Ghetto Haiku (Chapter 7)

A yuppie bumps
into me on the bus
hardly notices
A Moment later
whispers "excuse me"
when he brushes shoulders
with a well dressed man holding the paper.
The bus ride teaches me more than you think
I think more than you teach me.

In this poem by Antonio Cares he speaks on how a simple thing that happens on the bus between him and a yuppie changed how he viewed certain people. And he sees how he is being treated differently then someone else that is a business man. He is saying just because he wears certain clothes and doesn't look like hes going any were like work or something like that doesn't mean he is any less then the next man. He has feelings as well and does notice simple rude things like that, and the man probably doesn't think that the man in the baggy clothes even cares or realized how rude he was to him. I think this poem shows a strong message on how some stereotypes are still going on in this day and how people treat others are still bad. I do like that in the image that goes with this poem the mans face is blocked out, so you can tell his nationality. You never know he could be a white man, the stereotypes that only black people dress ghetto or have no future is tested in this piece. Because the man was treated bad probably not on his race but by how he was dressed.

Omayra Sanchez (Chapter 7)

(photo taken by: Frank Fournier)

In the article Omayra Sanchez by Isabel Allende she states that "The wonder of photography, is that it does what no words can do." When you look at a photo threes more room for question and wondering then if someone just told you about the picture, or reading the description from a book. when you see a picture it changes your mood in some way, and makes you either think what is going on in this picture or how does this picture effect my life and future.

Personally after seeing this picture and reading the article, it made me feel like I know this little girl, and I can understand what she is going through. The aspects of this photo that struck me the most is the girls eyes. They are very darken, giving off the sense that she is lost in this world with no real future. As she see it her future is very dark and there is really nothing to look forward to. The next thing that jumps out at me is that she is submerged in the water and all you see is her upper shoulders, hands, and face. You don't see the rest of her body so it makes you wonder how tall is she, or is the young girl fully clothed. Also her hand see very pale and dirty, as if she is some what dieing, or her hands are frozen from being in the water to long. It doesn't look like its a really sunny area so it could be a cold place she is in. In the photo the girl looks very confident and fearless of anything, but then again she does look sort of scared and unsure about what is really taking place in her life.

In the photo above I took from the chapter is of Omayra Shanchez in 1985 taken by Frank Fournier.

Wonder Woman (Chapter 6)

(Photo Taken by:http://www.watchingamerica.com/thenationpk000025.shtml)


(Photo Taken by:http://ampersandduck.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html)

I think back in the 1960's when wonder women was first introduced to America she was shown as just a heroine. She had on the American flag colors accented with gold, to show she was for this country and she would do anything to protect us. Her uniform was very form fitting but she had on a long dress. To me its like identifying that she is defiantly a woman and can still fight crime in a skirt. Now up to date wonder women is more seen as a sex symbol. She has on tighter outfits that barely covers her up, and she no longer has a dress on, its just underwear. So now young boys are looking more at her for her body and not much focused on that she fights crime and is trying to protect this country. Personally I think women as icons are always portrayed as sex symbols and nothing more, they hardly ever show woman as powerful and respected in this country with clothes on. Its usually women wearing formfitting clothes and they are usually not that powerful in what they do. So wonder women did help change some of the stereotypes and they showed a women protecting the country.

Between Woodward's opinion on wonder woman and Chip Kidds's thought on superman, they are completely different. In the wonder woman article Woodward states "Clothes hug the curves of the body fantastic, both as a way to ignite sexual fires in adolescent readers and to signify a branding of the flesh." This means men will only look at Wonder Woman in a sexual way, and not really as an equal crime fighter. Its kind of like they have less respect and trust in her just because she is a woman and has sex appeal. And as for Kidd he explains that Superman is looked as a person in uniform and not wearing a costume, he was born a superhero, and not just someone who puts on a costume and fights.

In the pictures above i showed the difference between how Wonder Woman and Superman are portrayed in the media.
These are the links to both photos:
http://www.watchingamerica.com/thenationpk000025.shtml
http://ampersandduck.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html