Sunday, March 4, 2007

the "social injustice"

I was browsing for through my notebook for more, "essay-game" type of topics to write about. I wrote about this article written published in the UH newspaper regarding carnival. This article pretty much bashes our school and upholds all the stuck-up, spoiled, rich kids, rumors. It says that carnival makes the "poor poorer and the rich richer."

It definitely exposes the author's ignorance. I know I am probably biased, but this article was very upsetting. The author obviously has done little or no research. He has no idea where the money from carnival actually goes. He claims that it is not used to help anyone, but only to make the rich even richer, a false statement.

I hate being associated with this group because of all the stereotypes and generalizations. I mean, I definitely do NOT drive my own BMW and wear designer clothing. In one of the psycho-social classes I remember discussing if anyone had ever lied about going to our school; I definitely have, mostly because I don't like being called a stuck-up, spoiled ho. From what I can remember, most of the kids in the discussion had also lied. I'm not saying that I don't like going to the school that I do attend, because I am definitely glad that I have had the opportunity to have the education that I do, but I wish people weren't so ignorant and were a little more open-minded.

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