Progress In Sports

Quick bit of background, I was born in Atlanta, GA. When I was 5 my family and I moved to Biloxi, MS. Then 3 days before hurricane Katrina, we moved back to Atlanta (we knew the exact date we were moving six months before the date.). So, I have pegged 2 places on the map. The first is Biloxi, MS and the second is Atlanta, GA, specifically Bobby Dodd Stadium.

One thing that has struck me in a good way about Atlanta is how people of every single race and ethnicity can not just co-exist, but can become best friends interact well with one another. Not to talk bad about Biloxi, but when I lived there, I really did not have a friend that was not white. Alot of that is due to the fact I was homeschooled and went to a primarily white church. I was never opposed to being friends with anyone from any race, but when I was primarily at either my house or church, I just was just only with white people.

When I moved to Atlanta, I started hanging out with people from every kind of background. Some came from the high class Sugarloaf neighborhood, others from College Park. Atlanta is a vastly diverse city and is, in my opinion, far beyond most cities in the United States when it comes to diversity.

I marked Bobby Dodd Stadium because one thing that I see racial progress in more then anything else is sports. When you get on the field, race goes out the window. The color of your skin does not affect how hard you are going to get hit when you are facing four linebackers and you have the football. I think that we could all learn alot from the athletes on the GA Tech football team, and really all the sports teams here. Race does not matter. Sure you may not exactly see eye-to-eye on one thing or another, but it all comes down to working together to accomplish a common goal.

Essay Enhancement

Using technology would have greatly enhanced the argument of my essay because my major is Computational Media. I have been editing for over 5 years and it is now my major at GA Tech. The picture to the left is a picture of my hometown, Atlanta, GA, and it also has a few of the things that I mentioned in the Essay in the picture. I think that creating a video or documentary in place of a written essay would have made it easier for me to show people what I really wanted them to see. 

Superior Races -- My Experience

Over the past three weeks, I have been thrust into the wild and wacky world of college. This is not just any run-of-the-mill college either. This is Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech is a very prestigious school and will have struggles that not many other schools will have. Tech is one of the best academic schools in the country and fourth in the world in computer science (free plug for that half of my major). Existing at this institute that all colleges face, however, is one issue that all colleges face: race. In my previous blog, I told of Walt's theory of superior races and gave my opposing opinion. Here is a personal experience of mine from the first month I have experienced as a first year yellow jacket...

Looking at the two most recent football games we have played. There is no such thing as a superior race. Once you get on that field, race goes out the window. It all comes down to how hard you trained, how much you want it, and how well you cover your teammate's rear. The video below doesn't exactly address the race issue, but listen to the lyrics. "We've got the perfect option." Now look at the players on the team. Not all are black or white!! There is a good mix of races on the team, as there always will be. That is GA Tech's perfect option: get the best players in the game coupled with the best coach in the game. Race does not matter in sports. It is ALL about how good you are at playing the game.

Superior Races??

In chapter 4, Walt makes the claim that certain races are superior or inferior to other races. He says that because of bone structure and larger teeth, that the black race is the most inferior. He also claims that whites that descend from Semites are the most superior because they did not "breed" with any other race. In his claim about Jews, he says that they have created a subtle message to other races to "breed" with others to make inferior races by putting it on TV and all over the media that it is ok. The audience in context of the book at the time Walt is saying this is the author, but overall, it is anyone that will listen to Walt.

I do not agree with this argument. Especially in America, everyone has equal opportunities to create success or failure. It does not really matter what your race or where you come from. A prime example is P. Diddy. When he started, he was in poverty. But look where he is now. Is a multi-millionaire and a media mogul on a level that a majority of white middle class people would dare only to dream about. And he is black. At the same time, there exist Jews that may start out in a white middle class home and grow into poverty or some level of poverty. This argument is based on racism and prejudice. Granted, a majority of people (black, white, asian, or any other race) who start in poverty will not make it to be multi-millionaires. But, just because a majority of people will not does not mean that any certain race is above or below another.