ABC News

In class we watched the ABC news, on of the stories that would be considered "real" news was when they talked about trained terrorist sneaking into the U.S as refuges. It talked about how they had already killed American soldiers and how the system had failed by letting them into the U.S. The government put a 6 month suspension on the refugee program in order to make sure no more mistakes were made and they also hammered down on better background checks. This news would be something real because it could affect many people and holds as a serious threat to thousands of people because they can't determine how many terrorists entered the U.S and also there were two that moved into a nice neighbourhood and nobody knew that they were such a danger.

The story that could be as "meaningless" news was when they talked about John F Kennedy's plane. Although he was a very important man and someone who will be remembered for years, the story was very much pointless. They were showing you the plane and talking about what happened on the day that he got killed. The reporter was getting a tour around the plane and spoke about how the crew on board refused to put his dead body down in the cargo hold and how after that day, 7 other presidents used the plane. This could be seen as meaningless news because its something that occurred years ago and doesn't really affect anyone. Also there have been many programs on TV that would let people know such information, as well as many presidents after him.

Millennials

In class we talked about the different generations and how major things would usually hold a generation together. The millennial generation isn't really known for no major event that binds them together. When I think of millennial I think of the movie "Knocked up". The man who got the woman pregnant had the characteristics associated with a millennial generation person. He was someone who was very lazy and didn't take charge or take situations serious. He was still acting like a child and was forced to grow up, he wouldn't take responsibility for his actions and was very much care free smoking weed with friends and just hanging out. He did eventually rise to the occasion and do what he had to do.

Technology is also a main component associated with the millennial generation. It holds them together, because how fast technology is advancing and its people of my generation that will continue to take it to the next level. Although technology can be a good and bad thing for the reasons it has made my generation lazy and gave them easy access to the main sites they like to visit such as facebook and twitter. When I think of my generation I think of how stuck people are on these social networks and how they use them everyday. How people are so into their phones always texting and talking and how they always want the latest thing out. The good thing is the advancement of technology could take people to a whole other level and it keeps people connected.

"Reality" Televison

In class we read "What happens when people stop being polite" by Chuck Kloserman. Klosterman made the point that people start acting like archetypes they see on TV. He was talking about The Real World TV show and how all the people on there are different and have different personalities but on the show they have a type they are supposed to represent. How if a person is black, everything they do or say on the show surrounds their race and how it is always brought up. As well as if a person is homosexual then they would always talk about that and that's what they would focus on. He was also trying to make the point that people would begin to act like those they seen on TV.

I don't think this is a very strong argument, we don't know them people on TV and although some of us might feel we have things in common with them, that doesn't mean we will begin to act like them or even do everything they are doing. I feel that we would never really know how the people act in "real life" because reality TV doesn't define who they are or show who they really are. With the way television manipulates its audience into believing that something is occurring when its not and cutting and pasting different sections of the day, we will never really know what is real or fake within reality TV. Although I could agree with him when he was making the point how the people who would be the next cast members would act like the ones that was on there before, but I think thats all it is... acting.

Accidental Racist

The song "Accidental Racist" is by a country singer Brad Paisley and it features a rapper LL Cool J. A huge deal was made about this song because of the message behind it and the words they used. Many people didn't like the song mainly because they felt like racism was so many years ago so why is it still being brought up today and why do all whites feel they are labeled as racist and all blacks "ghetto".

It may have been a shock for many people that a country singer and a rap artist would join up and make a song seeing as the genre of music they are in are supposed to have a completely different message. In class we talked about how country singers lyrics are easy to understand, talk about love and tell a story. While rap artists music is supposed to be violent, talk about money and all things being negative. This song has a different message depending on the person who is listening to it though.

Me myself personally don't see anything wrong with the song overall. Although I don't agree with how they stereotyped both groups of people though. LL Cool J talked about wearing gold chains and being from the hood. Not all black people are from the hood nor do they wear gold chains. Many people from different cultural backgrounds can be born in the hood and wear gold chains. I agree with the part of the song when they say "Our generation didn’t start this nation. And we’re still paying for mistakes. That a bunch of folks made long before we came". This is much very true, many of us wasn't born during the time racism was legally okay but people are still fighting to prove they're not racist or that they have been done so wrong.Racism is a very touchy subject for a lot of people but from experiences I've had in my past and to this day, I know for sure racism still does exist whether people want to talk about it or not. The song just brought it to light and let people know that many of us black or white are still paying for something we had no control over nor any part in.