Monday, March 7, 2011

college for all reflection

          College for all was a really good experience.One thing that was something I liked was that we got the chance to see hoe its to be in a college campus.The college that I would like to go is U C Santa Cruz because it's closer to Oakland.I also like that college because its a good college and it  it's all about nature.Something I liked about Santa Barbara was that it was next to the ocean.One thing that I like about it was that they had a Chicano program.Cal Poly was a good college and its big but its not really what am looking for.
            Something i didn't really like about  Cal Poly was that they didn't have no latino programs. They also have bad food.I also didn't like we had a long time in the bus.The hotels were nice and i had a really good time in the board walk.I would like to go again and experience new things.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Liberation journal

        My groups topic is about gangs. My definition about gangs is when a group who believe or think that they own a color and that they are better than other people.Another is when they believe that they are or own a block (a street).Many people get into gangs because they think they are cool.
     An oppression or they people that get opressed  are the people  are the leaders of the click or group.I think it's liberating because if you want to be in a gang even though you get pressured to join a gang you still have the choice to join or not.My advice for a person who is getting pressured to join a gang is to say NO because that way  you don't put your self in danger our your family.
       I do not have no personal expierence related to gangs .I have not been pressured to join gangs or to do drugs and if I ever do I know to do the right thing is to not do drugs and to not join gangs.
    Ten things that make me smile and bring my joy is my parents, brother, sister,niece,and my nephew.My friends cousins , grandma because they are always their for me. I also like my phone school.My phone is because I text alot

oppression journal

      My groups topic we are focusing on is gangs.We decided to focus in gangs because we think it's a good topic to focus on because that's what we hear about a lot this days.My way of defining h\the gangs is a click of people who believe that a color.Color's known as red, blue, black.So that was my short definition of gangs.
       In gang's theirs many opresrors because they opress young people to choose a color.I t harms them because they get involved from with drugs most people who are in gangs do drugs.Something that gang members would tell you in the streets especially when your a guy is "what you bang" and what most people say "nothing" and they are scared.The opressor restricts peoples by not letting them use every color.
     There are many organization that helps teens to stay away from drugs and gangs.A restriction that the people have when they bang is that they can't really bee seen in the streets because they could get jumped by the other group members of the other gang members.That's a percentage that many people get killed . Some thing that they internalize is that they believe that they need to bang a color and no other one.
       The people that are oppresed feel like they can't do anything because if they step out of their homes they  feel like they are going to get killed.They also sometimes think that their ghangstah friends are going to be their for them when they get shot when they really don't have their back.They will not risk their lives for yu when they have their own family to live for.
      One personal expierence is when my brother and his friend got chased by the Nortenos.They chased them just because they passed by their teratory . When they chased them my brother went up threw the balkony stairs and my brothers friend stayed down and the entrance door was locked and nobody would open the door and the nortenos came in a white car and got down. As they got down from the car my brothers friend got behind and they pulled out a gun and he ran and left me their and they just looked at me a kept on chasing the guy.But he luckly got to my house and nothing happened to hi that was the worst experience that could happen to me!!!!!!!!