Ian+Reflections

Whether we notice it or not, Racism is still around today and people continue to judge people by their race or their ethic backgrounds. Even though we elected a black President, Americans still cannot see past the skin color of another person to the good in them. They see African Americans or Muslims or Asians and all that comes to mind is stereyotpes and the constant thought that I am better than you because I am white. Whites have continued to isolate themselves through the progression of racism, but they better get in line and learn how to co-exist because they are soon going to become the minoirty in America. Being racist isn't part of the American dream, but racism is alive and well in America because of the few people out their who use it to influence othr Americans. The page is set up to show how very influential white people are openly racist and it hurts our society. I end the page with the solutions to the problems with Obama's Race speech and John Lennons Imagine music video
 * Racism in America:**

For over 200 years, the American government has been obsessed with war and has to stick its nose in every world conflict. The American government believes that it is America's job to police the world and bring democracy to every nation. Well, this is bull shit because it's not our job to impose our ways of life upont those who don't want it. Is it so hard to believe that democracy won't work everywhere? We think democracy will work everywhere because we want it to, not because we know it will. We spend trillions of dollars on war and for what? To force people to do what we want? To gain resources which aren't ours? To stop communism? In the last 60 years American soldiers have died for nothing! We don't even have democracy here in America. Outside of the American Revolution, The Civil War, and WW2, we have had no just cause for going to war. The page is set up to show people that despite all the great activist movements and important people who spoke out in support of the anti-war movement, the American government continues to fight wars for global domination. At the end of the page I end with three music vdeos that basically ask what is war worth.
 * War:**

America has become a place where people only care about money and material posession. Americans now define themselves by what they own, not what they do. There is no such thing as working hard and earning an honest wage in America anymore, 95% of the wealth of Ameca is owned by 5% of the population, and over the last half century we have seen the disapparence of small business. Now a days everything is owned by the banks, big corportions, the sick geniuses on Wall Street, and the corupt politicians we put into power. The few people in power in America have lost their humanity and make life hell for the rest of us. Nobody respects other people's right to earn a living and the sad thing is no one seems to be doing anything about it. On this page you see the quote about greed and then the video or picture of modern day times that makes the quote or prediction true. At the end of the page is a President Carter video that shows that we should have listened to him a long time ago and his solutions.
 * The Green Wall**:

Crazy religious people try to use their beliefs to scare people into conforming to their ideas and have cast a shadow on the American dream. They take the boundary of free speech too far and their actions are not only insane but are a form of oppression that needs to be put down. It is because of crazy religious people that Americans are scared to be intellectuals. It is sickening that we allow religious views to dominate our thoughts and determine our decisions when it comes to political issues which affect the country as a whole. The American government needs to do a better job of upholding the separation of church and state and the American people need to stop conforming to what religion says is right and be free thinking. The religion page is set up so that you see the quote by a famous person and the video from modern day times that supports it. At the end is a video by Bill Maher who gives a soultion to the problem. You get the criticisms and the solution all in one.
 * Religion:**