Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Halloween Rant on Milo's Controversy


“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.” - Salman Rushdie


Mr. Rushdie is right. Even as a human who hates ignorants, I have to admit that even ignorants are allowed to speak. I mean look at the political state of the country. Now, whether I or any person in power choose to take action based on that ignorant form of expression is a whole different story. Now I don't know whether professor Jackson chose this prompt because of what’s going on with Milo but I think this is too much coverage for a troll. I don’t want to dismiss what Milo has done, but I also refuse to give him the attention he’s already gained. In simple terms, I think he should be allowed to talk wherever and whenever and especially if a professor of NYU is the one who chooses to do what he wants in his classroom. In terms of politics and media, he’s just gotten too much attention. Last night I got an email with email and phone templates to flood Dean Mostov and President Hamilton’s inbox but that’s just too much. Professors are gathering to see how they can prevent Milo’s coming. Even effing De Blasio takes a moment to take care of Milo. As if De Blasio does not have a segregated public school system to take work with. De Blasio cares more about Milo’s safety than the fucking public school system.



Dulce Michelle Marquez

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Get Out

Ashley Augustin
Journal Entry
22 October 2018
     
             The Sunken Place. You're stuck and can't move. A white woman is sitting across from you. She stirs her cup of hot tea and the clink of the spoon echos down your core. That's the physical. But the women is also entering your soul, your conscious.  You sink down into a pool of darkness. Your first demise. Your sight is viewed in a television box while you float to your eternal silence. You're not in control of yourself, a white man enters your body. Your second demise. Your dark skin desired by all. Your mind, your body, your resilience. It's desired.  Why is this woman entering my mind? Why am I wanted? Why am i desired? As you sink towards the sunken place, you think of all your life events leading towards this moment. They want my mind, my body, my skin. As you sink towards the sunken place eternal anger and pain radiates through your conscious as a white man, or a white woman takes reclaim of the skin they've always had the power over. 

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Abigail Basdeo
Journal Entry
October 17, 2018

This is a screenshot of an article, but it only shows the title and picture. The title, "Google an AI which predicts death better than doctors." That is something I don't doubt, we spend so much time on Google we know they know us better than ourselves. Thats why when you're doing anything online, your computer gives you ads of things you like. They're calculating the minutes you have left. They can use your camera to take a few years off your life if they see you doing something questionable...stupid. I think a human diagnosis will always be more accurate because it takes one to know one...LOL. Maybe this death predictor is just as accurate as horoscopes. You know we all feen for those because "they're so me", so maybe when we see how and when we're going to die we're going to be like "facts, thats true". The internet is a scary and interesting place, if you trust web MD for the ongoing pain in your chest signifying you have cancer, then maybe Google's death calendar may work for you. I surely wouldn't trust it as they always tell you that anything you read on the internet isn't true, but honestly don't we usually read that on the internet? Yeah... so I don't know who to trust during times like this... but I still think a human is always the best bet because it is a more hands on, specific diagnosis. Ya feel?

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Declaration of Female Independece

                                            Declaration of Independence

IN CONGRESS, October 15th, 2018.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for women to dissolve the systemic oppression which have connected them with the government, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of womankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to desire gender equality.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are control of one’s Life, Political Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness through equal opportunity.— That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Women, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,— That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to amend it, and to institute an improved Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly, all experience hath shewn, that mankind arises disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such customs, and to provide new Guards for their future security.— Such has been the patient sufferance of women, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present Patriarch is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute division of the sexes within these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has lessened the paychecks of women though they work smarter and harder than most men. He has made women pay more for a feminine product made with the same ingredients.
He has caused women the headache of getting a job when they have more than enough qualifications listed on their resumes.
He has caused women many tears at night from feeling as though they are lesser than human through the constant mental, physical, and verbal abuse.
He has stripped women of the voice they never had when expressing concerns about important issues plaguing the world and their lives alike.

