Daniel-Half Human Blog #6

My social issue, racism is a very ugly thing to be a victim of. It belittles a person of their ethnicity, culture, religion the list could go on. Nowadays, with help from the world wide web racism is becoming a social media concern. People are being victims in their own homes. The internet is supposed to connect us to one another not to abuse people of their beliefs. Do you think the internet is a good thing, or a bad thing in today's society? Can we stop the on slaughter of racial acts on the web?

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What is Racism?

Since my social issue is racism and some people might not know the correct definition or are mislead by different meanings. I've decided to leave a link giving a detailed description of racism and where we see it in today's world.

http://www.globalissues.org/article/165/racism

Daniel-Half Human Blog #5

I'd like to share this video of three young university students doing an experiment on racism. While watching the video I couldn't keep the shock and disbelief from surfacing. The thought that we live in the twenty century and this behaviour, this mentality was a harsh wake up call that I needed to starting living in reality. Even though this is just a documentary, and everything was fiction it doesn't mean it's not true. This behaviour happens everyday all around the world. It's just that because we don't see, we think it does not happen. This made me rethink a lot of times when I was around the public, especially in a audience where the ethnic background of the community is very prominent. I realized that it made me uncomfortable being the only one that didn't fit in. I moved from Toronto to Brampton at a young age and it was very difficult to adjust. Moving from a community where it has a little bit of everything to a community where the majority was East-Asian, was very unnerving for me. Over time I made friends that were of the East-Asian culture and mixing in with the other students became easier because of them. I owe a lot to my friends that took me under their wings and helped feel as if I belonged there. Did you every have a moment where you felt like you didn't fit in? If so, what made you accustom to the change?

        

Daniel-Half Human Blog #4

I was inspired by these gravitating poets and wanted to share what they thought of racism. Please excuse the harsh language used in the videos.