2008年5月4日星期日
Jounal of my final project
Although it seems impossible to finish 3000 words in a project, even though it can be every fun and meaningful, I decide to try my best to work on it in the next few weeks. In these days, I was stick to my lap top not because I needed to play games or chat but I needed to prepare my project. It is very interesting for me to study racism in American society because I am really involved in it. As an Asian minority, I am confused about the relationships between Black and White. In this weekend, I watched Crash for twice because it was a little hard to understand what it really tells about the conflicts among different races. Actually, I just wanted to find out the points of races in the movie, but I found out more about the movie itself. Crash can get the Oscar reward was not because of its box office but its quality and content. There are many Hollywood commercial movies today, but they rarely convey much useful information to us; generally speaking, they are superficial and materialistic. In Crash, we cannot find any stunts or dramatic love stories, what is inside is something simple but deep, it arouses us to self-question about the problems in the movie.
May 4
Ten things i am thankful for:
1.Finally, i took my two Sat subject tests~i am free from now on
2.I am glad that i have watched such wondelful vollyball games
3.Huffman was open on Saturday so that i could paly basketball with my friends,especially with the ones who are senior.
4.I am thankful for the quiet environment in Darlington that i can relax myself within it.
5.It is so nice that i found out around 50 wonderful songs.
6.It is great that i didn't have much homework this weekend so that i could watch all of the NBA playoff games.
7.it is great that i have been healthy for several months.
8.i am thankful for my grade so far even though it is not good enough because i didn't really study hard enough
9.It is great that there are soma many people care about me such as my friends,parents,teachers.
10.I am thankful for my dreams,which may never come true. It supports me to keep going on
1.Finally, i took my two Sat subject tests~i am free from now on
2.I am glad that i have watched such wondelful vollyball games
3.Huffman was open on Saturday so that i could paly basketball with my friends,especially with the ones who are senior.
4.I am thankful for the quiet environment in Darlington that i can relax myself within it.
5.It is so nice that i found out around 50 wonderful songs.
6.It is great that i didn't have much homework this weekend so that i could watch all of the NBA playoff games.
7.it is great that i have been healthy for several months.
8.i am thankful for my grade so far even though it is not good enough because i didn't really study hard enough
9.It is great that there are soma many people care about me such as my friends,parents,teachers.
10.I am thankful for my dreams,which may never come true. It supports me to keep going on
2008年4月23日星期三
Apr 22
Abstract
Race problem in America – especially between black and other races
In this project, I am going to discuss an ever-lasting problem-race. First, I will analysis Crash in order to get to the complexity and contradiction between different races. In the meantime, I will use some lasting, critical articles about races to foreshadow for my next discussion.
The reason I choose this topic is that it is a controversy in not only U.S but the whole world. United States is the largest immigrants import country in the world; it has its own severe problems because of the traditional view and modern influences. Trace back to American history, African American, originated from Africa and served as slavery in U.S for a longtime, was discriminated and segregated always. Even after the Declaration of Emancipation, white’s view of them did not change at all. After several large protest and legislative progress, although their status increased, white man’s view of them is still deep-rooted. Nowadays, the racism seem have changed to another phrase. Although white man always advocates equality of all races, in real, they still think they are superior to others; on the other hand, black people look down to Asians as well as being discriminated by white. As to express their resentment, black people invents a special gene of music—Rap. It is not surprising that you can find the lyrics are full of negative information such as sex, drug, violence, and racism. For me, it is the best way to approach their views of the American society.
Race problem in America – especially between black and other races
In this project, I am going to discuss an ever-lasting problem-race. First, I will analysis Crash in order to get to the complexity and contradiction between different races. In the meantime, I will use some lasting, critical articles about races to foreshadow for my next discussion.
The reason I choose this topic is that it is a controversy in not only U.S but the whole world. United States is the largest immigrants import country in the world; it has its own severe problems because of the traditional view and modern influences. Trace back to American history, African American, originated from Africa and served as slavery in U.S for a longtime, was discriminated and segregated always. Even after the Declaration of Emancipation, white’s view of them did not change at all. After several large protest and legislative progress, although their status increased, white man’s view of them is still deep-rooted. Nowadays, the racism seem have changed to another phrase. Although white man always advocates equality of all races, in real, they still think they are superior to others; on the other hand, black people look down to Asians as well as being discriminated by white. As to express their resentment, black people invents a special gene of music—Rap. It is not surprising that you can find the lyrics are full of negative information such as sex, drug, violence, and racism. For me, it is the best way to approach their views of the American society.
