Indian Post

This website and th characteristics that follow along with it can connect with theiea of red eyes. Many people who look at these iages oratleast the Indian image think there is absolutely nothing wrong with it and that it is not harful to anyone. The problem is that these individuals are only seeing everything through white eyes, eyes that have always been priviledged and in no way opressed. The Indian mascot is a insult to those who have heritage connected to it and when seeing your heritage being paraded in front of a giant crowd just for laughs there is no doubt that some will be offended.

McPherson

This article written by McPherson spoke about the first real time she experienced the Dixie influence on the internet. She was aware that there was most likely some sort of underground or hidden area where people would express their opinions and beliefs about racism and white power but did not really think that it would be so easily accessible. The author speaks of the ways in which people can shed their day to day images and ways of life and truly express some of their deeper thoughts and feelings behind the many walls and shields of the internet. The author tells of the main building for this Confederate Embassy, she had lived in Washington D.C. previously and never actually knew such a building had physically existed. Surely she had gone past it at some point or time but never recognized what it was. The author tells about many of the ideas that fuel the writings of this neo-Confederate writings as a way to set their place in a technological society. But unlike many other groups these seem to be attempting to form a very real connection with people to join their largely racial ideals. The author tells about how the majority of the author or authors of these web pages are white men ranging generally from 18 to 30 who either live in the south or are from the south, predominantly in fact around Dixie. Most meetings/places/times or anything spoken about in these sites is vague most likely to help reduce any repercussions. These people often participate in southern traditions in the real world as well which is somewhat unnerving when thought about. All the misguided beliefs placed on these pages are one thing when they are just in writing, they are not actually harming anyone, but when ideas turn to actions there are always consequences, especially racial ideas.
1) Are there many racial groups against white people and have some what the same values just against whites?
2) Who was one of the first pioneers in this field of discussion forum?
I believe that there are many of these white supremacists online and that are gaining more and more support from other whites who are too scared to stand up and freely admit their beliefs. When behind a computer one can say or write anything without really having to worry if the things said are not illegal. There is no real way to track someone down just because you do not agree with or like what they are saying, which makes this a great place for under developed and well stupid ideas to develop.

Sommervile

Somerville tells on the accounts of the differences between homosexuality being an attribute of different races. The argument begins with Somerville arguing that homosexuality was something that which people were born with instead of choosing to born and that medically there was a reason. The author states that somewhat of a reasoning behind this abnormality was a “the model female born into a model males body”. There were tests being done in order to attempt to find a relation to race and homosexuality. Somerville goes on to explain that since the different races evolved differently and at different paces there is going to be a difference in the ideals. There were even some tests done to Caucasian Women and African American women to see if there is a difference in their organs because that may somehow be a cause. Because of the Caucasian organs less noticeable and accessible compared to the African organs, the whites were scientifically better and more evolved. The test was sadly able to tell some people that there were differences biologically between these races and that one must be inferior to the other. The author writes about the scientific test done to show the differences of not only races but of human sexuality.
Why is there so much emphasis on trying to find the differences between people, we know that were all inherently the same and genetically there is no real difference, why cant people just accept that?
How many people actually believe that there are genetic differences, we must believe that the majority of people are logical semi intelligent beings so why is there so much stupidity.
I can believe that there were tests being done to try and push the idea of “wrong” to the African race because many white want to push anything they think of as wrong toward a type of people they do not understand, this is strongly pointed at the black race because ever since the start of slavery white believed blacks to be less of people.

MovieChallenge

The movie attempts to make the watchers believe that it was an alright place to live. Throughout the movie were people shown playing softball, football and baseball in their free time. The people during the movie did not appear to be unhappy but on the contrary, they always seemed to be having somewhat of an enjoyable time. In the beginning of the movie it starts explaining why the Japanese citizens were relocated and about the capacities of the relocation centers. The movie continues and tells about how the majority of the relocation centers were in deserts however there were a few that were in wooded areas. Any of the open land and fields that the relocation centers were located around were turned into agricultural areas. The food produced by the people was very plentiful because of the fact that the majority of them were farmers. The food was not put out on the market but kept and fed for the people in the camps to eat. According to the movie there was school systems along with a fully legitimate curriculum that met the boards standards. There was somewhat of a political system. The movie talks about the different pay that people were receiving, a beginner received 12 an intermediate earned 14 and an expert got 19 per month. These wages may seem like horrible wages and the thought that no one could ever even survive on this amount of money, but back then the ability to live off very small amounts of money was a lot better. For one there were not as many things available in the line of luxury goods as well most things did not cost nearly as much as things do now because of inflation and the massive amount of jobs available currently.
1. Who decided where to place the camps?
2. How were all round up?
My reaction to this video was somewhat surprised. I expected everyone to be completely miserable but almost everyone was smiling and appeared to be happy. Maybe it was just the people making the best out of a bad situation. Overall with what Takaki had said that it was not how it appeared. What was shown to us was not how the camps actually were.

