Article # 12

How White Supremacists Are Trying to Make an American Town a Model for Right-Wing Extremism

Media Matters for America / By David Holthouse

 I read the article "How White Supremacists Are Trying to Make an American Town a Model for Right-Wing Extremism" by David Holthouse on http://www.alternet.org on November twenty-second holthouse wrote about a town in Montana that is a group of people who believe in superiority of white Americans. In Montana on the Flathead Valley region near Glacier National Park. There is a little town that is full of white supremacist with a large group of them also belonging to the Nazi affiliation. These groups of people moved here for one reason to start an Aryan race in the town. This is not the only anti-government group that is growing. In recent years there has been more anti-government groups growing in numbers as the world tries to move past racism. There are just some people who don't want to change and allow everyone to become equals. Many leaders of these groups belong to both the PLE and the Patriot movement. These groups of people are becoming more of  a concerns to the officials as they are stocking up on weaponry [“in the region are urging followers to exploit Montana's weak firearms regulations by stocking up on guns, including .50 caliber sniper rifles and assault weapons]”, says Travis McAdam, executive director of the Montana Human Rights Network  and are going to protest all over the state. Although they are protesting it is not being done peacefully. As these groups come together there is more harm than will be caused in the upcoming future we all just need to watch out for it. 

When I stumbled upon this article I thought it was just going to be about a small group of people who are out of their minds’. But as I read the article I noticed it was not what I expected at all it is a lot bigger of a group. Its People from all over the U.S. are moving to this town and many other like it to avoid the different races and cultures. I think this is just crazy I thought the world was moving forward on racism and then when I read things like this it makes me judge this country and whether or not I want to be a part of it any longer. I can’t imagine what people from other country's' think of us when they read these thing about protesting against other races and thinking we are superior because the color of our skin it make me sick to think about. I just hope that people will all start moving past being so judgmental and get to know other cultures before judging them so cruelly.

article number 11

New Judge Assigned in Penn State Sex Abuse Case 

By: Scott Theisen

    In the article "New judge Assigned in Penn State Sex Abuse Case" by Scott Thesien  explains how the case is going at the moment. The newest information that has been provided is that there never was a file reported to the police. “At this point we have no record of any police report being filed in 2002" by McQueary in connection with the Sandusky case, university spokeswoman Annemarie Mountz said, adding police searched their records Wednesday." The problem they are finding is that he never made it clear which police department he filed the case under. On Wednesday there was a new judge put in charge after the last one had ties to close to the case. They thought she would have caused a problem .Ben andreozzi is the attorney of a client who is set to testify against Sandusky for the crime he is being accused of sexually assaulting eight boys in a period of 15 years .Andresozzi says the man testifying is going to testify “that he was severely sexually assaulted by Mr. Sandusky.” On Wednesday Sandusky went on TV saying that although he had showered with the boys he never molested them Sandusky's lawyer, Joe.Amednola  said pleading his case was the best idea because he thinks that the more people that hear him plead his innocence the better chance he will have in court. The main thing people in society are getting from this case is they are getting to know how they cover a case like this in the system.
    When I saw this on TV it made me furious that so many young boys are being hurt and it seems since this case went public more and more men are coming forward to tell their story .How many more did he hurt. And then he has the nerve to lie about it to everyone. I feel bad for these men having to relive the memories as they are going to have to tell their story in court in front of him. Although they are no longer children I think they are still going to be afraid to look him in the eye while telling their story. Looking at the man that took away their childhood. I think these cases are just sick. I am glad though that judge Leslie was taken off the case for being too close to the case. That will make the case more fair on both sides.in my eyes he is already guilty he showering with young boys just seems wrong.it appears he didn’t know where the line went from friendly to creepy. The one think that I wonder was if he was sexually assaulted as a child. Because of a lot of the time when someone does it to a child it comes up later that the person assaulting was also hurt as a child .Although that may be true that doesn’t make it okay.  all we can do is wait to see the decision of the case.

article number 10

A generation of bigots comes of age 

By Richard Cohen

In the article "A generation Of Bigots Come of Age" by Richard Cohen in the writers response book, He talks about the reasons why the generation of thirty years and younger are developing bigoted attitudes. In the article Richard Cohen explains why he thinks the generations are becoming more ignorant. A study conducted by ADL (Anti-defamation league) found that recently that the information regularly collected has changed. The research shows that the younger generation is becoming more and more intolerant of other races .In the study it showed that older and younger white Americans now have the same opinion of other races. Although no one knows for sure what is happening, He has a couple of ideas on why the younger generation is becoming ignorant.one of those reasons is that the younger generations are very ignorant of recent American history. This is because these generations did not see the events that happened through the 1950's and 60's.Even though the younger generation is ignorant of American history that is not the only factor that is making them intolerant. There is also affirmative. When the ADL was doing its study they asked a group of people "do you feel you have ever been a victim of reverse discrimination in hiring or promotion”, about 21% said yes. But they found the more schooling a person has that percentage increased up to 26% for college graduates and 23% for people with post graduate degrees. Richard says that “too many of the American Elite are racially aggrieved”. This data shows that society is going backwards on their racial intolerance. And the final argument is affirmative action programs although they are good at helping with some things they are also doing some bad things.

When I read this article I was a little confused I thought the world was moving past differences. But I think this article has a lot to with the area in which they look and how diverse in different cultures it was.to be completely honest I think I was intolerant of other races until i came to Inver hills and experienced all the different cultures .I don’t think we can expect people to be tolerant of other cultures unless they interact and see different races on a day to day basis .Because the people who are intolerant don’t know anything else .I think parents of white American children shelter their children too much and spoil them to make them think that they are better than anyone else. These kids need a new flash they are not any better we are equal and they don’t have any right to look down on someone just because of they have a different skin color i think that we are moving back ward and i think one of the reasons that was included in the article is when we turn on the T.V it’s not talking or showing all the problems that people are having and their emotions on difference like we used to with martin Luther king. Even though America has a "black president" we all still can’t see we are equals .What else is going to have to happen for the American society to see that?