In every stage of these Oppressions We, women, have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A society whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a patriarch is unfit to be the ruling precedent of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attention to our Male brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our capabilities and role here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of Equal Women’s Rights, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good women of the world, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Women, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent within the states; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the Male Dominance, and that all political connection between them and the oppressing thought of man, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent Women, they have full Power to equal pay, have a voice in politics, equal job opportunity, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent Women may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
Simone Griffith
Third North-East
Ashley Hart
Rubin Hall
James Fan
Lipton Hall
Deniss Leon
Goddard
Riya Jain
Third North-North


Monday, October 15, 2018

Declaration of Veganpendence

Ryuta Makino, Issac Martinez, Antora Saha
Writing
October 9, 2018
Declaration of Veganpendence
When in the Course of Vegan days, it becomes necessary for one vegan to dissolve the meat-eating bands which have connected them with another, and to assume the powers of vegans, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Animals and Plants and of Animal and Plant God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinion of vegans requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation because we are different and therefore superior.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all vegans are created equal, that they are endowed by their Animals and Plants certain unalienable Rights, that among these are eating vegetables, hating on meats, and the pursuit to show our dietary ways that nobody really cares about. That to secure these rights, Plants should be eaten over Meat, deriving this diet from the consent of the Vegans, -- That whenever any Form of Diet becomes too much concerning Meat, it is the Right of the Vegans to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new diet, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its food in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Veganism. Plants, indeed, will dictate that Diet long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly, all experience hath shown, that vegans are more disposed to suffer, which meat-eaters are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when there are long lines at KFC and Arby’s, pursuing invariably the same Meta evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Meat Eating Empire, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Diet, and to provide new Dietary manners for their future security.-- Such has been the patient sufferance of these Vegans; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Meat Eating Diets. The history of present Meat-Eating Diet is a history of repeated misinformation and laziness, all having in direct object the establishment of a Meat-Eating Society that plagues our world. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Veganism, the most wholesome and natural dietary guidelines to which all humankind should abide by.
He has called together Restaurant Chains at places unusual, uncomfortable, and smelly such as KFC, Arby’s, Chik-fil-a, Burger King etc, for the sole purpose of fatiguing vegans into compliance with the “American” sentiment that relies upon and identifies itself as a Meat-Eating nation.
He has refused to provide the rightful accommodation of large districts of vegans, at parties where vegans are invited and upon arrival are faced with the smell of burning flesh and not a single vegan option.
He has endeavoured to prevent the spread of veganism; for that purpose of obstructing the right of animals; refusing to pass others to encourage such way of life and thus hindering the progress of humanity where we shall all eat plants on Mars.
He has made the general population dependent on his Meats alone for the tenure of their taste-buds, causing addiction through advertisements in trains, buses, on the streets and everywhere else that is open to our sight.
He has sent hither swarms of Vegan-haters to harass our people.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Halal carts and meat oriented restaurants without the Consent of the Animals or the Vegans.
He has abdicated Veganism here, by not declaring us as superior beings that smell good and have toned abs and thus waging War against us.
He has plundered our kitchens, ravaged our senses with the smell of meat, burnt our chickens, and destroyed the hopes of our people.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on our next-door neighbors who are always celebrating something with a barbecue, the merciless Carnivore Savages whose known rule of chomping on flesh, is an undistinguished destruction of all natural and holy taste, scent and conditions.

With each act of Oppressions We have constantly complained and stated our dietary restriction. Our repeated petition is only answered with mockery and injury. A man who is with character is thus marked by eating meat is unfit to be human among us.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our vegetarian brethren. We have warned them from time to time to stop the use of all and any animal products.We have appealed to their native justice, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred of not eating meat, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of non animal products. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation from the vegetarians, and hold them, as we hold the rest of meat eaters, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the American Vegan Society, located at 56 Dinshah Dr, Malaga, NJ , Assembled, appealing to the Supreme vegan of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good vegans of the U.S, solemnly publish and declare, That these vegans are, and of Right ought to be Free and should have more vegan friendly options in more restaurants no matter the place, and that all political connection between them and the vegetarians, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as more animal friendly group, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract PETA, establish vegan friendly laws, and to do all other Acts and Things which regular meat eater may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of the first amendment, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor, not to use animal products.

