Entry 3 Ngô Minh Đức

Item 1. A picture

Bias type: Discrimination 

Analysis : This is about the discrimination on homosexual people. This man in white is holding a board with a women picture to cover his man’s face. This man is not too confident to show his real him because of the discrimination on homosexual people  

Item 2.   A video

The stereotype song by Ray Johnson

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCgx8zM3woQ

Bias Type: Stereotype

Analysis : This video is a music video about stereotype. It shows us the metal images, the identities some nations. For example, the Japanese love tentacle porn, the American is always eating burgers, the Israeli has a big nose… Not all of people in a nation have the same features, but they have some certain significant features that make the people in other nations think of them whenever that features are mentioned. 



Item 3  An article

Prejudice against immigrants in the US

Source : http://www.helium.com/items/1163085-illegal-immigration-without-spin 

    I completely understand immigration built this country and made it the wonderful "mixing pot" of cultures it is today, however this does not mean that immigrants from anywhere should be able to pick and choose which laws they will abide by, and which laws they will break, or to come in and out of our country without regard to the laws prohibiting such actions.

The primary argument I hear supporting illegal immigration is "your immigration system is broken and until it is fixed people will just keep coming here illegally", as long as people continue to break the law then the system can never be repaired and what would such supporters suggest, to simply allow as many as possible to cross with a rubber citizen stamp?

I am a simple blue collar worker and I deal with illegal immigrants daily we talk about this much more than most people would believe. One week ago this very topic came up at lunch and when I asked why none of them had tried to come here legally they said "it is much faster and easier to do it illegally", so unless we can make it easier and faster legally then there will always be people desperately trying to leave their poor or poorer country trying to find a better life in ours. It is not entirely the illegal immigrants fault, it is a shared responsibility, such as the employers who hire them, our government for allowing it to continue and the very country they came from.

On a personal side I must say I find myself feeling somewhat frustrated as well when the very laws I am governed by are quite often not followed by illegal immigrants or those that support them. For example: -unless they are going to get into trouble then the majority will not volunteer taxes when they are paid in cash because it makes no sense to them to simply give away money they could be sending back home to Mexico. They refuse to sign up for selective service as was my duty when I turned 18, do not confuse this with those immigrants already serving, I am speaking of those who choose not to serve. I personally know three different illegal immigrants who got into trouble, no capital crimes but trouble enough they decided to post bail and go back to Mexico instead of going to court and since its just 2 driving under the influence charges and 1 failure to pay child support, its not likely they will be extradited.

I believe since we cannot simply force our bordering countries to drive for prosperity or to do away with corruption or simply put their people first to give them a reason to want to stay and grow with their own fellow countrymen, we should at least take care of our own.

 Bias type: Prejudice

Analysis: An American thinks that the all illegal immigrants break his nation's law, all of the illegal immigrants don't  want to make their immigration legal, they cause trouble, crimes...