THE END OF THE EXPERIMENT

There was controversy in Ocean Hill-Brownsville when they tried to move 19 teachers and administers because they wanted to make a distinct ethnic identity. The goal of the experimental school district was to try and develop a distinct ethnic identity among students. The teachers union was not supportive they wanted to protect their teachers from being discriminated against. The escalation started with the districtic trying to make a ethenic identity among the school and then it reached the climax when it tried to move white teachers.

WHY WE ARE NOT RACISTS

My document is part of a book that was written by Seale, about misconceptions about the BPP. He believed that the BPP had a goal to force people to see that there was racism in America's democracy.  Seale thought that integration was not possible because the higher power can exploit the minorities so then the higher power can keep its control. The higher power ultimately has the most control and why would they allow integration when segregation is more useful to them. I think that the two view points are compatible you can think that racism is totally wrong but know that they are this way for a reason and that its going to be this way for a while. He felt that as long as there was a higher power that things would be segregated.

Self- Reliance

Emerson's idea of how a person should defined them self in society is by having their own ideas and not conforming to what other people think. He says " What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think." (23). He is saying that one should not be concerned with what other people think or how they act. You should only be concern with who you are and your beliefs. He also says "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men,-that is genius." (19). He is saying that believe in what your instincts are saying and have your own ideas dont give in to what other people are saying. Stand true to what you believe in.

Quran Burning

I think that this is a very controversial issue.  People first amendment rights come into play here.  I think that they should be allowed to burnt he Quran because that falls under people's freedom of expression.  If the state has laws against people burning things in certain areas I think that the government has the right to stop the burning because it would not be going against people's freedom of expression it will be going against the law of not burning things in public areas.  Do I agree with the burning of the Qurans, no.  I think that burning the Qurans will be offensive to Muslims who do not have anything to do with the terrorism.  Everyone has the right to believe in what ever religions they want to and for someone to burn another groups holy books i think it is very wrong and offensive. I do on the other hand think that burning the Quran is protected under the first amendment rights of the people of the United States.

Thomas Paine~ The American Crisis

When is a nation the strongest and when is it the weakest? The answer to this question I felt was answered by Thomas Paine in this piece of writing. He states "... I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state, but on every state; up and help us; lay your shoulders to the wheel; better have too much force than too little, when so great an object is at stake." In this statement he is saying that we need to come together as a nation not as individual states.  When you come together as a large group you have more power then if you were in smaller groups. When you have something that is very important to you why risk that by not having a big group that can get the job done and get the outcome you want.