When I saw the video I immediately thought to myself no way am I going to watch this for 19 minutes, but like what typically follows after I say something like that I could not shut it off. I was fascinated by her story, and it made me reflect on how I look at the world. Just the other day I watched a video in economics all about greed and Capitalism, and how there was poverty in Africa, and India, and other Asian countries which seemed to be ruled by an elite who obtained all of the money and used it on themselves. I have often became transfixed by the commercials about younger children in Africa who need money, food, and clean water. Though all of this is true, and to say that poverty did not exist would be nothing short of blasphemy, I cannot help but wonder why I do not watch movies, read books, see commercials about people in other countries thriving. It just does not not seem fair to me that if you come from certain countries you automatically have a stamp on your foot that says that you must have come from poverty, or have had some hideous version of a childhood. America is stumbling into the category of ignorance, followed by the rest of the world, and as they continue to drunkenly wobble on we are effected. I would like to think that someone in Japan thinks of me as more than just a money hungry, or just hungry for that matter individual. I would want them to look at me, and make the realisation that I am just Shaley a high school senior that lives in Clovis, and that though I live in Clovis that I am not automatically a cowboy, for I could count the number of times I have ridden a horse on only one of my hands. This video has made me realise that Though someone comes from England they may hate tea, that someone from Ireland may have never had a drink in their life, that though I watch the Japanese hunt whales on TV that not every person from Japan wants to hunt this animal. In short I hope that I refrain from making assumptions about someone just because of where they come from or what color their skin is, because I would not want someone to make those assumptions about me.Saturday, September 4, 2010
Video response
When I saw the video I immediately thought to myself no way am I going to watch this for 19 minutes, but like what typically follows after I say something like that I could not shut it off. I was fascinated by her story, and it made me reflect on how I look at the world. Just the other day I watched a video in economics all about greed and Capitalism, and how there was poverty in Africa, and India, and other Asian countries which seemed to be ruled by an elite who obtained all of the money and used it on themselves. I have often became transfixed by the commercials about younger children in Africa who need money, food, and clean water. Though all of this is true, and to say that poverty did not exist would be nothing short of blasphemy, I cannot help but wonder why I do not watch movies, read books, see commercials about people in other countries thriving. It just does not not seem fair to me that if you come from certain countries you automatically have a stamp on your foot that says that you must have come from poverty, or have had some hideous version of a childhood. America is stumbling into the category of ignorance, followed by the rest of the world, and as they continue to drunkenly wobble on we are effected. I would like to think that someone in Japan thinks of me as more than just a money hungry, or just hungry for that matter individual. I would want them to look at me, and make the realisation that I am just Shaley a high school senior that lives in Clovis, and that though I live in Clovis that I am not automatically a cowboy, for I could count the number of times I have ridden a horse on only one of my hands. This video has made me realise that Though someone comes from England they may hate tea, that someone from Ireland may have never had a drink in their life, that though I watch the Japanese hunt whales on TV that not every person from Japan wants to hunt this animal. In short I hope that I refrain from making assumptions about someone just because of where they come from or what color their skin is, because I would not want someone to make those assumptions about me.
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So let me just start off by saying that your response was my favorite. The way you write makes you sound both intelligent and conversational at the same time, and I actually enjoyed reading this. A lot. Which it weird. I'm starting to think that I did mine wrong because I didn't relate the video to anything in my life...oh well, sucks to be me. Anyways I completely agreed with everything you said and was amused and delighted to see my own thoughts put into words on your entry when you wrote the bit about the Irish people who drink. That was funny. Is it inappropriate to put "haha"? I don't know how formal these are supposed to be.lol. See that "lol" may not have been okay. Anyways I thought you made a very thorough, clear, and personal response. Well done pumpkin. Go ahead and pat yourself on the back.
ReplyDeleteYour so pro at blogging, and i love the picture! So you always bring up such great points/ideas. I agree that it does seem like all we see are the negative things about other countries. It's always about how there are millions of people dying of hunger, and never about how great the country is doing economically. Its sad to say that we do label people without even knowing them. We assume things about others that may not be true. I like how you said that people that come from England may not like tea. I'm sad to say that, that thought never occurred to me. I guess i just assumed that everyone from England liked tea. I hope that i can be more mindful of how i label people in the future. Great blog, your sentences really flow together and your writing is so much fun to ready. Great Job! :]
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