In the article, "THE CHILDREN WILL KEEP COMMING" published in The Nation, author Oscar Martinez describes how there is violence spreading through central America causing women and children to flee their countries. In addition he talks about how there are to many immigrants coming across the Mexico border into the U.S. David, a eleven year old boy was killed to death by gang members walking home from school. Police believed it was because he refused to join their group. David is from Santaruz Michapa, a rural and very dangerous city in El Salvador. Migrants flee this country to the U.S to avoid entering into gangs. "The Obama administration initially sought to change the 2008 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act to allow the 52,000 or so child migrants who have arrived on U.S soil in the last line months to be deported without going before an immagration judge." durring 2008, In El Salvador fifty-two people for every 100,000 were killed, It has now decreased to fourty people for every 100,000. Gang violence in El Salvador is around fourty percent, and it accounts for twenty-seven percent of the overall crime rates. The schools in El Salvador have a very high drop out rate due to the gang members in El Salvador. Many kids are scared for their lives. They flee the country with nothing. Even if they make it to America some end up joing gangs in southern California just to survuve. For many Central Ameicans it is very hard to become a legal citizen in the United Staes. The U.S has narrowed its deffinition of Assylum. Immigrants have to meet the requirments, having a certain religion not being part of certain groups and so on. Sandra a immigrant in America tried to have a cyote bring over her son for 4,500 dollars. The kid ended up captured by authorities. Cyotes in America are considerd criminals. The United States isn't thinking about changing the immigration law any time soon, they will continue to deport illegal immagrants back to their country.
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After I read this article I was truly amzed on how gangs have such an impact on immigrants. Immigrants are almost forced to leave because their life is threatened by certain gangs. It's amazing how many Migrants go to the U.S border to try and find a better life. If an immigrant made it to the U.S, I personally think it causes a domino effect on other immagrants because that person will tell his or her friends and thebn they will tell their friends. One thing that surprised me was ho young the children were when being forced to join gangs otherwise they would be killed. I just can't imagine living their. I am very blessed to be born in the United Sates. When will this violence stop in Central America? Will it ever stop in my lifetime? The governments need to do something, because there is seriously something wrong.
Friday, April 17, 2015
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Blog 9
In the
article “Watching Sony Slide” published in PC
Magazine, author John C. Dvorak describes how Sony’s corporate culture is
doing things wrong. Sony makes anything
from medical equipment to movies.
Compare this to apple, apple only has four products. Apples Company is worth $572 billion. On the other hand Sony is only worth $21
billion. Sony’s corporate culture is the
blame for this. Sony had a media event
in 2011 in New York City. The problem
was that most tech coverage is based in Silicon Valley so why would they go to
New York. It may have been great for
fans that live there, but Sony will lose money from a business perspective. “Sony is clueless. In violation of all modern marketing
theories, the company has zero dialogue with the industry that it needs to be
part of.” The author thinks that the
company should be split up into several companies.
After reading this article, I
completely agree with the author. Sony
has too many things to make for one company.
I believe they should leave the movie industry completely behind, and
try to become a Tech company again. I
was completely surprised when I saw how much apple was worth compared to
Sony. Clearly Sony is doing something
wrong. To be honest I wonder if Sony’s
products would be better if apple bought Sony.
Sony is in a tough spot from the business perspective. Yes, we all wish our own companies are worth 21
billion, but they need to start making changes.
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Blog 8
In the article, “Passage From India” published in Time Magazine, author Chandra Prasad
talks about her relative, Neet and her experiences in India compared to her own
in the U.S. Neet was a very bright
student and she never left her house alone.
The author found out that Neet’s Parents were working on an arranged
marriage for her. The author felt like
that was unfair. She want’s Neet to come
to America, so she would be able to marry whoever she wanted. The author helped Neet get started on an
Indian dating website. Many men were interested
in Neet, one American especially. Neet
was very shy when it came to talking with guys.
Neet started to email the American, but he wasn’t responding. Eventually he said that he was interested in
her anymore. Many Indian men were still
very interested in Neet, but the family decided to take it slow because they
are in no rush for Neet to get married.
The author explains “that she has one kind of life and I another; that
opportunities I take for granted are beyond her reach.”
One question I have for this article is why do Indian women
even have arranged marriages? Personally
I believe that people should have the right to choose who they want to be
with. I wonder how I would feel if I had
a brother or sister who lived in a different country their entire life. Our lifestyles would be completely
different. The idea of having a chosen
husband or wife seems kind of ridiculous.
Although I do understand why they have arranged marriages, I personally
think it should be a choice. What if the
wife doesn’t even like the guy? She would
probably get a divorce. There is so much
stress for arranged marriages especially on women. I wonder if India will start not having arranged
Marriages.
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