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.