TOPIC: race relations in lower 9th ward of katrina
These are some of my resources:
(1)
http://bb.laguardia.edu/@@0d47b3234d89f0b380d04ef287de97b5/courses/1/LIB200.1467_Spring08_Session1/content/_213438_1/Bullard.pdf
The reason I choose this is because of the injustices that have been done to minorities throughout this country, most notably by our own government. An example would be a president signing into law an agreement that the government will protect "Americans" from unlawful chemical sites, but when such a situation is reported they are slow to act, if at all. The report give clear and distinct examples of passe thoughts of minority standing and their obvious meaninglessness to the the government
http://www.urbanhabitat.org/files/Pastor.Bullard.etc.Env.Katrina.pdf
Gives some more specific numbers involving the homes affected and the amount of debris left.
(2)
2006. Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires (eds). "There Is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race, Class, and Katrina". New York: Routledge.
I chose this book because it goes more in depth with the more specific issues of racism and classism as interpreted through two editors. Tells how and why African-Americans are at the bottom of the totem pole in New Orleans. Using tables and figures and testimony from people gives examples of frustration by citizens that for years have know this, but now the book sheds some light on it.
(3)
http://www.katrinadestruction.com/
http://www.davidmetraux.com/news/2006/hurricane_katrina_new_orleans_lower_ninth.html
This website gives detailed images of the destruction "Katrina" caused to New Orleans. I will be using this website as a reference to pictures on the topic I am talking about.
(4)
Census Reports
This give me the before and after affects of hurrican katrina on the area. Including the poverty levels and the demographics of the people.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Blog 6 - Reflect
. I think about having gone through this term so far and I am astounded at how people can be blind for so long, including myself open up and reflection.
. 1st off, people are blind because they want to be or let other people be their eyes and ears for most notably the republican administration without actually looking at the facts for themselves. When I was looking for a census poll to back this up I came up with this one from last year and I came up on this article that even thought I thought was bit off topic I felt was needed, The article is not what frightened me, it was the derogatory comments people left saying global warming is a figment of peoples imaginations, most notably Al Gores with cropped pictures of him.
. I guess I am just venting a bit...I have grown some since starting this class, I have now looked into my closet and thought to myself, what the hell was I thinking. I used to buy 2 or 3 versions of the same sneaker because of the color scheme looked good to me. How vein could I be?...I still like to where fashioned clothes but now I know that buying all that stuff makes people not focus on themselves as much as they should but because they are worried about what everyone else has, they worry not on the more important issues.
. Such a waste, I've become more cognizant of the environmental products I use and what foods I eat. What’s around me like my own friends and their own thinking on the environment and if it is a bad one could I can change their mind about it. Myaffect on what I can do to change my future where I could be loving it, not dreading it. That I believe will stay with me.
. An even bigger change has been on me, directly as a person. I am now more family involved, much more than I was before. I see that having a job whilst using all this “modern” technology (computers, two ways, cells) has made my time with family even that much more scarce. I quote the word modern because what is up to date today like the laptop your watching right now or the two way your typing on is obsolete tomorrow or even now. The only thing that never changes is family and you can not get more “modern” than that.
P.S.
Food for thought, What’s the fastest computer in the world? It’s in ourselves,........, it’s the almighty BRAIN!....
-B
ALSO
-The writings by Robert D. Bullard in "Environment and Morality" is very freighting because it is just so blatant.-
. 1st off, people are blind because they want to be or let other people be their eyes and ears for most notably the republican administration without actually looking at the facts for themselves. When I was looking for a census poll to back this up I came up with this one from last year and I came up on this article that even thought I thought was bit off topic I felt was needed, The article is not what frightened me, it was the derogatory comments people left saying global warming is a figment of peoples imaginations, most notably Al Gores with cropped pictures of him.
. I guess I am just venting a bit...I have grown some since starting this class, I have now looked into my closet and thought to myself, what the hell was I thinking. I used to buy 2 or 3 versions of the same sneaker because of the color scheme looked good to me. How vein could I be?...I still like to where fashioned clothes but now I know that buying all that stuff makes people not focus on themselves as much as they should but because they are worried about what everyone else has, they worry not on the more important issues.
