Current Events May 2, 2015 Jamie Foxx Criticized for his version national anthem

                                   Jamie Foxx Criticized for His Version National Anthem
                                                               Fox news.com




                              Jamie Foxx judged by social media responses after his performance.

  Important facts and ideas from article

• Jamie Foxx is a famous American actor, singer, comedian, writer, and producer.
• He sang the national anthem before the world welterweight championship bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas
•  A lot people were criticizing for his version national anthem that he can't sing
• "Jamie Foxx. What a talented singer and actor, what a tremendously terrible version of the American national anthem! #PacquiaoMayweather"
• "Jamie Foxx killed the national anthem. And by killed it I mean it was like road kill. #PacWins"
• "Original thought: Wow, I didn't know Jamie Foxx could sing. Final thought: I was right, Jamie Foxx can't sing. #MayPac"

                                                  Jamie Foxx sings the national anthem


ANALYSIS:

In my opinion, I think Jamie Foxx could have sang it better.  I've seen his performance during the world welterweight championship bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. I also personally think that it was terrible.  Even though, he have tried.  A lot of people did not like the way he sang the national anthem as you can tell. One of my friends went to a concert.  She paid like $150 for that concert ticket.  She told me it was such a waste because the singer can't even sing. She was really disappointed.  Just like during Jamie Foxx's performance, there's a lot of people were disappointing based on social media responses and in this image.

Frederick Douglass and the Seneca Falls speech

    There is a lot of similarities between the abolitionist movement and the antebellum women's right movement.  They both were are fighting for freedom.  In Frederick's Douglass' speech, July 5, 1852 and The Seneca Falls Declaration of sentiments and Resolutions, 1848,  both talked about they deprived the money they earned.  Also, they discussed how slaves and women education  and their "natural" rights got denied. They mention the challenging and  the struggle their audiences that had with freedom. 


        

Frederick's Douglass

     Elizabeth Cody Stanton and Lucertia Mott

Frederick Douglass

                                                    

                                                       Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was a slave who became well known as a leader of human rights after his speech on July 5, 1852. 

On July 5, 1852, he wrote he gave a speech that talked about how African American celebrating freedom. 

                                          

                                          
                                                         Frederick Douglass



Quotes 

• " The fact is, ladies and gentlemen, the distance between this platform and the slave plantation, from which I escaped, is considerable- and the difficulties to be overcome in getting from the latter to the former, are by no means slight."

         Frederick Douglass talks about the he encountered the difficulties and challenging to get from the platform to the slave plantation. 

• "The freedom gained is yours; and you, therefore, may properly celebrate anniversary."

          What he is trying to say in this quote is that the celebration of July 4th is only for American people.  The purpose of celebrating July 4th is to represent the independence as a nation, but this is not. 

• " What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim."

  He means to slaves the 4th of July isn't to celebration of their independent, instead it just reminds what they have been through when they were slaves. 

• "The fugitive Slave Law makes MERCY TO THEM, A CRIMR; and bribes the judge who tries them."

       

          Douglass says that the justice system of U.S is controlled by money. 

• "I, therefore, leave of began, with hope."

    In the end of his speech, Frederick Douglass hopes that America will began to fix their system. 

Current Events Harvard Rejection Letter

                                                                      
           Author of Fake Harvard Rejection Letter Gets Rejected From Harvard for Real - (Boston.com)


                                A high school senior, Molly Mcgaan got denied by Harvard.

•  Molly Mcgaan a high school senior from Chicago
•  She did not get accepted from Harvard
• She used the word such as "$awwg moneyyyy", started and essay with the word " listen here u a little slanks", and ended with "Mcgaan *drop mic*"

   People nowadays don't take education seriously. As we know that the University of Harvard is really hard to get into.  They have know their own ability, SAT, GPA ect.... Before they apply to Harvard. According to this article, I personally think this person just takes it as a joke.  One of my senior friends had applied to Harvard. He's pretty smart though he has high GPA but he doesn't get involve in sports or any activities. That is why unfortunately he did not get accepted. Don't get upset if a Harvard does not accept your application because this university is very hard to get into.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

                                    HARRIET BENCHER STOWE IN THE CIVIL WAR 




          Harriet Bencher Stowe was the woman who wrote famous anti-slavery classic book " Uncle Tom's Cabin. In the book, Tom is an African American guy and he was a slave. Tom died by his cruel master. The book also purported to expose the harsh realities of slavery. Then, at the end of 19 century, Abraham Lincoln met with Harriet Bencher Stowe and said how she wrote the book have caused the war. The story seemed authenticated view that slavery somehow caused the war.




