Latinos in WWII

I think that it is great that PBS is going to include the story of the contributions that the Latinos made in World War II. It is interesting to hear about because it is a part of America's history. I don't know if PBS was intentionally being racist by initially not putting the part about Latinos in the documentary or if they had just focused on other things they wanted it to be about. Their agreeance to do it is great though and will serve as a great learning experience.

Civil Rights

When I first heard about the Jena 6 I was misinformed that they had beaten their white classmate almost to the point of death. If this had been the case then I would opt for a strong punishment for them like the one they were getting. After reading the article though, I found out that the white student's injuries were minor. This changes my opinion on the sentenced trials and punishment. It doesn't mean I think they shouldn't be punished, I just believe that the punishment needs to fit the crime. Maybe they should not be punished as adults but the justice system needs to give them a punishment that fits the crime and will prevent it in the future. It was wrong for the other students to hang nooses from the tree and even though it hurt emotionally for people to see that, there was no physical hurt like what the Jena 6 did to their classmate. So they should be punished but once again, it should fit the crime. In addition, the justice system needs to be fair. This is America and we are free, but every individual still believes what they want to believe.

News in general

I do not watch the news much and I hardly read the newspaper. I usually hear about what is going on from my friends and family and people I work with. I'm not home very much except to sleep and do homework. I try to remember to watch the news or pick up a paper but it hasn't been working too well lately. I do have access to the internet in my apartment though so I can always look up the news when I need to. I have a news media class where I also get some information from but alot of it is from the NT Daily. I only seek out news when I need to catch up on what is going on. Or if I think about finding out what is happening in the news I will find out but I usually don't think about it because it isn't in my daily routine. I would like to start making it part of my routine though and I'm thinking about subscribing to the newspaper.

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