2008年2月24日星期日
feb 25
Is there prejudice in your own country? What can this film teach us about race in your own country? Are there universal issues present in this film?
Of course there is prejudice in my own country. For example, China is uncertainly divided into areas: North and South. Northerners are commonly taller and stronger than Southerners. However, Southerners are smarter and richer than Northerners. So, there are some conflicts between them because some of them don’t respect each other. In this movie, almost no people admit that they are racist; that is the same in China. In our daily life, we don’t admit we are racist, either. However, if there is conflict between us, we will think that they are bad because they are born in North. That is the same in America too. Most of the American who are racist don’t say they racist vocally, but actually they are.
On the other hand, to a racist, race represents a person’s personality. When Mookie’s sister talks with Sal happily and Sal is so welcome to her, Mookie drags her out of the place and told her angrily not to talk to Sal any more. Even though Sal was not trying to advance to her, he was trying to show his love to his sister for Mookie. The reason why he gets mad is possibly that he thinks the reason that all the whites wants woman, especially black women, is just desired for the sex or just play them for a while. Certainly, it happens in China. Some factories reject to employ people from specific provinces in the post because they have encountered such bad cases. All of these three points are universal in the world I believe.
In conclusion, the movie tells us what to do. We can’t use violence action to reply racism. The only solution is that we should understand each other so that we can tolerate each other. We’d better control ourselves by logic but not emotion.
Of course there is prejudice in my own country. For example, China is uncertainly divided into areas: North and South. Northerners are commonly taller and stronger than Southerners. However, Southerners are smarter and richer than Northerners. So, there are some conflicts between them because some of them don’t respect each other. In this movie, almost no people admit that they are racist; that is the same in China. In our daily life, we don’t admit we are racist, either. However, if there is conflict between us, we will think that they are bad because they are born in North. That is the same in America too. Most of the American who are racist don’t say they racist vocally, but actually they are.
On the other hand, to a racist, race represents a person’s personality. When Mookie’s sister talks with Sal happily and Sal is so welcome to her, Mookie drags her out of the place and told her angrily not to talk to Sal any more. Even though Sal was not trying to advance to her, he was trying to show his love to his sister for Mookie. The reason why he gets mad is possibly that he thinks the reason that all the whites wants woman, especially black women, is just desired for the sex or just play them for a while. Certainly, it happens in China. Some factories reject to employ people from specific provinces in the post because they have encountered such bad cases. All of these three points are universal in the world I believe.
In conclusion, the movie tells us what to do. We can’t use violence action to reply racism. The only solution is that we should understand each other so that we can tolerate each other. We’d better control ourselves by logic but not emotion.
2008年2月20日星期三
Feb 20
1. What purpose does money serve in the film?
2. Who is the hero of the film?
3. What is the moral of the story?
1. Money can be seen as the key of the whole movie. At the beginning, Sal gives money to Mayor generously. More important, Bugging’ out spends two dollars on his pizza but asked for so much sauce without permission. After Sal refuses it, he starts his plan about asking people to boycott Sal's. Because of this reason, Sal's pizzeria gets burnt and caused Radio Raheam's death. As the guy who threw the garbage bin to the window and caused people to destroy Sal's place, Mookie dares to go back to Sal and asks for his salary. In their conversation, money is the key word. Sal cramps out his money and throw it to Mookie in order to insult him. Sal tells Mookie he is a rich at that time with his salary, which is two times as it should be. That 250 bucks serves as a weapon to insult the black people. As well as a tool to express Sal's sorrow about his place that he has worked for years.
2. Obviously, the only hero in this movie is Mayor. Although, apparently, he is always
drunk and hangs out in the street without purpose. Sometimes, he is rude to others due to his drunkenness. However, in the movie, only he does the right thing most of the time. As one of the oldest man in the community, he says hello and respect everybody. He always calls others doctor even he/she is a child. For example, when he goes across the road, mother sister scolds him for his looking at her. He replies as gently as his clothes are. Another example is that although the black people insult him as a poor, homeless, and drunken old man, he speaks for himself sincerely and politely although he is a little bit angry. With what the black people say, he seems to a useless people, but he saved a child life bravely without thinking. Even if he can't get the understanding and gratefulness from the child's mother, he is still peaceful. At the end of the movie, as a black people, he stands for Sal's and asks people not to be violent because Radio Raheam's death is not Sal's fault. However, he can't change the situation, and he can only comfort mother sister as a man.
