Stop and Frisk

      The problems that African Americans males are facing are that they are being searched for concealed weapons or contraband goods by police because of their race; they are being stopped and frisked.  They are being frisked just because they are African Americans, and the police believe that they are all criminals or they will all eventually become criminals.  Since the African Americans males are being stopped and frisked, they no longer feel safe around police and they feel like criminals, and not citizens.  They feel that they cannot depend on the police for help and they are afraid of the police.

      I think this is a serious issue, which is wrong and unfair, especially to the African Americans which are innocent.  I also think this issue harms the community because there is mistrust between the citizens and the police.  But I think that many things can be done to prevent this issue.  I think that the police should only be allowed to search someone if there is actual evidence against that person. The police should not judge people based on their race and what they are wearing.  I also think that to help prevent this in the future, kids should be taught that to stop and frisk an innocent person is wrong, and they should be showed how to treat others properly.

      I think we have similar in issues in Toronto, because even in Toronto racism is a problem.  Many people in Toronto have been hurt and discriminated because of their race.  Though the issue of racism may not be as severe as the issue in Brooklyn, it has affected everyone; whether they have seen it, been a victim to it, or they have been racist to someone else.

   

My Thoughts on the Twerking YouTube Video HOAX

     I have just seen the video about a girl whose leg had caught on fire after "twerking", which had become a YouTube sensation and was later revealed to be a hoax by Jimmy Kimmel.  Shortly after the video became extremely popular, Jimmy Kimmel and Daphne Avalon, the stunt woman in the video, revealed their hoax.  I think that the original video was both inappropriate and slightly funny.  I found the twerking to be inappropriate because I don't want to watch Daphne or anyone else, shake their butt in front of me; I find it to be uncomfortable to watch.  I also found the video to be funny when she failed at her attempt at twerking.  But I didn't think it was funny when she caught on fire, because if the situation was not staged, she could have accidentally burn herself.

     I think that Jimmy Kimmel created this video to show how inappropriate twerking is, and what lengths people will take just to twerk.  Some people actually blamed Miley Cyrus for this video because of her performance at the Video Music Awards, which involved twerking.  I think that her performance was just another example of why twerking is inappropriate and in her case unprofessional.  I think that the video was also to let people know that, they should be more cautious of what they see online.  People should not believe everything that they see and read on the internet.  Many people involved in the media believed that this video was real and only a few people believed that the video was a hoax.

     I think that Jimmy Kimmel was trying to reveal that on YouTube most people in our society like to watch videos that are funny and showcase pranks or people not succeeding.  Most people in our society like to do dangerous or silly things in videos, just to get a lot of views on YouTube.  

  

Jimmy Kimmel and Daphne Avalon revealing the hoax.