Affirmative Action Ban in Michigan

Hello Everyone,

This morning on my way to work I was in shock at the fact that the state of Michigan of the United States of America has put a ban on Affirmative Action. Sometimes I get in the habit of, oh, I don't know, thinking of  "what if" scenarios. The Affirmative Action Ban is targeting the students at colleges and universities in Michigan, but I'm getting a bad feeling that it could give bosses and supervisors at work places ideas. This Affirmative Action Ban will probably be a cancerous sore that will badly spread throughout the country and damage and deteriorate the lives of American Dreams that we, the people (including immigrants who chose to move to the U.S.), worked so hard to maintain in the United States. Without Affirmative Action, this will open many doors not only for the return of discrimination, segregation and the famous Jim Crow, but also sexism and double standards. Just because there is a little change in the White House doesn't mean we can rest. Trust and believe, this is not the end of racism. This ban will have an affect not only on race, but among several other subjects.  This Affirmative Action Ban will have an effect on everyone, including Caucasians. The people who voted for this Affirmative Action Ban in Michigan right now don't realize this vote will come back to haunt as well as bite them later on in the future. It sickens me at the fact that a lot of  state representatives come up with ideas without thinking about the consequences. The people who voted for the Affirmative Action Ban in Michigan are forgetting the fact that discrimination does NOT have a one way definition. Today, discrimination comes in all forms, in many different ways. Today, the United States of America is a different country. Today there are so many minority owned businesses as well as minority owned organizations. Today there are so many minorities with money. Take some time to think really hard: What if a minority owned company or business that you applied for don't want to hire you because your skin color is white? What if a company or business that you applied for don't want to hire you because you are a female (it doesn't matter if you're and black, white, Hispanic or Asian woman, they just don't want a female)? What if a company, business, university or college you put in an application for don't want to hire or admit you because of your religion? What if a company, business, university or college you put in an application for don't want to hire or admit you because of the way you wear your hair? What if a company, business, university or college you put in an application for don't want to hire or admit you because you have certain or specific needs? What if a company, business, university or college that you put an application at don't want to hire or admit you because you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender? Without Affirmative Action, all of the rights and opportunities that minority leaders along with other people work so hard to get throughout the years would be in vain. Without Affirmative Action, the United States of America would be promoting ignorance. Affirmative Action is what help all of us look at people as human beings, bleeding the same blood, having the same body organs, and grow together as one as we go further into the future. With Affirmative Action the United States of America will forever promote cultural diversity. What is most important of all that a citizen of the world is smart, intelligent, have progressive ideas, fun-loving, and aware of what is going on with the world. We all have ideas that will help America progress, but if we continue to look at the outside and be judgmental of people, the future of the United States will be in trouble. The United States won't get anywhere. As the United States of America, we all need to move forward, not backwards. Women, Minorities, Immigrants, Special Needs People, and LGBT please do something and find a cure for this cancer before it spreads and it's too late to fix it! Stand Up For Your Rights!

http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/education/does-michigan-need-affirmative-action-20140428

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/12/us/affirmative-action-fast-facts/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/22/justice/scotus-michigan-affirmative-action/

Happy Women's History Month (Research for teacher and students)

Hello Everyone,

I just wanted to let you know about some research I did on the internet for teachers and students for Women's History Month. Women's History Month is March 1- March 31, 2014.  I would like to let young girls know that they can do anything they put their minds to and don't let anyone tell them different. Women need to be respected for their minds and looked up to when contributing to shaping the future! Learning about women who made wonderful achievements in the past will teach young girls and young women who exists now will learn that they too can achieve their hopes and dreams of living better independent lives and don't have to let society tell them who or what they "should" be.


http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/women/notable.htm

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/lists/tp/top_100_women.htm

http://womenshistorymonth.gov/

https://www.britannica.com/women/

http://www.biographyonline.net/people/women-who-changed-world.html

http://www.historynet.com/famous-women-in-history

http://www.infoplease.com/womens-history-month/kids.html

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/womenenc.htm

Black History Month (Website Resources for Students and Teachers)

Hello Everyone,

I just want to say Happy Black History Month. I have found some wonderful sources on the internet for educators and students. I'm tired of teachers and students bringing out the same people every year. There are so many African Americans and African Canadians who SHOULD be in the social studies and history textbooks right now! People who were slaves in the United States have escaped with the help of the historic Underground Railroad and went to Canada and became lawyers, doctors, educators, inventors during the 1800s and early 1900s. I want students to realize their true potential and self worth. PLEASE DO NOT HAVE BEYONCE, JAY-Z, LIL'WAYNE AS PART OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH! NO RAPPERS, PLEASE!!!!!

