes difficult to understand the difference between them.
Transexuality is understood as the Male or Female being born as the Male or Female, yet they believe that they are of the opposite sex. They usually show this belief by acting and dressing as the opposing sex that they were born with.
Reading the articles to understand these two concepts was very useful for me. Because by understanding these two concepts, it just pushed me towards my beliefs even more. To explain my belief I’m going to go back to the basics of the Chromosomes of a Male & Female.
When a Man & Woman come together they each have their own peculiar Chromosome. The X Chromosome is the Female, and the Y Chromosome is the Male. Each one contributes his or her own Chromosome to then create a human being. The human being is then determined by which Chromosome that becomes more dominate.
To me, this negates the idea of Intersexuality right off the bat. Because the differentiation of the Chromosomes is basic material for all scientists and psychologists. They base their material on this basic differentiation of the Chromosomes. So the idea of Intersexuality and not understanding exactly whether the human is Male or Female is basically not applying because the Chromosomes already negate this factor.
The idea of Transexuality is also negated. For the Male or Female may not like the sexuality that they were born with, but they will always be that sex no matter what. The male is the male, and the female is the female. This is just the way it is.
So the concepts are useful because they attempt to show me where people are coming from when they dress or act in a certain way. However, the concepts to me are not valid to my understanding of the differentiation of the Male and Female.

Reflection Paper Number 15

There are many theories on the concept of Homosexuality. However, there are two main ones that have been discussed by many psychologists over time that should be addressed.
The first theory states that a person is Born Gay. Meaning, it was something that was already in their genes at birth. In this theory, the person is unable to do anything about their Homosexuality because it was instilled in them at birth.
In the second theory, the idea of Homosexuality comes over time. So the person is able to control the feelings that are being taken place. In this case, the person was surrounded by different factors in their lives that caused him to become a Homosexual. It was not something that was born in him by default.
Being an Orthodox Jew, I am going to explain my point of view through a passage in the Bible. The Bible states, that G-d created Adam, and eventually created Eve to be his partner. Viewing this idea, one can see that Homosexuality does not seem to fit into this scenario. G-d created Adam and Eve; He did not create Adam and Joshua or Adam and Isaiah. There must be a reason why the whole entire Bible begins with the concept of Adam and Eve.
I believe that only by the unification of Adam and Eve, or Man and Woman, can there then be this beautiful concept of consummating a child. Two men are not able to experience this amazing experience that is experienced between a Man and Woman.
I am not trying to say that there should not be any Homosexuals in this world. Nowadays, people feel what they feel and go with their gut. I personally do not agree with this idea of Homosexuality, only because I do not believe G-d wanted humans to be that way. However, even though I may disagree, I will not go and force my opinions on others. If this is something that I believe, then it is something that I will do for myself and my family. I will not attempt to change the way people do things.
In conclusion, do I believe that there is Homosexuality in this world today? Yes. However, I do believe that it is not something that is just innate in the human. It is something that can definitely be controlled if one desired to control it.

Reflection Paper Number 14

In the article, The Tale of Two Islands, Miami is described as an area that is good for immigration. It explains how there were many immigrants from Cuba and Haiti that migrated down to this area of Miami to live in a free way.
This concept is really something remarkable to understand. The Cubans and Haitians were suffering in their own land. Once they experienced their own distinct Revolution, the Americans then came into the picture. The concept then becomes self-explanatory. The Americans would have to make room for these immigrants that were coming into their land.
This idea becomes problematic for the Cubans and Haitians. For not only are they leaving their homeland that they are accustomed to, but they are coming into a land where the Americans are not only different but financially stable as well. Coming into this new environment definitely was not easy for them to cope with. They had to change their personal lifestyles in order to fit into this distinct land.
By understanding this idea, I believe that Institutional Racism is able to take place.
Institutional Racism, unlike Individualized Racism, happens when Racism occurs to a group of people. In this case, the groups are the Haitians and Cubans. Meaning, even though the Americans were so to say letting the Haitians and Cubans in, there is still that sense of them not being the typical American. With this in mind, there will always be that concept of these groups never actually fitting in. This is done because every human will always have prejudgments for anything that is different than what they are used to. These prejudgments are sitting in their unconscious mind without the American even realizing it. This is understandable, because no one is perfect. They can try to accept others whole-heartedly, but there will always be something inside that will cause this Institutional Racism to eventually take place.
All in all, I think the migration of the Haitians and Cubans was a definite step up towards lessening the Racism that occurs in society today. However, I believe that no matter how hard we try, there will still always be that iffy feeling of the group of people being different than what the Americans are used to.

Reflection Paper Number 13

There are people who enjoy looking at a picture that is completely white. They want nothing else but white on that picture. They analyze it and view it like it is this amazing piece of work. But it is really just white. One day, a color comes into the picture. It can either be black, purple, blue… whatever it is, it is something different than that white. Once these people view this occurrence, they believe that the picture is now tainted; that there is something wrong to have color there. They view it, and it bothers them, so they want to remove it. They then attempt to remove it without thinking of the actual color in the picture. Why are they able to do this? Because the picture is mostly white.
This to me is exactly what Racism is.
Usually, what happens is, there are many different groups of people that are of many different colors. The problem occurs; when there are situations where there is more of one color than the other. Because of this, the majority then decides to take control. Now if you try to analyze how this group does this, it becomes very simple. When you have more people that look like you, it becomes very simple to exclude those that do not look like you.
This to me is very problematic. The group that is taking control only have one thing in mind, themselves and their color. So anyone who comes in to taint that needs to be removed or degraded out of the picture.
If you look into history, whites were very dominant. Not because they were greater or smarter, but because there was just more of them. They believed that they were greater than any other color. But what’s funny is, they were only able to do that because there were more of them. The control was basically handed to them because they won by majority as default.
It becomes saddening to then think of the many different colors that they affected. They ruined human beings lives because they wanted their picture to be a certain way. It becomes mind boggling to see what these people did.
I must say that the story of Emmett Till nails this idea. He was such a young happy little black boy. All he did was whistle at a white woman, and it was all downhill from there. The poor boy was killed in such a treacherous way.
It is so nice to see how now whites are not able to get as much as they did with the story of Emmett. Now because of boys and girls like Emmett, things have changed, and the picture is not only white anymore. It became multicolored so people can live in peace.