Racism/Discrimination

I know I may have done previous blogs about how much I hate this, but I recently had to do a PowerPoint presentation for my computer class and I chose to do it on the topic of racism/discrimination. Now mind you, I do not think this way, I personally feel it's horrible to think this way about people. Here's what I found out:

Stereotypes

Italian stereotypes
Some of the most common ones include:

• Tolerant of violence
• Labor bosses
• Ignorant
• Organized crime association
• Political corruption
• Overly emotional/dramatic
• Superstitious
• Hot Blooded
• Aggressive
• Obsessed with food
• Prone to vengeance
• Males will be big and muscular, very good looking.
• Men will be sexually well endowed, but lack skills in the bedroom
• Loud tastes in clothing
• Expensive jewelry made cheaply
• Has the name Michael, Joe, Sal, or Tony
• All talk and no bite
• Braggers
• Loud talkers and not knowing when to be quiet
• Supposedly cruel and overly demanding bosses
• flirtatious, exotic young women with a taste in Italian-made items like Prada, Gucci, Armani
• Gum cracking, big haired, air head girlfriend of a Mafia soldier

Some of the stereotypical Italian-held jobs include: peddlers, chefs, construction workers, any working class jobs

Latino stereotypes
Some of the most common ones include:

• Being heavily tattooed
• Enjoy low rider cars
• Having too greasy hair
• The "Latin Lover"-suave, charming, romantic
• Large families
• Can't speak English
• Drug dealers(thanks to the 1983 movie Scarface)
• Mouthy
• Laborers
• Enjoy clothing in loud, obnoxious colors
• Maid/housekeeper
• gardener/landscaper
• All are Mexican
• Mutiple kids
• They all steal
• They all own large cars, trucks or SUVs
• Short
• Uneducated
• All listen to the same music and eat hot food

Black stereotypes

• Blacks are shown to be overly religious, superstitious, joyous, naive, ignorant
• They'll be shown as lazy, criminals, ignorant, overly religious, violent
• They'll be shown eating fried chicken, drinking Kool-Aid or eating watermelon
• They'll be shown living in slums/ghettos
• They'll be shown as people with big lips, heavyset, alot of kids and no knowledge of where the father is, being school dropouts, good at sports, confident, 'gangstas', love white women, good at dancing

Asian stereotypes

• Asians have ben shown as hard working, studious, very grateful, inoffensive, intelligent, politically inactive, productive people who raise their social standing through diligence and good merit
• 25.2% of American-born Asians over the age of 25 hold a Bachelor's Degree compared to 15.5% of general Americans of the same age hold a Bachelor's Degree
• Asian men have been shown as chauvinists, meaning they treat women unfairly
• There is also a stererotype about image. The epicanthic fold of Asian people's eyes is sometimes referred to in a positive light 'almond shaped' or in a negative light' slant eye', there is also a stereotypical haircut- bowl cut for boys, overgrown bangs for girls. And it's also assumed that all Asians are born with the knowledge of how to perform martial arts, are short and have difficulty with the English language

Jewish stereotypes

• nit picky stingy misers
• Associated with circumcision, bagels, Mazel Tov, Oy Vey
• In pictures, shown as people with big hook noses, olive skin, curly hair, dark eyes, big lips, wearing kippahs, aka yamecahs

British stereotypes

• Big teeth, yellow teeth
• Bad hygiene
• Snooty, stuck up
• obsessed with soccer
• obsessed with The Queen
• Tight-fitting clothing
• Boisterous
• Heavy smokers/drinkers
• British men are gay

More common stereotypes include:

• British men are gay(i.e. Mick Jagger dancing around like an idiot level) or be suave romantic lovers
• British women will be stuck up
• British men will have the word Sir before their name(i.e. Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Mick Jagger, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Michael Caine)
• That people in England will all be walking around wearing bowler hats, carrying umbrellas, and say things like "Cheerio"
• That British men will be tall, thin and ugly

American Indian stereotypes

• Not all Indians will be doing arts and crafts or live on a reservation
• Not all Indians will be experts on their culture/heritage

Media Stereotypes

Italian stereotypes

• The HBO show The Sopranos came under fire when it first premiered because it showed too many stereotypes, like mob association
• The 2009 show Jersey Shore came under fire as well because it showed too many Italian stereotypes, like the exotic young women and hot blooded young guys
• Sometimes mobsters or movies about the mob will glorify the topic, like people like John 'The Dapper Don' Gotti will made out like a hero
• There is also a stereotype about appearance, that all Italians have dark features

Famous Italians

• Steven Tyler(hottie!)
• Joe Perry(hottie!)
• Federico Castellucio(hottie!)
• Ferrucio Lamborghini
• Marisa Tomei
• Michael Imperioli(hottie!)

