Thursday, November 19, 2015

The Controversy of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Yes, I am posting about Star Wars. Surprised? You shouldn't be.
But I'm not going to talk about how amazing Boba Fett is, or how Kylo Ren is clearly not a trained Sith.

I'm going to talk about an issue that appeared recently.
It focuses on this amazing fellow:

John Boyega plays a new addition to the Star Wars universe: A former Stormtrooper of the First Order  (designation FN-2187)
As you can see in the picture, He uses Luke Skywalker and Anakin Skywalker's Lightsaber to fight the main villain, Kylo Ren. (shouldn't have that much trouble defeating him, after all Ren seems to be a fan of the wide-arm tactic. Looks intimidating, but really doesn't work.


(screams internally)

The problem is that people are offended for some reason that one of the main characters is black.
What? Why is that a problem??
1. you guys need to stop being upset about things that you really shouldn't be upset about
2. He's not the first black main character in Star Wars!! What about this dude:

I cannot comprehend why people are upset that John Beroya is in Star Wars. If it's because he's not white, well did you forget all the green people?
People who are mad Beroya is in Star Wars are not true fans.
The only reason to be mad about Episode 7 is if JJ Abrams completely ruins it (petition to call him Jar Jar Abrams?)

Friday, November 13, 2015

What if Bears killed one in five people?

This video was recently uploaded by College Humor to talk about Sexual assault and harassment.
Do you think it is effective?
Is it too much or is it perfect?




Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Stereotype - Definition

According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of stereotype is “to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same.” I think this video is a great example of stereotypes, we even heard similar stereotypes when asking people to fill out our survey. It’s clearly a problem that people are so unfairly judged just because of a characteristic. Do you think there is a way to end stereotyping?

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

The Truth About Smoking

This commercial is from The Truth About Smoking. Do you feel that this commercial is effective? Have you seen a similar commercial on television?