Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Who Are You Online?

1. What do you think it means to be “real” or “fake”?

-to be real is like to be your self and not any one eles. fake means being some one your not and faking your personality.

2. Do you think it’s easier for people to be “fake” online than in real life? Why or why not?

-because they  can creat tyheir creauter how ever they want .if they wana be a girl they wont get made fun of bceause no one will know.and no one will get bullied on the internet.

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1. Ramon talks about how some people exaggerate or seem very different online than in person. How do you explain these differences between their online and in-person personas?

-on online people act diffretn they act tougher and like they can say whastever they want.

2. Are there risks for creating an online presence that is very different than the offline one? Are there benefits?
-yes their are alot of risk for creating an online account because you never know what someone could tell you.and i think their is no benifits.besides meeting new people.

3. What are other reasons why people might feel they can act in ways online that they wouldn’t act offline?
-because they have no one to tell them they are doing something wrong.

REVIEW the Key Vocabulary words anonymous and inhibited...
4. Are there any benefits to being anonymous or being less inhibited online?
-yea because people wuld probebly think your creepy.and their is no benitits i think

5. Are there risks involved with being anonymous or less inhibited online?
-i think their is a big risk for being inhaibited because what if their is a sexual predetor .and its better for being anonymous

Thursday, October 20, 2011

How was the Rwandan genocide carried out?

1) How long did the Rwandan genocide last?
- one hundred days.

2) Approximately how many people were killed during this time?
- Nearly one million people were killed in this time.

3) What were the Interhamwe? What did this word mean?
- Civilian death squads called Interhamwe, or “those who fight together” had trained prior to the start of the genocide and were responsible for the largest massacres

4) What made the general Hutu civilians (the non-trained group) believe they had to kill Tutsis?
- Told that the Tutsis would destroy Rwanda and kill all of the Hutus, the Hutus were made to believe that they had to kill the Tutsis first

5) What happened to Hutus who refused to kill or protected Tutsis?
- Hutus who refused to kill or attempted to hide Tutsis were killed as well. The largest massacres occurred in areas where Tutsis had gathered together for protection, such as churches, schools, and abandoned UN posts.

6) What role did radio play in the genocide?
-Radio played an integral role in the genocide. A nation crazed with fear and desperation heard repeated broadcasts labeling the Tutsi as “cockroaches” and “devils.”

7) What role did the US play in this genocide? How do you think they should have responded?
-The United States, the only country in the world with the technical ability to jam this hate radio, refused, stating that it was too expensive and would be against people’s right to free speech

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

What are the origins of the Tutsi-Hutu conflict?

1. What percentage of the population do the Tutsis make up? The Hutus? Who owns the majority of the land?
-15 percent of the population, the Tutsis have long held most of the land in Rwanda.Hutus, making up 84 percent of the population

2. How did the Belgians show favor toward the Tutsis?
-they governtment and educatuion were only open to the tutsis.

3. Why were identification cards later used for? How is this connected to the Holocaust?
-to iddentify the ethneticy its connected beacuse the jews needed papers to se if theyr jewish

4. When did Hutus gain political power?
-Hutu parties gained control of the Rwandan government in 1959

5. Write two facts about the country of Rwanda.
-had land size of maryland, 8.4 million people in rawnda.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Rwanda Genocide

1. Describe the roles (jobs) between the Hutu and Tutsi group.
-Tutsis tended to be landowners and Hutus the people who worked the land

2. What effect did the European colonists have on them?
-Missionaries, too, came from Europe, bringing a new political twist: the church taught the Hutu to see themselves as oppressed, and so helped to inspire revolution

3. What is the RPF? What group created it?
- RPF rebels seized the moment and attacked: civil war began.
- the Rwandan Patriotic Front

4. When was the Rwandan president killed? What were Hutu civillians told to do as a result?
-On April 6 1994 -The Tutsis were accused of killing the president, and Hutu civilians were told, by radio and word of mouth, that it was their duty to wipe the Tutsis out.

5. What method was used to communicate the plan of genocide against the Tutsis?
-the plane carrying Rwanda's president was shot down, almost certainly the work of an extremist. This was the trigger needed for the Hutus' planned 'Final Solution' to go into operation.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Background to Hotel Rwanda

1) What are the two major groups in Rwanda?
- the Hutu and the Tutsi

2) What group is considered "superior?" Why?
-the Hutu

3) How was this group treated better?
-Tutsi people were slaughtered by the thousand.and the Hutu were not
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4) How long did the genocide last? How many people were killed during this time?
-54 years. 20,00

5) Define genocide.
-the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group", though what constitutes

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Gang Statistics

1) As of 2009, approximately how many active gang members are there in the US?
 One Million gang members in 2009

2) What percentage of gang members are under the age of 18?
Consider - why do you think this number is so high?

40% are juveniles (under 18),because the place where they live and their influences.

3) Out of the boys who have been in juvenille hall, what is the ratio of them that have some type of gang affiliation?
- 400,000 teenage gang

4) When female gang members are arrested, what are their crimes usually for?
- Their incarcerations tend to be for drug use, larceny, petty theft, status offenses or domestic issues fights with parents and runaway
5) What percentage of female gang members have been sexually abused?
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65%

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

It’s a dead end in MS-13

 Beginning of article

* One way ride
-joker wanted lucky to go with him to make some trouble. and lucky didnt want to do the drive by and he got killed by his own gang.

* Life is cheap
-most  MS 13 members have jobs and at night they culd do whatever they want. most people look at gang mebers and think they dont really have a job because they are a full time gangster but their wrong.

* A deadly dis
-life is a gamble being in ms 13. you will never kno when u are going to die or if ur own gang will pull a hit on u.

* No way out
-once your are in ms 13 u cant get out . u have to dedicate your hole life in the gang.