"Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA fightin'
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK"
"Where Is The Love?" By: The Black Eyed Peas
This song was released in 2003, the same year that US troops went to Iraq, and deals with the current issues of terrorism, especially 9/11, hate, and intolerance. The song talks about the terrorism that affected the US during 9/11 and the Iraqi War that followed, but also the terrorists that are on our own soil, such as the KKK. Hate and intolerance cause wars and kill many. The song asks listeners to focus on the injustice at home as well. These lyrics are similar to those of songs from the Vietnam Era because they talk about current issues of the time and have a call to action to do something about the problems the US faces. This song came out at the perfect time when Americans were upset with the tragedy of 9/11, just as songs of protest and peace were released when there was a great divide over the Vietnam War.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Kennedy Tweets
Mr. President: John just sent me a note saying that he thinks there will be missiles on Cuba pointed to us! I hope he's wrong about this.
8/10/62 8:15 A.M.
Mr. President: Ken told the Senate that there is proof that the Soviets have missiles in Cuba, and he wants me to do something about it. I'll have to get to brainstorming.
8/31/62 3:24 P.M.
Mr. President: The Soviets are trying to flex their muscles. At the U.N. meeting, they said a war with Cuba was a war with them. We can take 'em any day.
9/11/62 5:43 P.M.
Mr. President: I sent the U2 out today. We'll see if we find these rumored missile sites. Got to go have lunch with Jackie.
10/14/62 12:33 P.M.
Mr. President: I found out that the U2 took pictures of missiles on Cuba pointed at us! I'm having a meeting about this in a little bit.
10/17/62 2:57 P.M.
Mr. President: Gromyko told me that the Soviet Union gave Cuba missiles just for Cuba's own self-defense. Like I'd believe that.
10/18/62 10:45 A.M.
Mr. President: I just finished up a meeting with the congressional leaders about the missiles in Cuba. Everyone showed support to stop this. Tonight, I'm going to give a speech on TV to the country about what's happening 90 miles south of us.
10/22/62 11:13 A.M.
Mr. President: I'm sending my little brother Bobby to talk some sense into the Soviets. Hope it works.
10/23/62 9:17 A.M.
Mr. President: Khrushchev and I have been sending letters of negotiation back and forth and we haven't reached an agreement. This is getting really frustrating. He better make a decision soon. He's cutting it real close to the deadline we agreed on.
10/27/62 11:02 P.M.
Mr. President: What a relief! Khrushchev finally agreed to remove the missiles as long as the US didn't invade Cuba anymore. It would have been a nuclear war had he waited any longer.
10/28/62 9:05 A.M.
8/10/62 8:15 A.M.
Mr. President: Ken told the Senate that there is proof that the Soviets have missiles in Cuba, and he wants me to do something about it. I'll have to get to brainstorming.
8/31/62 3:24 P.M.
Mr. President: The Soviets are trying to flex their muscles. At the U.N. meeting, they said a war with Cuba was a war with them. We can take 'em any day.
9/11/62 5:43 P.M.
Mr. President: I sent the U2 out today. We'll see if we find these rumored missile sites. Got to go have lunch with Jackie.
10/14/62 12:33 P.M.
Mr. President: I found out that the U2 took pictures of missiles on Cuba pointed at us! I'm having a meeting about this in a little bit.
10/17/62 2:57 P.M.
Mr. President: Gromyko told me that the Soviet Union gave Cuba missiles just for Cuba's own self-defense. Like I'd believe that.
10/18/62 10:45 A.M.
Mr. President: I just finished up a meeting with the congressional leaders about the missiles in Cuba. Everyone showed support to stop this. Tonight, I'm going to give a speech on TV to the country about what's happening 90 miles south of us.
10/22/62 11:13 A.M.
Mr. President: I'm sending my little brother Bobby to talk some sense into the Soviets. Hope it works.
10/23/62 9:17 A.M.
Mr. President: Khrushchev and I have been sending letters of negotiation back and forth and we haven't reached an agreement. This is getting really frustrating. He better make a decision soon. He's cutting it real close to the deadline we agreed on.