. Such a waste, I've become more cognizant of the environmental products I use and what foods I eat. What’s around me like my own friends and their own thinking on the environment and if it is a bad one could I can change their mind about it. Myaffect on what I can do to change my future where I could be loving it, not dreading it. That I believe will stay with me.
. An even bigger change has been on me, directly as a person. I am now more family involved, much more than I was before. I see that having a job whilst using all this “modern” technology (computers, two ways, cells) has made my time with family even that much more scarce. I quote the word modern because what is up to date today like the laptop your watching right now or the two way your typing on is obsolete tomorrow or even now. The only thing that never changes is family and you can not get more “modern” than that.
P.S.
Food for thought, What’s the fastest computer in the world? It’s in ourselves,........, it’s the almighty BRAIN!....
-B
ALSO
-The writings by Robert D. Bullard in "Environment and Morality" is very freighting because it is just so blatant.-
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Blog 5
FIRST OFF I HAVE OT SAY I AM LITTLE BT LATE WITH MY ENTRY THIS WEEK, BECAUSE OF A FAMILY EMERGENCY...
Blog 5 is as follows:
B) write a short assessment/impression/reaction
1. Sustainable Cities Blog http://bettercities.squarespace.com/
. The team that runs this site is well informed on what is going on around them, in particular NYC. I love the fact that they give a candid opinion of what is happening, and who is doing it. Whether it is the MTA not foreseeing the downward spiral of the mortgage crisis may have an affect on the outlook for tax revenues or to acknowledge who is doing good amongst the world in Shakira Brown, who will be teaching from Antarctica. She is doing this to get minority kids interested in the sciences, Because there are relatively few African-Americans, Hispanics and American Indians work in the earth sciences. If your from NYC come here for input
2. Gristmill http://gristmill.grist.org/
. This site is massive in it’s sens of detail. It states the question, but gives a sustained answer or reasoning for its occurance. I particularly liked the question Why green jobs now? I love the fact that green jobs are needed, but this should have started like a century ago. The Lehman’s answer being well this planet is screwed, might as well be late than never...This site asks the tought more complicated questions that even if have no direct answer, thank you for even asking them. These questions boggle th mind, which eventually produce answers.
3. Green as a Thistle
http://greenasathistle.com/
. I like the fact that instead of talking about living the life, she actually did it, and that is something I can never say. Could I actually do it for a year? I mean there are some habits that I have grown accustomed too, namely the thing I’m typing on and I only had it since December, think about what I have been used since birth, like bottled formula to milk in a plastic container. I couldn’t. But after reading some of her experiences, I can. I like the fact that even though she has permanently written off some people for the beligerant attitudes towards the environment she goes back and gives them a thumbs up Like Nike for goal to be carbon neautral by 2011
4. No Impact Manhttp://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/
. This person represents a commoners standpoint of questions people ask on the bus but never have any factual informationto back it up, but he does, I like the scenario he presents when he brings up that people should be living incloser together in villages instead of suburbs and who travel together on public transit but they actually emit half the per capita greenhouse gas of Americans. Its very telling even on the scal that we live in and accustomed to should not be the norm. He asks common questions about companies Like if you cut down a community they then buy more stuff to make themself feel better about themselves...its ridiculous but true.
5. Eco Geeek http://www.ecogeek.org/
. This site is for the technology buffs who want to be on the latest of the eco-friendly products that are on or on the cusp of the market to come out. I particualry like that GE is coming out with a new type of watre heater. The water heater has not changed. Hank Green the person who wrote the article states "But because of a lack of consensus on how they should be regulated, and resistance from industry, their efficiency went completely unregulated." This all goes to the point that it is only changing be cause global warming is staring us down the throats and we need to change not the environment. I persoally willl be coming to this site on a regular basis for input on products for the better
C) Link http://bettercities.squarespace.com/journal/2008/3/25/on-the-mtas-recent-announcement.html to comment to one of the authors
D)link in your blog to one/some "green" blogs you have found through this exercise
National Science Foundation
Personal side note: now if you are from Jamaica Queens. I will be going to the "Melting Ice and Rising Tides: What Climate Change Means for New York.", which I found on the Sustainable Cities Blog. IF you want to join me, let me know.
