Racism and Hate

My Racism Video

noreply@blogger.com (Marisol) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:02:00 +0000

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Listen to a Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Marisol) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:58:00 +0000

So here is a podcast I found that I think really relates to my topic and to the immigration things that are going on. I think that it will open peoples eyes to this topic more. It is a pretty sad podcast about how some immigrants get housed in prison-like homes that are gaurded and everything . When you get to the page just click on the play button to listen to the podcast. I hope you will be patient because it takes a while for it to load but it will be worth your wait. This podcast was made from an interview from KCBS NEWS.

Survey Results

noreply@blogger.com (Marisol) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:30:00 +0000

The other day I made a survey for people to take so I could see what they think about Mexican Immigration. I'm in high school so I surveyed some students from different grades to see how they feel about this. The way I tried to divide it up was to survey 5 people from each grade and to survey the same number of girls and boys. The question I asked them was what do they think about Mexican immigration and the answers they had to choose from were that they didn't care, it was wrong and it should stop, its great and they should keep coming to make better lives for themselves and that they can keep coming as long as they do it legally. So the chart that is right here shows the answers that I got. From the chart I can tell that not many people are so mad that there is immigrants but a lot of people just want them to come legally. Some people might think this has nothing to do with racism and hate but I thought it had a lot to do with racism to Mexicans because the immigration thing happened not to long ago. The chart also shows that our generation of people don't really care about whats really going on in the outside world. I also found a website that had a lot of surveys about immigration and I thought that some of them were a lot like mine. Our surveys are alike because in them we ask about immigration and how people feel about it. As you can probably tell I think that immigration has a lot to do with why people are racism and that is also something I want to write about in another post.

Stop the Judging

noreply@blogger.com (Marisol) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:45:00 +0000

I know the world isn't perfect and there will always be problems but one thing I just cant take is when people judge.There are all these stereotypes people have about others when they don't even no them.I know a lot of stereotypes people have for Mexicans just because we're Mexican.One stereotype I know a lot of people think about us is that we're criminals.They think that if one Mexican is on the news because he robbed something then people think that's how we all are. Especially lately with the whole immigration thing and the HR4437 law that got passed. A lot of people also think that we're stupid.This is a big one that I just cant stand and it gets me so mad people are so stupid and think this about us.They think the only thing we're good for is to clean and work and do things like that that other people are to lazy to do.They can think that all they want I'm not going to be ashamed of being a hard worker and taking pride in what I do.I know a lot of people that have been judged because they were Mexican and they were told that the only reason Mexicans come to this country is to work the jobs no one else wants,to drop out of school, and to become a parent as a teen. This makes me so mad how messed up people can be and how they discriminate. I couldn't even believe someone would say this to someone else but it happened. Also have you ever noticed that there is always a story about how a Latino did something wrong on the news? Like how one broke into a store or stole a car and other things like that. I'm not saying that there isn't any Latino criminals and that all people that aren't Latino are racist but to see that even the news attacks Latinos just makes my heart drop.People hate us so much just because we are brown. There are a lot of stories out there about hate crimes against Mexicans and that just gets me more pumped to try to do something to stop all the hate. One story that just made me very sad was a story about how a 16 year old Chicano was attacked by two white boys because he was Latino.Another story I heard was about racist cops.This is one of the saddest stories because what could these people do when they're getting attacked by the only people that can really help them.I am so sad that there is people like this out in the world but there is and there always will be unless people start opening their eyes and realizing that racism is a very big problem that we need to stop soon.

A Big Problem

noreply@blogger.com (Marisol) — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:14:00 +0000

There are a lot of things out in the world that just aren't right. One thing that I think needs to get spoken out about is racism- not just against anybody, but against Mexicans. A lot of people hate others just because of the way they look and where they come from. People all over hate Mexicans just because of what they hear and they don't even know anything about us. They are just quick to judge us. We are American and we deserve respect. I am Mexican and I'm proud and I want to speak out against the hate people have for us just because of who we are. There are a lot of problems with that because people hear things about others and they all of a sudden think that's how it is for every Mexican. All I just want to do is help stop the hate and racism people have against Mexicans and how judgemental and racist people can be.