Guess My Race

In class this week we talked about race. Sal went on this website and the class tried to guess everyone's race. It varied from white to black; to Asian to African American. I realized that everyone actually tries to guess what everyone is. Whether it's about religion or race, people as a society judge people based on the color of their skin. Everyone is the same. We all want to have a good life and be successful but race sometimes can get in the way. I remember watching an episode of "That's So Raven" and the Raven was applying for a job and the lady who was hiring her, ripped up her application because she was black. This is completely shocking to me because to think that this actually happens in the real world is pathetic. Who cares what color your skin is. Everyone is their own individual and we need to stop classifying people based in the color of thie skin.

A Quarter has more value than a Dime

In class we watched a video of Morgan Spurlock working on minimum wage for 30 days to see if she could make a living. It gave me a real reality check because that actually happens in the real world. People depend on money to get them through the day. No on can go anywhere without spending some sort of money. It really gave me a wake up call personally because I couldn't imagine working on minimum wage while trying to pay for not only rent, but also food and if you have a car having to pay for gas. Our society as a whole has been depending on money for over a decade. Money is valued as a success.

"Let's go piping"

In class last week we watched a movie about social class. It focused on the wealthy and the poor. I thought the movie was funny because in one section of the movie, there was a woman who was giving lessons on how to act and talk like the wealthy. Also, there was one particular guy who was talking about being rich and the things that "rich" people can do over the poor people. It's sad to think that the wealthy people are going to be stuck up while the poor people are timid and nice. The poor people in the movie don't have really anything. In our society, we judge people based on their social class. We assume that if you're poor, you don't shower and your a bad person; but if your wealthy, you can afford wine and dine service and people look up to you. In my opinion that's stupid. People shouldn't judge you based on your social class, you should judge them based on what their personality is. But in our society, that will never happen. We as a whole are so focused on getting the next best thing. We need to figure out a way to make our society a better place.