The Burka and the Bikini by Joan jacobs Brumberg and Jacquelyn Jackson is a comparison on how Americans view women, and how the Taliban treat women. These two nations are at two extremes where in one women can wear and do whatever they want. The other nation woman can not go to school and have to cover their face in public.
I do not believe that either is a good position to put women in. However, I do feel that more freedoms for woman are much more appropriate. The problem with America is that there seems to be too much pressure to "look good." This makes people act different that what they really want to do. Woman feel that they need to look a certain way to "fit in." I'm not saying all woman are like this, but there is market for beauty in this country that woman strive for. It's attitudes like this that create "fake" woman who try to be someone their not and allowing the media to influence who they thnik they should be.
With all this said, I think that the treatment women recieve by the Taliban is terrible compared to America. I would rather have women with too much freedom than none at all. I honestly do not mind when girls put on bikini's. If thats what it takes to be patriotic then I am all for America.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Living Leviticus
Christie's "pet peeve" is when people take the Bible and its word litterally, but to not litterally take its word. People who preach the Bible are hypotcritical because there are so many rules that are not obeyed. There are people who argue that the government should support what the Bible says, but the Bible is crazy when it comes to rules.
I think that the targeted audience is a younger demographic. People who not necessarily confident in one religion and are willing to question their own belifes. I think that younger people are more likely to agree and possibly older people as well. However, older people are more likely to disagress because they have believed in their religion for so long that it would be hard to change their opinions.
Christie builds credibility by using direct quotes from the Bible. This helps build a solid arguement with facts that can not be opposed by opinion. Although, everyone has their own opinion on whether or not the quotes hold any weight in todays society, there is very little anyone would say or do to back up the Bibles opinion on the subject matter. By using the direct quotes, the crazy people that believe the Bible is the law, they must adhere to the crazy things it tells us to do for punishments.
Humor, I think comes easy and almost writes itself. Nothing funny writes itself, but using examples of the Bibles says we "should" do if a situation every occures, is pretty funny. Who is going to ask if someone is in their menstural period to make sure its okay to talk to them?
This is a good pet peeve to write about because there are crazy people out there who take the Bible too litterally, but do not necessarily take everything in the Bible at its word. For these crazy people, there can be no inbetween of believing and not believing what the Bible says. It would have to be all or nothing. Good arguement with good evidence!
I think that the targeted audience is a younger demographic. People who not necessarily confident in one religion and are willing to question their own belifes. I think that younger people are more likely to agree and possibly older people as well. However, older people are more likely to disagress because they have believed in their religion for so long that it would be hard to change their opinions.
Christie builds credibility by using direct quotes from the Bible. This helps build a solid arguement with facts that can not be opposed by opinion. Although, everyone has their own opinion on whether or not the quotes hold any weight in todays society, there is very little anyone would say or do to back up the Bibles opinion on the subject matter. By using the direct quotes, the crazy people that believe the Bible is the law, they must adhere to the crazy things it tells us to do for punishments.
Humor, I think comes easy and almost writes itself. Nothing funny writes itself, but using examples of the Bibles says we "should" do if a situation every occures, is pretty funny. Who is going to ask if someone is in their menstural period to make sure its okay to talk to them?
This is a good pet peeve to write about because there are crazy people out there who take the Bible too litterally, but do not necessarily take everything in the Bible at its word. For these crazy people, there can be no inbetween of believing and not believing what the Bible says. It would have to be all or nothing. Good arguement with good evidence!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Bring Home a Black Girl
The essay, "Making the Case for Teaching Our Boys to...'Bring Me Home a Black Girl'" by Audry Edwards" was about instilling the thought that some people do not like interracial marriages. I can understand why someone would want their kids to marry inside of their race, but this essay seemed very naive to anyone thinking about marrying outside of their own race.
The way I see it is all people are part of one race and anyone is fair game to fall in love with. I don't think anyone should manipulate someone else into thinking they should marry a certain person. If two people like each other and fall in love then race, size, and even these days gender should not be factors to keep two people from being together. Instead of teaching our children to marry inside one race, perhaps we should teach children to be open and carrying to all types of people.
The way I see it is all people are part of one race and anyone is fair game to fall in love with. I don't think anyone should manipulate someone else into thinking they should marry a certain person. If two people like each other and fall in love then race, size, and even these days gender should not be factors to keep two people from being together. Instead of teaching our children to marry inside one race, perhaps we should teach children to be open and carrying to all types of people.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Thoughts on Revisiting Race
This article brought up many thought provoking issues. The ones that gropped me delt with offending people. It is interesting outside of this reading to think about "who" is able to offend who. A minority group seems to be able to offend anyone, but if you are not a minority then there seems to be a resonsibility to not offend anyone. This issue makes me angry because why are certain people able to saythings that I am not allowed?
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