Week 2

President Obama Speech

Summary

President Obama speaks about the rivaling ideas between the Islamic nation along with the Muslim faith and the United States. Obama discusses the stereotypes that many Americans have towards Muslims, that they are extremists/terrorists. This idea has been around for many years and was made even worse after September 11, Obama adds that it is inexcusable for anyone to commit such crime against humanity. His goal is to unify these two feuding nations during his time in the white house by teaching to accept other countries points of view.

Something new that I learned

One thing that Obama mentioned that I did not know about was that we would be giving Pakistan such a great amount of money to help with their schools and hospitals. To add to that we will be giving billions of dollars to Afghanistan to rebuild their economy.

Dialogue

The point that Obama conveyed in his speech about dialogue is that people with different religions need to talk about their differences and communicating this will help the different groups get along.

Culture

A way that Obama made it apparent that our two nations do not coincide together is through our religion which strongly shapes our culture and what we we believe in.

Martin Luther King Jr. "I have a dream" speech

Who is in the video

Martin Luther King Jr.

Summary

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a Dream" speech in 1963, he was trying to make people realize that since the Emancipation Proclamation was signed 100 years ago things have not improved for the African-American community. He gives examples of how African-Americans civil rights have been abused and although they had the chance for freedom and equality it was not given to them. King explains his dreams for a better future for the African-Americans in America.

MLK influences today

Throughout many parts of our culture today we see the influences of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For one part in particular we see King in the music industry today. One song is by Will I Am called I have a dream, based on the words from Kings speech talks about the same dreams that King once dreamt of. The hip hop industry mainly consisting of African-American artists have great respect for King and try their hardest to keep his dreams alive.

Humanities

Yes, I do believe that Martin Luther King Jr. affects our studies for humanities because I believe he affects every part of modern day life from the people that we interact with everyday and the music that we are able to listen to. King has shown people that everyone has the same abilities and are essentially the same with small differences.

Classmates

1.Amanda-Santa Rosa - I think of how bored I was growing up here as a child, and that now I think that this is a great place to raise a family. It's amazing how things change!!

2.Angie-lives 19.4 miles away from the JC

3.Ben-has not created a blog or a webpage in the past.

4.Brooke-Thinks the world is crazy.

5.Tuo-Prefers to be called Janny

6.Katie-has a facebook page and an idle myspace, but nothing like this.

7.Karen-Would like to visit Europe and Egypt

8.Lori- Has a PC.

9.Nicole-Taking this class to fulfill GE

10.Rachelle-Lives 2.87 miles from the JC