Why the cheap, mass-produced food we eat is killing our environment, our economy — and us
http://thephoenix.com/Boston/News/85578-Factory-food/
Factory Farming
http://www.lcanimal.org/index.php/campaigns/other-issues/factory-farming
I just find these interesting so check um out
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Oh you have a new boyfriend..... I bet he's an ugly bastard.
When we talk about relationships the first thing that comes out of our mouths is always there appearance.
"I have a NEW boyfriend"
"Oh really, What does he look like?"
Or
"Whats your opinion of my new friend?"
"I don't know, she kinda has a weird face."
If there's a new girl in class the first comment to, or about her, is about her weave. You think we could think of something more intellectual to say about someone when we first see them. Or something positive at least. But everyone's first impression is always going to be negative and appearance based. And have you noticed whenever someone brings up someone's name in a conversation you automatically place the name with the face and your opinion on that person is probably based on how they look. Why does that matter so much? It seems that people don't have other people's names in there mouth's more or less there facial features or ashy skin.
It's programmed into our minds to connect faces with names. But why do we obsess over the physical appearance of one another. The way a person looks is always at the forefront of our minds. If not someone else's but our own appearance.
So technically your real first impression of someone occurs even before that person has opened their mouths; because before that, you have already sized them up and down and placed them in some superficial file in your brain.
"I have a NEW boyfriend"
"Oh really, What does he look like?"
Or
"Whats your opinion of my new friend?"
"I don't know, she kinda has a weird face."
If there's a new girl in class the first comment to, or about her, is about her weave. You think we could think of something more intellectual to say about someone when we first see them. Or something positive at least. But everyone's first impression is always going to be negative and appearance based. And have you noticed whenever someone brings up someone's name in a conversation you automatically place the name with the face and your opinion on that person is probably based on how they look. Why does that matter so much? It seems that people don't have other people's names in there mouth's more or less there facial features or ashy skin.
It's programmed into our minds to connect faces with names. But why do we obsess over the physical appearance of one another. The way a person looks is always at the forefront of our minds. If not someone else's but our own appearance.
So technically your real first impression of someone occurs even before that person has opened their mouths; because before that, you have already sized them up and down and placed them in some superficial file in your brain.
Saturday, March 1, 2014
White Hatred
Please read and give me your opinions and comments below because i just don't understand.
I don't claim to know anything about Native Americans or Native American Culture.
There's just such unneeded hatred towards white people from Native Americans. They say that we came in and stole their land. Which i don't deny at all. At first the Europeans came in and claimed whatever land they landed on. The America's were a land of wealth and plentiful natural resources. Also in human nature, people think superior of themselves when the competition doesn't have the upper hand (Refined metals). Europeans came and Spread disease and were responsible for mass homicides of the Native American people. I'm going to say NA from now on, because Native American is a lot to type. It wasn't fair for Whites to do that. It wasn't fair or justifiable,but that was over 600 years ago. The first landing in America was 600 years ago (1415). The last epidemic of the native people were 300 years ago (Vaccinations). And the last large killing of NA people where 200 years ago (Settlement in California). That is more than 2 generations ago. I can understand some lingering resentment to in the older population of NA's but for that older generation to teach and spread the hatred isn't just or fair. The children of people who are wronged shouldn't have ideals and opinions forced open them from their parents. The parents shouldn't force their experiences and opinions on their children. Their children should create their own opinions and ideas of things. Especially if its something as severe and negative as hatred and blatant racism like what you see in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXZo3phy56E
I was reading another blog and they where talking about how the the Hipster trend uses head dresses and how it was rude. How the use of head dresses is inappropriate and insulting to the NA culture. But he not only went into how it was wrong, but then deluded himself into talking about how...
I don't claim to know anything about Native Americans or Native American Culture.
There's just such unneeded hatred towards white people from Native Americans. They say that we came in and stole their land. Which i don't deny at all. At first the Europeans came in and claimed whatever land they landed on. The America's were a land of wealth and plentiful natural resources. Also in human nature, people think superior of themselves when the competition doesn't have the upper hand (Refined metals). Europeans came and Spread disease and were responsible for mass homicides of the Native American people. I'm going to say NA from now on, because Native American is a lot to type. It wasn't fair for Whites to do that. It wasn't fair or justifiable,but that was over 600 years ago. The first landing in America was 600 years ago (1415). The last epidemic of the native people were 300 years ago (Vaccinations). And the last large killing of NA people where 200 years ago (Settlement in California). That is more than 2 generations ago. I can understand some lingering resentment to in the older population of NA's but for that older generation to teach and spread the hatred isn't just or fair. The children of people who are wronged shouldn't have ideals and opinions forced open them from their parents. The parents shouldn't force their experiences and opinions on their children. Their children should create their own opinions and ideas of things. Especially if its something as severe and negative as hatred and blatant racism like what you see in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXZo3phy56E
My jaw was on the floor after I watched this video. I didn't know such resentment and racism still existed in such an open and welcoming society. I knew there was pockets of racism still in this country, but their seems to be a collective resentment to the White person from many other ethnicity's. Basically an opposite form of racism that we see in the Segregation era of this country. NA where one of the many groups of people whites segregated in this time period. And i was looking around on the internet and there's a basic consensus that whites think they're better then everyone else. But that isn't true. If i have ever seen Caucasian superiority it isn't in a rude way or demeaning way. NA posts i have seen have started off educational and interesting, then they go on a rant about how their ethnicity is so important and sacred to the history of this country. Where i don't see white people going around blabbing and ranting about on the internet about how their so high and superior then other ethnicity's. Or maybe not as blatantly. You would think since NA's were segregated they would understand what it feels like to be alienated but they still seem to pick apart everything the "white man" does.
"By the sheer fact that you live in the United States you are benefiting from the history of genocide and continued colonialism of Native peoples. That land you’re standing on? Indian land. Taken illegally so your ancestor who came to the US could buy it and live off it, gaining valuable capital (both monetary and cultural) that passed down through the generations to you. Have I benefited as well, given I was raised in a white, suburban community? yes. absolutely. but by dismissing and minimizing the continued subordination and oppression of Natives in the US by donning your headdress, you are contributing to the culture of power that continues the cycle today"
Where he was talking about the how headdresses promote stereotyping of NA cultures and how headdresses have a lot of spiritual and cultural significance. But then almost randomly added this to it. Which wasn't needed for nothing more then to kick his enemy while he was down which is just rude and not needed. There's just so much pent up anger that the NA american people have against white people and it's been so long since we've truly affected there life styles. Right now they have every single right everyone else has they can live where ever they so please just like everyone else who is a United States citizen. Just the topic of social appropriation of anything involving NA culture is so touchy and i don't see the point in it. Or i just don't have all the information but that's just my opinions.
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