Blog 5 is as follows:
B) write a short assessment/impression/reaction
1. Sustainable Cities Blog http://bettercities.squarespace.com/
. The team that runs this site is well informed on what is going on around them, in particular NYC. I love the fact that they give a candid opinion of what is happening, and who is doing it. Whether it is the MTA not foreseeing the downward spiral of the mortgage crisis may have an affect on the outlook for tax revenues or to acknowledge who is doing good amongst the world in Shakira Brown, who will be teaching from Antarctica. She is doing this to get minority kids interested in the sciences, Because there are relatively few African-Americans, Hispanics and American Indians work in the earth sciences. If your from NYC come here for input
2. Gristmill http://gristmill.grist.org/
. This site is massive in it’s sens of detail. It states the question, but gives a sustained answer or reasoning for its occurance. I particularly liked the question Why green jobs now? I love the fact that green jobs are needed, but this should have started like a century ago. The Lehman’s answer being well this planet is screwed, might as well be late than never...This site asks the tought more complicated questions that even if have no direct answer, thank you for even asking them. These questions boggle th mind, which eventually produce answers.
3. Green as a Thistle
http://greenasathistle.com/
. I like the fact that instead of talking about living the life, she actually did it, and that is something I can never say. Could I actually do it for a year? I mean there are some habits that I have grown accustomed too, namely the thing I’m typing on and I only had it since December, think about what I have been used since birth, like bottled formula to milk in a plastic container. I couldn’t. But after reading some of her experiences, I can. I like the fact that even though she has permanently written off some people for the beligerant attitudes towards the environment she goes back and gives them a thumbs up Like Nike for goal to be carbon neautral by 2011
4. No Impact Manhttp://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/
. This person represents a commoners standpoint of questions people ask on the bus but never have any factual informationto back it up, but he does, I like the scenario he presents when he brings up that people should be living incloser together in villages instead of suburbs and who travel together on public transit but they actually emit half the per capita greenhouse gas of Americans. Its very telling even on the scal that we live in and accustomed to should not be the norm. He asks common questions about companies Like if you cut down a community they then buy more stuff to make themself feel better about themselves...its ridiculous but true.
5. Eco Geeek http://www.ecogeek.org/
. This site is for the technology buffs who want to be on the latest of the eco-friendly products that are on or on the cusp of the market to come out. I particualry like that GE is coming out with a new type of watre heater. The water heater has not changed. Hank Green the person who wrote the article states "But because of a lack of consensus on how they should be regulated, and resistance from industry, their efficiency went completely unregulated." This all goes to the point that it is only changing be cause global warming is staring us down the throats and we need to change not the environment. I persoally willl be coming to this site on a regular basis for input on products for the better
C) Link http://bettercities.squarespace.com/journal/2008/3/25/on-the-mtas-recent-announcement.html to comment to one of the authors
D)link in your blog to one/some "green" blogs you have found through this exercise
National Science Foundation
Personal side note: now if you are from Jamaica Queens. I will be going to the "Melting Ice and Rising Tides: What Climate Change Means for New York.", which I found on the Sustainable Cities Blog. IF you want to join me, let me know.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
blog 4- environmentalism of the spirit
. Well this weeks blog is something I have been thinking about for the past week, ways that I help myself while at the same time helping my fellow man. There was an example of such a thing in the lunch room on friday between classes, I went to the lunch room and there were three people waiting for one microwave, I proceeded to go on the line behind them. Another person who was not online comes into the picture and obviously knows two out of the three people in front of me, she proceeds to cut in front of me without even batting an eye towards me. I took offense to that and called her out on it. I said that there are people waiting that were hear before her and it is only fair. She proceeds to think she did the right thing, because she doesn't apolgize, only helping out herself and showing no consideration. She really thought no one else would care.
. This is how the whole world thinks in a way, that the world is this microwave and has all these resources. Everyone needs their turn including the generations that come after. It's a shame, everyone should be considerate of others and it will be returned.