List of Black Canadians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_Canadians
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Black History in Canada
http://www.blackhistorycanada.ca/
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Black History Month in Canada
http://www.cic.gc.ca/ENGLISH/multiculturalism/black/index.asp
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Black Canadians
http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/black-history-month/
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African American History in the United States of America http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/bios/
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List of African Americans
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/bhmbios1.html
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History of Africans Americans
http://www.factmonster.com/black-history-month/timelines.html

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Poetry From African Americans
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/black-history-month/

Phil Roberston of Duck Dynasty on Marriage

Greetings Ladies,

Well Duck Dynasty reality star Phil Robertson is getting attention again. This time he is discussing that young men should marry girls who are age 15 and 16 years old. Now just because this theory worked for him when he was younger doesn't mean this theory will work for everybody else. I'm not perfect either. My parents got married when they were young. But what Phil Roberson doesn't tell young teenagers are the difficult responsibilities that are overwhelming for teenagers such as finances and having children. Truthfully, it takes two people to make a living today and working on a minimum wage salary may not be enough to make ends meet. You have to pay utilities, house note or rent, car note, life insurance, house insurance, car insurance, and health insurance. You have to have money for food and money for gas to put in the car. The reason why Phil Robertson is telling young men to get married to a 15 or 16 girl (and make sure she knows how to cook) is because when a young lady is that age (15 or 16 years old), she doesn't quite have a mind of her own yet and doesn't have an understanding of who she is yet and she is still being raised by her parents. At age 15, a teenage girl is not sure what really wants to be yet. Ladies, a man figures he can control a younger woman and her way of thinking, so I'm begging you ladies, don't fall into that trap. Don't let a man tell you who you are! Don't wrap your life around in a man! Ladies, please do something with your precious lives because you only live once! Choose a career (choose a job that you love to do) so you can help change the world for the better! Ladies, you all have plenty of time to marry. The age of 15 and 16 should be the time to have fun and be happy. Ladies, take this time to go and find yourself! Take some time to figure out who you are and who you want to be as a female. Ladies, have a mind of your own and learn how to express it! Learn how to think! Get an education! Ladies, learn to love yourself! Phil Robertson needs to step into 2014 and get out of the Medieval Era! Girls who are 15 and 16 shouldn't be burdened with multiple responsibilities of making sure that someone else is happy and taking care of kids. Phil Robertson doesn't understand that times have changed and over time women have changed. We as females have learned to think outside the box. Look ladies, just because Phil Robertson married his wife young doesn't mean marrying young is the right thing to do.

  http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/31/showbiz/duck-dynasty-phil-robertson-comments/

My Thoughts About Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty

Greetings Everyone,

I've been thinking about this situation about that guy from Duck Dynasty. Phil Robertson has no business calling anyone a swindlers or an adulterer because he is not a perfect person himself. Phil Robertson is not fit to pass judgment on any human being in this world. There are people who are straight that are swindlers and adulterers. Some (not all) people who are married go out and cheat on their spouses. There are some people like Phil Robertson who been around certain same kinds of other people all their lives that they don't understand the difference between right and wrong. In my opinion, Phil Robertson has not been around different kinds of people from all over the world, he has been around the same people all his life. There are a lot of people in this world that have the common sense not to say offensive things that can be heard by other people because they know what it could lead to. There are some Republicans out there who know not to say offensive things about people where it can be heard. Ignorance grows and passes from generation to generation. Some people can be offensive and insensitive so long in their lives they don't realize when they are offending other people. Phil Robertson is very close-minded and don't understand the philosophies, ideas, and opinions from different people of the world has changed over the years during his existence on earth. In reality, people come in different shapes, sizes, colors, and all of them came to earth with hearts beating of various emotions. Bigotry is unacceptable. For years, bigotry has not made any accomplishments in this world.If anyone believes in Phil Robertson's bigotry, they are just as ignorant and close minded as he is. There are some people in this country who are really racists and homophobic but they don't like to admit it because they don't to be labeled with ugly words such as a "racist" or a "bigot" because those words don't sound good. Now some people just love to label themselves as  "GOD-fearing" and "Christians" because those labels are as sweet as honey on their tongue. But those same people who love to label themselves with those sweet words are not as GOD-fearing and Christian-like as they say they are. Those same people who label themselves as Christians can be the same people who will show hatred toward other people who are different from them in a heartbeat simply because they don't understand the people who are different. People who are GOD-fearing and Christian like are suppose to express compassion and respect for all people regardless of who they are. People who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual are normal regular people. They have the same body organs and they have the same red blood as straight people have.


