Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Social Awareness Media and News Immersion

Social Awareness: Media and News # 1:         

          On Friday October 22nd 2010, Lindsay Lohan is once again on drugs. She was tested and her results came back positive. At the Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Elden S. Fox decided that she will be sent to jail after she was positive for cocaine. It was her 5th appearance since May. She was sent to jail a month ago but, another Judge took her out on her 300,000 dollar bail, and volunteered to check herself into rehab 3 days later. She tweeted on Twitter:
"Substance abuse is a disease, which unfortunately doesn't go away over night," she tweeted. "I am working hard to overcome it and am taking positive steps."
(Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/10/22/2010-10-22_lindsay_lohan_due_in_court_judge_to_decide_if_she_goes_to_rehab_or_jail_.html#ixzz13IMNKZdc)

            Also on Friday October 22nd, at the Beverly Hills Courthouse, Judge Elden S. Fox decided that Lindsay Lohan would be spending her New Years in Betty Ford Center, a rehab center until January 3rd.
He said this to Lindsay:
"You are an addict," the judge told Lohan. "I hope you understand that."
(Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/10/22/2010-10-22_lindsay_lohan_in_court.html#ixzz13IP6AJAL)

           This is a Social Awareness problem because drugs are terrible. They can destroy a person both inside and out. They harm you physically and mentally. When someone on drugs they may not take care of themselves physically, have poor hygiene, and their health will go bad. Most drug addicts have legal problems, and may suffer from depression.



Social Awareness: Media and News # 2:
           
            On Saturday October 23rd, 2010 in a local Manhattan diner (Good Stuff Diner), there was a shooting. A man named Corey Scott, who was 28 passed away during the shooting. This shooting was around 4:45 a.m., and happened because of an argument. A worker from 7-Eleven state this:

Raj Gobal was working at the 7-Eleven next door when the early morning calm was shattered by the shots. "A woman ran in screaming, 'I need the phone, someone's been shot!'" said Gobal, 42. "I saw people run out and there was panic outside."

(Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/10/23/2010-10-23_shootout_at_manhattan_diner_leaves_one_man_dead_as_argument_between_two_groups_g.html#ixzz13aorHxu5)


            This is a Social Awareness issue because it is sad that sometimes that some people pass because of another person’s actions. It is also sad because of the fact that some people are dangerous, or don’t want to be messed with, and soon violence comes imbetween one person and another. I feel that violence is a Social Awareness issue because it is not the way to deal with problems, and with problems there are always consequences.


Social Awareness: Media and News # 3:         

            On Sunday October 24th, in New Hampshire, on of it’s biggest newspapers rejected a gay marriage. This makes no sense because New Hampshire is one of the 5 states in the United States that recognize gay marriage. The publisher told the press that the paper is not anti-gay, but that marriage should be reserved for a man and a woman.
It is also said that the Union Leader has opposed the states legalization of gay marriage.

            This is a Social Awareness issue because the Union Leader is not showing equality. It is not right the way some people are treated, just because of their sexuality.
Everyone should be treated equal and it is wrong that he opposes gay marriage, especially when he lives and supports a state that approves of it.

Social Awareness: Media and News # 4:

            On Monday October 25th, 2010, a man states the he was dragged through the streets of SoHo, for asking a cab driver if he could take him to Brooklyn. This man was Jerrell Horton. He claims that he was entering the cab when he said to the driver ‘Take me to Brooklyn.’
      
"I was getting in when he hit the gas and my jacket got caught in the door," he said yesterday. "I was screaming at him to stop, but he would not stop. I struggled and struggled until I finally pulled free."

He also stated that he was dragged for at least a block, before he finally broke free form the cab. He got scrapes, and bruises on his forehead, the back of his head, and his knee.
Jerrell Horton felt that this is racial profiling, since he is a black man.

 “This is racial profiling and it's sickening. It's ridiculous trying to find a cab that will take you where you want to go if you're a black man."


            This is a Social Awareness issue because this is racial discrimination. We are all equal people, and no one deserves to be treated any different, from any one else. Everyone should be treated equally and live in peace, not having to worry about someone else, which doesn’t like them, or even wants to hurt them. It isn’t right how some people are treated and everyone should treat other people the way they would want to be treated.

Social Awareness: Media News # 5:

            On Tuesday October 26th, 2010, a woman was stomped on the head. This woman was 23 year old Lauren Valle. She came from a tea party, when some men chased her.

"They tried to grab me and chased me around Rand Paul's car," she said of the politician's supporters. "And once I'm in front of the car, they take me down…I remembered someone stomping my head in the ground."

            While this man was stomping on her head, she was being recorded. On the video, it showed that she tripped, after someone snatched a blonde wig off of her head. Then she was forced to the curb by a man, and after she was placed with her face down on the concrete, another man stomped on her head and shoulder. She placed both of her hands to cover her head. Later she was taken to the hospital, where the doctors told her suffered concussion.

"I think I saved myself from further injury," she said.


            This is a Social Awareness issue because it is an act of violence. It shows that some people feel that it is alright to hurt someone because of their mood, or even because they do not like that person. It is not right that the men did that to her mainly because it was un-called for.

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