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Martin Loo: WOMAN FIRED FOR GIVING THE FINGER TO DONALD TRUMP
Politics is the type of situation to divide people and to feel anger towards certain high officials. I agree that her choice was not a suitable choice and it was a big effect on her job. But even I have to admit that many people would give the middle finger to someone who is furious at someone else. I also agree that her actions were unreasonable however it shouldn't have got her fired. Maybe a suspension would have been better in my opinion. I can also see how the President wouldn't really care much about this issue because he has more problems to worry about (Kim Jong Un and NAFTA). Overall I agree and respect your opinion. It is unreasonable to use the middle finger as a first action to show to political officials and people should think about what might happen if the action is made.
Christan Villarosa: Women's March
Women deserve the right to fight for their own rights. There are still problems in this world today where women are treated unfairly. I agree with your opinion on how Trump should not always have to take the blame. Yeah he did some very bad things during his time as President (mostly name calling on Twitter.) The one thing I don't get is the evidence towards Trump going against towards women. I watch the news almost everyday and the only thing I heard Donald Trump say was how he supported the Women's March and International Women's Day. Overall, I see there are many issues surrounding women that need to be changed, especially with sexual assault and harassment. However, I do not get how people are able to blame Trump for almost any issue that comes about.
Mitchell Ballesteros: The importance of choosing the right representative.
The Pepsi Ad was a big change for the company (mostly in a negative way). I feel that people shouldn't focus on Kendall Jenner too much but the many other people in the ad. Other than Jenner, the people in the ad show protests of peace and celebration. I can see what message Pepsi was trying to say but people took it the wrong way. I bet if there was a black person or a person of any other ethnicity other than white, this would have been a normal commercial with no problems. I like how people talk about profiling people through race and culture when people profiled Jenner as a white person with money and no experience of social injustice (like the stereotypical racist white person). Overall, people just make assumptions without really looking at something thoroughly and people tend to believe these assumptions and don't look at the perspective on their own.
Matthew Pontanilla: Costume Problems
Halloween is a holiday where we dress up as someone we aren't and feel like that person for a day. I understand we should embrace culture and understand the different cultures in the world, but doing it through costumes isn't a good idea. I agree with your opinion on how stores shouldn't sell these costumes because they're offensive and can put the company in a bad place. I also agree with you on how people shouldn't take these costumes seriously. For example the rice hat is a hat worn by many rice farmers in Asia. If someone who isn't Asian wheres that on Halloween I would think they are dressing up as a certain video game character with electric powers. But then I would realize that they dressed up as an Asian rice farmer but I wouldn't mind that much and would just say "Good Job Then". Overall, we should avoid costumes that are teasing culture on Halloween. We should just dress up as people who are fictional so it does not offend people that much.
Jeremy T: NFL Kneels - 200 Players Take A Knee Against Injustice
The National Anthem represents pride and honour for a country. I feel that people should salute their National Anthem however they want. I agree with you that Trump should stop and take a look around to see what his country is doing to make things right. There would be chaos if people didn't get their message out, which is what happened in this situation. Maybe if Trump and the others knew what they were doing by kneeling down maybe this situation would be looked over. Colin did the right thing and he influenced many people. I also don't get how Trump states that the only way to salute the anthem is to stand. Their National Anthem doesn't say anything about standing, but the Canadian Anthem does which gives a reason for Canadians to stand. Overall, people who support Trump's words on this issue should stop looking at themselves and look at others and how they're making change because change can influence the world and it can come with many beneficial effects. Especially if it has to do with race and culture.
Christopher Law: Dove Ad And Racism
Racism still exists in our world today. Using commercials to promote racism has died down but Dove seemed to bring it back accidentally. I agree with you that people are looking over it too much as racist and people should realize that the ad was never meant to be racist but cultural. I feel this was deemed racist due to the amount of things happening around the world that has to do with racism. I just know Dove wanted to make the ad cultural but they planned it out wrong so the message looked racist. I remember seeing an Asian ad about Laundry detergent where the Asian woman put a black man in a washing machine and he came out Asian. I found that ad to be more racist than the Dove ad. Overall, I feel if people want to make an ad about culture they should make sure it has no signs of racism in it and people should look at ad's more carefully before coming to a conclusion.
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