3.The moral of the movie is that we must do the right thing. The movie is full of unreasonable actions. On the one hand, these actions are always about violence, hatefulness, and vocal aggression. Malcolm, who is in the smilely's photo, advocates that violence is a means of defense. As the movie shown us, the black people arise after Radio Raheam dies. However, they destroy Sal’ place, which is not responsible for his death. On the other hand, the reasonable actions are about love and understanding. For example, Mayor doesn’t get mad at the black people and Mookie’s sister goes to Sal’s and has a good time with him. Although Mookie gets mad at her, she still speaks for Sal. In addition to this, his sister always tells him to take the responsibility for him family too. We should remember Mather Luther King Junior is also in smilely’s last photo. In conclusion, that is what Spike Lee what to tell us: We should make sure what is the right thing to do. We can’t use violence to fight for our right arbitrarily, although non-violence may not work either
2. Who is the hero of the film?
3. What is the moral of the story?
1. Money can be seen as the key of the whole movie. At the beginning, Sal gives money to Mayor generously. More important, Bugging’ out spends two dollars on his pizza but asked for so much sauce without permission. After Sal refuses it, he starts his plan about asking people to boycott Sal's. Because of this reason, Sal's pizzeria gets burnt and caused Radio Raheam's death. As the guy who threw the garbage bin to the window and caused people to destroy Sal's place, Mookie dares to go back to Sal and asks for his salary. In their conversation, money is the key word. Sal cramps out his money and throw it to Mookie in order to insult him. Sal tells Mookie he is a rich at that time with his salary, which is two times as it should be. That 250 bucks serves as a weapon to insult the black people. As well as a tool to express Sal's sorrow about his place that he has worked for years.
2. Obviously, the only hero in this movie is Mayor. Although, apparently, he is always
drunk and hangs out in the street without purpose. Sometimes, he is rude to others due to his drunkenness. However, in the movie, only he does the right thing most of the time. As one of the oldest man in the community, he says hello and respect everybody. He always calls others doctor even he/she is a child. For example, when he goes across the road, mother sister scolds him for his looking at her. He replies as gently as his clothes are. Another example is that although the black people insult him as a poor, homeless, and drunken old man, he speaks for himself sincerely and politely although he is a little bit angry. With what the black people say, he seems to a useless people, but he saved a child life bravely without thinking. Even if he can't get the understanding and gratefulness from the child's mother, he is still peaceful. At the end of the movie, as a black people, he stands for Sal's and asks people not to be violent because Radio Raheam's death is not Sal's fault. However, he can't change the situation, and he can only comfort mother sister as a man.
3.The moral of the movie is that we must do the right thing. The movie is full of unreasonable actions. On the one hand, these actions are always about violence, hatefulness, and vocal aggression. Malcolm, who is in the smilely's photo, advocates that violence is a means of defense. As the movie shown us, the black people arise after Radio Raheam dies. However, they destroy Sal’ place, which is not responsible for his death. On the other hand, the reasonable actions are about love and understanding. For example, Mayor doesn’t get mad at the black people and Mookie’s sister goes to Sal’s and has a good time with him. Although Mookie gets mad at her, she still speaks for Sal. In addition to this, his sister always tells him to take the responsibility for him family too. We should remember Mather Luther King Junior is also in smilely’s last photo. In conclusion, that is what Spike Lee what to tell us: We should make sure what is the right thing to do. We can’t use violence to fight for our right arbitrarily, although non-violence may not work either
feb 20
Review of “Do The Right Thing”
Maybe many people have the same thought as me. After watched “Do The Right Thing”, the first word comes to me is “racism”. This movie mainly reviews that relationship between immigration and American. Unexpectedly, there is not so much about violence but vocal cursing.
Mookie, one of the main characters in the movie, works as a delivery in an Italian American’s Pizzeria. It is against the black people culture or is a shame to work for the white, especially in Brooklyn. In the movie, conflicts exist between Mookie and Sal’s family. In fact, I don’t think Mookie is a racist. Actually, he tried to maintain good in Sal’s business; for example, he is good at delivering pizza; in some parts, he tried to keep the troublemakers away but not ally with them. In the one hand, he often argues with Pino about racism, but he is just protecting his race. On the other hand, in the last view of the movie, he threw the garbage bin to break the window and still asked for his salary in the next day. Is it what a non-racist will do?
