EXTRA CREDIT (BRONX MAKE-UP)

The photo that stands out to me the most is the one that the 7 students was turn away from attending school. This isuue dont exist today as in the sense that minorities are being turn away from school but as we as discuss in class the location of where these minorities are located the education that there are being provoded is not the same as the "white" people. Yes its not out right a form a segregation but if you look deep into it it you will see that minotities are still being segregated against. What I got from Obama esay is that what African Americans experience here in the United State is different from other countires. this countrie is the only one that put such a strong segregation on minorities. Other countrie if they do believe that colored people dont not deserve the same rights its not that a big isuue as how we make it here in America.

Reference

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/People-Post-Jan-22_7345975
This refernce is about the a R&B singer who decided to remake Bob Marley song "Redemption Song " over. Rhianna redo this song over when the crisis hit Haiti. This song was done to raise fund for the redevolpment and to help assist with all the medical attention that was needed in the country. The artist choose this song to remake because she felt that this song bring comfort when time in need.

http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2010/03/bob-marley-redemption-song

Topic for Essay # 3

For essay # 3 I will be interested in looking into the work of one of Bob Marley Song "Redemption Song". Although this was an reggae song that serve for the purpose of jamaican's I would believe that this song would be a good work of art that could have been to react to the unjust that balacks was facing durning this time. A verse from the song states that "None but ourselves can free our minds". We may be in captivity but we should not allow of minds to be tied up with the curruptions that is taking place around us.

Essay # 2

Within art there have been many types of movement that correspond with a particular belief or method of interpretation. Among these movements “The Black Panther Party Platform’ and “Puerto Rican Obituary” have distinguished themselves with providing a manifesto of their intentions and beliefs. Both movements called for an end to racism/injustice for their peer. The Black Panther Party Platform was calling for equality among black people during the 1960’s. “We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our black community”. “The Puerto Rican Obituary” by Pedro Pietri pointed out that Puerto Ricans are dying from waiting for a change, “”Juan died waiting for his number to hit…..” Although The Black panther Party Platform called for a stop of unfair treatment to blacks Pedro Pietri used a different method he just explained why Puerto Rican is diminishing. One of the platform arguments is that it demanded that the needs of black community be met and oppression towards them to be ended immediately, “We want an end to the robbery by the white man of our Black Community”. The Platform felt that they were robbed and as per The Reconstruction they were promised to get restitution from slavery and still there wasn’t any form of payment were being made. They felt that Americans was government was racist and robbing them of all that they deserved. With this request that was being asked could not repay them for the suffering that they’d experience but could be just a payment for gratitude