Sexual Orientation

To talk about homosexuality is a deeply and delicate theme. Those persons with this inclination have been suffering all the time a series of discrimination, and sometimes this kind of discrimination has been fatal.
In my opinion, I give them my respect. They are human beings with rights as any heterosexuals. They are getting out of the closet little by little. Maybe with fearful because they have to face their reality with their family, friends and society.
In many cases for the families it is cruel and hard to accept that orientation in their sons or daughters. This behavior is shameful to some parents and they do not accept it. I know a family that has a homosexual son. His mother never accepted his inclination and she never understood that this orientation is genetic. He was born with it. She tried to find girlfriends for him; she wanted to change his mind. Her son kept a relationship with a friend of his mother for one year, until one night he took the decision that changed his life forever. He met all his family where he introduced his boyfriend; it impacted everybody. He was rejected by his mother. His parents divorced a few months later. His mother one day took a wrong decision; she committed suicide in her own house. She washed down with gasoline and put fire in her clothes. She died in her desperate conviction, but the truth is that behind her death she destroyed her son’s life, and the rest of the family. And her son felt guilty for her death.

For years this sexual inclination has been a big problem in the society. Depending on the culture is why some people accept the homosexuality or not. The religion does not accept this inclination at all etc. These negatives changes have reverberated in the world for many years. If I go back to the XX century specifically in 1935, when the Civil War in Spain exploded. In that time a celebrity named: Federico Garcia Lorca was killed, because he was homosexual. This brilliant writer was one of the best in the Spain and Europe. This person died because someone assumed that he was gay. This act is still unforgettable and repudiated.
In October 10, 2005 in “Time” magazine appeared an interesting article titled
“The Battle Over Gay Teens” which is about an important meting in Manhattan, with David Steward a former president of TV Guide and a long time friend of former president Bill Clinton, and his partner Pierre Friedrich; who got together to raise money for gay students, specially for young kids.
Such as this foundation, there are more guys’ groups that fight for a place in the society. I agreed with them because they are human beings like everybody else in the world and they need to realize their lives. However they do not have to hurt nobody and themselves.

I don't think this is racism

I read this blog the other day about what happened to my classmate and her coworker in their job. I was trying to analyze this problem with care even though there is not enough details, in which she said, she was treated with racism. Racism is a delicate judgment, it is a way to despise someone, physically or verbally and who does it is an ignorant person without education. If there are more associates in the Anglo and Afro-Americans departments, than in the Spanish department; I don't think that is racism. I look at it in the opposite point of view and I think that the employees in the Spanish department are very efficient. Even though racism exists in the world, I think that it is created from people according to their points of view and believes. How they feel about themselves. I think that People have to be proud of their roots and respect the customs from the country they they live and learn its culture. The self-esteem has to prevail and never has to faint. Every day people need to strive themselves, they need to get more education and they need to obtain the goals proposed.

GANGS

In our society exits some kind of negative groups which have been proliferating in North America. These groups are integrated by people that grow up under the influence of violence in their homes or in conflicts in their original countries. These young kids that belong to those negatives groups are the product of wars, poverty, lack of opportunities, no cooperation of the government etc, etc; and if it wasn’t enough, they are rejected by the rest of the society.

These gangs have become in a real problem to our schools because they manage the business of drugs and crimes and it is getting worse as the time passes. This is a matter that is very hard to face and solve to our authorities.

In our society there are also some good people that give everything to make a difference working for these kids in order to help them, taken them out of the gangs and help them to become someone important in life. I read a book titled “The Miracle of St. Anthony,” written by Adrian Wojnarowski, who is a sports columnist for The Record of New Jersey and a regular contributor to ESPN. He has twice been voted the “Associated Press Sports’ Editors’ Number-One” in the nation.

The Miracle of St. Anthony is a book that I recommend everybody to read. It is about a high school with the same name, located in Jersey City (NJ), its basketball team and a devoted basketball couch with a great heart that has dedicated his life to help the kids from the projects of Jersey City. He has taken out of the streets many kids through his program since 1972, he has sent hundreds of players to full basketball scholarships to college and five went to the NBA.

I am sure there many people like Bob Hurley, the coach of St. Anthony High School in the world that want to help, but he government should be more involved working together with these angels and giving more funds for these young people and their education. At the same time, parents also need to be more involved with their children spending quality time with them and the most important give them a good education, because the education is the key that will help to change the society. (FG)

Elizabeth, a very young writer

I passed by a bakery this morning and I took a free newspaper that was on the counter for the customers, it is called "The immigrant Times". I always read these free newspapers because they have interesting subjects such as the one that I read today. It was about Elizabeth a 17 year old girl, who is a talented writer. I saw a TV report about her a few years ago when she was living in Colombia, she started to write poems when she was 9 years old, she won all competitions for that age and she was giving the title of the "youngest poet in America". She traveled to Europe and Unites States were she won many awards, she is also well known in Mexico and Canada. About four or five years ago she moved to Florida where she founded a radio station program about culture and poems for kids and adults, which it was a total success and now she lives in New Jersey. Elizabeth is a student of Kean University, her major is communications. She has plans to start a cultural program in a radio station in New York, she has created her own cultural company were her mother is the president and Elizabeth is the vice-president.
I am really proud of this gifted and talented kid, she is an example for the youth and we are lucky to have her at Kean. If someone is interesting in her story, here is her web-page: www.poet.oflight.com (FG)