Food for the Soul

After reading about the cruelties lobsters face during the Maine Lobsterfest, I started wondering of any other animals are subjected to cruelties like this, and decided to watch the video mentioned in the passage, "Meet Your Meat", and the graphic scenes I saw horrified me. WARNING: Content described is extremely graphic. Chickens and Turkeys In many of the facilities used to raise chickens for our gluttonous habits, these poor birds are forced to live in conditions I can only describe as hellish. They are crammed into little cages and areas where they can hardly walk, let alone find food and water containers that  rarely put out. The drugs they give to the birds to make them grow larger and big enough for our dinner, are often used so much that the bird's legs buckle under the weight. As I watched, they showed how chickens are loaded onto the trucks for slaughter. They aren't carefully corralled onto big, air conditioned transport vehicles, but instead thrown by...

We all have heard, one way or another, a dumb blonde joke. Maybe you were the one to say it. Or maybe you were that unfortunate blond that had to be subjected to such a thing. Either way, this is a well known stereotype, and should be ended. So the question that everyone has, but no one ever bothers to answer is, are blondes actually dumb? The answer, put simply, is no. A study of 10,878 white women with naturally blond hair concluded that blondes had an average IQ within three points of brunettes and other hair colors (Ohio State News). This study shows that, without a doubt, blondes are not statistically dumber than other people. Sadly, even though this is such an obvious fact, many people still are biased when it comes to judging someone's intelligence based on blond hair color. For example, Jay Zagorsky, a lead researcher at Ohio State University, says that " Research shows that stereotypes often have an impact on hiring, promotions and other social experiences". ...

Throughout American history, there have been many atrocities. And at the top of this list, segregation. And while we mostly hear of the racial form, there is another- segregation based on wealth. Many people have heard of the "Poor Door- Rich Door" debate. Basically, some apartment buildings in New York City have started to include both high income housing and low income housing. While this may seem harmless, and even good, it has sparked up some controversy. These buildings, containing the two different housing styles, install a main door, usually really nice and shiny, for the rich people, and a side entrance, from the alley, for the poor people. It is ironic that after everything we went through to make sure that whites and blacks could be equal that we are just letting this happen. It isn't fair that just because someone is making less money that they should have to be put through the humiliation of not being able to go through the main entrance to their apartment...