Friday, September 28, 2012

Racial Prejudice


        We read a story about John, African American who lived in a white suburban neighborhood. First, after working as a lawyer, he went jogging in his community. And then, something always happened to him. When white people saw him running toward to them, they were instant to kept away from him. Moreover, police officer often stopped him on the street and checked his ID. These things disturbed him a lot and made him angry.

         From my point of view in this story, white people were prejudice against John. They thought that he didn’t belong this neighborhood, he committed crimes here and why he was running. Society still has racial discrimination. For example, People may not say they dislike racism and different color people.

Friday, September 14, 2012

American culture (Tirangle fire)

   

    Triangle fire event changed American culture a lot. That event began from someone dropping cigarette in the factory. In that day, someone found out that factory started fire and he told the factory owner. The owner didn't call fire station and didn't tell the workers. The owner just left. The workers didn't know that it's on fire and they were still working until they got off work. When they got out the door, it was locked. The fire surrounded them. They didn't have any way to get out of the factory. No one helped them. That fire killed 145 people. Most of deceased were teenager girls. After this event, American government realized this was a big issue. They started to make laws to protect the worker and kept their right for them. Now day, the government is still making benefits for the workers.