Research Blog #14

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Works Cited

         Hess, Mickey. "Is Hip Hop Dead? The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Most." (2007). Web.

Taylor, Carl. "Hip Hop Is Now: A Evolving Youth Culture." Web.

Concepcion, Mariel. "Old School, New School." Web. 20 Sept. 2008.

O'Brien, Susie, and Imre Szeman. Popular Culture: a User's Guide. Toronto: Nelson Education, 2009. Print.

 Hip Hop News Blog – Everything Hip Hop News, Music and Videos | Hip Hop Blog. Web. http://hiphopblog.com/

Research Blog #15

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When writing the essay, I was a bit overwhemled with my topic once I really got to writing. I felt as the topic itself wasn't a broad enough. I was a good topic to begin with but once going into depth, it felt like I have already made all the key points. If I knew the truth defintion of a subculture at the beginning of the school yr...I would of picked another subculture within a heart beat. I thought I would just pick an topic I knew alot about which was hip hop. I think I knew a little to much about the topic and really couldnt explored how I wanted with a topic. I think i had a hard time cause once I found a article on the site, I would go back the next days to look at it again if your be gone. So when it was time for me to write, I has to use the info they put up that day. Some days they happened to have good toipcs and post, then the next day it seemed just like gossip in the hip hop world. So with dealing with that along was a bit frustrating.

I think since blogging will be used for future students, they will find it somewhat useful. When you have other people expressing how they feel about the topics being discussed and it challenge your thinking process. It's good to read others options because then it's like they are right too and they say things you would of never thought of to say. Also, I thoguht that fact that people can disagree was a good way to start heated dicussions. The person just has to be a explaintion on why they dont agree with you.

Reading Blog #10

Vagabonds are people that aren't subject to change such as grandparents, people with authism,and etc
Tourist are people willing to explore and looks forward to change

Vagabonds seem to be stuck in a certain mind frame. They think change is BAD and don't want to take part in any changes. It can be anything from a nail polish, to a certain brand of clothing or makeup, a destination part in the US, to the same automoile company their car is from, to the food they intake. Honestly, I think everyone has a little vagabond in them, it's just depends on the level you take it to. Tourists to me are free spririted. Willing to go where life takes them anddeal with the rest later. Tourist are everywhere in the world exploring because they simply want to explore and see the difference they are missing. I think alot of americans go outside the US because it's more it see and land to view that the US have but not as a gradtitude as third world countries have. The buildings that Spain has that are soooo unique, or the tropical food the islands have. It's goes the same way with people coming to travel in the USA!

Race and Gender  did play a role in mobility once upon a time. Time has changed and we see some many different races and faces in politics now. We got out 1st black president, now we just waiting on our 1st woman!

Reading Blog #9

After reading Chapter 9 thoroughly, please respond to the ideas presented in the chapter and apply them to your own experiences. Please get as specific as possible and use terminology from the chapter correctly. I am looking for a clear application here. Two full paragraphs.

In the chapter, I could really relate to the vaction section. Being a city girl, my parents always took us on expensive vactions as a kid. Staying in the best hotels, during the top adventures was what we was raised on. My mom always said " Why go out the country/ or state and not really view it". She meant spending money. The only times I really had a nature vaction was when I went camping with the girl scouts. But we never stayed in tee pee's or anything like that, we stayed in cabin hotels and would do the outdoor adventures during the day. I'm not really into nature and I don't well with bugs...Im afarid of spiders and they are harmless. I guess when you never been placed into a certain environment, you tend to act a certain way. When I travel to pamana over the summer, we people where sleeping in hammicks like nobody business and it was all type of bugs over them. The bugs only came out at night so either I was in the room or I walking with bug repellent

Like I said above, I live in the city but I tend to travel to all parts in MI. One thing I have noticed that the gas prices are cheaper in the city than in the outskirts of the city. I go visit my friend in that stay in the subarbs of West Bloomfield Hills and gas is almost 5-10 cent more than the city. I always thought smaller cities and townships have the cheaper prices because they are less populated than the bigger cities. Traveling to North Carolina, we came across town that consisted of one dirt rd, maybe 2 at the most traffic lights and a small diner. I don't recall the prices but the food was lovely considering it wasnt a huge city

Reading Blog #8

I pictures I choosen represnt counterculture and subculture. I pick a picture of the civil rights movement because they rebelled against what everyone wanted them to do. The made a statement and wanted to be heard and what better to do it nation wide and make the 4 o clock news. African Americans was killed, placed in jail, beaten, treated unfairly against other races all because their skin color. They was working against the mainstream.
I put the MJ community as a subculture because people dress they him, love him dearly and was shocked when he passed away last year. These are what you call "true" fans.The subculture is a postive one because who didn't love MJ. There was alot of Mj costumes this year and last year for halloween.

Reading Blog #7

n 1-2 full paragraphs, analyze how Bamboozled might be applied to Ch. 7. Use terminology taken from the chapter and be hyper aware of the language used (the film may use offensive language, but in your blog you will NOT--you ain't Spike Lee and this class is not run by democratic rule--think of it as a benevolent dictatorship :P).

Bamboozled was a film about race, social class, hegemomy, sterotypes, racial slurs, and language. It was trying to represents ethnic groups by the sterotypes placed upon them. It had black men drinking "40 ounce" beers and pants sagging to the ground. It showed older apartements that looked like the health department should of thrown down a long time ago. It had a colored man that was educated with his degree's from top school and what people would call as a white accent. Then you had the white boss that calls himself a nigga and say's I'm more blacker than you and I'm white. I would say this film had alot of identity and minority  groups issues. I feel Spike Lee tried to put some humor into the film so people wouldn't get upset but at the same time show the importance on racism and how it still exist in our society.

Reading Blog #6

Well I went to BGSU for 3 1/2 years and this is my first semester at owens. Considering the 2  colleges, all my teachers were all the same really minus the age differance. My teachers at BGSU was different and age, so that all depended on how the class was thought. My younger teachers who was students still themselves made the class fun, intersting, and made it worth coming to. They would sit the the desk and really engage with the students, instead of making it one big BORING lecture. They would tell you about things going on around campus, things that's happen in toledo and so forth. Young teachers let you know its ok to fun and but still remind you student comes first.The older teachers would bore me to death, have all the stricts rules like were still in high school and expected so much when it's a low level course. I think older teacher sticks to the rules: You are here for a reason, do what you need to do...blah blah blah. I think they expect more out of you and thats way some push you the way they do. They want you do get a degree and make a differance in the world, instead of texting your life away or not just coming to class because you have to. In a sense, I'll appreciate older teachers values and ethnics in the long run, but young teachers are cool too.