Steven Tyler

Marisa Tomei

Federico Castellucio

Michael Imperioli

Latino stereotypes

• Did you know: that less than 1% of all news stories involve Latinos?
• Did you know: that the Latino population accounts for 13% of the US population?
• In 2001, crime, poverty, illegal immigration, welfare accounted for 66% of all news stories involving Latinos
• Famous Latino people:
• Salma Hayek
• John Leguizamo(hottie!)
• Penelope Cruz
• Steven Bauer(hottie!)
• Eva Mendes
• Andy Garcia(cutie!)

Salma Hayek                         John Leguizamo
              

Steven Bauer                             Andy Garcia
               
Black stereotypes

• In movies, blacks and whites are seen differently:
• Using vulgar language: whites-17%, blacks- 89%
• Having to be physically restrained: whites-6%, blacks-55%
• Being physically abusive: whites-11%, blacks-56%
• Blacks will be shown as bad, they're not. You certainly don't hear about black people abusing their wives or whatever, always been whites doing that!
• Famous people:
• Halle Berry(Fave actress!)
• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King Jr(He inspires me!)
• Medgar Evers(He was shot for no reason!)
• Malcolm X
• Harriet Tubman
• Sojourner Truth

Halle Berry                           Martin Luther King Jr
                 

Medgar Evers                           Rosa Parks
                
Asian stereotypes

• A good example of an Asian media stereotype is the super geek stereotype. A good example is Gedde Watanabe's character of Long Duk Dong in Sixteen Candles.
• A good example of the asexual martial artist stereotype is in the 2001 movie Romeo Must Die. Jet Li's character of Han Sing was supposed to kiss Aaliyah's Trish O'Day at the end, but instead gave him a big hug. It was edited for fear some Asians wouldn't feel comfortable seeing an Asian man portrayed in a sexual light
• Another thing people like to assume is that all Asians look alike, with their dark hair, dark eyes, oval faces and tan skin tone.
• An example of the martial artist expert is the 2002 movie Bulletproof Monk with Chow Yun-fat. In that movie, he played a martial artist monk who travels to modern day New York
• In pop culture, there was a character named Charlie Chan, who was a Chinese-Hawaiian detective based on real-life detective Chang Apana. In the movies, his wife and kids were all actually Asian, but the actors who played him were not Asian, but white British actors, like Warner Oland, Roland Winter and Sidney Toler
• Famous Asians:
• Ken Watanabe(Cute!)
• Jet Li(hottie!)
• Lucy Liu(fave actress!)
• Michelle Yeoh(very beautiful and fave actress!)
• Ziyi Zhang(very pretty!)
• Will Yun Lee(hot!)
• Kristy Yamaguchi(awesome athlete!)
• Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita(very funny man, and cool!)
• Tim Kang
• Jason Wu
• James Iha

Ken Watanabe                            Kristy Yamaguchi
                      

Jet Li                                        Ziyi Zhang
                 
Jewish stereotypes

• nit picky stingy misers
• Associated with circumcision, bagels, Mazel Tov, Oy Vey
• In pictures, shown as people with big hook noses, olive skin, curly hair, dark eyes, big lips, wearing kippahs, aka yamecahs
• Famous Jewish people:
• Gene Simmons
• Judd Hirsch
• David Krumholtz
• LeeLee Sobieski

Gene Simmons                           David Krumholtz
             

Judd Hirsch                          


British stereotypes

• In media, British people will always be shown as being, proper, prim, prudish
• In American films, the baddies always have English accents
• They will be shown as being upper class with strong English accents(i.e. Hugh Grant, who might I add is HOT!)
• That British men will be the Butler or Gentleman in movies
• Disney movies are notorious for the 'Bad Brit' stereotype. A few examples are:
• Judge Frollo-The Hunchback of Notre Dame- voiced by Tony Jay. The character is supposed to be French, but was voiced by a British actor
• Jafar-Aladdin
• Maleficent-Sleeping Beauty
• Mrs. Trunchbull-Matilda
• Scar-The Lion King. Voiced by a white British actor named Jeremy Irons
• Count Olaf-A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Lady Tremaine-Cinderella
• Professor Ratigan-The Great Mouse Detective
• Famous people from England:
• The Rolling Stones(Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood are my faves!!!!They're still HOT!!!)
• Rowan Atkinson
• Colin Firth(hot in an English gentleman sort of way, he looks charming, I like that!)
• Kate Winslet
• Helena Bonham-Carter
• Jeremy Irons
• Hugh Laurie
• Zoe Wanamaker

The Rolling Stones                            Rowan Atkinson
               
Colin Firth                                   Jeremy Irons
                 
American Indian stereotypes
Now mind you, these are just stereotypes, I don't feel this way about anyone!