   
                                             

   

Harriet Bencher Stowe

                           

Transcendentalism

                                                                  Transcendentalism








           Transcendentalism is a religious and philosophical movement that developed in the America  
            in 1800s.


                        


            Ralph Waldo Emerson

               “Always do what you are afraid to do"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
              It means that  You have to be brave and experience new things, things that you might not be able to do it.






                    "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
                    It means its always better to be yourself. You and your uniqueness is what the world looking for.
               
                                                  Transcendentalism


                           

        Henry David Thoreau


          "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth."-   Henry David Thoreau
          It means all we want is the state of being true.


   
         "We do not enjoy poetry unless we know it to be poetry."- Henry David Thoreau
          It means you don't know the meaning of it and that's why you're clueless.



                                             

Ralph Waldo Emerson

     




                                               

Henry David Thoreau

                                               




                                  


                             

Trail of Tears

                                                                      Trail of  Tears 

          In the 1827, the Cherokee organized a national government modeled upon that of the United States. The cherokee are a native American tribe that lived in around the territories in Mid-west. They had to adopted white culture and also, they had taken up white farming methods. President Jackson gives Native Americans land in part of the Louisiana Purchase in exchange for the land taken from them in the East. This was known as Indian Removal Act, Congress passed it in the year of 1830. Then, in 1838, the United States army forced more than 15,000 Cherokees  to march westward for about a thousand miles to Oklahoma. They died of cold and disease and it was such a terrified events known as the Trail of Tears.

Black Hawk  is the next spring warrior that led a group of 1,000 indians headed back to their fertile valley in a spadeful effort to reclaim their land. Most of the Indians were chased down  and killed when Black Hawk's band intreated into Wisconsin Territory called the Black Hawk War.  In 1835, is when the Second Seminole War began. In Florida white settlers wanted Seminoles to leave their land, however most refused and that was the reason why the war began. A few hundred Seminoles still managed to stay in Florida and most of them hidden in the thickly forecast awamps of the Everglades. 

     

                                  

Trial of Tears

                                    

Black Hawk Wars

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• Does the film support James R. Bradley's contention, from the letter we read in class, that slaves desired freedom but kept it to themselves to avoid harsher treatment?

                James. R. Bradley's contention from the letter we've read in class, supported that slaves desire freedom, but they keep it to themselves to avoid harsher treatment from their owner/master. When he is first put in the room with black men, they were talking how they want to be free. Remember when Solomon was trying to fight for his right saying that he was a free man? He got beat up by those white men. All slaves desire freedom and if their masters know that their talking about being free, they will receive harsh treatment. An example is getting whip, beat up, hung on the tree etc.. So they must keep their mouth closed and keep it to themselves. Just like in James R. Bradley's letter to his friend where it mentions about slaves that desire freedom, but they can't do anything. One day Solomon got called from master Epps' wife to do her a favor and Solomon thought it was a chance he could escape. He ran to a jungle and seen 3 to 4 African American men that got hung by white men. Solomon got so scared when they called them and asked where he's going. Luckily, Solomon got permission from his master's  wife otherwise he will end up getting beat or even hung on the tree like those slaves. Lastly, when an African American woman name Sabbath Patsey went to get soap, Master Epps got so angry because he thought she ran away.  Patsey (A young African American ) told her master the reason she went there, but he didn't listen to her and whipped her until she bled. That was why they kept their desire of freedom to themselves because they want to avoid harsher treatment by their masters.

                                                  

 

Master Epps, a slave, and Solomon

                 

                      
      

after getting whipped

                                     

Solomon and men were talking

              


                                 
                                         

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• How does gender shape the experiences of the slaves in the film?

  

               In this film we see how it didn't matter who they were male or female, fat or skinny,  they still tended to do the same amount of work because they were slaves. Everybody had to pick at least more than 200 pounds of cotton. Their experiences are almost the same, but their individual internal conflicts are different from one another. Solomon was trying to find a way to be free. He got beaten up very often by his master Epps. Only Solomon actually fought for his rights, others just did whatever their masters told them to do. A young African American woman had to face with master Epps' wife. His wife was very jealous when she knew that her husband had feelings for her. This resulted in she being treated harshly by master Epps' wife. Also, the mother that got separated from her children had face lots of obstacles. She did not want to leave her children. When those white men  sold them into slavery she was pleased the master to buy her and the children. She cried and cried when her children had to get separated from her. Solomon told her to be strong and stop crying. The mother didn't care she said it if he were her, he would've cried, too because she loves her children so much. Genders shape the experiences of the slaves in the film. 



