Juliette Daignault 802
- Same Love by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert
When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay,
'Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight.
I told my mom, tears rushing down my face
She's like "Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k, trippin'."
Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she?
Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.
I remember doing the math like, "Yeah, I'm good at little league."
A preconceived idea of what it all meant
For those that liked the same sex
Had the characteristics
The right wing conservatives think it's a decision
And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
Man-made rewiring of a predisposition
Playing God, aw nah here we go
America the brave still fears what we don't know
And "God loves all his children" is somehow forgotten
But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me
Have you read the YouTube comments lately?
"Man, that's gay" gets dropped on the daily
We become so numb to what we're saying
A culture founded from oppression
Yet we don't have acceptance for 'em
Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it
Gay is synonymous with the lesser
It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion
Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference!
Live on and be yourself
When I was at church they taught me something else
If you preach hate at the service those words aren't anointed
That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen
I might not be the same, but that's not important
No freedom 'til we're equal, damn right I support it
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
We press play, don't press pause
Progress, march on
With the veil over our eyes
We turn our back on the cause
'Til the day that my uncles can be united by law
When kids are walking 'round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart
A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are
And a certificate on paper isn't gonna solve it all
But it's a damn good place to start
No law is gonna change us
We have to change us
Whatever God you believe in
We come from the same one
Strip away the fear
Underneath it's all the same love
About time that we raised up
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
Analysis
This song deals with the social issue stereotyping. In the beginning of the song it describes how he thinks he is gay because he can draw, keep his room clean, and because his uncle was gay. Then later he thinks he isn’t gay because he was good baseball. Later in the song he looks back on this and realizes that these were examples of stereotyping.
This song shows how people are who they are. As it says “And I can't change, even if I tried, even if I wanted to” it portrays people who know how they are and won’t change. This applies to everyday life and may teach people that they don’t have to be stereotyped and can be who they want.
- Observations of my neighborhood
-Littering
-Smoking
-Racism
-Catcalling
-Homelessness
As a young woman in New York City catcalling has been a part of what I see and experience everyday. This is a very degrading issue to many woman. It is unfair, and quite frankly makes people feel uncomfortable in the situation. It feels as though you are being preyed on by men who think it’s ok to look at woman and comment on them. I, myself have been commented on, and it makes you feel unsafe and minimized around you.
- Interview with Emmeline Vickers Batzdorf
Q: What is good in the world?
A: I think in the world whats good is so many people’s access to health care, food, shelter, a good job, and warmth.
Q: What do you think is unfair in this world?
A: I think a lot of things are unfair in the world, like the fact that not a lot of people have access to the good things in the world. Another thing that I feel very strongly about is that rich people who don’t give to charities aren’t helping those who don’t have enough money to serve dinner to their kids.
My Thoughts
I agree with what Emmeline has to say about what is unfair and fair in this world. They seem to relate to each other and I support what she had to say about how rich people sometimes don’t give to charity that could benefit people who are less fortunate. I think that everyone should be able to have warmth, shelter and food, Which some people don’t have and that is definitely something that is unfair about the world.
- Watching the news about Fergeson
When I was watching the news, it seemed that a big portion was dedicated to the Grand Jury’s decision on whether to prosecute the police officer who killed Mike Brown. The decision was not to prosecute him. I saw that many people in Fergeson were upset and outraged and I tried to imagine what it was like for Mike Brown’s family. I think they must have been extremely disappointed in the decision, but I also saw that they asked to keep the protests peaceful which I thought was a good choice.
- Interview with my Dad, Ron Daignault
Q: Why did you choose to do this pro bono case?
A: Seven years ago, I was working at a firm that really valued pro bono work. One of the areas that they focused on was criminal defense, civil rights, or representing clients who had received the death penalty. As a lawyer I had always wanted to become involved in criminal defense work, even though I was only a patent litigator. So one day I received a letter from a person named Eric Jenkins who described his situation and stated that he needed a lawyer to represent him for a petition for habeas corpus to vacate his conviction and prove his innocence. Eric had been sentenced to 15 years to life in jail for a murder that he didn't commit. I believed in his story, and I knew he had been wronged because the facts against him didn’t make sense. He needed help and no one else was there for him.
Q: How did this change his life?
A: While I was working on his case I hired private investigators who met with the two leading witnesses and during those meetings the witnesses recanted their stories and said they had lied because the police had pressured them. With this new evidence, I felt i could prove his innocence. Also while I was representing him I got him parole. He never did anything wrong during his 17 years in jail and was a high ranked student at York College before he was convicted. I Presented this to the court and they granted him parole. Today, he is working at the Fortune Society
- Watching the TV show “The Carrie Diaries”
While watching this show I’ve noticed a few key things. The characters our age are portrayed as more perfect than teens in real life. Their family’s are also more perfect than real life family’s are. Besides the loss of a parent, or of a character struggling with a parents divorce the family’s usually don’t have many more problems going on. There are also stereotypes in the show, like an asian character’s goal is going to Harvard. And the general race of the TV show is white. When I watch this show it makes me think about how society wants to view teen’s lives and how actual lives of teens are much different. I feel like teens watching this show who may have deeper problems than the ones shown on TV might feel ashamed or wish their life was like the TV show. This is sending out a bad message to teens and making them feel like their life isn’t as good as the ones shown on TV
Reading the article Qatar Frees, Then Detains, U.S. Couple Accused of Killing Adopted Daughter
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/01/world/middleeast/qatar-frees-us-couple-accused-of-killing-adopted-daughter.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Citation: Khatri, Shabina S., and Rick Gladstone. "Qatar Frees, Then Detains, U.S. Couple Accused of Killing Adopted Daughter." The New York Times. The New York Times, 30 Nov. 2014. Web. 30 Nov. 2014. <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/01/world/middleeast/qatar-frees-us-couple-accused-of-killing-adopted-daughter.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0>.
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