. I was going home last night and saw a kid messing with the turnstile for the subway and another pedestrain was coming into the train station. The bars are about to turn with the child in front of it I could not believe my eyes and quickly called to the pedestrian to stop for a second,... removing the child. I took it upon myself to tell him that playing in strange places like this is unaccptable (insert stern voice here), The mother was actually thankful I did that because another person saying exactly what she has been saying is proper reinforcement. I believe we are disconnected with another.
. Question on position B) in the story of Noah, God directs Noah to take into the ark at least two of every living species to save them from the Flood. Therefore, humankind's role is to preserve as much of God's creation as we can.
. I believe this to be true because Man's role is to protect all of mankind, to be there for mankind. If Mankind's role is to be the supreme being than it comes with the responsibility and should notbe used to kill every little living thing beneath you. If people have the ability to change our genetics of animals and fight diseases then we should whenever capable.
. This is how the whole world thinks in a way, that the world is this microwave and has all these resources. Everyone needs their turn including the generations that come after. It's a shame, everyone should be considerate of others and it will be returned.
. I was going home last night and saw a kid messing with the turnstile for the subway and another pedestrain was coming into the train station. The bars are about to turn with the child in front of it I could not believe my eyes and quickly called to the pedestrian to stop for a second,... removing the child. I took it upon myself to tell him that playing in strange places like this is unaccptable (insert stern voice here), The mother was actually thankful I did that because another person saying exactly what she has been saying is proper reinforcement. I believe we are disconnected with another.
. Question on position B) in the story of Noah, God directs Noah to take into the ark at least two of every living species to save them from the Flood. Therefore, humankind's role is to preserve as much of God's creation as we can.
. I believe this to be true because Man's role is to protect all of mankind, to be there for mankind. If Mankind's role is to be the supreme being than it comes with the responsibility and should notbe used to kill every little living thing beneath you. If people have the ability to change our genetics of animals and fight diseases then we should whenever capable.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
An Inconvenient Truth Dicussion (Just the facts)
. I proceeded to watch the movie "An Inconvienent Truth" with an open mind on the possible future of the planet and the choices that people have made and need to be made. The movie presents the obvious obstacles of man's dependency, more specifically The US and other industrialized nations like them to use other nations and their resources. I do not believe that there will ever be balance with nature, unless there is a tremendous lost of people for the "Quid Pro Quo" to change, because it for surely has not been working.
. The movie brought me to the conclusion that the government is baby and uses the corporations of the w`orld as its own bottle feeding off of them. What I mean is, that governments should have no ties to corporations and if they have been affiliated with any corporation in the past you should be barred from running from anything of importance. Barred from becoming a Senator or Congressman, because your opinion is biased based.
. Growing up in Canada I thought I never had a affect on my environment. Ignorant as I was, I played with my U.S. and China made toys having fun, not caring about how it got made and what the planet was had to go threw for it to get there. The resources man has used up and discarded as chemicals they put back into the environment makes me all the angry. Knowing the cost of it not only to my environment but to other underdeveloped countries that have been taken advantaged of seems to me like a sin. I am now trying so hard to stray away from unwanted waste, and truly hate myself for making all those "jump shots" as a kid out of loose paper that was lying around my room when I was bored.
. I have been torn between Health , Labor and Environmental Law. This class was needed for me....it is the right place and at the right time. I am livid about the healthcare in this country, but at the same time I know people are overworked and need benefits. Finally the environment is basically the granddaddy of them all,... well because it affects everyone. I am leaning more towards environmental law because labor and health care are reneweable resources that can always be debated and changed. I am not brushing it off as something small but compared with environment, which is not even a renewable resource. Litagation is my way.
