Only 23 More Days....

Im Still getting ready for school its only 3 weeks away! :/
Really Im excited but I'm gonna miss so many ppl!
Bri really isn't that dark but ii guess my Mac was trippin a little.

June 22.2010

Back Again This Week, With Another Update!
Only 7 Weeks & 2 Days Left Till I Leave For School! (Mixed Emotions)

Summer Blog 1

So If You Look At My Old Blogs There All School Related. Well Schools Out So Time To Change It! So ii Decide To Change My Blog & Make It About My Life As I Transition Into A VSU Student.

So Here's The First BLog! : )

Racism Or Free Speech

Is black face a form of free speech? No black face is simply a form of racism. Black face because of its historical significance on African American cultural is a form of racism. Back in the day blackface was degrading to African Americans, with the sketched on large white lips to the jumping and running around like monkeys, so blackface to be redistributed today is a form of racism because of the history behind it. But that is not to say that everyone who does blackface is racist, because subconsciously they may not no the history or significance of blackface and why it would be considered racism. Years ago blackface was so negatively and racial charged that even if you still did it today it would still produce the same negative effect. Blackface is one of those things that cannot be transcribed to humor. But with blackface being racist, then we also have to take in consideration that whiteface is also racist, although there might be no history behind whiteface there are people out there doing it, and the connation of racism has to be placed on this as well. So blackface is not a form of free speech because freedom of speech also has something that says as long as someone’s character is not offended or degraded and that is as far as free speech goes, but people tend to try and label everything free speech, but blackface is not a form of free speech is actually a form of racism.

Class Is Now In Session

Is it necessary for colleges and universities to monitor the actions and/or speech of students? I don’t think that colleges and universities should be responsible for monitoring the behavior and speech of its students. College is not a place where babysitting should be necessary, so the monitoring of behavior is unnecessary. But I do think that colleges and universities should have a clear and concise handbook which states what is appropriate and acceptable at school, and if one those rules or policies are broken then appropriate disciplinary actions need to be enforced. And upon review of the incidents they need to be dealt with accordingly, but there is no way or reason that colleges and universities should have to monitor the behavior and speech of students.
Should standards be higher for professional and graduate students? I think that standards should be higher for professional and graduate students. If you are a professional in your chosen career path it is not acceptable for you to act juvenile and to have to have constant monitoring of your behavior. As a graduate student you should have already experienced the joys and immaturity of an undergraduate student, and therefore at this point constant supervision shouldn’t be necessary. With age comes growth and experience, so as a person matures more is expected of them, while requiring less from other people. As professionals and graduate students they are still entitled to make mistakes like everyone else, but with the standards that come along with their titles they do have to expect different consequences.

Government = Fear?

Should we fear our government? I would quickly fire off the answer no, but oddly enough fear can be good. In society some sort of fear of government is definitely necessary. There has to be a mixture of fear and respect in order for everything to function accordingly. For example in a society with no respect or fear of the government people well knowingly commit crimes without fear or worry of the consequences. Machiavelli said, “It is better to be feared than loved.” which holds true in terms of government. If the government officials allow constituents to make all the policies they will be loved but not feared, so when it comes time for them to put their fist down and be taking serious constituents pay no attention. I think that there is proof that fear of the government works thinking in terms of presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, with all his policies (The Big Stick), he was more successful than a president like James Buchanan, one who people didn’t fear or remember. Although not everyone would agree on Theodore Roosevelt’s ways of doing things, and it’s arguable whether he was a successful president, but he was a president who established fear in not only Americans, but also other countries. So to answer to question should we fear our government, is quite simply yes we should fear our government if we want a structured and stable society.

Political Music Video

Im Not Sure Why The Video Isn't Wide Enough, So You Can View The Full Screen.
Here's The Link To The Wide Screen Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l_s-kESdZM