Racism is an issue that affects so many people. It's a problem that has been around for what seems like forever. Whether its people being used as slaves or people being discriminated because of what they look like, it's always been around.
William Shakespeare brought attention to how big the issue was before in his play Othello. In the first act of the play the character Iago tries to turn people against Othello to get revenge, to do that he makes the fact that Othello is black, a very bad thing. "Your heart is burst; you have lost half your soul; even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe." (Iago, act 1, scene 1) He even calls him the devil, "Or else the devil will make a grandsire or you." Shakespeare made a lot of racial comments throughout the play and made sure that the audience knew that Othello was black and that nobody was really happy about it. Even when people are complementing the man, it is in a racist way. "If virtue no delighted beauty lack, your son-in-law is far more fair than black." (Duke, act 1, scene 3) Here the Duke is trying to say something nice about Othello by saying that he seems more fair skinned than he is black. Basically saying that even though his skin is that colour he's not like that or like other people with that same skin colour.
People say racism has gotten better since Shakespeare time and people are more open and accepting; that may be true but there is still a problem because it is still going on. Nowadays racial slurs, comments or even stereotypes have become normal and are things used in everyday language. Kids now are learning to think of it as a normal thing, that comments that people make are okay. That's not a good thing, people with different skin colours may not used as slaves anymore or treated like a lower class but it doesn't mean that they have become fully equal to the white man. Racism may not be getting worse but it's not getting better.
I could never judge someone by their skin colour or be okay with people making comments about others, so it doesn't make sense to me how others can be so cruel and ignorant. Whether it's during Shakespeare time period, during our time period, in the past or even in the future, racism is an issue and we need to figure out how to stop it. It may not be as bad as before but it still needs to get a whole lot better.
Sunday, 24 February 2013
Thursday, 14 February 2013
Television Addiction
Is television addiction still a relevant thing?
The essay Television Addiction explains it as when people watch an excessive amount of TV They spend all their time watching anything that comes on, their lives are dedicated to sitting there watching TV and ignoring the rest of the world. It doesn't matter what's on, what time it is or what they are supposed to be doing, it's as if they're hooked.
This used to be a big problem. It was something that affected a lot of people but nobody wanted to admit to it or even acknowledge the fact that it could be an addiction. People were in denial and refused to admit their problem. The essay compares it to addictions to drugs or alcohol and says that it could be just as destructive to the person. Nowadays things are different, the addiction may not even be relevant anymore.
This generation is admittedly very technology based but TVs just don't seem to be high tech enough. People are a lot more interested in computers, tablets, phones, etc. It gives them more things to do and seems more fun than just sitting on the couch watching TV. People still spend hours at time watching stuff and ignoring the rest of the world, they are still doing things can be considered a destructive addiction; the difference is TVs aren't the cause of it. There are so many different things out there that people just don't care as much about TV and the so called TV addiction really doesn't exist anymore, it's irrelevant to this generation.
At the time the essay was written people were just starting to discover the issue, now we've discovered the problem and moved past it. There are still some people who have television obsessions or addictions but it is definitely a lot less common now then it was before. Television addiction is no longer a relevant thing and doesn't seem to matter to the current generation.
The essay Television Addiction explains it as when people watch an excessive amount of TV They spend all their time watching anything that comes on, their lives are dedicated to sitting there watching TV and ignoring the rest of the world. It doesn't matter what's on, what time it is or what they are supposed to be doing, it's as if they're hooked.
This used to be a big problem. It was something that affected a lot of people but nobody wanted to admit to it or even acknowledge the fact that it could be an addiction. People were in denial and refused to admit their problem. The essay compares it to addictions to drugs or alcohol and says that it could be just as destructive to the person. Nowadays things are different, the addiction may not even be relevant anymore.
This generation is admittedly very technology based but TVs just don't seem to be high tech enough. People are a lot more interested in computers, tablets, phones, etc. It gives them more things to do and seems more fun than just sitting on the couch watching TV. People still spend hours at time watching stuff and ignoring the rest of the world, they are still doing things can be considered a destructive addiction; the difference is TVs aren't the cause of it. There are so many different things out there that people just don't care as much about TV and the so called TV addiction really doesn't exist anymore, it's irrelevant to this generation.
At the time the essay was written people were just starting to discover the issue, now we've discovered the problem and moved past it. There are still some people who have television obsessions or addictions but it is definitely a lot less common now then it was before. Television addiction is no longer a relevant thing and doesn't seem to matter to the current generation.
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