I Am !

   I Am another minority student
   I Wonder where my identity has gone
   I Hear the country calling out to me
   I See my ancestors hard work and struggle to make it to America
   I Want to be recognized as an individual
   I Am another minority student




   I Pretend to not be bothered
   I Feel that I will be successful
   I Need to not listen to the negatives
   I Worry I will not reach my goal
   I Cry tears of joy when I see the finish line
   I Am another minority student




   I Understand it will not be easy
   I Believe in my intentions being pure
   I Dream of a happier life
   I Try not to get violent with my enemies
   I Hope one day people will look up to me, as I do them
   I Am just another minority student

Topic Eleven, Civil Rights Frenzy !

     MLK and Civil Disobedience- Martin Luther King Jr, had pacifist ideals and to fight back with action, but non violent action, civil disobedience not one black would step foot on a bus or use black restricted areas so that the law of  segregation would be changed
     
     Power of the "Mob"- People were scared to speak out and go against the mob because there were so many of them, and one voice would or would not be able to change that. Others were abused and hurt for going against the mob


     Plessy V Ferguson vs. Brown V Board of Education- Segregation laws comply with black and whites as too many incidents happen


     Civil Rights Goals- Goals for non segregation and equal rights


     Eisenhower's Role In Little Rock- As Arkansas would not let the 9 go to school, Eisenhower ordered the Army against the National Guard to protect the 9 to go to the school


     Rights of the Accused- Sixth Amendment, Can Have Attorney, Right To Counsel, Miranda rights


    Brown V Board of Education- Oliver Brown sues school board because his 8 year old daughter wasn't allowed in school, started the Civil Rights Movement, ruled unconstitutional to have segregated schools


     Chavez and the United Farm Workers- Giving the farmers a voice to get paid and work decent hours, anti immigration


     FHA and ADA- Outlaws prejudice to sell or rent housing, and areas must have handicapped access


     Purpose Of Filibusters- Allows the groups and associates' voices be heard and given a chance to state their position


     Sit-ins and other Protests- Fighting without violence, boycotting what they didn't want to be a part of, and proving that segregation was a mind set thing

MLK vs. X

     Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, two tremendously important leaders to the Civil Rights movement. MLK was a passive aggressive leader, meaning he did not believe in violence. X on the other hand was the total opposite, not necessarily violence, but by any means necessary to get what and where they want. Similar, they both impacted the whites and blacks of America during the Civil Rights Movement. Some listened to MLK and when someone was rude or physical, they were kind and forgiving. Those that followed X's beliefs were rude back and took the opposer down. In common though, they stood strong in what they believed in, not stepping down no matter how threatened or spoken to. In the end they both get assassinated for their teachings. In all I believe Martin Luther King Jr's ideals were more effective, because with not fighting back with fist or attacks, they just lived their own lives AROUND the trouble of the white law. Which affected the economic balance because buses and restaurants needed their business. One could learn to fight, without actually fighting.

Meritocracy In The House !

     Do you think that people perform by the way they're perceived ? Well the definition of meritocracy states; "an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth." In the experiment of "The Class Divided" the teacher had put blue collars on the students who were said to be "less important" than the said eye color of the others (Blue or Brown). The students that we said to be "better" completed an alphabet flash card assignment in less than 3 minutes, but in the previous day when they were the lesser group, it took them about five minutes. This occurs almost every day in a typical life. People who are EXPECTED to do better, tend to have somewhat of a drive to do so, because they know their better when compared to another person or group of people. There's no way of changing this though, people will forever assume one is better than the other, and one will continue to excel as the other is left behind, it is the way of the world, and I'm not sure if it will ever come to a point where we're all equal to a point where we all excel.

Rockwell's Work

      In one of Rockwell's paintings, there is a scene of many males huddled around the counter of a diner. Doc's Diner and they're discussing their wives and how all of them are continuously nagging them. Everyone goes in to Doc's from time to time and loves his scrambled eggs. But today there was a strange man, who just came in and ate the eggs, then walked away. This man wore a dark brown trench coat and a hat that covered his eyes. Doc had left his plate out and his knife. What a peculiar man, not conversing with anyone in the diner, new to the town. Doc suspected him to be a Communist, so he is asking the rest of the guys what should he do. Report him in ? But Doc doesn't even know the man's name !

"The Majestic" Outline Aha Get It ?

I. The Majestic
      -Hollywood, California
      -Post WWII
    A.
       -John Appleton is a executive film producer in Hollywood
       -Produces "Sands of the Sahara" 
       -Gets charged by the government for suspicions of Communism
    B.
       -Goes on a drive, falls off a bridge and hit his head
       -Washes ashore in Lawson, California
       -Case of amnesia
       -Took the identity of Luke Penningway 
    Rising Action.
        -Unsure of who he is, he lives his life as Luke
        -People trying to help jog his memory, or Luke's memory to be exact
        -Helps rebuild the Majestic movie theater
        -Falls in love with Adel, the Doctor's daughter and Luke's EX Fiance'
      Climax
        -John Appleton memory returns during the showing of his own produced movie "Sands of the Sahara"
        -Luke's father has a massive heart attack and dies
        -After Harry's funeral John tells Adel that he is not Luke
        -Authorities sentence a cepena against Appleton of Conspiracy 
     Falling Action
        -John Appleton goes back to Hollywood
        -Adel gives him a copy of the Constitution that was given to her by Luke
        -Appleton faces the McCarthyistic Counsel
        -Does not just say what they want to hear, but instills the First Amendment
        -Walks out the courtroom and is labeled a hero and is free
        -Returns to Lawson and marries Adel

Topic Ten Coming To An End !

McCarthyism impact on society- Changed the idea of "innocent until proven guilty" to "if you're accused as a Communist, then you're a Communist until proven NOT a Communist"


Communist "witch hunt" and impact on those accused- Directed toward Hollywood directors, producers, & writers for hiding "subliminal" messages in their movies and shows, those accused go on making media


Space Race on government policies- Scared that "Sputnik" was launched, invested more money into education


Cold War mindset for the United States Government and public- People were scared of communist views and people who appeared to be communist


Relationship of suburbs, automobiles, and roads- People could live away from the city and have transportation to work. Highways and local roads


GI Bill- Military pays for college, no need for a second draft


Expansion of the middle class- Middle class, suburbs, people could afford things, but not as much as Higher class, but not condemned to the city