This article, along with the NBA sanctions put on the LA Clippers owner, shows how racism is alive and well in an age that is supposed to be accepting of all people. It goes to show how difficult it can be for minorities to make it in their field whether it is sports, business, education whatever. Read and think:1) How would you react in a situation like this?
2) Was Alves' reaction good, bad, not necessary, too exaggerated? Your thoughts.
3) The support he is receiving is showing what to the world?
4) How do the sanctions put on the man who threw the banana and the LA Clipper owner sit with you? Justified?
http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2014/04/we-are-all-monkeys-soccer-stars-back-dani-alves-following-racist-taunt.html
This article was written a while ago but it is a problem that is growing in our Great Lakes; especially lake Erie because it is so shallow and the algae stops the light from penetrating to the bottom of the lake. 
Here is an article that shows how a newly industrialized country is trying to do its part for the Earth. Or are they?
I was shopping at Zehrs a couple of years ago and spotted a nice bright green sweater for $6. Two good a deal to pass up and it fit nicely too boot. Read this article and think;
As a family we try to do one meal a week that is vegetarian. One it is good for us and two it is good for the environment. If it was up to my wife we would eat much less meat but I really like it and need the protein to keep me going. Here is an article that shows the impact meat and meat production has on our Earth.
Some people eat beef, some eat whale. If there is enough why can't we hunt a few. These are two lines from another article that I found that deal with the recent ruling against the Japanese whale hunt. Read this article and think:
My hope is to get to this type of stuff later in the semester and this is just to juicy to pass up. The US has deliberately set up a twitter type program in Cuba to create conflict and try to oust the government in power. Wowsers!
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