i find this artical very interesting.
it is about a boy born in the united states, who grew up "Mexican" was raised "Mexican" and all that stuff. He talks about his progression from being Mexican, to ultimately completely leaving his culture. He speaks of how he one day saw the segragation and from that point on, he began to merge into the american culture, "anglocized" as he put it. As he progressed further into his life, he became more and more emerged in american culture and further and further away from his Mexican heritage to the point where he no longer thought he was Mexican, or he forgot it.
then one day he was reminded of who he was; where he came from; his past
at this reminder, he realized something. he realizzed that no matter what you do, you can not erase your past; you cant erase where you came from, your roots. it's another example of what your background is generally defines what peole think you are. (like the hawthorne stuff/crucible/7 gables)
so he said that mexican americans are in a unique situation. they are all in the same catergory at some at one point, but later on they need to decide what path they're going to chose and then stay on that path and leave behind everything else.
however, he still says we can never integrate, because your background will always be there.
Monday, January 24, 2011
King still king?...EYE think so.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Where would we be without this man? Without him, there is undoubtly a lot of change in today's society or at least, what soceity is now, wouldn't be until many years later, decades even. King layed down the first stone that would create a path that involves the first african-american president, kids of all races being educated equally in one school, and an entire month dedicated to rememboring those who faught for equal rights for african-americans. he faught for many things, and each battle was carried out peacefully. He had a dream. so right here, right now; is his dream ubiquatious (i used a vocab word in "everyday life"), is his legacy still here.
I like to think so. every now and then i take a step back and intently observe all thatg i can see. i think, what made this possible. i think of people who died in wars for us in order to be here without the worry of war, i think of marches and protests of mexicans, african-americans, all races who fought for what they believed to be right. which all beagn with King. If anyone wanted to start a movement of their own today, they can emulate (ANOTHER VOCAB WORD =D) what King did. Learn from him, & keep his legacy going.
Anytime any individual demonstrates they want something changed, whether it be via march, petition, rallies etc. they are silmultaneously caring in the legacy of King.
As long as equality remains present, and we demonstrate it by continuing to do what we do...
Martin Luther King, Jr will always be King.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
A Singing America! They seem to be a little quiet as of late...
I must say, I really, really like this poem.
It's a shame, either i've gone deaf, or i dont hear America singing anymore really; if they are, it is barely audible over all the bombs and gunshots going off from all the war we got on our plate. I thought the "sound" of America was a string of crazy discordant loud noises (from the war) playing out. Turns out, if you turn down that war noise, you can begin to focus on other noises, i.e the singing of the few people who are trying to keep the tunes of America alive.
I Hear America Singing is a poem by Walt Whitman written in 1860; a time when all jobs, were important jobs. The poem is bout the many different jobs of the American People going out into the world everyday to do some intense hard laboring. He speaks of how as all these people do their jobs, he can hear them singing accordingly to their job.
what does is all mean?
It's good old fashion America Pride.
Welcome to America 1860,
where we get things done!
Everyone at this time had a purpose with the work they do & anyone who was at work was more than proud of what they were doing. Because they were all driving America forward.
Not sure what the entire blog as a whole says, but my main point is in America during 1860, everyone was proud of their work, because they were all working with a purpose, to make America better.
It's a shame, either i've gone deaf, or i dont hear America singing anymore really; if they are, it is barely audible over all the bombs and gunshots going off from all the war we got on our plate. I thought the "sound" of America was a string of crazy discordant loud noises (from the war) playing out. Turns out, if you turn down that war noise, you can begin to focus on other noises, i.e the singing of the few people who are trying to keep the tunes of America alive.
I Hear America Singing is a poem by Walt Whitman written in 1860; a time when all jobs, were important jobs. The poem is bout the many different jobs of the American People going out into the world everyday to do some intense hard laboring. He speaks of how as all these people do their jobs, he can hear them singing accordingly to their job.
what does is all mean?
It's good old fashion America Pride.
Welcome to America 1860,
where we get things done!
Everyone at this time had a purpose with the work they do & anyone who was at work was more than proud of what they were doing. Because they were all driving America forward.
Not sure what the entire blog as a whole says, but my main point is in America during 1860, everyone was proud of their work, because they were all working with a purpose, to make America better.
Monday, January 17, 2011
y Aweso e (not so uch) usic Review [looks like i didnt have my Mcdonals breakfast!]
Ratatat is Where It's At!!!
So being the baseball fanatic that i am, i own several baseball games for the PS2; one of which being MLB The Show: 2007 Since i played the game everyday in the summer of '07 (back before the stress of high school!) i became more than familiar with the track. There was one particular song on there that i was happy to hear every time it played next on the games shuffled play-list. The song was called Loud Pipes. It was a very simple, 3:45min, slow-paced song. What i liked the most, was that that it was all instrumental, no vocals, with a very nice rhythm. So i look a little deeper in these guys, discovery their name is Ratatat (thanks to being able to see artists & albums of the song on the game!), and discovered that all the music is done by just TWO PEOPLE. YES, TWO PEOPLE, WERE CREATING ALL THE NOISES, INSTRUMENTS SOUND EFFECTS & WHAT NOT. These two amazing people are Mike Stroud & Evan Mast, two buddies who met at college.
YOU GUYS MUST LISTEN TO THESE GUYS! its amazing what just the 2 of them do. Their incredible strictly instrumental music has been so great, they've gone on tour with bands like Daft Punk & The Killers and many, many more.
What i really like, since there music is all instrumental, the music can be interpreted in so many ways! so please! go out there and listen to their music! let me know if you do!!
My Top 5
Seventeen Years
Loud Pipes
Gettysburg
Montanita
Nostrand
So being the baseball fanatic that i am, i own several baseball games for the PS2; one of which being MLB The Show: 2007 Since i played the game everyday in the summer of '07 (back before the stress of high school!) i became more than familiar with the track. There was one particular song on there that i was happy to hear every time it played next on the games shuffled play-list. The song was called Loud Pipes. It was a very simple, 3:45min, slow-paced song. What i liked the most, was that that it was all instrumental, no vocals, with a very nice rhythm. So i look a little deeper in these guys, discovery their name is Ratatat (thanks to being able to see artists & albums of the song on the game!), and discovered that all the music is done by just TWO PEOPLE. YES, TWO PEOPLE, WERE CREATING ALL THE NOISES, INSTRUMENTS SOUND EFFECTS & WHAT NOT. These two amazing people are Mike Stroud & Evan Mast, two buddies who met at college.
What i really like, since there music is all instrumental, the music can be interpreted in so many ways! so please! go out there and listen to their music! let me know if you do!!
My Top 5
Seventeen Years
Loud Pipes
Gettysburg
Montanita
Nostrand
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