RAZA

RAZA was a community that I vastly enjoyed being a part of. To those who are not too keen on Spanish vocabulary RAZA means race. Race was the primary topic discussed during our weekly meetings. specifically we focused on the issues Hispanics face. For example, deportation laws and restricting citizenship amongst other important issues. We faithfully met every Mondayafter school. The 10 of us had a deep concern about these issues. The majority of the members were Hispanic. Only two other members were African American . As I have mentioned on previous post I love culture. Discovering cultures other my own motivate me to join communities such as these. Some major benefits of being apart of this group were constant but free Mexican dishes. Also I was rewarded by the support of others who had a general respect for you because you both have  a base for association. All 10 of us often would go to different classes and colleges to present these issues in order to raise awareness in a larger community. Some things about this community that i didn't particularly like was the face the some of the group members would drop the ball. For example, so wouldn't like speaking in front of crowds when we needed to present certain material. Over all though  I really enjoyed the experience. I would do it all over again if I had the chance to. 

Plus And Delta For This Module

Some of the pluses that I would like to focus on would be the ambition I have to keep up with the heavy work load that was introduced to me during the last couple of weeks of module one. I pushed myself as far as I could, I felt like for the first time I explored new parts of my brain that had never been ventured before. I also would commend myself for having the energy to participate in all my classes. I like to extend my opinion to my colleagues often. I did so much better on my midterm and my final than I thought I could,which led me to believe that my mind has no limit and I can accomplish whatever I put  all into. I would like to challenge myself to work on code switching in module two. I caught myself speaking in relaxed terms more often than occasionally. I will also strive to sometimes hold back and let others shine. Often I catch myself raising my hand to include myself in the discussion leaving no room for others who wish to have a hand in the conversation. I don't want to seem selfish in these regards, so in all I aspire to hold back just a tad  and be balanced in my day to day affairs. 

My Neighborhood Has Shaped Me

I currently stay in a neighborhood that isn’t the prettiest or the nicest. I am surrounded all day with horrible people and horrible streets. I love this area for some strange reason. I don’t understand why I feel this way, since I strongly desire to move out the area. This neighborhood has shaped me in positive and negative ways. When I was in middle school I moved to East Oakland and attended Havenscourt middle school. When this experience first began I cried at the gates of my new school, because I was surrounded by seagulls picking up there lunch and spoiling my appetite for my own lunch. My school mates spoke a different version of English than that of what I did. I felt lost confused and wondered why everyone had such hatred for one another. Day after day I knew that I was going to have to make this situation work. As time went on I acquired friends and learned a different kind of English the kind my peers spoke. I’m naturally the type of person who enjoys the company of others, so I generally would be content on my own. Even though I enjoyed the school I attended, my neighborhood caused me a great deal of stress. When I would walk to school I would be mad that I didn’t bring a weapon along with me. Guys would literally jump out of their cars and try to throw me in there’s. I wasn’t used to this type of activity. One day I arrived to school early and I was given a chance to smoke which didn’t sound like too much of a bad idea since everyone else was doing it. I won’t tell whether I took my school mates up on that offer of or not. I didn’t learn much in class either the teacher wasn’t taking the class serious or the students weren’t which made for a bad learning environment. The things that were thought to me involved learning how to take care of myself, how to stand up for myself and how to adapt to different environments. I appreciate these tools that I can attribute to my former environment

Business Week (The Poverty Business)

The companies who profit from low wage earners are increasing the severity of the opportunity divide because In recent years, a range of businesses have made financing more readily available to even the riskiest of consumers. This tactic in affect is to entice unsophisticated buyers to fall into a grave of debt. The fact that these shoppers are buried in lasting debt it makes it almost impossible for one to emerge from such a situation. Take into consideration the story of Roxanne Tsosie who was scammed into believing that she was moving up in the world by purchasing an automobile from a used car company called J.D. Byrider.  She bought a used 1999 Saturn entirely on credit. As time goes on debt is getting more and more expensive and with that time the poor are being expected to pay more. Companies use the latest technology to assess whether the consumer is a credit risk or not companies like byrider check into people with slim spending money in order to entrap this customer into a spiraling effect of debt. These various companies know that they can get away with selling products that consist of loop holes because they are dealing with an uneducated market. This uneducated market will not raise any question if it sounds promising.

We definitely cannot leave it up to the credit card corporations to advise us how not to end up in these terribly stressful situations because they are powered by the money. These companies only tell you so much because they have to. It is unlawful to give a consumer false advertisement but these companies find slim ways to doop you into a future of no success so they can keep receiving money from you from the rest of your life. I heard a rumor that credit card companies hate a certain actor because he pays his bill on time every month. With this type of strict organization credit cards would only make a small profit so it is initially up to us as citizens of this country to educate ourselves on the loop holes of our system.