• Wise elder
• Indian princess
• loyal sidekick
• obese, impoverished
• They are devoted environmenatlists devoted to preserving Mother Earth
• Being shown as people full of passive, child like innocence, rapists, primitive, lower intellect
• Bloodthirsty savages
• Famous Indians
• Wes Studi
• Graham Greene
• Eddie Spears
• Irene Bedard

Wes Studi                                          Graham Green
      

Movie Reviews

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, pt. I

I recently got the chance to finally see the New Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, pt.1. I finally got to see it. This movie was totally awesome! I loved actually seeing it all the way through. There is also a scene here and there of nudity, whether it be Daniel Radcliffe in boxers or Rupert Grint with no shirt, and there is also a significant amount of cussing in this movie, and you might also hear Daniel or Rupert use the word 'bloody' alot, and if you are from the UK, you may know what this means. I may not read the books anymore, but that doesn't mean I'm not always up for a good Harry Potter movie, I would definitely not recommend people with young kids taking them to see this movie, it's a bit intense, and very dark might I add, also there is a scene of brief nudity where you see Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson kissing and almost having sex right there on the screen, it's blocked out some what, but you can basically tell they are naked on the screen. It's very dark and I would not recommend those with younger children taking them to see it, it might scare them and I really don't want the younger kids getting scared.




If you know me like my family does, you can already find the one I like!!!! Here's a hint: he's the one on the far left, lol!! He's cute, sorry, but cute guys with even cuter English accents turn me on, lol :)

Freejack

This movie is a little on the weird side, but other than that, it's pretty good. Here's basically what it's abut, I'll try to give you the best description I can. Emilio Estevez plays Alex Furlong, who is a racecar driver, Rene Russo plays Julie Redland, his girlfriend. Alex is driving in a big race and meanwhile in the not too distant future of 2009(yeah, you heard it and read it right), Ian McCandless(Anthony Hopkins) is the boss of a futuristic company and he is on the verge of death, so he needs a body and mind replacement. He has a mercenary named Victor Vacendak(Mick Jagger) go and capture Furlong because he is the ideal recipient for the mind and body transplant. Well, when he enters the future, a team is ready to perform the transplant and he is already dead and he is brought back to life and wasn't supposed to, and he manages to escape and throughout the movie he is referred to as a 'freejack', meaning that someone had paid to bring him to the future. The movie is weird, but good. In some parts of the movie, Furlong jokingly makes fun of Vacendak's English accent, sometimes making fun of the way he may say a cuss word or the way he talks, but it's nothing bad. Towards the end, Furlong and Julie go to McCandless Inc to confront Ian McCandless after finding out that it was him who paid to have Furlong brought to the future, and when they find him, they find that he is stalling for the arrival of Vacendak and his team. Then the transfer of McCandless' mind and body is made and is transferred to Furlong's body and he becomes the boss. As Furlong and Julie are leaving, they are approached by Victor and his team, it turns out that he lied to the others about him becoming McCandless so they could leave safely. Hopefully that's the most accurate description I can give. You'd probably have to watch it to know what it's about.




Here are some pictures from the movie.
  Mick Jagger as Victor Vacendak.

  Rene Russo as Julie Redland and Emilio Estevez as Alex Furlong

  Anthony Hopkins(Ian McCandless), Emilio Estevez(Alex Furlong), Mick Jagger(Victor Vacendak)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

This movie may seem like a very weird movie to alot of the younger crowd, but I saw it recently and I have to admit, that even though there might have been singing in it, it was very good, though very sad at the end. I'll try my best to give a good description of it to those who may not have seen it. But here goes. The movie Goodbye Mr. Chips is about a professor named Mr. Chipping. I checked the name on the internet and I got it right! oh yeah! Any way it's about this professor at a boys school in England, not surprising, named Mr. Chipping. It takes place during WWII, during the bombings of England, and any way, one day this strict teacher falls in love with a woman named Katharine Bridges, played by English-born musician Petula Clark. It's very sad towards the end because as Katharine and a group of singers are performing at a local Army base, they are killed by a German V-1 flying bomb. The students start to notice the change in their strict teacher and after she is unfortunately killed, "Mr. Chips" as the students call him is made headmaster of the school. It's a little weird, it was made in 1969, but it is a very good movie, it's sad but very good ending, he achieves what he has always wanted-- to be made headmaster of the boys school.