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/duck-dynasty-star-phil-robertson-i-will-not-give-or-back-off-from-my-path/

http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/23/suspended-duck-dynasty-star-defends-anti-gay-remarks/

Open Letter to Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) About Immigration

Dear Senator Jeff Sessions,

I notice that you've developed a large interest in the subject of immigration in the United States. However, there is something about you that concerns me regarding your views of immigrants in the US, Senator Sessions. During my upbringing years of my childhood my first lesson came from my first teachers of education, my parents, and that lesson was and still is: Never forget where I came from! The very first American citizens were Native Americans (and you and I both know the rule of discovery: whoever was the first to step on that land first and settle in it first was the first to discover it). The Europeans and people from several other countries who are the second to arrive came to America on the Mayflower Compact because they've grown tired of the strict rules in England were immigrants. Your fellow immigrant ancestors from the past, Senator Sessions, came to America looking for independence and opportunity. While you are entirely too busy talking about how the modern immigrants get into the United States of America, I'm trying to figure out how you and your ancestors, Senator Sessions, got into the United States of America. Did your ancestors get into this country like the other people who had to fill out papers first? Or did your ancestors just come to this country by ship and slowly, "take over and claimed the land as theirs"? Your ancestors, Senator Sessions, came to America to look for jobs and opportunity also just like today's immigrants. The immigrants from all over the world came to The United States of America to seek a better life. What would your ancestors from another country from the past say if they were standing in front of your face Senator? How would you tell your own ancestors from another country that they are the problem and they are taking American citizens' jobs? How would you tell your ancestors from another country from the past that they couldn't live in the "land of opportunity", The Wonderful Land of The United States of America? Senator Jeff Sessions, you forgot where you came from! You, Senator Sessions, have forgot that the fact that a long time ago, you and your ancestors use to be in the same position as the immigrants of today. Senator Sessions, you along with your ancestors who came to USA has lived to have numerous and unlimited opportunities, so let my immigrant brothers and sisters come to USA to have the same opportunities. To tell you the truth, Senator Sessions, immigrants bring several progressive and wonderful ideas to the United States of America that helps the country as well as the entire world.

http://www.sessions.senate.gov/public/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/09/04/jeff-session-immigration-reform/2759519/

http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/09/sen_jeff_sessions_labor_day_a.html

http://americasvoiceonline.org/tag/senator_jeff_sessions_r_al/

https://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/december-17-2010/sen-sessions-10-reasons-oppose-dream-act.html

The Root Of All Evil: The Destroyed Native American Mound in Alabama

Greetings Everyone,

When I learned that I have a Native American heritage, I wanted to do some research. I didn't know what a "mound" was so I did some searching and I came across some articles that the city of Oxford, Alabama destroyed a burial mound in order to build a Sam's Club there. I was curious about what was inside a burial mound. When I look at the pictures on Google I was in shock. There were skeletons of Native Americans from the past inside those mounds.