Actually, it is really hard to judge if the people who are in the movie racist or not. For example, when bugging’ out asks the four black people to boycott Sal, to my surprise, they laugh at him and say they like it very much. Obviously, they are in the same color, shouldn’t they are in the same side? Moreover, no one in the community agree with him. Do they just not want to give an adventure for that or are really peaceful people? I don’t think so. In the last view, all of the black people attacks the Sal’s place and yelled at the cops for Radio Raheam’s death. In fact, I don’t think they are against the Sal’s. Sal’s is just a tool that let the black people to express their anger that has been confined for a long time. We can conclude that from they don’t attack the Korean store. As we know, Radio Raheam doesn’t have many friends, but when he dies, every person provokes. In the community, the White’s and southern Americans restrain most of the black people. They don’t respect each other although they are in a relatively non-violence environment for a time.
In conclusion, this movie, as the same tells us that the director’s goal is to ask people to do the right thing. Unreasonable actions happen almost everywhere in the movie, and there are some key words about the reasonable actions: responsibility, peace, and love.
Maybe many people have the same thought as me. After watched “Do The Right Thing”, the first word comes to me is “racism”. This movie mainly reviews that relationship between immigration and American. Unexpectedly, there is not so much about violence but vocal cursing.
Mookie, one of the main characters in the movie, works as a delivery in an Italian American’s Pizzeria. It is against the black people culture or is a shame to work for the white, especially in Brooklyn. In the movie, conflicts exist between Mookie and Sal’s family. In fact, I don’t think Mookie is a racist. Actually, he tried to maintain good in Sal’s business; for example, he is good at delivering pizza; in some parts, he tried to keep the troublemakers away but not ally with them. In the one hand, he often argues with Pino about racism, but he is just protecting his race. On the other hand, in the last view of the movie, he threw the garbage bin to break the window and still asked for his salary in the next day. Is it what a non-racist will do?
Actually, it is really hard to judge if the people who are in the movie racist or not. For example, when bugging’ out asks the four black people to boycott Sal, to my surprise, they laugh at him and say they like it very much. Obviously, they are in the same color, shouldn’t they are in the same side? Moreover, no one in the community agree with him. Do they just not want to give an adventure for that or are really peaceful people? I don’t think so. In the last view, all of the black people attacks the Sal’s place and yelled at the cops for Radio Raheam’s death. In fact, I don’t think they are against the Sal’s. Sal’s is just a tool that let the black people to express their anger that has been confined for a long time. We can conclude that from they don’t attack the Korean store. As we know, Radio Raheam doesn’t have many friends, but when he dies, every person provokes. In the community, the White’s and southern Americans restrain most of the black people. They don’t respect each other although they are in a relatively non-violence environment for a time.
In conclusion, this movie, as the same tells us that the director’s goal is to ask people to do the right thing. Unreasonable actions happen almost everywhere in the movie, and there are some key words about the reasonable actions: responsibility, peace, and love.
2008年2月17日星期日
Feb 18
Statements
1. Although there are many arguments in the pizza owner’s family, they still love each other. It implies how the family runs when they are in conflict.
2. In the movie, the majority of blacks are not united together. Maybe that is why others do not respect them.
3. The movie reviews some interesting points, although both of the Korean and Italian come are immigration, the people in that society seem to like Italian more than the silent Asian.
4. Commonly, the black family can’t find their happiness because they are lack of money and respect.
5. Spike Lee wants to tell us that racism is still a big problem in American society. There are many conversations in the movie about racism.
6. Considerable black people are not responsible for their own lives for they don’t want to work and always kill time together.
7. There are some people still isolate themselves by different means such as Radio Raheam. He always walks with his turned on radio and ignores others’ complain.
8. In the movie, the specific community represents the poor, violence, and hopeless because of their miserable lives.
9. People always live in conflict. For example, although Sal’s son hates living in that place, he doesn’t have a choice because of the reality of life.
10. Every person has their own respectful people and protects them even if it may be improper in some time.
1. Although there are many arguments in the pizza owner’s family, they still love each other. It implies how the family runs when they are in conflict.
2. In the movie, the majority of blacks are not united together. Maybe that is why others do not respect them.
3. The movie reviews some interesting points, although both of the Korean and Italian come are immigration, the people in that society seem to like Italian more than the silent Asian.
4. Commonly, the black family can’t find their happiness because they are lack of money and respect.
5. Spike Lee wants to tell us that racism is still a big problem in American society. There are many conversations in the movie about racism.
6. Considerable black people are not responsible for their own lives for they don’t want to work and always kill time together.
7. There are some people still isolate themselves by different means such as Radio Raheam. He always walks with his turned on radio and ignores others’ complain.
8. In the movie, the specific community represents the poor, violence, and hopeless because of their miserable lives.
9. People always live in conflict. For example, although Sal’s son hates living in that place, he doesn’t have a choice because of the reality of life.
10. Every person has their own respectful people and protects them even if it may be improper in some time.
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