Sorting People

Playing the race sorting game was very interesting to say the least. I thought just by looking at someone nine times out of ten you could tell what his or her race is and after playing that game I see that is not the case. I got 10 people out of the 20 people that were featured (I have to count the boxes again, but I think it was 20 people) and out of the 20 I got 1 white, 2 Latin, 3 Black, 4 Asians, and 0 American Indians. I knew I messed up on one person and I couldn't change my answer, but that's OK. After my results were calculated the following quote was said "Appearance doesn't always tell you about someones ancestry or self density" and that couldn't ring anymore true. This made me recall something that happen to me once in the Orland Park mall I had to be 8 or 10 at the time and was looking for my mom while walking a little girl who had to be 5 or younger was walking with her dad and when she saw me she ask her dad why did I look different ( I guess she never saw a person of a different race before) and the dad said that everyone looks different and I just smiled when he said that because he was right. I cannot stand when people are judge by his or her color and because or how society portrays certain races we tend to believe that's how all races are I really hope that this view point of race can change especially now because this country might be on the verge of having it's first Mixed race president in Barack Obama who is half black and half white we will just have to wait and see the answer to that in just a few short days, but back to the race game it was fun to see how I did I just wonder why I got all of the Asians right and not my own race that I have to do research on. until the next time.....

The Warrior
A. Turner

The Most Violent Movie of the Year?

Notes from the Underground is a movie about a man who may (or may not) have an illness before this man dies he wants to tell the world his story even though his story has to deal with being depressed, trying to find one's self, and ultimately helping others. I think this was a great film because it had a good mix of comedy and hard hitting reality. After reading the review from Box Office Magazine I have to say the person agrees with me with the comedy part, but the author goes by saying that this is the most violent movie of the year (well it was out a few years ago, but I think you get the idea) I have to so I don't think so. "Nothing is as violent as the violence of the mind" that's a quote from the person who wrote this I have to say that is not true every person in the would will have or has had a violent thought run through his or her mind that's normal were humans and it's a survival thing we might think violently, but that does not mean we will do violent things even thought the are expectations to my point I call my self a "warrior, but that doesn't mean I'm going around with a sword or ninja weapons beating up people. The main character in this movie did have violent thoughts, but he never did anything violent at least to some guys he was not violent to say this is a violent movie is a bunch of bull because there are way more violent thing out in the world like some of these video games that have you beating some one to death with a pipe or killing cops. If we could censor that I bet that crime among youth would go down, but that is a different topic for another day. Being spiteful is another thing that the main character goes through even when he helping a person who is going through the same thing he his he hurts her and if you didn't see the movie I will not spoil it for you but back to my point having a little spite is OK it might make you be a jerk to some people, but in order to get someone to stop making noise in order to study or to calm a person down you need to show a little tough love I do this all the time and it always works (it probably will not anymore because I said it does all the time) I think that the underground man was spiteful, but if he didn't have that the movie would have lost it's meaning so next time Mr. Movie review person if you think a movie is too violent because a person is sharing his true feelings then you need to look up what the world violent means in the dictionary until the next time...

The Warrior
A. Turner

Alienation

Alienation, a world that means (according to answers.com) "The wrongful or injurious act of interfering with an affectionate relationship so that one person loses affection of the other." In other words talking about or humiliating a person so badly that the person will take that anger out on a loved one. Every one has been or will be alienated through out a person's life time it's as normal as breathing, but it doesn't have to get you down some people use it as fuel to a burning desire to prove a point others will try to get revenge on the person who alienated them or in the case of Jackson Pollock and Arther Robins make art out of it. See that picture with the black and white on it? that is called Number 1 by Jackson Pollock some would not consider this art because to be honest a kid in kindergarten can do that, but to me this picture is showing how the world really in black and white what I mean by that is the world is without direction too much "It's all about me" kind of attitude we as human beings argue over the most dumbest things and I think this picture personify that the world is truly a gray place you have a certain type of group on one side of the world and a totally different group on the other side. In my opinion the only time that all nations and people united is when something fun like the Olympics happen or when something bad like a supernatural event like a devastating earthquake etc happens and that is sad. We are the most dominating species on this planet and if we can become truly united not just this country but all nations then nothing can get in our way and the useless things like poverty, wars, and alienation could stop, but in order for that to happen every person on this planet has to be open minded and that is another challenge in it's self. Until the next time....

The Warrior

Anthony Turner

P.S. I hope the Red Sox crush the Rays since my White Sox are out :(