Racial Profiling Term Paper

Cesilio Sanchez
Dr. Preston
Expository Composition
November 12, 2013

Racial Profiling

Racial Profiling has always been an issue of the world. Countries conquered smaller regions and associated the natives by the race they came from, normally because the smaller regions hadn’t established a unified country yet. This was the origin of our country, The Unites States of America, and it was Christopher Columbus that placed the name Indians to the Native Americans. Honest mistake it was, he had thought that he reached the Indian Ocean and did not know of the New World land. This is racial profile that was set on the Native Americans, that we know now was an honest mistake. But as times went on, the racial profiling on people soon became a way to separate groups into what we think fits for them. We use it to make assumptions about people and try to figure how they act, live and interact with other and that has led to major problems in the world. 

7 Times

In Erica's blog post, she discusses her position in the the event that took place on October 22nd about a thirteen year old boy who was carrying a fake, but realistic looking gun and was shot by police officers. Erica explains what happened that day and questions whether the police's action were justified. In her post, she repeatably states "7 times", the amount of times the police shot the thirteen year old boy. She wonders if that was necessary and why it was done. One bullet is enough to stop a threat, two is enough to kill, three, four, five, six, seven are unjustifiable. One of the conclusions she came to was racial discrimination. Since Erica comes from a Hispanic background she can't help but wonder if the police shot him 7 times because he was of Hispanic/Latino background. In her post she quickly explains that she must put racial discrimination aside and realize that he was a human being like the rest of us.

Erica's essay was very well written and thought out. She states her facts and the sites of where they come from. She has a strong serious tone throughout the blog post and use many punctuation marks to states which parts have more feeling. Javi also wrote about this event and he states more facts than Erica's. I think the main difference between Erica's and Javi's is that Erica was more emotion based and Javi's was more debatable.

Tools That Change the Way We Think

The internet and all the devices the internet is available on make it easier for people not to stress on a question. Since nearly all the information in the world will soon be online, it will make everyone think less by making it fast to gain information without the use of concentration. The use of internet today is widely use and replaces the need for research from books and articles. I think that the generation that didn't have these resources work to reach this type of goal. They did the more extended research to help find ways for our future generations to be able to use technology as a way of gaining all the information we need.

Filter Bubbles

I always sort of new that the internet knew the things you like and the things you search and click on, but some of things i didn't know was that more and more websites are using this type of algorithm to use people as the product. When I started buying things on amazon and it saw the things on searched for and bought, amazon started showing me advertisements on YouTube on things I've searched. I didn't realize that they were using this algorithm to use me as a product. As the internet uses this methods, it worries me that this will only show me things that it thinks that I like but not show me the things that are important to see. I think that is you make your searches more specific rather than a general topic, it will search for those key word and maybe it can give me the result I' looking for.

Value Of Learning/Value Of Life

This week in Expository Composition, I will choose and read two topics from The Value of Life and do the steps required for those topics.

My topic will be "What is a Life Worth?"

Literature Analysis #2

Topic and Events

1. [a] The Winter at Valley Forge by F. Van Wyck Mason is about the cruel, horrible experience that George Washington and his Continental army experienced at Valley Forge. It tells of the battles leading into Valley Forge and the physical and mental battles each soldier faced. Some of the men in this story consist of George Washington (Commander-in-Chief), Sir William Howe (British General), and many other soldiers. The book teaches you about history while you live the lives the two armies faced.[b] Mainly the story goes with leading battles to Valley Forge and then the hardships that Valley forge brought and the spirit that the men that survive it had.

2. The reason I that the author chose to write about this people and event is because he is an American novelist. I believe that he was patriotic because he talks about the British with sarcasm and repetitively shows how great america's strength is. He likes writing about great heroes who endure hardships and come out on top at the end.

3. The reason I chose to read this book was because this is the type of non-fiction I like to read. I like reading about special events and the people that it involves. I also like reading inspirational stories because it shows how much other people struggle, and makes you realize how easy your own life is.

4. The relationship that I can make to my life is learning about this event in school. It was one of those topics where you just hear about that event and don't go into detail. I see how we wouldn't discuss about this topic a lot, it's because the school tries to teach us the whole war in a certain amount of time.

Vocabulary #7

1. Cursory- hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
ex. Some people have very cursory writing and makes it harder to read.
2. Impetus- the force or energy with which a body moves.
ex. When running you need impetus to keep going.
3. Pinnacle- a high, pointed piece of rock.
ex. In motivating movies the main actor always reaches his pinnacle.
4. Contumely- insolent or insulting language or treatment.
ex. Some pet owners are contumely towards their pets.
5. Bereavement- mourning: state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
ex. My dad was bereavement when his brother, my uncle, past away.
6. Cache- a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place.
ex. Every browser has a cache.

To Be or Not To Be

In the Famous "To be or Not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet speaks in a time of sorrow. His uncle has just killed his father who was king, married his mother, and deprived him of his right to be king.

In the beginning of the soliloquy, Hamlet ask if he should consider suicide over actually taking action and killing his uncle knowing that the pain may not go away after death. He wonders if life is worth living while suffering the cruel events that were brought to him. He thinks death is like a big sleep in which you dream, but he wonders if this big sleep will "give us pause" and take all the suffering away or if it will continue on. He explains how in this world we are faced with great sufferings that we must overcome and how even all these sufferings, there is still more fear for death. This fear that is puzzled in our minds of what is after death is the same thing that keeps us from committing suicide and it's what kept hamlet from that too.