Our Decleration of Indepencance

Ashley Augustin
Deniss Leon
Ibrahim Mozawalla
Tabara Sy
       Our Declaration of Independence

When in the course of non existent campuses it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve structural bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal stations to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to a separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that not all campus’ are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Space to Walk, a Closed off campus, and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, a Gated Community instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of university students and faculty. That whenever non university students and faculty enter the campus becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the students to alter or abolish it and to institute new campus borders laying its foundation on such principles of recognizing and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to affect university students commute and safety within the campus. When a long train of abuses and lack of a gated campus community, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute campus invasion, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such standards, and to provide new Guards for their future sanity. --Such has been patient sufferance of these university students and faculty; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former open campus. The history of the present New York University campus is a history of repeated injuries and campus invasion, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over the university students and faculty members. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

-He has through his own selfish ways made us suffer through the endless construction contaminating our already crowded streets.
-He has taken control of our sidewalks
-He has injured us through an overpopulated city filled with amateur bikers
-He has driven our drivers to become mad with rage
- He has intruded on our conversations with his strident machines
- He has obstructed the basic college need of a football team.
-He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, the stench of those who don’t have the means to shower and stand on the corners awaiting the students.
-He has distorted the view of Washington square park through the infestation of rats

In every stage of these Oppressions, We have Petitioned for Redress in the most ambivalent terms: Our repeated Complaints haven't been answered and the more we complain the more spread out our campus becomes. A campus without boundaries is no real campus at all.

Nor have we been wanting in campus brethren. We have warned them of our struggle navigating the streets of our campus. We have reminded them of our circumstances time and time and time again, yet our request is neglected. They too have been deaf to the voice of the student body. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and holds them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in the city campus, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the United Student Body, in General Congress, Assembled appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in Name, and by Authority of our peers, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Student Body are, and of Right ought to be Free and independent, that they are able to commute around campus without extra disturbance. That they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the college campus and that all connections between them and the campus streets, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent students, they have the full power to be unsettled and discontent while walking the noisy streets next the 25,000 students that attend the campus with no walls. They have full power to shove people when they walking too slow, and not stop for the signal lights on every corner, push bikers, walk into potholes without regards without caution tapes, and orange cones on every street. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.  


Free World and Lynching. 2 prompts

Ryuta Makino
Writing 1
Professor Jackson
10/15/2018

FREE WORLD

Free World, some say. But those some never came across oppressions. They have never experienced or saw what its like to be part of a disadvantaged group. There were times when I thought religion was the bane of humanity, causing wars throughout history for no other reason than to assert religious superiority. I never knew what it was like to be part of a religious organization and how powerful and motivating its community is, up until now. Their prayers and there deep thinking emotionally motivated me. The declaration calls for people to experience not just watch from far beyond. The free country as the U.S. is called is only superfluous. It's not real. No country how great they are cannot be 100% free. These countries cannot be all freedom and no oppression. The people who think the U.S. is a free country was like me, making fun of religious community. Freedom cannot be obtained as there are always few in each community that wants to assert their power. The problem is not the majority, its the minority power. We cannot judge a group by their loud minority, and what the media covers. The media covers what's interesting, they never cover the good, never cover the silent majority. We cannot judge Muslims because of ISIS, we cannot judge Christians because of Westboro Baptist Church, and we cannot judge a group because of a few people.

LYNCHING

Lynching. How can you describe it? It's so iconic yet so unsettling. Killing somebody not through beatings, or through shootings, but by hanging them from a tree. An economical way of killing, a way of killing that sends out a message to the community. Nobody has lynched better than the infamous KKK. During the 1920's, these guys lynched with no persecutions against them. They had bodies of innocent blacks over them, and just had picnic looking at their perceived gorgeous scenery of dead blacks. Calvin Coolidge, the president back in the 20's, hated the KKK, but he didn't do anything to stop it. The hate was rampant, and lynching continued. The image shows KKK member being lynched instead of the usual black victim. But, at the end of the day, killing is killing and no matter how heinous of a crime they have done, there cannot be violence against them. Martin Luther King Jr. never advocated for this, he didn't want revenge and killing, he wanted reconciliation. He wanted neo-nazis and KKK members to have black friends and realize that blacks are not what perceive to be. Revenge is nice, a way to boost confidence, and a way to put down another group that has tormented you for so long. But, the best revenge is when the hate group is dissolved because they don't hate anymore. Violence doesn't stop the hate, it only creates more hate. Peace is what we need but its something so hard to achieve. Peace isn't something everybody wants especially those filled with hatred. Sometimes Peace cannot be achieved without violence, but maintaining peace as long as possible is important.