Monday, August 31, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
On The Real: Poverty
A video on poverty that I made with stats to show what a big problem poverty really is.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
On My Mind: Magic Turns 50
The great Magic Johnson turns 50.. Here's a clip of some of his best plays.
Monday, August 10, 2009
On The Real: Think About It...
Would the police have used force if it was a white family? Just think about it.. Also if the family was from a higher class, would the police have used force?
Saturday, August 8, 2009
On My Mind: UFC 101
Can't wait for UFC 101... Bj Penn vs. KenFlo and Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin.
Here's a little 10 min preview of UFC 101 just to let you guys pre-game the event and get pumped for it.
Here's a little 10 min preview of UFC 101 just to let you guys pre-game the event and get pumped for it.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
On My Mind: America's Favorite Dancer
Jeanine Mason won the title of America's Best Dancer in SYTYCD season 5. Here's my favorite "Jeanine" routine.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
On The Real: Stereotypes in Cartoons
So I was watching this cartoon with my nephew the other day and noticed that the characters who have "foreign" ancestral heritage (people of colour), were based on stereotypes of their groups. There was an Asian character who was nerdy, but more importantly, did not speak English well and had a Chinese ascent. There was also a black girl, who had a lot of attitude and spoke with a "ghetto" accent. Now I see these stereotypes all the time in TV shows for adults or young adults, but in cartoons?
Because of shows like this, I think, it is why so many people prejudge. It's because we see how each "race" is "suppose" to behave and look at very young age, and over time these myths about "race" become our realities. Now if this is true, than our realities of society would be false, right?
So what we can do to stop spreading these false realities is to be critical of what we are watching on TV and challenge our children to be critical also. Ask questions; look through different societal lens; which ever method you choose, ALWAYS challenge the media.
Because of shows like this, I think, it is why so many people prejudge. It's because we see how each "race" is "suppose" to behave and look at very young age, and over time these myths about "race" become our realities. Now if this is true, than our realities of society would be false, right?
So what we can do to stop spreading these false realities is to be critical of what we are watching on TV and challenge our children to be critical also. Ask questions; look through different societal lens; which ever method you choose, ALWAYS challenge the media.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
On The Real: Racial Profiling
Here is an intelligent video on racial profiling. Check it out, maybe it'll help you see society from different lens.
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