               

African American woman, master Epps and Solomon

Master Epps' wife and African American woman

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• How do changes in ownership affect working and living conditions?

    In the film " 12 Years a Slave " we see the way people lived which very difficult. Only black people got sold to become slaves. They were living in a nightmare for 12 years. The slaves got beaten up by their owner and were forced to do hard work. The changes in ownership have affected working and living conditions of a slavery because in the film, Solomon was treated a little bit differently than other slaves. First, once Solomon got sold he was trying to tell the white men that he was a free man. He got beaten up more than anybody else. Also when they gave him his new nickname (Platt), Solomon could not accept that he is going to be a slave. So he was pretending that was not him because he was stubborn which was why his living conditions contrasted from others. No one deserves to beaten up until they bleed. It was an unfortunate because they were slaves. Once he tried to get along with his owner or master, he didn't get beat up as often as before. Solomon knew that Mr. Ford was a kindhearted master. His master ( Mr. Ford ) was more easy going on Solomon and trusted him. This way Solomon could ask his master (Mr. Ford) to do him a favor which is to send a letter that says he wants his freedom back. However when he got sold again to different master (master. Epps) Solomon's life as a slave was totally different. He got heated up because he didn't not pick the cotton, over 200 pounds and almost died from the punishments. So in this film working and living conditions were affected by ownership. 
      


                                    

Mr. Ford and Solomon

Master Epps and Solomon

slave narrative

                                                                 SLAVE NARRATIVE 


Florida Narrative, Volume III
Josephine Anderson



 SUMMERY SECTION
     
         In Josephine Anderson's letter from Florida was trying tell us about his own personal experience when he was young as a slavery. His father died when he was born so he had to live with his mother and his step-father and also he has 2 half-brother and sister.  He tempted to do light stuffs because his grandmother was old. Unfourtunly, His step-father died from heart disease when he worked for turpantie. Doreaa was his mother, she wore barefoot in the the winter. This was what he was trying to tell us what happened to him and his family members.




ANALYSIS/REFLECTION SECTION
         
                This letter got me so emotional. His father died when he was born, then his step-father died form working, his grandmother was old and couldn't help much, his mother got treated very poorly. He had such a difficult time. It was not easy to be slave, they always have to encounter difficulties or obstacles in their lives.

Slave narrative Josephine Anderson Florida

     

Florida

 

Tecumseh Speech

                                                   

                                                    Tecumseh Speech 

       The two themes to Tecumseh's speech are anger and death. Tecumseh writes  this letter to the Osages to let them know how angry he is about those white men. It said," nothing will satisfy them but the whole of our hunting grounds". Those white men wanted their lands which makes Tecumseh's so angry. Another theme to this speech is death. In the very beginning of paragraph 6, it says,"The white men want more than our hunting grounds, they wish to kill our warriors, they would even kill our old men, women and a little ones." It talks about those white men never be satisfy and also, they even wanted to kill their people since they help them to be strong. Tecumseh is really angry about  this and especially they wanted to kill their people.      

        The theme of "The Way I Am" by Eminem has some similarities to Tecumseh's speech because their themes are anger. In Tecumseh's speech, he's so angry about how those white men do to his people. Also, in Eminem's song talks about how he's so mad the way people treat him, "But I'm glad cause they feed me the fuel that i need for the fire to burn and it's burning and I have to return." Just like in Tecumseh's speech, he hates those men. His people have help them to be strong, but all they got in return from those white men were their un-satisfactions, "they would even kill our old men, women and a little ones" , "we must be united." Here are some similarities between Eminem's song and Tecumseh's speech because they're both angry.

                         

Tecumseh's speech

        

                Who I am by Emienm

Slavery in America timeline

                                                SLAVERY IN AMERICA TIMELINE

• 1600   When it was started to have African Americans slavery.

• 1700    Blacks were forced to leave the power over African Americans. Some would rather           died.

• 1663   Slaves have no property and they didn't allow to get married.

• 1779   Most states didn't allow African American slaves to learn how to read/write.

• 1817   Massachusetts were defending for slavery.

• 1857   United States supreme court passes the law that said slaves have no property.
• 1857   John Brown fought for slaves' rights.

