weekly summaries

Tracy Galarza

Soc 122

05-11-14

 

       The first video I watched "War Criminals Shouldn't Be Honored": Rutgers Students Nix Condoleezza Rice from Commencement Speech" talks about a group of college students and faulty protesting against a U.S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Students and some teachers found it not right for their school welcome Condoleezza Rice due to her U.S invasion of Iraq. A senior from the university of Rutgers, Carmelo Cintrón Vivas, was the one who started to organize this protest by handing out flyers and this is how more and more people at the university were informed. Many people felt the same as Carmelo did and thus they all wanted to have the university un invite her to do her speech. The university refused to do so, but Condoleezza herself was the one who decided to not going to attend the ceremony. I think the students were in a way doing the right thing by standing up for what they believed in.

 

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/5/5/war_criminals_shouldnt_be_honored_rutgers

 

 

            The second video I watched Bring Back Our Girls: Nigerians Caught Between Deadly Boko Haram Attacks & Military Reprisals deals with the kidnapping of three hundred girls in Nigerian In a all girl boarding school located in Nigerians three hundred girls were kidnapped by the Islamic militants. Protesting and worried families have been trying to get the government to help, but many of the girls who have been kidnapped have already been sold. Fifty-three girls have been reported to escape. The leader released a video of accepting responsibility of taking all the girls, and how he is against women education. The Nigerians president has reassured the people of Nigerians that he will get their daughters out and safe. Three weeks have passed but fortunately there has been no news of any of the girls being hurt. I thin this is such a sad tragic that people in this country have to deal with.

 

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/5/6/bring_back_our_girls_nigerians_caught