Political Discourse
Friday, May 8, 2015
UK Election
I had predicted a Conservative victory and was delighted by the results. Labour spends too much when they come into power. The Conservatives know that reckless spending leads to debt and a weak country. Cameron is a great leader, he speaks of being the inclusive party. Fielding 56 minority candidates vs labour's 52. Cutting unnecessary spending, promoting a strong business culture and reducing regulations are values that I want my birth country to uphold. Liberals like to label anyone who does not agree with them as selfish and racist. But isn't living a lifetime on welfare, selfish? Or keeping your voting base reliant on your handouts instead of promoting them to self sufficiency, selfish?
Monday, April 20, 2015
Race in America
In the current age we are much more aware of race relations than we have ever been. Topics such , white privilege are widely discussed. I am offended by the mention of this acceptance of a possible privilege one group may be perceived to have over others. I don't believe in this hierarchy. I belong to a model minority.
The Indian community is the most wealthy and educated community in the United States. Holding higher percentages of people with college degrees as compared to other communities and the highest yearly income. In my high school history class we took a survey, answered questions such as "are there people of you ethnicity in management roles when you go to a store?" or "have you been stopped by the police because of your race?" for each answer you either lost a point or gained one and at the end we stood in a line. The higher the number the more privileged you were. I was in the first place in a class of over 30. The teacher was surprised because of my apparent non-white appearance and questioned if I had answered correctly. I had and was confused why I would be doubted by him. However, in my Indian Diaspora class at UCSC we took the same survey and all the Indian student were at the front of the privilege line and the whites were behind. So do Indian have an Indian privilege? Perhaps so.
In my senior seminar class, when race is brought up and how people of color are perceived to be mistreated I am in a state of confusion. Am I a person of color? I don't have the same struggles as Latinos and Blacks. I have brown skin, will I be misidentified by the police. I would hope not. Indians are not seen as dangerous. But with threat of terrorism, I can easily be targeted as a look-alike middle easterner. But is that everyday dangerous or just airport dangerous because even middle easterners are perceived to be more wealthy and not as low income and thuggish and criminal as are blacks and latinos. Even though whites in fact did steal much more than either group and are responsible for many genocides by their settler colonization. I was taught to see everyone as dangerous. So don't really have a real issue with race but no trust for any human except for my family. I will be honest and say I have some stereotypes of whites, such as kicking their kids out of their homes at 18, and not washing hands after peeing, or properly cleaning your butt with water after going number two but I can live without these privileges. I prefer my own.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Is oral sex cannibalism?
Today while I was searching is oral sex murder I came up on a google image which said "if abortion is murder then oral sex is cannibalism." The image was suggestive containing female lips which, were smothered with red lipstick and a white substance over them representing sperm. Hmm oral sex is murder because women may swallow sperm? That's ridiculous. There is a difference between a fertilized egg which is a going to form to become a human and a part of the recipe that will be used in the process of baby making. That is like saying if you eat flour you are a cake, yes if the flour is mixed with the other ingredients you are more likely to eat cake after it had been in the oven or in baby makings case the womb but flour alone will not make you a cake eating individual.
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