The small phrase "Money is the root of all evil" is worth over millions of sick,twisted and degrading examples and meanings. The moral teachings of the difference between what is right and what is wrong is tossed into the wind and thrown away like garbage. The fact that the mayor and city council of Oxford, Alabama decided to destroy a ancient Native American mound in order to build a Sam's Club is never ever going to be a subject in the past. This sick and treacherous decision will be in everyone's mind forever. I thought the state of Alabama loves to embrace the subject of history. My thoughts could be wrong. Maybe the truth is some of today's citizens of Alabama loves to embrace the history of their own people, the events of the Civil War, the Confederate Flag that some of the citizens of Alabama have embraced so much in the past and the present, the flag that some of the white citizens of Alabama hold in their front yards so proudly as they stretch out flowing with the wind, showing all its so-called glory, sticking its chest out and embracing it's ugly past. And how about those high and mighty women of slave owners who wear those huge dresses? The sun must have risen, shine, and set on their rich rear ends during their days of luxury, while my people were wearing rags to cover our nudity, and wearing scars, dirt and sweat that contributed from hard labor, abuse and rape. Some of the citizens of Alabama just love love love those old plantation homes that were built centuries ago and constant renovation is done over the years in order for it to stay the same way. And finally, how about those slave owners and Confederate Soldiers that the citizens of Alabama are constantly build monuments and memorials for? No one is better than anyone in the world. No one is no different that anybody else in the world. To even think that one race is better that another race is ignorant as well as arrogant.

For centuries, some Caucasian people (not all Caucasian people) have labeled anyone who is different from them as not human and as property (slavery), as indecent, as savages, as terrorist, even as a different kind of breed of an animal. For centuries, some Caucasians (not all Caucasian people) have made anybody who was different from them feel low in terms of self-esteem. For centuries, some Caucasian people (not all Caucasian people) made up stereotypes about anyone who was different from them. For centuries, did all these things simply because they didn't understand the cultures and traditions of anyone who was different, different in terms of religion and in terms of different languages.

Ladies and gentlemen as you read this blog entry, please keep in mind that I do love all people around the world, including Caucasian people and please understand that the paragraph that I just written is concerning Caucasians who don't like anyone who is different from them. I do believe that there are compassionate Caucasian people in the United States of America who see different kinds of people as individuals and care about who they are on the inside. I do believe that there are compassionate Caucasians in the United States of America who see past of what other people look like and only see what people are on the inside regarding personality. I do believe the fact that there are loving, kindhearted, caring and gentle Caucasians in the United States of America as well as around the world who are compassionate of different kinds of people and other things and issues. I hate racism and it is an ugly thing that should be a sin. I wish all people around the world would love the way GOD made all of them. 

Whether it is realized or not, the mayor along with the city council of Oxford, Alabama are suppose to be role models, leaders to not only their citizens of Oxford but to the citizens of the United States of America as well as the entire world. The mayor along with the city council of Oxford, Alabama are even being watched by children and teenagers, who are students of elementary, middle, and high schools. Not only the mayor and the city council are leaders, but they are also teachers and role models, and the entire city of Oxford, Alabama taught a very bad lesson. The leaders of Oxford, Alabama has taught not only the adult citizens but also to children an ignorant statement: Only money is more important than humanity and morals. The city leaders of Oxford the adult and children who are citizens in the world another bad lesson: That only certain kinds of history are important. This hurts me because ignorance can be passed down from generation to generation. The truth is: All kinds of history is important. All displays and exhibits of past evidence are important because they all tell stories of how people lived and how the survived in the world. The mayor and city councils deprived the children from learning pieces of history that was proof of a Native American sacred civilizations really existed, civilizations that they read about in their social studies, geography and history books. How are we, the people of today, present and future are suppose to learn anything if people like the city leaders of Oxford, Alabama constantly take the past away? I'm afraid that people like the city leaders of Oxford, Alabama will keep on destroying and erasing pieces of the past until it gets to the point that we the people of the world will forget where we come from. Not only did the city leaders of Oxford, Alabama deprived all of us from learning about our Native American ancient civilization, but they have disrupted the final resting place of human beings. This year in Oxford, Alabama, the Native Americans who were buried in that ancient mound had their human rights taken away from them. These human beings are our ancestors, our great great great grandmothers and grandfathers, our aunts, our uncles, our cousins, our nieces and nephews, from a generation to another. This is the truth about the human race: All of us have Native American in our blood. Caucasians, Native Americans, African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Latinos, Pacific Islanders and other races all around the world are all the same. We have the same blood, the same body parts, and we all breathe the same way.  Like the Holocaust in Germany several years ago, destroying the Native American mound was "a crime against humanity".

http://www.deepfriedkudzu.com/2009/07/oxford-alabama-destroying-1500-year-old.html

http://teachingthevaluesofpeace.blogspot.com/2009/09/good-bye-indian-burial-mounds-hello.html

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/01/professor_says_900-year-old_in.html

http://www.oxfordalabama.org/