Bio.

My name is Juana Naomy Sanchez. I was born and raised in Dominican Republic, but only until i was 9 years old and moved to the United States. I was born on February 8th, 1994. I went to Freeport High School till junior year, in Freeport, NY. Then i finished in Hostos Lincoln Academy, in the Bronx.Moving from one place to another in the middle of my junior year really affected me and i believe made me who i am today. I didn't have a choice at the time because i was under my dads responsibility, so i couldn't stay and finish high school. I am now a Liberal Arts Major at LaGuardia Community College. I speak both English and Spanish. Being bilingual in a way has been a gift because i can communicate with people around me(will further explain). But at the same time this could be a disadvantage because sometimes i mix the languages and cause myself confusion, not so much anymore but while i was learning yes(will further explain). I remember when i was in grade school, some of the kids who went to school with me would say things to me in English and because i didn't know what they meant i wasn't able to defend myself.

Main Ideas - A Red Record

In the book A Red Record by Ida B. Wells, Wells discusses the main ideas on lynching in the south. She talks about the anarchy in the society, the missing of constitutional equality, and the sadism felt by white southerners. Wells argues that there was no constitutional equality for the African Americans, she said "The government which had made the Negro a citizen found itself unable to protect him. It gave him the right to vote, but denied him the protection which should have maintained that right".
 

Blog #3 :Lynch Law In All Its Phases

In the text Southern Horrors edited by Jacqueline Jones Royster, Ida B. Wells, an African American journalist from the late 1800's, questioned white southerners motives for lynching African Americans. After the civil war, white men felt threatened by the new freedoms that were given to African Americans because they felt that soon enough they would no longer have control over them.This caused white men to look for any excuse to take away the rights of African Americans, so that this way they wold regain the power and control they had over them. In this blog i will use my critical thinking skills to discuss Ida B. Wells' arguments on lynching.

Wells believed that lynching was unreasonable and that it was not because of the white women supposedly being raped by black men. But because white men felt that their economic and overall control would eventually no longer be. One of the most important passages from Lynch Law In All Its Faces by Ida B. Well is about interracial sex. This is important because it shows how black men never forced white women to sleep with them, therefore, rape was not a legitimate reason to lynch Afro-American men. Wells said " There were many white women in the south who would marry colored men if such an act wouldn't place them at once beyond the pale of the south only operate against the legitimate union of the races" (Royster pg.53). This means that if it wasn't illegal, white women would even marry black men. It could be said that if there were no laws against interracial sex, then white women wouldn't have to sneak around with black men and then accuse them of rape to keep their reputation clean.

Wells felt that this was all absurd.White men were just scared of how black men were gaining wealth and property because of their freedom. She argued that "rape" was just an excuse to deprive African Americans of their human rights and have control over them.

Brain storming.....

Thinking about what i could contribute to the book on the language of human rights kind of frustrates me. I could write a poem or maybe even illustrate a picture on how maybe not only language but also actions are used take away someones rights. But even with these ideas i become indecisive because i want to do something that i could really show people how language is used to take away someones rights ... i kind of want to make people think, with the help of my classmates of course :)
OHHHHHH i could write a short story ! :) I dont know... im sure that with time i will find something that could explain how i feel about the language of human rights because i dont want to write a boring essay where i know if people read it they wont catch the message, i want to make people think !

Oh ! Were just "frenemies"

The word Frenemy was coined by the writer Jessica Mitford in 1977. It refers to a friend with whom one has frequent conflict. The formation of this word is the clipping and blending of the words friend and enemy.

Example ; " Shes my friend but we dont really like to be around eachother, we fight all the time, you could say shes my frenemy."

Assigment #1 Eng 101 Revision

 In 1791 an African american named Benjamin Banneker wrote a letter to the former president of the United States Thomas Jefferson. In this letter he expressed to Jefferson his beliefs on how all humans are equal because God or as he said the "Father" has " afforded us all the same sensations and endowed us all with the same faculties". However he made it quite clear that he was not happy or satisfied with jeffersons actions. He claimed that jefferson had not followed his own statements on the declaration of independence of all humans being " entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." And also, in the most respectful way possible called him a liar and a criminal against religion, nature and humanity.
        Like Banneker, Equiano from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equinano , was also a slave. In the passage he describes his experiences in the slave ships. In these crowded ships people were treated unfairly and were forced to travel under unsanitary conditions. Its easy for the reader to understand all the kinds of emotions felt by Equiano, some of which were fear and anxiety. He's experience in these ships were horrifying. And one of the things that scarred him the most was witnessing other slaves die before his eyes due to the lack of food and poor health. 
       Now you may ask yourself, If were all feeling creatures, how could we not feel for each other? In other words , how could the slave-traders treat slaves in such way without feeling any remorse. In my opinion the answer to this question depends on who's answering it. There is always one person that wants to be on top, which i think has been the  biggest problem in our society, because as long as that person is getting what they want, they don't care of who they step on along the way. Yes,we all have the ability to feel, but some can feel more than others. Some people would do anything to get what they want in life, even if that means hurting someone physically, mentally and emotionally. I also believe that someone may effect me but no someone else.The first step to making people act differently towards each other is making them feel something. Meaning, if we want to make a change we need to make people see how their actions effect other people, hopefully reaching some sort of emotional reaction, or better yet a deep connection. This would be the only way that we can someday come to a point were we treat eachother equally.

Teenagers And Bullying.

1. When teenagers use the word "drama" instead of using "bullying" is because they want to in a way decrease the meaning of the word. Meaning like make it not such a big deal.
2. The word "drama" could be empowering because it basically decreases the level of the problem and sugar-coats it.
3. When someone is called a "nerd" is a form of bullying. They use something good and turn it into something bad.