10/27/62 11:02 P.M.
Mr. President: What a relief! Khrushchev finally agreed to remove the missiles as long as the US didn't invade Cuba anymore. It would have been a nuclear war had he waited any longer.
10/28/62 9:05 A.M.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Iraq VS Vietnam
In the Vietnam War, the American troops were seen as the enemy, that the greedy Western ways would destroy the life and culture of Vietnam. People in Vietnam seemed happy to been under communist control instead of having the Americans help prevent the country from becoming communist. The Vietnamese purposely destroyed the United States embassy, stealing anything and everything, to show their dislike for the West. The media makes American soldiers seem like disgusting, drunk killers that pillage and plunder innocent villages. In the Iraq-Afghanistan War, soldiers are given an honorable welcome home, whether they walk out of a plane or are carried out in a flag-covered coffin. These men and women are seen as heroes for the huge sacrifice they have given for their country. Private businesses are generous with perks for those in the military, and being in the military is seen as a noble position. The media overflows with American pride for those fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Topic 12 Concept Guide
Truman Doctrine: part of the Containment Policy, the US gives money to countries to fight communism, part of the US' Post WWII foreign policy
Containment Policy: keep communism from spreading, contain communism, expel communism out of foreign countries, part of the US' Post WWII foreign policy
Bay of Pigs Invasion (similarities to Invasion of Panama): US wanted to overthrow government in Panama and put in democracy, Cuba was invaded by exiles from Cuba to try to overthrow the government and US wanted to establish democracy
US Foreign Policy with Regard to Korea and Vietnam: contain communism so other countries don't fall to it (Containment Policy), give money to countries threatened by communism (Truman Doctrine), US and other top countries head the decisions of the U.N.
Intervention: US tries to overthrow communist governments, fight the wars of other countries that deal with communism, press democracy on other countries, help to push communist forces back when the communists invade a free country, influence other countries to get what the US wants
Cold War Development: mostly between Russia and the US, communism vs. democracy, the space race, development of nuclear weapons, and the Cuban Missile Crisis fueled the Cold War, when the USSR starts to become as advance as the US, the US becomes scared and feel threatened, the USSR's possession of nuclear weapons scares the US, the Us wants to stop the spread of communism
War Powers Act: the President can only go to war with Congress' permission, in Vietnam and Korea, the US was involved in these conflicts for years without declaring war
WWII Foreign Policy vs. Post WWII Foreign Policy: In WWII, the main goal for the US was to win the war at all costs and defeat the Nazis. In Post WWII, the main goal was to contain communism as stated in the Containment Policy, including, giving aid to countries threatened by communism (Truman Doctrine).
Limited War: when a country is involved in a conflict, but doesn't use all of its resources. Limited War Ex: Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan Total War: WWII
Examples of Containment In Europe: the US gave money to countries threatened by Soviet rule (Truman Doctrine), the US wanted to prevent the USSR's communist ways from spreading to other countries in Europe, East Germany was communist and West Germany was free, East Berlin was communist, West Berlin was free, France, Great Britain, and the US tried to keep communism from spreading from East Berlin and East Germany to West Berlin and West Germany
Main Points of the Division of Germany: Communist East Germany and East Berlin were ruled by the Soviet Union, Democratic West Berlin and West Germany were ruled by France, Great Britain, and the US, fencing, soldiers, and later on, the Berlin Wall separated the two sides, Berlin was in the middle of communist East Germany, Braidenburg Gate was the main passage way from East Germany to West Germany, was built by the Soviet Union
Douglass MacArthur Dismissal: MacArthur pushed the North Koreans back further than the original border, where he was supposed to push them back to, he didn't listen to the President, he made public statements against the president
Korean War Similarities with Persian Gulf War: both countries were invaded by other countries, North Korea invaded South Korea and Iraq invaded Kuwait, the US fought the wars of other countries, original borders between the Koreas and between Iraq and Kuwait needed to be reestablished
Nuclear Ban Test: countries containing known nuclear weapons agreed to sign a treaty not to test nuclear weapons, but some countries, like the US, still test nuclear weapons
