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Author Archives: Kin
Posts: 6 (archived below)
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Japanese Internment Camp
The video shown includes various propaganda messages to provoke fear in Americans. It is very important in giving an idea of how Americans reacted and view Japanese Americans at the time.
Parts of the video will be used in the film to provide original images of to further prove the accuracy of the film. The propaganda messages in the video will be used in the video to display how the government portrayed Japanese Americans.
The main and final message that would be conveyed in the movie is that America is a nation run by fear and through fear America do horrible acts on others.
Posted in 1941-1945, June 7 assignment
Tagged america, fear, Japanese Internment Camp, pearl harbor
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The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair
During the progressive era, Upton Sinclair’s novel had a tremendous impact on history. However, Foner briefly speaks of Sinclair in his book. Sinclair was a journalist for the muckrakers, in which the group of reporters investigate various social issues and publish their findings for the public.
Sinclair, in an effort to discover the issues of the meat packing industry, disguises himself as a worker. He later publishes his findings in “The Jungle,” in which he shows the various dangers of working in the meat packing factory. Some of the dangers people faced in working in the meat industry was the possibility of losing part of their hand eventually. For instance, losing your thumb from cutting meat products for an extended period of time or receiving various cut wounds were various types of common injury. Other dangers include contracting a disease from working in dirty/poorly circulated rooms and mutilations of the hand from various types of contact with toxic chemicals.
Other violations of the meat packing industry include food preparations, in which workers process food to cover up the smell of rotting food and mixing various waste parts of an animal. Due to Sinclair’s book, it has publicized the horrors and violations of working in the meat packing industry. This is important because is creates an awareness of the working conditions, which soon lead to laws regulating work conditions, the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.
The link below is an excerpt from the book “The Jungle.”
http://college.cengage.com/history/us/resources/students/primary/meat.htm
Below is a video giving a better idea of the working conditions Sinclair encountered at his time.
Posted in 1900-1916, June 28 assignment
Tagged 1906, drug act, journalist, meat packing industry, muckrakers, pure food act, The Jungle, Upton Sinclair, working conditions
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Freedom Rides
In 1961, the Congress of Racial Equality established the Freedom Rides, in which Civil rights activist rode buses and trains from the north to the south to protest against segregation on transportation. Protesters were attacked by violent mobs, in which the buses were bombed and the protesters were violently beaten. After the violent attacks, the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered buses and terminals to be desegregated.
Posted in Uncategorized
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1969- Gay Liberation
Before the formation of the gay rights organizations, gays and lesbians were viewed as having a mental disorder. In society, gays and lesbians were frowned upon and discriminated through harassment and laws prohibiting homosexual acts. With the formation of the first gay right organization in 1951, the Mattachine Society worked to convince that gays and lesbians were the same as the average Americans, except for their difference in sexual preferences.
In 1969, the “gay liberation” occurred, in which homosexuals resist and revolt against the police raiding a homosexual bar in Greenwich Village, New York City. The riot lasted for five days leading to the start of the movement, in which gays began to fight for their rights. Without the Mattachine Society, homosexuals might not have thought of themselves as normal/equal to everyone else, which in turn lead to their riot for their freedom. If the riot did not occur, we may still discriminate against homosexuals and impose unjust laws against them.
The video below displays the 2009 gay pride parade in New York City. The parade occurs every year and has become an international event. Through the actions of the organization and individuals fighting for what they believe in, it has changed our views on other and made understand/tolerate others differences.
Posted in 1960-1968, 1969-1988, June 14 assignment
Tagged 1969, discriminate, gay liberation, gay pride, homosexual. lesbian, mattachine society, New York City, rights, riot
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Dolly The Sheep
The video is from Discovery News in 1997, in which the video displays Dolly the sheep who became the first animal to be successfully cloned. The video goes further in to detail as to how the cloning process occurs and issues in stem cell.
This is a Important Historical moment because it is a drastic advancement in technology. However, the cloning raises issues in ethics, morals and religion.
Posted in 1989-2000, June 8 assignment
Tagged cloning, Dolly, ethics, morals, religion, sheep
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9/11 Lighting Ceremony
Since, the 9/11 attack in 2001, New York City has commemorated the victims, firemen and police officers who past away during the onset. The tribute lights are lite on September 11 every year since 2002, which was set to continue to 2008, however, in 2009 it has been comfirmed that the lighting ceremony has been extended through the tenth anniversary in 2011.
The image is important because it reminds us of the attack that occurred in 2001 and the obstacle we have overcome. It displays the strength of everyone cooperating together and helping each other in a time of need.
Posted in 2001-present, June 7 assignment
Tagged 2001, 9/11, lighting ceremony, New York City, tribute, Twin tower
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