If I was confronted with a similar path, I would not want to suicide either. I would think of the unknown, but in life not death.

Vocabulary #6

1. Accede - to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent
ex. In order to receive a driving licence, you must have an acceded permit.
2. Brandish - wave or flourish (something, esp. a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.
ex. Criminals brandish their weapon to show their power and control.
3. Comprise - consist of; be made up of.
ex. Water is comprise of hydrogen and oxygen.
4. Deft - neatly skillful and quick in one's movements.
ex. Track athletes are very deft in their competitions.
5. Destitute - without the basic necessities of life.
ex. some people think money is not destitute.
6. Explicit - stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
ex. Many song have an explicit and a radio version.
7. Extirpate - root out and destroy completely.

Freedom Of Choice

Being responsible for your own decision-making means that for every decision you make, you are the one who is to blame or be praise for the outcome. Knowing that we as Americans live in a "free world" and that at the age of eighteen we are responsible for every decision, I think that this has a good and bad side to it. For example, a good side can be the decision of pursuing a higher education no matter the class you were born in. A bad side to being able to make your own decisions is that if you make a mistake like running over person at their fault, you have to take responsibility and accept the punishment. However, opportunities like pursuing a higher education and reaching you dream job are possible if you have the right mentality to accept some failure and take responsibility for whatever your path leads you to. Personally i like being able to make mine own decisions knowing that I will be responsible for all my actions.

No Child Left Untableted

This article, No Child Left Untableted, explains how the progress we have made over years in education is not matching the amount of money invested in it. A college teacher explains how she would "freak out" if she had to communicate to her students by tablets rather than face to face. Despite her fears, she does realize that technology is a tool that can be beneficial to the education system and the also the world that the students grow up in. Technology is being put metaphorically and literately in the palm of students and they need to be ready and know how this technology works to be successful in the future we are heading.

Vocabulary #5

1.Adroit - clever or skillful in using the hands or mind.
ex. Engineers need to be adroit in order to do a good job.
2.Amicable - (of relations between people) having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor.
ex. Your true friends are the most amicable of all.
3.Averse - having a strong dislike of or opposition to something.
ex. When choosing a candidate, they might have some ideas that you averse.
4.Belligerent - hostile and aggressive.
ex. Wild animals are belligerent and are not to be tested.
5.Benevolent - well meaning and kindly.
ex. Teachers are benevolent and not cruel. 

Vocabulary #4

1. Accede - to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent
ex. Couples have a tradition to get accede from the brides parents in order to get married.
2. Brandish - wave or flourish (something, esp. a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.
ex. Most robbers brandish their knife around to show that they're in control.
3. Comprise - consist of; be made up of.
ex. A band is comprise of many different types of musical artist.
4. Deft - neatly skillful and quick in one's movements.
ex. Athletes have to be deft in order to be competitive.

Vocabulary #3

1. Accomplice - a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing, often as a subordinate.
ex. Witnesses who don't cooperate with the police are accused as accomplices.
2. Annihilate - to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly.
ex. Hiroshima was annihilated because of the first atomic bomb.
3. Arbitrary - subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion.
ex. Blind dates are arbitrary because you don't know who you'll end up with. 
4. Brazen - shameless or impudent.

Vocabulary #2

1. Obesity-the condition of being very fat or overweight

ex. Americans have been known as the obesity country.

2. Accumulate-to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up

ex. Fans accumulate air one way  to push it out the other.

3. Mass-a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size

ex. In order to get the force of gravity, you multiple mass and the acceleration due to gravity.

4. Disease-a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.

ex. Cancer is the biggest disease this country has face.

5. Diet-food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health

This Is Phat!

Food, Inc. is a documentary about how fast food is sold and produced. They show how the animals are raised just to be killed for their meat and how companies don't show you the truth behind where your food really comes from. A family was interviewed in the documentary and they said, why would they spend over 20 dollars on product to make their own food when they could spend five dollars at a fast food restuant's dollar menu. This showed how people on budget prefer fast food rather than healthy home meals which lead to obesity.

Vocabulary #1

1. Expository-serving to expound or explain.
ex. Persuasive essays tend  to use expository in their writing.
2. Composition-act or result of combining parts to form a whole.
ex. Engineers use composition in order to make their project perfect.
3. Assuage-to lessen (pain, grief, etc.).
ex. Counselors assuage students when their going through a rough time.
4. Decadence-moral deterioration.
ex. Today's youth are in a decadence.

5 Go-To Sources For Good Nonficton

1. The Library
2. Internet, specifically http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/non-fiction
3. English Teacher
4. Bookstore
5. Recommendations 

Reflections On Week 1

1. As of right now I don't think there is anything that will limit my learning or participation in this class. The only thing is when the wi-fi goes down and since i use an ipod, i wont be able to get internet in the class.

What Is Expository Composition?

Expository is being able to explain something while composition is the action of putting things together. In the class I think it would mean being able to think of an idea and then writing it down on paper.

It's All Latin To Me

Dimidium facti qui coepit habet: sapere aude, incipe-He who has begun is half done: dare to be wise.

I think that saying beginning is being half done means that just starting something is being a head of the game. Daring to be wise means to me that you need to be open to learn in order to succeed. 

My Big Question?

My big question is if there is a purpose to everyone being born into the lives that they're in? Is there a reason why people that are born in certain parts of the world have to suffer more than others?