• 1860   Abraham Lincoln won the election and became the 16th president of United States.
• 1860   In March, seven Southern states were slavery free after Abraham Lincoln got chosen as                                the new president of United Sates.

• 1865    American Civl War was ended and they passed the 10 amendments. 

        

African American slaves

John Brown

 

                                         

Bill Of Right 10 amendments

Letter from West

                                                                                                                                    November 9, 2014

                                                                                                                               

         Dear; Family   

                 Hello, I'm wondering how you guys are doing? Are you all fine back in East ? As I'm writing this letter to you from the West American, I just want to tell you that I'm was doing fine. However, here I tempted to encounter so many obstacles. As we know that East is that a freedom state. I go to the westward just because I want to see a new freedom sate and a better life. I miss you all so much.
                  Along my way I seen most of the people went overland by horse or ox drawn wagons via Santa Fe or Oregon Trails. This was the cheapest option, but it was probably the most difficult, hazardous, and the longest. It could take 10 miles a day. I asked them how many miles they went away from home? They said," well, we went away from home from 200 miles". There was a guy name Jendina Smith. He was the greatest hunter. He did not smoke, drink, or anything, but one thing that always in his hands was gun. Also, I seen a woman gave a birth to a beautiful child and that was Mr.Smith and Mrs.Smith's child. I had a really great time with them, yet once we got to crossed the mountain by using the short cut way. They followed a route blazed by fur traders, which took them west along the Platte River through the Rocking Mountains via the easy South Pass in Wyoming and then northwest to the Columbia River.
                The weather was pretty horrified. We seen a storm that facing us and all the supplies and everything fell off from the charts. Now we have no more supplies left. We were freezing. People have tempted to eat their own dead people since there were no supplies left. I felt so horrible because I couldn't help them. What I should have done for them?Is was not easy.
                 Even though I've encountered many obstacles I will never give up. I want freedom!  Hopefully, I'll visit home soon. Do not worry, I will be fine. I will live happily in here with my own family and We'll also visit you one day.
                                                                                                                   Sincerely
                                                                                                           Uksavatey Nuth (your daughter)


   


                 

Rocky Mountain

 

People eat other people

Pioneers travel to west

                        

               

Election Day

                                                                  Election  Day

         Electors is determined within each state by its legislature. Election day is basically for President and Vice President are chosen according to the method determined by each state. Elections to the United States House of Representatives and the States Senate that are held every two years. all Representatives serve two-year terms and are up for election every two years, while Senators serve six-year terms, staggered so that one-third of Senators are elected in any given general election.  Election Day in the United States of America is the Tuesday following the first Monday in November. Election Day is a civic holiday for some states in the United States; Delaware,Hawaii, Kentucky, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, West Virgina, and the territory of  Puerto Rico.
Why it is on Tuesday because the earliest possible date is November 2 and the latest possible date is November 8.

• Maria Cantwell represents in you in Congress in Washington D.C

United States House Of Representatives
 Nancy Pelosi (Democratic)  

3rd district that she represents                                      

                          Nancy Pelosi

                                                               

United Sates Senator 

• Edward Makey (Democratic)
• Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)

Massachusetts Government Elected Officials who represents in Boston

• Charlie Baker (Republican)

Massachusetts House Of Representative
     

•    David M. Nangle (Democratic)

Massachusetts Senate 

 

• Eileen M. Donoghue (Democratic)

                                                        3 branches of federal government

                                                   Charlie Baker the new MA governor

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The journals of Lewis and Clark

The journals of Lewis and Clark


     Lewis and Clark and the crops of discovery set out to do and their purpose is to consume their live for the following two and a half years. Also, along with their journals they encounter many obstacles.    


                       

                                               Route L&C

Clark May 14, 1804

may 14 1804

  On Monday 14 May, 1804 a cloudy rainy day win from the North and East, Clark and his slaves set out from Camp River a Dubois at 4 o'clock  p.m. They continue up to Missouris under sail to the first Island and camp at Colewater (41/2 miles ). There are one frenchman and 22 men in the boat of 20 ores and more people.  

Clark September 26th, 1806

                                     

                                            

                                                   september 26 1806

    In September 26, 1806 is when they both Lewis and Clark are commence flighting in a fine morning. There's no wind and cold or anything.

Clark May 15, 1805

                                   

may 15 1805

                                    

 In May 15 Wednesday, 1805, the day being cloudy and rainy their hunters go out and  kill several deers. Also, there are lots of animals are dead or floating down dead.

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