Newspaper Reflection

In my opinion,I felt as if our groups newspaper came out average. Compared to all the other work submitted, our newspaper was almost the same as the other ones. If I had a chance to go back and change things the first thing I would do is get our group to do all the work early so that no one would be stressing out on the last minute. If we finished our articles on time we could have all processed a better written article.
On my behalf, I think my work could have been a little more professional. I worked on Abraham Lincoln's views and idea's on the 2nd debate. I wrote that article on my own and i felt as if i took good quotes from the transcripts and expanded on the quotes and my writing came out realistic though less professional. My article flowed with all of our groups other articles. We all had different views on different stand points of the debate. When we actually did put all of our work together it came out decent.

Guidelines for Photography

1. Rule of thirds:

http://www.dosize.com/tips-digital-photo-images-1.php

I think that the Rule of thirds gives the picture more essence and feeling. You obviously know whats the main object of the portrait but then again it makes you take a look around instead of focusing your eyes onto one spot. As Randy said in class the picture has a background as well as a foreground.

2. Depth of field

http://www.dosize.com/tips-digital-photo-images-1.php

I don't clearly understand the use of depth of the field but in my opinion i feel as if you should have the background of a picture as in depth as possible making the picture more eye pleasing.

3. Eyes, Color, Fill the frame

http://www.dosize.com/tips-digital-photo-images-1.php
This rule is used in more of a picture with a main object. To give your picture more meaning the eyes of the object must be present because that is one of the first things an audience would look at. Your portrait also must fill up the whole space. You shouldn't have a huge background and your object tiny because it would suck up all the flow of the picture.

4. Shooting at eye level

http://www.dosize.com/tips-digital-photo-images-1.php

This rule, i think, is the most important rule. You should take a picture of an object at the object's eye level. It would give your picture a sense of character and individuality. Instead of giving the usual human eye level you should be at the dog's so that you would see a portrait that you would usually see every day.

Racism in Today's Modern World

School these days weren't anything near as close as the schools back in the Civil War. During the Civil War schools were segregated and racism was at it's high.

Back then during the Civil War schools were segregated, which meant they separated the schools by race, Whites & Blacks. It was the law back then but now a days schools aren't segregated thanks to the certain people in history for instance Abraham Lincoln, Fredrick Douglas, and the Plessy vs. Ferguson case, also the Brown vs. the Board Of Education case. It was stated in both those cases were presented with the "separated but equal" statement. It meant that though everyone was separated by race or color everyone is equal and should be treated equally, which eventually led to the end of segregation in schools. Though schools were integrated back then racism still existed through out the world until today.

Schools may be integrated but racism still exists

I found this article about parents in the Alabama School District claimed that the African American students were victims of racism in schools. The parents filed a lawsuit on the school board for alleged racism. Under is a statement found in the article stating the lawsuit filed.
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The lawsuit says black students at the county's only public junior high have been called slurs such as the "N-word," "filthy trash" and "black monkey." Their parents also say classes are segregated, with most black students being kept out of advanced placement and honors courses.
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In my opinion I do think that racism does exist now and I believe that is so because that our history was written upon it. Looking back in American history you can see all the different events and how racism played a part then and how it plays a part in toady's world. Though I highly encourage non-racism i still feel as if the world cannot change how America was built which in my opinion built on racism. Back then it was more racism between African-American and the whites I feel that now it has expanded from all races and all types of discrimination has occurred. There is no definite way to abolish or end racism but the closest thing is toleration. As my trip in tenth grade to the Museum of Tolerance, I have learned that prejudice and discrimination has been going on for ages and the only way to cease the rate is to tolerate it.

Jim Crow Laws Affected How Society is Today

The Jim Crow Laws affected how society is today because it was basically the start of segregation. All the laws consits of what the whites can do that other races can't. For instance:

“Separate free schools shall be established for the education of children of African descent; and it shall be unlawful for any colored child to attend any white school, or any white child to attend a colored school.” “Marriages are void when one party is a white person and the other is possessed of one-eighth or more negro, Japanese, or Chinese blood.”

The Jim Crow Laws were a perfect example for racism in Civil War Era America, now those laws are ablolished but still affected those living today. The Jim Crow laws were changed during the time when things in society were being integrated like schools, factories, etc. Cases like the Plessy vs. Ferguson and the Brown vs. the Board Of Education changed our modern day society as a multi-race, multi-cultural country.

The past wrote itself in a way that can't be forgotten. Racism now aren't as harsh as they were back in the day but believe me it still exists.

Sources:
Brown Vs Board of Education Digital Documents & Photographs Project. (n.d.). Retrieved Oct. 1, 2008, from http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/dl/Civil_Rights_BrownvsBoE/BrownvsBOEfiles.html.

Jim Crow Laws - Separate Is Not Equal. (n.d.). Retrieved Oct. 2, 2008, from http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/detail/jim-crow-laws.html.

Racism claimed at Alabama school - Education - MSNBC.com. (2008, May 25). Retrieved Oct. 1, 2008, from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24809995/.

Reid, M. (n.d.). Resegregation Nation: The Proud Future of American Schools on Flickr - Photo Sharing!. Retrieved Oct. 2, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikhaela/656443055/.