Allyson Jill Weber

In the video Race Bating 101, Matthew Cooke does a great job describing different race stereotypes and discrimination that has been going on for hundreds of years. It's truly mind blowing how people treated other human beings (mainly the black population). I can't believe that people thought this type of behavior towards another person was acceptable. Cooke goes on to explain how Blacks faced many challenges. One main challenge being Jim Crow laws. These laws made life for blacks almost impossible. They were a very hurtful and discriminatory towards the black community. Cooke states, " This thing called Jim Crow just took over for slavery. Enforced by government, courts and law officers, forcing a continuation of an already well established racial caste system on every aspect of american life. Ministers said whites were the chosen people, blacks cursed to be servants, God supported racial segregation, craniologist's, phrenologists, and social Darwinist's at every e...

Since day one, achieving an education has always been important to me. One main reason I believe it has been vital to me for so long is because of the influence my parents had on me while growing up. They both have masters degrees from great Universities and still today, continue to stress the value in gaining a higher education; in whatever that may be. Something I have learned while being in college is the value in critical thinking. A few questions that have come to mind while researching this topic are: "How can the education system improve?" "What is working, and what is not working within the system?" "What is the value in gaining a college degree?" "Is it worth it?" "How can I efficiently achieve a valuable personalized education?" Another question that really hit me hard while watching "Education vs The Courts" , was when Prince EA argues against education asking, "Do you prepare students for the future, or the...

What is Deal It Up? Being the college student that I am, I've had to learn how to budget money and spend less. But me being me, I like to spend money. Spending money is definitely not a hard thing to do. Saving on the other hand, can be a bit more challenging. I want to create an app that would benefit people who like to shop (virtually everyone). The app would include a lot of great features for the user. What this app would do is help the user find the very best deal on whatever they want, whenever they want it. The app would be called, "Deal It Up". Features & How it Works: Depending on if you want to purchase your product right away or if you are willing to let it ship to you, this app would find the best deal closest to your location, as well as the best deal available online. This feature would enable the user to see their various options while shopping. How location feature works: (100 mile radius) Deal it up would search your surrounding area within a 1...

In this week's on the media, it goes on to describe how past and present President's of the United States have managed the press. A lot of them had a tough relationship with the media. In fact, many Presidents strongly disliked the media. I think it's because media has the capability to publicly state things about someone that can be partially true, but not all true, leaving great room for peoples perspective to be altered.  In this case, it would be the current President of the United States of America. Whether that be a positive or negative altercation, it's misleading and unfair to the people. It disables us to make our own opinion because we do not have all the facts. Jan 1955 was the first televised news conference with President Eisenhower. They were using this form of media in the same way Trump uses twitter now, a way to directly reach the public about issues and or topics in America. The NY post was surprised at how scripted the broadcast was. They made sure ...

"Ex-Head Of Twitter News: Social Media Companies Alone Shouldn't Regulate 'Fake News'" At times, I feel our perspective is narrowed because of social media. I understand that we all need a voice, and I do believe it's extremely important. For Pete sake, it's in the First Amendment of the United States of America (Freedom of Speech)! Though in today's world, we face a difficult challenge. That difficult challenge being, bias and fake news in the media. I have found it difficult to take half of the posts I see on social media seriously. Especially throughout this past Presidential Election. I often see people posting things that either: Have no idea what they are talking about (idea offers no logic)  Think they know what they're taking about but their argument is twisted through false information (don't have all the facts)  Want attention from posting about politics (whether that be positive or negative attention)  That's reall...