Long Term Effect of Vietnam: the war divided America over which side people were on, this still influences how war is viewed today (Democrats and Republicans and hawks vs. doves), the war got rid of the draft, death, cancer and other illnesses from Agent Orange, Vietnamese migration to the US, brought down the Nixon administration
Peace Corps: a way to help third world countries, help build wells, schools, was a way for people to get out of the draft to Vietnam
End of Cold War (the event that marked it): the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Domino Theory: one nation falls to communism the next country will fall as well, caused a fear of communism and made this fear caused the US to get involved in wars against communism, other countries near communist countries were more at risk
Nixon's Detente: eased tensions between the US and the USSR, peaceful coexistence, Nixon and Brezhnev had multiple meetings and signed treaties to come to agreements and ease tensions
Containment Policy: keep communism from spreading, contain communism, expel communism out of foreign countries, part of the US' Post WWII foreign policy
Bay of Pigs Invasion (similarities to Invasion of Panama): US wanted to overthrow government in Panama and put in democracy, Cuba was invaded by exiles from Cuba to try to overthrow the government and US wanted to establish democracy
US Foreign Policy with Regard to Korea and Vietnam: contain communism so other countries don't fall to it (Containment Policy), give money to countries threatened by communism (Truman Doctrine), US and other top countries head the decisions of the U.N.
Intervention: US tries to overthrow communist governments, fight the wars of other countries that deal with communism, press democracy on other countries, help to push communist forces back when the communists invade a free country, influence other countries to get what the US wants
Cold War Development: mostly between Russia and the US, communism vs. democracy, the space race, development of nuclear weapons, and the Cuban Missile Crisis fueled the Cold War, when the USSR starts to become as advance as the US, the US becomes scared and feel threatened, the USSR's possession of nuclear weapons scares the US, the Us wants to stop the spread of communism
War Powers Act: the President can only go to war with Congress' permission, in Vietnam and Korea, the US was involved in these conflicts for years without declaring war
WWII Foreign Policy vs. Post WWII Foreign Policy: In WWII, the main goal for the US was to win the war at all costs and defeat the Nazis. In Post WWII, the main goal was to contain communism as stated in the Containment Policy, including, giving aid to countries threatened by communism (Truman Doctrine).
Limited War: when a country is involved in a conflict, but doesn't use all of its resources. Limited War Ex: Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan Total War: WWII
Examples of Containment In Europe: the US gave money to countries threatened by Soviet rule (Truman Doctrine), the US wanted to prevent the USSR's communist ways from spreading to other countries in Europe, East Germany was communist and West Germany was free, East Berlin was communist, West Berlin was free, France, Great Britain, and the US tried to keep communism from spreading from East Berlin and East Germany to West Berlin and West Germany
Main Points of the Division of Germany: Communist East Germany and East Berlin were ruled by the Soviet Union, Democratic West Berlin and West Germany were ruled by France, Great Britain, and the US, fencing, soldiers, and later on, the Berlin Wall separated the two sides, Berlin was in the middle of communist East Germany, Braidenburg Gate was the main passage way from East Germany to West Germany, was built by the Soviet Union
Douglass MacArthur Dismissal: MacArthur pushed the North Koreans back further than the original border, where he was supposed to push them back to, he didn't listen to the President, he made public statements against the president
Korean War Similarities with Persian Gulf War: both countries were invaded by other countries, North Korea invaded South Korea and Iraq invaded Kuwait, the US fought the wars of other countries, original borders between the Koreas and between Iraq and Kuwait needed to be reestablished
Nuclear Ban Test: countries containing known nuclear weapons agreed to sign a treaty not to test nuclear weapons, but some countries, like the US, still test nuclear weapons
Long Term Effect of Vietnam: the war divided America over which side people were on, this still influences how war is viewed today (Democrats and Republicans and hawks vs. doves), the war got rid of the draft, death, cancer and other illnesses from Agent Orange, Vietnamese migration to the US, brought down the Nixon administration
Peace Corps: a way to help third world countries, help build wells, schools, was a way for people to get out of the draft to Vietnam
End of Cold War (the event that marked it): the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Domino Theory: one nation falls to communism the next country will fall as well, caused a fear of communism and made this fear caused the US to get involved in wars against communism, other countries near communist countries were more at risk