. 30,....is the percentage points that the US contributes to to global warming, so the US must set an example. I find that hard to believe that the U.S. will do that unless forced to. You would think Katrina would have had an affect on that decision, but it hasn’t. The reason things were not done to change the way business is done in the U.S. is because rich people are not affected. If Katrina had happened in NY or California, things
would have for surely changed. Stephen Johnson, the epa commissioner a couple of weeks ago lowered the limit of carbon fuel emission by corporations, but not the standards given to him by scientists. I can not believe someone would go against an actual science. If my own mother told me to stand on one leg for 15 minutes everyday because she knows for a fact it would make me healthier, I would start counting time because I know my mother is smarter than me.... Anyway the point I am making is that the most powerful government need to start taking broader steps instead of baby steps like that to help stop this. Going to other countries for resources is not the answer, because in the short and long run your destroy both their country and ours.
. The US administration is so behind the ball it is not even funny anymore, reading the article, Taking Responsibility , shows how the Bush administration is stonewalling eveidence for corporate advancement. California is an example of a state taking up the responsibility to better their own environment so why can't the country? The article shows the stupidity of a government that wants everyone else to start checking themselves before they do. I mean is the government going to play this game until the earth changes for the worse and it is game over for everybody? There are countries out there who like people, who do not even care about their affect on their own environment. At least I can say, the U.S. is not that blind to the stool their putting out there, here is the Chinese excuse.
A couple of sites that are helpful:
This is a website to help offset your carbon footprint:
http://www.nativeenergy.com/
Another website is about protecting Wlderness and Public Lands from development:
http://www.pewtrusts.org/
. The movie brought me to the conclusion that the government is baby and uses the corporations of the w`orld as its own bottle feeding off of them. What I mean is, that governments should have no ties to corporations and if they have been affiliated with any corporation in the past you should be barred from running from anything of importance. Barred from becoming a Senator or Congressman, because your opinion is biased based.
. Growing up in Canada I thought I never had a affect on my environment. Ignorant as I was, I played with my U.S. and China made toys having fun, not caring about how it got made and what the planet was had to go threw for it to get there. The resources man has used up and discarded as chemicals they put back into the environment makes me all the angry. Knowing the cost of it not only to my environment but to other underdeveloped countries that have been taken advantaged of seems to me like a sin. I am now trying so hard to stray away from unwanted waste, and truly hate myself for making all those "jump shots" as a kid out of loose paper that was lying around my room when I was bored.
. I have been torn between Health , Labor and Environmental Law. This class was needed for me....it is the right place and at the right time. I am livid about the healthcare in this country, but at the same time I know people are overworked and need benefits. Finally the environment is basically the granddaddy of them all,... well because it affects everyone. I am leaning more towards environmental law because labor and health care are reneweable resources that can always be debated and changed. I am not brushing it off as something small but compared with environment, which is not even a renewable resource. Litagation is my way.
. 30,....is the percentage points that the US contributes to to global warming, so the US must set an example. I find that hard to believe that the U.S. will do that unless forced to. You would think Katrina would have had an affect on that decision, but it hasn’t. The reason things were not done to change the way business is done in the U.S. is because rich people are not affected. If Katrina had happened in NY or California, things
would have for surely changed. Stephen Johnson, the epa commissioner a couple of weeks ago lowered the limit of carbon fuel emission by corporations, but not the standards given to him by scientists. I can not believe someone would go against an actual science. If my own mother told me to stand on one leg for 15 minutes everyday because she knows for a fact it would make me healthier, I would start counting time because I know my mother is smarter than me.... Anyway the point I am making is that the most powerful government need to start taking broader steps instead of baby steps like that to help stop this. Going to other countries for resources is not the answer, because in the short and long run your destroy both their country and ours.. The US administration is so behind the ball it is not even funny anymore, reading the article, Taking Responsibility , shows how the Bush administration is stonewalling eveidence for corporate advancement. California is an example of a state taking up the responsibility to better their own environment so why can't the country? The article shows the stupidity of a government that wants everyone else to start checking themselves before they do. I mean is the government going to play this game until the earth changes for the worse and it is game over for everybody? There are countries out there who like people, who do not even care about their affect on their own environment. At least I can say, the U.S. is not that blind to the stool their putting out there, here is the Chinese excuse.
