Tow #3 Non-Fiction: Hillary Clinton Email Turn Up

For this week’s TOW, it presents a question that most politicians are asking themselves nowadays, what privacy do they really have? This question is being asked upon numerous occasions and many people. One reason for that being that as a politician, your privacy is very limited and every action and or word that is spoken by you, can be turned against and used against you. This was fairly and recently shown by the actions that Hillary Clinton’s old personal email are being accounted for. Her old email turned up along with some unknown emails that were sent just two months before she became secretary of state, making people suspicious of her intents because she had mentioned that she had never used this email before obtaining her job. Unknown emails were sent off of this old account to other people, such as the Commander Of the United States Central Command, Gen. David H. Petraeus with information that cannot be shared with the press. Hillary explains to the press that the discrepancies were beyond her technical understanding, even though at the time she had hired individuals to help her with her technological concerns. Her Husband, Bill Clinton the 42nd President, placed blame on the email turn ups on the Republicans who wanted to weaken Hillary Clinton’s political position and press political issues onto her policies as a secretary. When asked about the subject she stated that it was  “fair game . . .” and that “ I take responsibility. It was my choice. It was a mistake back when I did it”. With President Barack Obama’s presidency days slowly coming to an end and Hillary’s email mix up, Hillary is becoming less favorable to her once supportive voters. The press has come to their own conclusion that Hillary Clinton had used this private personal server account because she planned to run for president in 2016 and wanted to hide potential evidence that would cause investigations or Information Act requests. Her supporters are still with her but now to a certain extent rather than before. Hillary Clinton has shifted her position on many topics and issues, all ranging from the same-sex marriage to the recent wars, all presenting her as a reasonable candidate for president. She may not be creating pathos within her explanations, but she is creating logos and ethos by being the Secretary of State and having evidence that she did employ someone to assist with her technological concerns. In my perspective, Hillary Clinton seems to still be a reliable and reasonable candidate to run for presidency. Supporting the current issues and actively getting involved in the political and giving her opinions on the economical issues, she is very active in appropriately approaching her audience. Compared to other politicians such as Donald Trump, who comes off as offensive and skeptical, she knows what the American people want and is willing to do whatever she can to the best of her ability to do so. Having a woman actively representing herself along with not letting the political drama get to her head and tear her down is very admirable. It’s not often that a woman has the potential and confidence to go against other male competitors to run for senate and possibly for president. With being a woman, the political drama is more drawn to her to see how she would handles such situations, all of which she is very professional and not impulsive when handling. Regardless of  the emails turning up after her obtaining the job of the Secretary of the United States (2009 - 2013), the email scandal is slowly dying out and isn’t holding a large pressure on her anymore. Since the technology is constantly expanding and changing all across the world, I do not blame Hillary for her innocent mistakes, they were incidences that people are nowadays more likely to do than ever before. The press needs to stop finding ways to apply pressure onto Hillary, for she is looking towards the brighter and better United States for everyone. And to the other people who’re either against women’s rights in the political field or are against the Democratic party, they should not present any unjust and or unnecessary stress and pressure onto her. Dealing with real world issues is one thing, dealing with people who have nothing better to do than to find old emails that contain information that cannot be shared with the press, shouldn’t find them in the first place. The political field is a very difficult field to be represented in, especially as a women, all the best luck in her future endeavors.


Url: (http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/27/hillary-clinton-says-she-cannot-explain-why-previously-undisclosed-emails-turned-up/?ref=politics&_r=0)

Tow #2 Analyzing/Dicussing IRB: Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals

For this week's TOW, the most powerful and gruesome experiences of Melba Pattillo Beals are shared in her book Warriors Don't Cry. During the late 1950's, Melba expresses her days wanting to attend the same school as the white people and to also be treated respectfully by them. This story goes through the harsh times when she was taunted with verbal assault which she responded with courage and bravery while being integrated into Little Rock's Central High School. It all started when Melba innocently decided to sign a paper that would possibly volunteer her for the integration. After signing the paper, within the span of two years, the Brown vs Board of Education court case was set in stone, allowing integration to begin in all white high schools and declared Melba to be volunteered with eight other individuals to start integrating. What Melba believed to be the best school, Little Rock Central High did not turn out to her as she thought it would be. After trying to attend the school, was relentlessly mobbed, grabbed, slapped, punched, and almost raped, it isn't until September 20, 1957 when Melba and the other eight other students begin their classes. It is now September 20, 2015 as I am writing this TOW. To be able to read this book during the same time period, me also being a minority, it creates an inside to a life that I truly never experience. Knowing Melba's friends, that hadn't volunteered, just watched at a distance as she was beaten and cursed at, made me realize how helpless she had felt. This was all done by her first person perspective in her writing. The historical significance of all of the events with the detailed descriptions of everything she went through is something that is unforgettable. Knowing that she was helpless and by herself at some points, it's important that she shared her story to others who were not aware of the situation she was in.

IRB Intro Post #1: Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattilo Beals

(Url: http://civilrightsteaching.org/resource/warriors-dont-cry-a-searing-memoir-of-the-battle-to-integrate-little-rocks-senior-high/)

         For this week’s IRB Intro I have chosen to read Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals. This book discusses the hardships that 9 African American students went through as they were the first minorities to integrate Little Rock’s Central High School. I have chosen this book because in the past years I have heard of the historical event but not truly understood the historical context behind it. I hope to gain a better understanding of the major event that occurred in Little Rock’s Central High School.

Tow #1 Visual Text: Star Tribune Cartoon "The Talk" by Steve Sack

For this week's TOW I chose a cartoon which shows "The Talk" that White Americans give their children, and "The Talk" African American's give their children. This cartoon is by Steve Sack, a liberal leaning American cartoonist who won a 2013 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Although the award was not for this specific piece of art, it was won for the messages that he portrayed in them. This cartoon displays the justice issues that minorities have and justice issues that White Americans don’t have. A common topic that is discussed to children is "The Talk", often referring to the explanation of sexual intercourse. In this case, an African American parent is teaching their child about how minorities are wrongly treated in the justice system. The reason why the African American father is explaining this to his child is because of cases like Trayvon Martin, Freddie Gray, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, where police force and/or justice systems have wrongly sentenced the perpetrator within the years of 2012 - 2015 and left the minority to fend for themselves. “The Talk” that the White Americans are having is one that is supposed to resemble innocence and learning of a natural process. The ‘birds and the bees’ being a talk that has nothing to do with justice. With that being said, it comes across that Sacks intended audience is African Americans and other minorities in the United States. With minorities having to face an issue like so, it creates no reason for White Americans to receive this message. By myself being a minority, I have learned the harsh history that has occurred along with how the White Americans were the ones applying it. Learning about the unfair justice that occurred has lead me to believe that Sack has successfully and clearly presented his view on the unjust actions that occur in the United States justice system.