author's note

racism hurts. no matter who its coming from. it makes you very self conscious about yourself and where you're from. even if you try not to show it, it hurts internally. even those little 'just kidding' or 'no offense' comments make you feel strange, different, an outsider. at least that is what it makes me feel.


racism is when you judge someone because of what they look like, where they are from, or even what religion they are.
the civil rights act of 1964 banned discrimination in all public places because of race, color, religion or national origin. But still, some places preferred to close down, instead of serving their white and black costumers equally, and also legally.
everyone knows thatparents have a big influence on their kids. the kids adopt the ways of the parents, their features, but also, their actions. if a parent is racist, it is most likely that their children will also be racist. for example, in australia they have an anonymous phone service that allows children to call anonymously and express themselves about racism. one in particular caught my attantion:

“Male caller (13) is constantly bullied about his Aboriginal background. His brother is also harassed. The students involved have been asked to stop, have been suspended and their parents consulted. However, the parents also harass Aboriginal people.” – www.racismnoway.com.au/library/understanding

i believe that parents should think about what they are going to do or say in front of their children because; if you don't like it when someone is racist against you, then you shouldn't be racist towards anybody else.

november reading challenge

this book shows the issue of poverty. it really made me think about what i have, and what i need. this book really touched me because it also made me think about all of those kids living in extreme poverty. this book made me think about that because of the main character. frank, and his dad and his brothers. it was so sad and i strongly recommend it to any one who hasn't read it yet.

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this book is about how, a girl, Sun-Hee, and her brother Tae-Yul, and how they're stuck in a war because the Japanese took over Korea. Since They live in Korea, the Japanese are constantly going and taking their things such as; their rice, their warm coats in the winter, their jewelry, and their sons so that they can help japan in the war.

this book demonstrates many social action issues such as; racism, sexism and others too. but one that really caught my eye was sexism. there were problems in the house hold, and the men had to discuss matters privately. the women never got to know anything. and it also shows that there were a lot of people that think that men are the superior sex.

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(fyi; ms galang, this was accidentally as a draft all this time