Most of these movies are what my dad usually ends up watching. Freekjack? There's no way he'll watch that, I don't keep it anywhere in sight of him for fear he might throw it away, for some reason that's still unknown to me, he does not like Mick Jagger, he does not care for him and sometimes likes to joke around about his physical appearance. But anyhow, Goodbye, Mr. Chips was a very good movie, it may seem a little weird to some, but I liked it, but then again, anything 1960s or after that I like, so you can say I'm very open to new things.

Switch Places

Do you ever wonder what it'd be like to switch places with someone married to your favorite musician, athlete, actor, etc? Well I do! I'd love to switch places with some people!


Jerry Hall

• Was married to: Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger. This is her most famous relationship. When she was married to Mick, they had 4 children together, 2 daughters, Elizabeth and Georgia, 2 sons named Jim and Gabriel. They were married Nov. 21, 1990 and divorced on Aug. 13, 1999 after she found out that he was seeing a Brazilian model named Luciana Gimenez and that he had impregnated her while Hall was pregnant with their son Gabriel. On May 18, 1999, Gimenez gave birth to his 7th child Lucas Maurice Morad Jagger. This guy also has grand kids, his daughter Jade Jagger, who was from his first marriage to Bianca Jagger, gave birth to 2 daughters, Amba and Assisi Jagger. She is so lucky I swear, or should  say was so lucky. He was so hot in the 1990s, heck, he's still hot at 67 years old!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd love to switch places with her in the 1990s, because of who she was married to, also because she is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more beautiful than I ever dream of being! Maybe it's just the English sex appeal Mick has that turns me on, idk! all I know is, man is he hot! He has an incredible bod for 67 yrs old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

            Hard to imagine Mick Jagger in flip flops, but he seems to be making the look very handsomely. He definitely looks good in flip flops, very handsome.


Amanda Etheridge

• Married to: Richard Hammond, one of the 3 hosts of BBC's Top Gear. The couple have 2 daughters, named Willow and Isabella. Her husband is very handsome let's just keep it at that.

            Nothing sweeter than true love. I totally respect him because he's a loving family man, not too many of those around and even if there is, it's a rarity. This guy looks very loving and sweet, and they both love each other and have 2 beautiful daughters, family pics are way better than anything because it shows there still is love in this world.


Nicole Kidman

• Married to: New Zealand-born country singer Keith Urban. They both have a daughter named Sunday Rose. I listen to Keith Urban alot and I'll just say that I think he's a very attractive man

            This basically shows you fatherhood and motherhood can still be sexy. That's it sexy to love children.


Deborra-Lee Furness

• Married to: Australian-born actor Hugh Jackman. Has 2 adopted kids, Ava Eliot Jackman and Oscar Maximillian Jackman. Hugh Jackman is one of my favorite actors, and believe me, I have alot of fave actors.

        

Jennifer Flavin-Stallone

• Married to: New York-born actor Sylvester Stallone. Has 3 daughters, Sistine Rose Stallone, Scarlet Stallone and Sophia Rose Stallone. He's one of my favorites too! I have a picture of him as Rocky in my room.

         

Faith Hill

• Married to: country singer Tim McGraw. They currently have 3 daughters. I listen to him alot and he just has this very sexy country guy appeal to him, I mean, seeing him in cowboy hat, jeans and boots definitely ups the sexy factor!

            He can definitely rock the casual look. He's even sexier without the cowboy hat, jeans and boots on. He looks 20 times hotter with a baseball hat, jeans and a t-shirt or nice shirt. And he's a loving family man, how much better of a person can u get?


Victoria Chlebowski

• Married to: Michael Imperioli, actor who plays Christopher Moltisanti on the HBO show the Sopranos. I like him on Detroit 1-8-7. And plus he has the most handsome eyes ever, that's usually the first thing on a guy I notice, I don't care what the guy looks like, I'm not shallow,  I usually notice the eyes. Any guy is just fine with me, that's my outlook on dating! And plus he's a handsome Italian guy, for some reason, Italian guys turn me on, lol. But he looks like a nice guy! And I just love his cute New York accent.

          To be her for one day, omg!!!!!!!

