Dont ask Dont tell

I do not agree with don't ask don't tell. It is not fair to the thousands of gay's in the military who must must hide who they are. In no way is it fair to a gay man or women that they must hide from their fellow soldiers that they are gay.  I thought it was very interesting to learn about the annual Christmas party in the service. I never really looked at it from that point of view. Moreover,  the military should not allow straight men or women to bring their partners but not allow gays to bring theirs. I think this ruling needs to be overturned and it is obvious after the results of the study. 70 percent of people in the military think that it would cause little to no effect if gays were allowed to serve openly in the military. This top down approach of not allowing gays to serve must come to an end. Washington should not be allowed to control whether or not gays serve openly in the armed forces.

Globalization blog

I thought Americanization of the world was a very powerful article. I think it is amazing how westernized the undeveloped world has become. You can go to Jakarta Indonesia or the Niger river delta and find kids wearing a New York Yankees hat. Even though these kids probably have no idea who the Yankees or Bulls are they still have these shirts. It shows how the western world has pushed their ways on people. However, one thing that I can say from what I have learned in my Political Science class is that NGO's have a large part in the reason many of these people acquire this type of clothing. They are often donated clothes that Organizations give out to help these poor people.

Mcdonaldization is the spread of brand names such as Mcdonalds have become known throughout the world and often in the developing world.

Pessimistic hyperglobalizers are people who believe we are moving toward a "culture rainbow" as the author calls it leading to a bad thing .Optimistic hyperglobalizations is promoting good things such as free markets and democracy.

Genre for Social Action

I am choosing video because i feel it is very powerful. The type of video I will do is a youtube video that shows peoples answers. Throughout the class we have been shown that type of youtube clips and I feel that it is the most powerful when people actually see what is going on. I might use a multimedia website such a a blog or an acutally web 2.0 account. I will use the source of the ISU student services that you will be using. I might also use posters and other means to really get my point across.

Social Class and Wealth Disparities

1. Specialization of State Policy,Economic Detour, Sedimentation of Racial Inequality
The person interview was Kevin who is an older man who is also retired from working.
The themes of this article are that african americans are not given proper funding for schools healthcare and bank loans. This is ultimately wrong and I believe it needs to change. In my powerpoint I showed why this needed and solutions to the problem.
A solution to this problem is provide education to these people. The author feels that people must be educated for something to change. He also said proper legislation must happen in congress so funds for african amercians start happening.

My story through college has been very interesting. I first went to the Univeristy of Oklahoma but because of several reason i decieded to transfer. I feel that i have had a very good childhood and upbringing and with both my parents going to college i felt it was my duty to go to college.

Paragraph on Ken

Ken showed aspects of a typical middle class kid. He grew up in a working family with a mother who worked two jobs to help support the family. Ken said that he grew up in many neighborhoods but most of them were either lower middle class of middle class. He says he is appreciative of where he came from and what he has. Although it took him a while to appreciate the value of a college career he now sees it is very important. He says [heck] yes he did see the value when I asked him to reiterate his thoughts.

Article about Muslims in America

- The participants in my study are Muslims who live in america and have gone through struggles of being a muslim post 9/11 and pre 9/11.
- The section begins with analysis of what is going on now and pre-history all the way back to the columbus era of Muslims.
-I believe it is orginized very well because it gives a history but then goes in to depth about the trials and tribulations that muslims go through. This is very helpful for my topic because it is exactly what I am writing about.
-I believe the themes that emerge are that the author believes the way that Muslims are treated is wrong and hateful and that it needs to change.
-The evidence that is used is the interviews and facts that before 1980 Muslim faith was rather obselete in America. He says that only because of bad things have Muslims been brought up for a topic of discussion.
-I think what stands out the most for me is the vast amount of research this author used. I think it is very powerful when you get a lot of voices heard because it shows that people care about this topic. This is a topic that i also are deeply about because i beleive people are not giving muslims a fair chance.
-One thing that could be improved was maybe a little better methodology. it is just pretty much telling what they did and not how they got there info. But I would definitely give this paper an A

Blog entry comparioson

They writing styles of these two were completely different. The first author used more of a less serious tone and a little more informal. While the second author used a theme that was must different. Hers was serious and used the two interviews as the basis but also gave a lot of knowledge to what was going on in columbine. I liked the second better because it was interesting and kept me entertained throughout. Also Samantha, used one victim while Brian used random people who he did not know about. Samantha knew that her participants had direct knowledge to the topic she was wrting about. Another thing Sam did was just write small paragraphs of what she thought and then wrote mainly the stories of her to interviewees using little of her own voice.