Stereotypes

For as long as humanity has existed, stereotyping has been around in the society. Some types of stereotyping are discrimination, sexism, racism, and propaganda. All of these are a result of certain groups thinking that their morals are higher than another group’s. To immediately judge an approaching person is instilled in the person who is judging. These come from past cultural or moral standards that not all cultures relate. Since every person is unique, the entire world will not have one point-of-view. The entire world is surrounded by numerous point-of-views. Some forms of stereotyping result in murderer and massacre. Adolf Hitler once stated, “Who still tells nowadays of the extermination of the Armenians?” Armenians were a group of people who have been subject to discrimination and racism by the turks. In 1915, the Turks commit genocide on the Armenians people. Until today Turkey does not accept their crime. This statement has no validity today because Armenians have succeeded in fighting for their rights. They have succeeded in raising awareness to all cultures, so many people talk about their brutal past. The genocide has become subject in many schools, and it is a huge part of politics in certain countries.

            The question, “Is it possible to grow to adulthood without harboring at least some prejudice toward certain groups?” has numerous answers, but they all sum up to one final one: no. Each person is raised in a different way and in different families, who have their own way of living life. The world would be perfect if people did not judge and discriminate against other people. It is important to fight discrimination and racism, but it is useless to fight another person’s point-of-view. An example of prejudice would be the fact that Hitler considered Jews as animals, not humans. He threw the world’s hate towards those people. This is a form of prejudice that German children were taught to support. All German younglings were taught that Jews are terrible people. As a result every German child would grow up with this idea, and in later years when they came across a Jew, they thought of them as a terrible person. This is something that is impossible to overcome because even if people do not express themselves in public, they still think about it.

Juvenile Rape Case

The article, “Steubenville rape: More Charges Possible with Grand Jury Probe” was published in the Los Angeles Times by Tina Susman, on March 17, 2013. Sixteen year-old Ma’Lik Richmond and seventeen year-old Trent Mays were convicted of raping a sixteen year-old girl. Both boys began serving time in juvenile detention Sunday. Even though these two were convicted, more people could face charges if a grand jury investigation determines that witnesses, who include the defendants’ athletic coaches, turned a blind eye to the assaults. Judge Thomas Lipps, who heard the case in court, found both boys guilty. Mays was also convicted of distributing nude material because he had pictures of the naked victim on his phone. Therefore, he received two years in a juvenile detention facility, while Richmond received one. Ohio’s attorney general, Mike DeWine, and his office stepped in to handle the investigation said that there were some witnesses that his investigators had come across. It included forty-three people, from which twenty even of them had been interviewed. Dewine stated that sixteen of the juveniles “refused to cooperate, giving various reasons” (Los Angeles Times). In addition to all these investigations, cyber-crime experts have analyzed thirteen cellphones. From those phones, they reviewed and analyzed 396,270 text messages; 308,586 photos; 940 videos; 3,188 phone calls; and 16,422 contacts. All of these cellphones were from the juveniles that had attended the party where the assaults took place. All of these investigations reveal numerous amounts of secrets among the teens, which will eventually lead to the truth. There is no question that investigators can find out any bit of information about teens and their actions nowadays. DeWine stated, “It’s going to be broad, and we will follow the evidence wherever that evidence takes us” (Los Angeles Times). 

Newborn HIV Cure

In an article titled, “Child Born With HIV is ‘functionally cured’” posted on March 3,2013 in the Los Angeles Times, tells the world about how a newborn, now two years old, is a survivor of HIV. Eryn Brown and Karen Kaplan reported that for the first time, doctors have reported that a child born with HIV was put on an unusually aggressive treatment regimen. This form of treatment has proven to functionally cure the infection. If the same remedy can work on other children, it could drastically save the lives of the estimated 1,000 babies born with HIV every day. Dr. Karin Nielsen, a pediatrician who specializes in infectious diseases said, “If there is a trial that shows this can happen again, then this will be very important” (Los Angeles Times). However, the concern is the possibility that he girl was not actually infected herself from her mother. It is true that in the United States and other developed countries, more than ninety eight percent of babies, born to mothers with HIV, do not receive the virus due to preventive treatments that begin before birth. In this case, the newborns mother was not aware that she had HIV until she took a screening test after she was in labor. Regardless, the attempt to replicate the results in other HIV-positive infants is the next step for doctors. 

Gatsby Style Party

I will be throwing the most amusing and pleasurable party that any person has ever been to. Whoever is invited will never forget this night and how much fun he or she had. The planning of the party is exceptionally costly and high-class. It will take place next Saturday on March 9, 2013 from 8:00 p.m. until sunrise so that the following day can serve as resting time. The location will be at a beautiful mansion in Beverly Hills, which I will rent for $20,000.  The guests include my family and friends. If friends want to bring someone who is not on the guest list, they may do so only if they inform me at least three days before the party. The reason is that security will be checking for IDs to verify the person on the guest list. Guests are not allowed to drive to the mansion because they will leave drunk with the incapability to control a vehicle. Therefore, I will rent about six Rolls Royce limos and five large party buses, which will cost me $20,000 (amazing deal because of connections.) The guests will all arrive and leave the mansion with these vehicles only. There will be an orchestra for the beginning of the night, three DJ’s and professional dancers for the entire night. All of this, including lights, will cost me $5,000. I will spend $5,000 on servants, chefs, cleaners, and security for the entire night. The largest amount of money will be spent on food and drinks. An unlimited full bar (with any kind of drink) and a variety of Cuban cigars and cigarettes will cost $30,000.  The food, which will mainly be Armenian food, seafood (including black caviar and a motley of fish and sushi), French crepes and macaroons for dessert will be $20,000. Guests are welcome to enjoy anything they like at the mansion.

The total cost for my party will be a $100,000. However, there are a few rules. First, whoever that damages an inch of the place will be responsible to pay for it with no excuses. Second, if a guest shows any form of misbehavior or negative action, he or she will automatically be dismissed from the party and security will escort them out immediately. Hopefully all can make it to have a fantastic time because this kind of a house party does not take place frequently.

Shocking Discovery of the Holocaust Camps

On March 1, 2013, in an article called “The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking” from the New York Times, Eric Lichtblau reported about an appalling discovery involving the Jewish holocaust, during which most Jews were sent to concentration camps. For the past thirteen years, researchers began the task of documenting all the ghettos, slave labor sites, and killing factories that the Nazis set up all throughout Europe. The shocking discovery was that these researchers have cataloged about 42,500 Nazi ghettos and camps in Europe, which shows that the numbers are far higher than what the world has originally thought until today. These documented camps include not only “killing centers” but also thousands of forced labor camps, where prisoners manufactured war supplies. There were “care” centers, where pregnant women were forced to have abortions or their babies would be killed after birth. The map that researchers made with this data turned all of Europe into black clusters of death, torture, and slavery. The reported number of Jews dead was set to about six million. However, lead editors on this project estimate that fifteen to twenty million people died or were imprisoned in the sites that they have identified as part of the campsites. Hartmut Berghoff, director of the German Historical Institute in Washington, stated, “We knew before how horrible life in the camps and ghettos was, but the numbers are unbelievable” (New York Times).