Discrimination in Asian Education

MASS MEDIA AND COLLEGE CULTURE MINORITIES

Discrimination among the college culture has done far too much harm to minorities. Asians in particular are primary targets for many outsiders. For a long time, Asian-American's have been viewed as merely "academic robots" or the model minority. Is it just me, or does this sound like slight jealousy and hatred to you too? It has came to the point where mass media has instilled so much negativity into our brain,  that one would feel ashamed to claim their own heritage. This form of oppression has to do with the influence of media and how it could make one become tantalized with themselves. Institutionalization could surely become internalized or interpersonal oppression in the matter of seconds. The story of college student Lanya Olmstead, is a perfect example. Lanya is the daughter of an immigrant mother who is Taiwanese and father of Norwegian ancestry. Though she was born and raised in Florida, she still considers herself half Taiwanese and half Norwegian. Whether she knew it or not, her life took a U-turn the day she applied to Harvard University. When filling out the box concerning her race, she decided to mark a check next to "white". You would think it was because she was ashamed of the reputation her ethnicity has grown to have. She was asked why she marked what she did and her response was, "My mom told me there was discrimination against Asians in the application process". The question is, what made her mom say this? Minor social websites in social media are merely branches to the base of the matter. There are commercials and songs that psychologically gives off some type of influence as to how life should be. The way we perceive advertisement, plays the biggest role in this situation. It's safe to say that 9 times out of 10, the cause of discrimination in the application process has been influenced by abuse of media representation. It occurs so much to the point where constant exposure to racial advertisement would make an impression upon anyone that this is normal, simply because thy say so.

http://ranierm.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/who-cares-about-asians-why-racism-towards-asians-still-exists/
http://news.yahoo.com/asians-college-strategy-dont-check-asian-174442977.html
http://www.academia.edu/3479330/The_Negative_Effects_of_Ethnic_Diversity_on_Social_Cohesion_a_Causal_Test_of_Putnams_Hunkering_Down_Thesis

httpshttp://mediapromotesracism.wordpress.com/://youthbuild.org/sites/youthbuild.org/files/Four20Is.pdf

FREE SULEMA

It's sad how we people can take such advantage of one who is mentally unstable. Technically, they don't have control over their actions, right? Santa Monica police cuffed and booked a mentally unstable woman for burglary. It was very obvious according to this blog post, that the police very aware of all of her signs leading up to being disillusion. They charged her for burglary because she was caught eating inside of someones house, whom she thought was her own. It was also obvious that her mind was elsewhere, as if she needed medical and mental attention. She did things that a typical "burglar" would not try to do. The sad part about it was the fact that there was actual evidence of her diagnosis, having a mental illness by the name of paranoid schizophrenia. The courts felt no remorse for that. In their eyes, if she was aware of court rules, then she was aware of what she was arrested for. The situation would've been different if there were no evidence or treatment done, she resisted in any way, or she failed to follow orders. It was simply wrong for them to put this case on her shoulders, knowing that her actions were completely out of her control. "This had to be a hate crime" is what i think to myself as I see that she has been declared "not competent" in court for previous matters. FREE SULEMA!

http://freesulema.blogspot.com/2014/04/free-sulema.html

DEATHS DUE TO AMBULANCE DELAYS

On June 7^th 2003, in New York City, a 4-year-old girl’s life was taken within 8 minutes. That is the amount of time it took for medical attention to get to her. If only 4 of those minutes was subtracted from that time, she would still be alive today. At the intersection of West 97^th street and Amsterdam Ave., her grandmother was rammed off of the road, onto the curb in their SUV. At that moment, 911 was dialed. The EMS dispatcher did not know about this call until 4 minutes after it was placed. It seemed as if they did not take their job seriously at all, considering that no one was sitting at their computer to notice the call. It wasn’t until after 4 minutes that someone returned to their desk to notice that a little girl’s life was in jeopardy. 8 minutes later, an ambulance arrived at the scene to find her dead, and her grandmother injured. In order to avoid getting reprimanded, a fire commissioner by the name of Sal Cassano portrays it as “human error.” He stated that, “They just failed to read the screen” and “We’ll deal with that in ways of a person should not get up until they’re relieved properly. The screen should never be left unread because these are life-saving calls.” He basically made it clear that the 911 system are not to blame for. Even though, those behind the computer desk, working for their services, could not be productive without the team working together. It just doesn’t add up. Statistics show that there is 12.5% of patients who experienced a handover delay of 30-60 minutes and a 5% delay of over an hour. Not to mention, patients in major cities were more likely to experience delays than those in other areas, and patients under 16 years were more likely to experience delays than those over than 60 years of age. These same problems occur in California also. It happened to my little brother. According to one other article, it states that more than one in three ambulances exceed the 30-minute recommendation in Fresno and when ambulance staff are delayed, it causes a ripple effect, making matters worse. When will they begin to take their jobs seriously?

http: http://www.wnyc.org/story/human-error-blamed-911-delay///www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23039294

http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/02/15/3773014/emergency-services-nearly-paralyzed.html

Can You Beat the Odds?; Drug Abuse

The Block: Anthony

Anthony is a very strong-minded individual who is an indigenous resident of Australia. He grew up in a vey rugged, "ghetto", and small city by the name of Redfern. He has felt as if he was left out of the rest, in other words, against the odds. He has always had a passion for success and sports as if it was simply in his blood. You could look at the expression on his face and feel his sincerity as he stated, "Sport is all I knew, I had a big passion for it... I had a passion for success." His favorite memory was the grand opening of a gym in the middle of the city. Immediately, he adjusted to it and turned this gym into a novel, a monument, and inspiration for that particular community. According to Anthony, it's "the gym of blood, sweat, and tears...a sense of realness...that's what real champions are made of." He made it his priority to encourage youth to use the gym as a tool to better themselves and as a tool that is a necessity for success. Anthony became a famous boxer, as well as a  professional rugby player. As much as he tried to use his passion to make a change, there were so many intervals where peer pressure was close to getting the best of him. In this small neighborhood, drug abuse and crimes took a powerful toll on weak-minded individuals. Anthony understood that he had a purpose on Earth..to be successful, regardless the oppression he faces. Therefore, the last thing he did was fall for the drugs and the criminal mentality. He stated, "I didn't wanna be like that, I wanted to be like someone who they could look up to..someone that can inspire." He beat the odds. He is not merely a statistic no longer.
Research shows that drug addiction is an actual disease.It is so uncommon to get around being forced into a negative way of living. You have to know yourself and be assertive about what goals you want to achieve in life. Specifically in California, more than half of our communities are easily persuaded by negativity. For one to be able to move into a society and be a leader is highly uncommon. Peer pressure can tear your life apart if you don't set standards and aim to make change.. Anthony has made the best out of what was given to him in life.
http://science.jrank.org/pages/clo3384adw/Beating-Peer-Pressure-BEATING-PEER-PRESSURE.html
http://www.sbs.com.au/theblock/#
http://www.freshstart.net/south_central_outreach_center.html

Ill be back

Sucks to have pink eye ..epecially when u have a test coming up. Ill see u guys sunday when we check back in.

Police brutality is a very big problem in California. It's causing so many innocent young adults to lose their life, whether it's because of getting locked up for no logical reason, or simply being put at rest. There are so many obstacles teenagers face in life that plays a harsh role in making lives stressful for us. We need to realize that these kids they are taking the lives of could possibly have grown to become something no one else has before. We all have goals and ambitions in life but it's things like this in our society that forces us have a negative change of mind frame and misinterpret most important aspect of life...Education.