Nixon's Detente: eased tensions between the US and the USSR, peaceful coexistence, Nixon and Brezhnev had multiple meetings and signed treaties to come to agreements and ease tensions
Friday, April 22, 2011
Total
Race Total HS Grads Total College Grads
W: 17 15
AA: 2 0
A: 5 4
H: 15 9
NA: 0 0
PI: 0 0
O: 0 0
Among all races, most of the participants' parents graduated from high school. During college is where a shift is seen between races. The White category has the most amount of college graduates out of all the races, with the Hispanic group coming in next. Almost all of the Asian parents that graduated from high school went on to college. Though, no one in the African American group graduated from college. Whites were the racial group that makes the most money, so college might have been more financially reasonable for them. The parents of whites were more likely to go to college than parents belonging to other races, so their children were expected to go to college as well. Minorities are more likely to come from lower income families and in lower communities higher education may not be valued or thought to be financially practical. Some groups may have decided to get their college degrees once they came to the States and saw all the opportunity that higher education provided.
Race Total HS Grads Total College Grads
W: 17 15
AA: 2 0
A: 5 4
H: 15 9
NA: 0 0
PI: 0 0
O: 0 0
Among all races, most of the participants' parents graduated from high school. During college is where a shift is seen between races. The White category has the most amount of college graduates out of all the races, with the Hispanic group coming in next. Almost all of the Asian parents that graduated from high school went on to college. Though, no one in the African American group graduated from college. Whites were the racial group that makes the most money, so college might have been more financially reasonable for them. The parents of whites were more likely to go to college than parents belonging to other races, so their children were expected to go to college as well. Minorities are more likely to come from lower income families and in lower communities higher education may not be valued or thought to be financially practical. Some groups may have decided to get their college degrees once they came to the States and saw all the opportunity that higher education provided.
Martin Luther King JR vs Malcom X
I do think that the methodologies of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were very different from each other. King used more civil, peaceful words and presented the Civil Rights Movement as a problem that is unfair and that affects the fellow man. He wanted this problem to be something that all races should want to help with. One race wasn’t accused of being the enemy, while the other was the victim. Malcolm X had an angrier tone in his words. He seemed to be quick to make assumptions about an entire race, which would make whites wan to turn away from what he had to say about the issue. In my opinion, he was very drastic with his approach, since it was directed at the community as a whole. Whites were made to look like the enemy and that they are fully responsible for the suffering of African Americans. I think that if one wants to address two parties, two races, or two groups, he or she should appeal to both sides in order to create interest and change. Martin Luther King, Jr. had the more effective method in accomplishing the goals of the Civil Rights Movement. I never learned about Malcolm X in lower grades of school, but in my classes the students learned about King every year. He is well remembered for his peaceful protests, which say a lot about his character, his supporters, and the change he wanted.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Insident in Jena
To make this clear, I don't condone beating up anyone no matter what race he or she is. Whether those students actually beat the white student or not, they shouldn't be charged with attempted murder when no one knows their motives for hurting the other student. Most schools wouldn't take something a simple as a school fight and blow it out of proportion to make it into an attempted murder.There might have been some hidden motives for the prosecutor that changed the Jena Six. I imagine that the prosecutor was white, may have been racist, and wanted to see these boys go to jail. This reminds me of the Little Rock Nine incident during the Civil Rights Movement. In Little Rock, the nine students that were to attend Central High School to segregate the school were taunted and harassed by whites in the school and community. In Jena, the same thing is happened. Some people in the mostly white community were looking for an easy scapegoat to put the blame on. Though this time, the accused have a large group backing them up, unlike what happened with the Little Rock Nine. It is great to see that a new generation is taking a stand for what is right
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