Justice for Trayvon Martin!

    In recent article called Trayvon Martin: Leaked info sheds light on Zimmerman's account of shooting is about the young man who was shot by a neighborhood watch! This story has been talked about all over. According to a Sanford Police employee, Zimmerman who is the man who killed Treyvon told officers Trayvon beat him and he was forced to shoot him in self-defense. Zimmerman has not been arrested and has not been charged with any crime in relation to the Trayvon Martin shooting. I think the only reason he is not in jail is because he is white. If it was the other way around and Treyvon killed a white man im sure he would be in jail within no time. I feel like this is racist and its a shame how racisms still exists today.

         In the article Zimmerman said he was walking back to his SUV after losing sight of Martin after he got out of his vehicle and went to approach the boy. The employee said Zimmerman told detectives Martin approached him from behind, they spoke for a moment and Martin punched him in the face. Zimmerman said Martin began to beat him, suffering a bloody nose and lacerations to the back of his head. Zimmerman told officers he then shot the 17-year-old in his self-defense, as he was being beaten.

In my opinion I still don’t think that he had the right to shoot him even if they were fighting! They say its self-defense, so if I am fighting and the person is beating me up that gives me the right to shoot that person? NO! I would be in jail. I feel very bad for Treyvons family; because they have to sit back knowing that the person who killed their son is still out on the streets. It’s sad because people judge black people all the time just because of our skin color or the clothes we wear. I was really hurt by Treyvons death and I didn’t even know him! It affects me because im black and next it could be me. 

Births Outside of Marriage!

In the article, "For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside Marriage” they are talking about young others having children without being married. According to the article "Among mothers of all ages, a majority 59% in 2009 are married when they have children. But the surge of births outside marriage among younger women nearly two-thirds of children in the United States are born to mothers under 30.

The article also says that Researchers have found that children born outside marriage face elevated risks of falling into poverty, Failing in school o suffering emotional and behavioral problems.

I believe that this I not true! Just because a child was born with parents that were not married means that they will face poverty, Behavior problems and failing in school. It doesn’t matter if their parents are married or not! How does that determine how they will be in the future! They determine there future by there on actions! No I do not believe that it should even matter if kids have married parents or not! A ring on someone’s finger doesn’t make a family any different. Even if they are married, people still get divorced! No I don’t think it’s a good thing that more people are having their children outside of marriage but I really don’t matter to me. My mom and dad have been together for 12 years before they got married. It didn’t change my family or me at all at all.

According to the article, 73 percent of black children are born outside marriage, compared with 53 percent of Latinos and 29 percent of whites. In my opinion, I don’t believe that this is true. I think that most people always are putting the blame on black people making it seem like we do everything wrong! What is the difference between a couple and a married couple. On The TV show teen mom, there are a lot of moms that have children without being married. And they were all white!

I believe that the reason why most people don’t get married before having a child is because they are too young and afraid of commitment. 

No texting while driving !

In a recent article called Siri-ously: talk, don’t text, while driving in Pennsylvania there is a new law. A law where you can’t drive and text! You can’t still talk on the phone while driving, however it is against the law to text while driving. 

According to the article, the statewide law gives police the authority to pull over those texting and give them $50 fine. It prohibits motorists from sending texts or emails while driving, but still allows them to talk on a mobile device.

           However, now that new smart phones can send a text buy a voice activated system some people are confused to if that is against the la still. Because if you are speaking the text that is considered talking while driving, and talking while driving is NOT against the law. 

Though, according to the article "using voice recognition would appear to violate the ban since a text is still being sent. The bill states that a driver can't use a wireless device to send, read or write a text while the vehicle is in motion."

In my opinion, this new law is a good idea. I believe that there will probably be less car accidents due to this new law. My reason is because texting while driving is one of the main ways people have car accidents. I think that texting and driving is very dangerous! According to the article authorities blame 14,000 crashes in Pennsylvania in 2010 on distracted driving in which 68 people died.

Maybe this new law can help prevent so many people from dyeing and being in accidents. This is why I think this is a good law!

"Facebook Is Using You"

Before, I read this article I didn’t care about the things that I posted on the internet. However reading this article has informed me on how the things I do on the Internet could be used against me.

According to this article, Facebook makes money by selling ad space to companies that want to reach u. Then they chose certain key words or details that we say. Such as statuses, relationship statuses, location activities, favorite book or employment. Then Facebook advertises the ads. For example, if you post a status saying you love sports, a sports ad is most likely to pop up on the side on the screen.

The information can be easily used against you. 

According to the article, material found online has been used against people battling for child custody or defending themselves in criminal cases. Internal Revenue Service searches Facebook and MySpace for evidence of tax envaders income. Employers even sometime decide whether to hire people based on their online profiles. 70 percent of the recruiters and human resource professionals in the United States have rejected people based on data found online.

I feel like this is crazy, scary, and weird. People are using online information against you. I believe that there should be a type of law to prevent this.

When I get on Facebook, I shouldn’t have to worry about what my information will do to me. I get on facebook to socialize and to have fun. Hearing about all this makes me upset. Like everything that I write online can be used against me in the long run and I shouldn’t feel this way.