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Response - Indigenous Resistance.

Indigenous Resistance

In the 1900’s, an Indian tribe lived on the United States/Canada border [divided by.] They had to travel across the border often because of many events, family, and etc. Many were sent to Canada to go to the traditional school – with racial discrimination running very rapidly. First, wow, it can’t even imagine, “racial discrimination.” Because of the racial discrimination, many Salish Indian students were traumatized.  The other ones were sent to America to boarding schools. The article kept me intrigued; it made me think outside of the box, being that I had heard of the Salish Indian, but never truly understood what they had to endure. From the article I believe that we should embrace different cultures! We are allowed to be “free, supposedly?” This is America! The Land of the FREE, but those were not free, and truly many of us till this day aren’t free.

Sign the petition - Travon Martin

 If you haven't heard of the story of Travon Martin you're missing out on an important and controversial issue. Travon Martin was a 17-year old black male who was gunned down allegedly by a George Zimmerman on February 26th, 2012. The young man walked to the local store to gather "skittles," for his brother; needless to say, he never returned with those skittles - he was pronounced dead with a gunshot wound to the chest. Zimmerman, stated previously on the dispatcher call, "This guy looks like he's up to no good, He's a suspicious man." If you don't agree with what Zimmerman did,  please sign the petition below. DON'T LET THIS CONTINUE!

http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-our-son-17-year-old-trayvon-martin?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=share_with_facebook_friends

Meatrix.

The Meatrix is essentially targeting large agriculture corporations – in fact, the companies are called, “greedy” in the Meatrix video. After viewing the video, I feel as though Free Range Studios did an amazing job creating the Meatrix videos. They explained how the large agriculture companies are not only destroying animals but are destroying their own kind – humans. Although we all have differences (i.e. rich – vs. – poor, we are all humans.) The corporations do not care about their workers, which include the farmers who obviously are “scared,” and I’d say, “weak.” If the public took a stand together, we would prevail. The corporations need our business; the public taking a stand has worked many times before in a variety of controversial issues. Free Range Studios are some of the few who have taken the stand to stop factory farming – feeding animals corn because of its cheapness; giving animals antibiotics to make them grow quicker (and live longer to suffer), not letting animals see any sunlight (how horrible is that?!), and making animals live in their own excrement (bacteria definitely runs rapid!) confined in an absolute hideous amount of space!  Its morally wrong, unfair, and together we all can make a difference. Do I think we will make a difference? 65% No, 35% Yes. We do live in a capital driving world – I.E. The agriculture corporations, and many people aren’t thinking of help each other let alone any animals. So…We must wait and see if any changes will occur…Hopefully so.

I saw an article that read, "Environmental Justice Case Study: Hog Farming in North Carolina." 

The article goes into depth about Large Hog Corportations have came into NC and have taken over small hog farmers; the number of hog producers decreased rapidly, from 23K to 8K -- although the number of hogs have tripled in the state. HELP - a community group (group of residents) in Halifax County worked together to fight the Large Hog Corporations and won.


http://www.umich.edu/~snre492/statter.html

The Green Revolution - Feeding the World

According to Conway and Toenniessn, “The Green Revolution was one of the great technological success stories of the second half of the twentieth century. “ Which, I believe is true, essentially because it benefited everyone (specifically the poor, who would have starved without food.) Because of the Green Revolution, many children gained weight (they had a chance to eat proportionally correct) and without the Green Revolution, they would have stayed underweight, which more than 180 Million were (under the age of five.) Further, the Green Revolution increased profits in many countries (continents, et cetera.) Again, I believe what the authors stated, “The Green Revolution was one of the greatest technological success stories of the second half of the twentieth century,” because (1)it benefited the poor – it allowed for an ample amount of production of food, (2) children under the age of five – had a choice to receive a proportional balance of food daily intake, and finally, (3) the Green Revolution helped provide wealth (more than 3.4 billion dollars, in which the world very much needed.) 

Conway, G., Toenniessn, G. "Feeding the World in the Twenty-First Century."