A couple of sites that are helpful:
This is a website to help offset your carbon footprint:
http://www.nativeenergy.com/
Another website is about protecting Wlderness and Public Lands from development:
http://www.pewtrusts.org/
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Blog 2- Discovery Week
I am answering question three
At any given moment an advertisement or radio message comes to my attention. The message is a new technology is going to make my life easier but all it does is make me a person stuck in a cycle. I do watch TV and way too much of it. Other than that I am not really into much else so I figured the others need not apply. I only search the web or actively on it to check my mail, a few web sites, but I am not a myspace.com hound, but I do have one. In total maybe 20 hrs. a week on TV, 5 Hours on internet. My whole feeling is, if I do not talk to you other than myspace, then you sere never really were a friend to begin with. People are getting to the point where they can’t even pick up the phone and dial their friends number because they did not remember it (because they always pressed the #3 then send to dial, from their cell ) so there was no need to know it. This is reason I have refused to get a sidekick, well because it leads to more anti-social behavior that I find utterly unappealing, if people would want to interact with one another it’s harder, because there is no direct contact. No mutual touch or eye stimulation from one another. So we fall harder for the cycle that these corporations have put on our lives, weighing us down. I for one am cutting back or cutting out all who put a slag on my life, coming back on my daily doses of the "Rob and Big" show on MTV or turning down the radio of a song that is force fed to us by the music industry to read a book, because it feels better to crack open a good book.
P.S.
Now maybe, ....the last part was a bit cheesy or cliche but I truly feel that way.
__________________________________
http://news.aol.com/health/story/ar/_a/air-too-dirty-to-breathe-in-345-counties/20080313094209990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
This article kind of shocked me when I read it and then soon after I was watching the news and Stephen Johnson, the EPA commissioner is an idiot if he thinks that global warming has nothing to do with this.
At any given moment an advertisement or radio message comes to my attention. The message is a new technology is going to make my life easier but all it does is make me a person stuck in a cycle. I do watch TV and way too much of it. Other than that I am not really into much else so I figured the others need not apply. I only search the web or actively on it to check my mail, a few web sites, but I am not a myspace.com hound, but I do have one. In total maybe 20 hrs. a week on TV, 5 Hours on internet. My whole feeling is, if I do not talk to you other than myspace, then you sere never really were a friend to begin with. People are getting to the point where they can’t even pick up the phone and dial their friends number because they did not remember it (because they always pressed the #3 then send to dial, from their cell ) so there was no need to know it. This is reason I have refused to get a sidekick, well because it leads to more anti-social behavior that I find utterly unappealing, if people would want to interact with one another it’s harder, because there is no direct contact. No mutual touch or eye stimulation from one another. So we fall harder for the cycle that these corporations have put on our lives, weighing us down. I for one am cutting back or cutting out all who put a slag on my life, coming back on my daily doses of the "Rob and Big" show on MTV or turning down the radio of a song that is force fed to us by the music industry to read a book, because it feels better to crack open a good book.
P.S.
Now maybe, ....the last part was a bit cheesy or cliche but I truly feel that way.
__________________________________
http://news.aol.com/health/story/ar/_a/air-too-dirty-to-breathe-in-345-counties/20080313094209990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
This article kind of shocked me when I read it and then soon after I was watching the news and Stephen Johnson, the EPA commissioner is an idiot if he thinks that global warming has nothing to do with this.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Blog 1- Who am I
I am a 25 yr old college student; I stand at 5ft. 8in. I am a person who wants his future to be here already and since I have bullshitted a few years of my life to immediate satisfaction with the other sex whilst not pursuing a more dominant goal of academic achievement. I have always been into the law and arguing with anybody is like second nature for me. I am into law and politics and am going for a law degree… I used to be a pudgy 240 lb and worked my way to 169lb in 3 months through dedication and determination, so I figure school can't b any harder… some of my friends think I will have trouble getting there, but you have to use these haters as fuel for your fire....
A) The 2 thing I do for the environment is recycle and to try to use as much recycled paper as possible, trying to live in a paperless world
B) The concerns I have for the environment is that businesses should be forced to plant trees because of how much paper is used by their business.
A) The 2 thing I do for the environment is recycle and to try to use as much recycled paper as possible, trying to live in a paperless world
B) The concerns I have for the environment is that businesses should be forced to plant trees because of how much paper is used by their business.
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