Dream jobs

Oh yeah! Dream Jobs! I know everyone out there in the blogosphere has that dream job that they dream of landing! For me, dream jobs consist of:

1. Tattoo Artist
2. Writer
3. Bartender
4. Jewelry Maker
5. Dancer
6. CD Cover Designer
7. Graphic Designer
8. World Traveler
9. Photographer
10. Teacher
11. Artist
12. Business owner

Those are just some of the dream jobs I have. It doesn't go in any certain order or anything, just listing ones I like. Tattoo Artist would be a cool job because if you really think about it, tattoos almost tell a story. A writer, definitely cool. I'm creative in that sense, I love to write short stories, I've never published them or anything, I usually just write short stories because they're fun and I guess I have an overactive imagination, which for the field I'm in definitely is not bad. Bartender would be cool because you can entertain while serving patrons really awesome drinks. Photography has always been an avid fascination of mine, so if I couldn't find a job as a Graphic Designer, Photography, baby! I love taking picures, I'm a massive picture hoarder basically, I have a lot of pictures of family that I love putting in scrapbooks and stuff. Traveling allows you to explore the vast lands of our world and explore rich, indulgent cultures, and explore new lands. And if I were to open a business, it would be a retro/vintage store, the 1960s and 1970s and 1980s are making a comeback and they are finding a new generation with the younger crowds. Younger people nowadays are beginning to discover bands like The Grateful Dead, Aerosmith, The Beatles, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, etc. Younger people are beginning to discover the treasures of the 1960s, 70s, 80s, etc, at least I call them treasures, not sure what everyone else may call them. But I'm kind of a dreamer I guess, and there is alot of stuff I"d looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove to do in this short little lifetime of mine, I mean, no one lives forever, so during my time here on Earth I'd love to accomplish everything I can. Live life to the fullest is one of my many mottos.

Not too long ago, on Facebook, someone put a 30 day photo challenge thing on there and this person had everyone putting 15 facts about themselves on it, well here's 15 facts about myself for those who read this:

1. My mom's convinced I'm a reincarnated hippie
2. The Rolling Stones and The Beatles are my 2 fave 60s British rock bands
3. In my eyes, Mick Jagger is the sexiest man alive to come out of England! And if I were his exact age, I'd marry him in a heartbeat if he asked! Sorry, but for being 67 years old, he sure does have a sexy body still!!!!!
4. I, for some reason that's still unknown to me, find Asian, Italian and English men totally sexy!!!
5. I have a stepdad named Greg, a mom named Brenda, a dad named Steve and a sis named Jessie
6. In my spare time, I love to read. If I don't have a book to read or something to read, I lose my marbles and go nuts from boredom!
7. I'm a huge art nut. I love art of all sorts
8. Someday, I would love to live in 1 of 5 places: England, China, Italy, Japan, Australia
9. I want to learn a foreign language other than Spanish
10. I want to fall in love
11. I want to get a tattoo
12. I want to travel the world
13. I'm only 5'8'' tall
14. People say when I was younger I looked like Bette Davis because of my blonde hair.
15. I'll listen to virtually any music except for rap/hip hop. I absolutely refuse to listen to that insane headache causing music!!!!
16. I want to go to a concert before I die for someone I actually listen to!
17. I'm a huge fan of flip flops
18. If you were to try and find me in the town of Bellevue, Ky, where I live, you would most likely find me at home either A. cleaning the house with the windows open and see me jamming out to The Rolling Stones singing right along with Mick Jagger, B. sitting on the front porch reading a book about The Beatles that I own or C. Sitting on the front porch reading a book about The Rolling Stones.
19. I can be very chatty at times and other times, be just downright silent as the grave. It's because I'm a rather shy person and don't like talking much.

Stuff.......

I remember when I was younger, I used to say "When I grow up, I want to...." and I would have all these things I said I wanted to do. I also had a alot of career change ideas. Like when I was 4 all the way up until I was 10, I wanted to be a doctor, but after I found out about all the schooling it required and about the additional schooling for certain fields in medicine like podiatry or pediatrics, I quickly changed that one. And after that, I wanted to go into forensic science like on CSI. But when I found out that no school around where I live offer that as a course, there goes that. And after that, I wanted to go into police work and become a police officer because police work has always held a strong interest for me, but when i found out there was a high fatality and divorce rate for cops/firemen and firewomen, that went out the window before anyone knew it! So now I'm going to school for art. Hopefully, if possible, maybe I can go into Video Game Design, CD Cover Design, Advertising, or maybe Screen Printing, you know, making T-shirts for businesses and stuff. I love to be creative and Screen Printing sounds really fun! It' really funny how things ebd up, huh? When you're younger, it seems like you could conquer the world when you grow up, and before you know it, adulthood is knocking at your door.