BakerMcBride

“Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch” written by Dwight McBride talks about the astonishing advancement of corporations throughout society. The way photos and advertisements would help in the sales of certain clothing by portraying models who wear these products was a huge leap in the marketing department. Abercrombie and Fitch started as a clothing line mainly for homosexual men. When the author went to a club some years ago he noticed that almost every gay male was wearing this certain brand of clothing that he had never heard of before. The author discusses the history of the Abercrombie and Fitch and the way it came to be known in the fashion industry. The brand has been around even before Roosevelt outfitting the modern outdoorsmen. The brand slowly moved from David T. Abercrombie’s small shop in Manhattan into the large corporate giant we are familiar with today. Originally Abercrombie and Fitch were made for the common outdoorsman like Abercrombie himself. It has transformed over the years and has become the dress of mainly white, upper class males. The authors main quarrels with the brand are not as some may have thought the fact that Abercrombie and Fitch is so loose and shameless with the morals and the way of dress. The author does not actually disagree with how the photos and modeling show off the lack of clothing but the author does have a problem with who the brand is attempting to advertise to. Over the course of its history Abercrombie and Fitch has not been geared toward any real ethnic group. The brand also does more than set a certain trend but instills values on how the purchasers should actually act. There are rules that are supposedly supposed to be adhered to when wearing the clothing. Some such rules are rules about hairstyles and the jewelry ones can wear. Up until a few years ago the author speaks about all the models and photographs depicting only white people wearing and promoting this brand. The idea that Abercrombie and Fitch is made only for the white race is a corporate ideal and has only perpetuated itself throughout its life. Even now there are hardly any people of color wearing this clothing line and as such Abercrombie is looked at as a somewhat racist clothing line.
1) Has Abercrombie always been so expensive?
2) Who is in charge now?
My reaction to this article is not of surprise. I always thought of Abercrombie as a way to distinguish people if not by race but of just social class. The price of almost all of the clothing is made so that a very small percent of the population can afford to purchase the items thereby holding onto its constant high style and attitude.

QuizKindred

Kindred, the story of oppression and disillusion of the way our society is told to be free when in reality no one really desired freedom except African Americans. The government expresses real concern and desire for everyone to be free when speaking publicly in hopes of gaining all the free support they can but in private many of the political figures are still holding the ideas that there is a genetic difference between white and blacks. These beliefs make the way our society works very racial and unjust. With the ideas that blacks were not as good as whites and that they were genetically different and should be looked down upon just because of the color of their skin our society suffered major problems which have taken a long time to attempt to eradicate. One excerpt of Kindred was in the beginning when Dana, a black woman attempted to save a young white boy having trouble while in a lake. Dana jumped in to help the boy and was greeted on shore with a shotgun in her face pointed by the boys white father. This is not very surprising especially for the time period in which it took place. The whites in this generation were still very wary of the blacks and any help that they were receiving. Blacks were still not totally equal in just about anyone’s eyes. To the majority of the population blacks still had to obey a whole different set of rules when out in public because they were still thought of as second class citizens. This excerpt from Kindred relates to the video we have been watching in class about the major turning points in oppression of African Americans. Even though Dana was legally free there were still many ideas and people who believed that she and others like her did not deserve to be treated freely. At this time there were still rules in place, not just in the form of ideas but actual laws that guaranteed that blacks were still not as free as they were thought to have been. This ideas that blacks were still objects not worthy of the freedom given to them from white people was not limited to Dana in this story but Carrie who was a friend of Dana but a slave who was thought of as being mentally handicapped. Though she did have a somewhat of a disability she was not retarded. Jake Edwards was a hire hand to manage the “workers” over a farm which Luke had managed before. Jake would do he same job except instead of being somewhat courteous he would threaten whipping. This shows that Jake still thinks of blacks as just property and that whipping, beating and hanging are acceptable alternative ideas for punishment.

BakerMovie

The movie the “Eyes on the Prize” was a discussion about many of the strong civil rights movements that were beneficial in the equal treatment of African Americans. The first story which was told was about Emmett Till. This was a 14 year old boy who traveled to Mississippi with his cousin to stay with family. Upon his arrival he was hanging around with some of the local boys and was persuaded to talk to a white woman inside a general store. As Emmett walked out of the store he said “bye baby” to the white woman and headed home. Later that day the husband and brother in law of the lady arrived at Emmett’s uncle’s house where they took Emmet with them in their car. Emmett was found a few days later floating in the river. His mother was notified and a trial went underway. After much deliberation the jury of the two men’s peers released the men on all charges, even after hearing the testimony of Emmitt’s uncle against them. A few months later the two men gave an exclusive interview for 4,000$ to a reporter describing in detail what exactly happened and how they killed him. Another story in the video was about Rosa Parks. This woman who was a strong leader in the civil rights movement refused to move to the back of the bus when white passengers arrived and she was arrested. This sparked a large boycott for the black society for using public transportation. For months African Americans refused to use any form of public transportation in hopes of forcing the government to reform its ways. Eventually the government did change the law allowing blacks to sit wherever they desire. This was a great accomplishment and a huge leap in the equal treatment of African Americans. Another story that was discussed was the 9 African American students who entered Nashville’s newly integrated school system. The mayor though saying he desired integration was allowing mobs of whites to make this integration extremely difficult. Eventually Eisenhower sent in military forces to protect these students as they make there journey through the halls every day. This helped show the nation that America was no longer supporting segregation.
1) Why were people so set in their ways?
2) Why didn’t people see through Nashville’s mayor the second he changed his mind?
It is very disturbing to know that people went through so much just to be treated equally and shameful that people are so ridiculous in their belief systems.