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Amaya Brooks

Eng 1101

11/2/19

Unit 2

 

Sources 1:

When a victim is in relationship with abuser normally the abuser believe their superior demand respect from the victim. The abuser can be anyone it doesn’t see gender or race. My source the National Domestic Violence Hotline describe the abuser tactics as a wheel of power and control. The abuser at one point or another uses one or all of the points on this wheel. Domestic violence is a pattern of behavior used by one partner to maintain power control over another partner in an intimate relationship (national domestic violence hotline:whats is domestic violence?). Abuser uses the power and control to intimidate victims. Make them feel less than or inferior by abusing their partners. There are many types of abuse. some are more common than other like  physical abuse, emotion, financial, etc these are all the most common ones. A lot of people are aware of physical abuse which is choking, hitting, slapping, pinning down, pushing.Then there is some that aren’t so familiar like Reproductive abuse, it sounds exactly what it is controlling a person when they can or can’t get pregnant by controlling their birth control or purposely breaking the condom forcing them to have a baby. Now is it credible ? I believe so national domestic violence hotline is secondary sources they use people’s real life situations to come up with their facts and support them with many examples. This sources answer my question by explaining to me all elements of abuse and supports the claim of victim normally have a hard time leaving due to the fact their extremely scared of their partner or In denial of the fact their in an abusive relationship too afraid to ask for help.

 

Sources 2

 

In the song there a stranger in my house  songwriter tamia sings about how she unaware of this new person that’s in her home it’s her husband she was talking about. She refers to him as a stranger because he wasn’t acting like her house lyrics in the chorus of the song states “ Cause he wouldn’t touch me like that and wouldn’t treat me like you do He would adore me, he wouldn’t ignore me So I’m convinced there’s a stranger in my house “ which leaves a lot gateway space to take prior research apply it to the situation and reading in between the lines of metaphors of what tamia is painting for listeners. Her husband being a stranger to her because he isn’t acting like himself ignoring her or even hitting her which are all signs of abuse. But tamia also has a conflicting conversation with herself tries to remind and convince herself that must be her husband because she as stated “  I’m checking your clothes And you wear the same size shoe You sleep in his spot And you’re driving his car” she aware that’s her husband but isn’t himself. This relates to my question because it shows the mindset of the victim and leaves possibility of why a victim wouldn’t want to leave or struggle to leave because she believes he will change his emotions and actions as a husband but doesn’t. this source I believe is credible because she is talking about an event that happened to her in the past this is basically coming straight from the horse’s mouth. who lie about that on top of the fact because she is telling her story and no else is this is a primary source holds weight to my research question

Sources: 3

Many victims struggle with removing themselves from this toxic relationship because they don’t have support from others about further steps they should take to remove themselves from the problem. Victim normally go through many conflicting thoughts when coming forward. Victim blaming can be one of the reasons why victims have a hard time leaving their relationship. According to victim reality TV star Basketball Wives Evelyn Lozada posted on instagram clapping back to people that had an opinion on her domestic violence case against former football player and ex husband Chad Ochocinco. After referring to herself as a survivor and not a victim Lozada believe that victim blaming makes it hard for them to step forward.  As stated in post “ victim blaming culture discourages domestic violence victim from coming forward. The fear of being judged and shamed is enough to make anyone stay quiet and suffer in silence” which makes it harder for them to leave their spouse. Lozada also believe when victim build up enough courage to “speak their truth” many people don’t believe them don’t support them on the fact that they spoke up especially if abuser has higher social media following people believe the victim are clout chasing. Which is pretty cruel if you ask me what happen to innocent until proven guilty that doesn’t just work inside the courtroom it should be applied everywhere. Then wonders why victims don’t come forward, who wants to be told their truth is a lie? . Now due to where I got my source from many may say its not credible because anyone can post on instagram and thats correct anyone can post on this social media but truthful I believe depend the story how many elements are supported by true facts. Instagram can be credible its crediblity shouldn’t be questioned due to where it came from as far as the app but more about who said it, who post this story is it factual the author is what matters.

Sources 4:

So let’s play a game of what if so say one day a victim comes forward and tells their story of the abuse they have been going through with his or her spouse to the police and now they want to start a case against abuser. There are many different penalties of domestic violence offenses it all depends all on evidence in the case. Statewide penalties for domestic violence change from being a simple misdemeanor to a harsh felony due to elements the case presents. According to my sources “charges depend on the severity of the injury offense being charged and whether the defendant has a criminal history, age of the victim. Many states also will upgrade offense if the victim is a child .”  each offense may get a different penalty some can be as simple as a fine or community service or something more harsh and severe like restraining order supervised visits with child or completely terminating parental rights lastly up to ten years of imprisonment. Unless it’s Spousal abuse this abuse gets a totally different charge and penalty oddly enough it’s not the same as domestic violence but is similar. The difference between both of them is your relation to your abuser. Spousal abuse is the most common abuse. According to my Source “ charges and penalties for spousal abuse depend on whether the acts result in serious bodily harm, have been continual, or if the accused has a history of abusive behavior.” meaning that charges can change due to damaged created by abuser. It’s clear our legal system has an order they try to follow its gladly appreciated. but it only works if you suffered from physical trauma or emotion trauma. If it was any other type of abuse like financial abuse or it wouldn’t be able to be proven under spousal abuse charges. Also this system wouldn’t work for long because its not proactive on the violence but really only reactive on it. On top of the fact, this only works if the victim is willing and not afraid to come forward. So the legal issue is does the crime fit the punishment ? and does this secure the safety of the victim if abuser only gets serviced a small amount of time jail comes back out after servicing his time because he only got charged with a misdemeanor. My sources relates to my question because this gives another reason why it might be difficult for a victim to come forward and get the help they need to escape this abusive relationship al Abuse Charges and Penalt

Shania Romain 

 

Professor Hall 

 

English 

 

December  2019 

 

Rebuild Renew Change 

 

Hello ! Hello ! All ! 

 

If you are sitting here at Bridgetown Hall tonight it means you want answers you want change and you have had enough and it means that you believe in me and want to see better for our society for our millennials coming up .You want to see a better outcome a change and I thank you . Thank you for coming out in the cold .Have you talked and started seeing the wind yet ? You know the white air that you see as soon as you speak?   That’s how you know winter is here ! I told my husband that I needed all the heat today literally,and when I say all the heat I mean for everyone to show out and that is exactly what happened .All the seats are filled in this room. So now I feel extremely warm and I thank you.Today we are discussing the need for change in our justice systems . You’re clapping because you have had enough.You’ve had enough of the unsolved issues .You’ve had enough of the broken systems .We need to Rebuild Renew and finally Change .Rebuild our communities Renew our systems and Change the way our government persecuted .This is the solution. Rebuild Renew and Change a system that has been broken for so long.Our communities is so broken .The society we live in needs to mature . America has grown but not in a good way.At this very moment right now,there are two things America is known for. These may be the things the other countries are laughing at us for .One we have the most arrogant unfiltered immature President in office and second our incarceration system .We have the highest!  A staggering 2.2 million to be exact and they are filled with black men . Why haven’t America finally got past the stigma that black men are so cruel and dangerous.Black men are so vindictive and arrogant.Dumb and stupid.They have nothing to offer to society . They do nothing but get themselves in trouble.In truth have you seen the amount of black men who graduated from Ivy League Schools .Yale, Harvard , Princeton .They don’t talk about that though . Haven’t you you had enough ? Did anyone hear about the man who has been on death row for 21years. Rodney Reed brought an uproar to Texas’s cruel and unjust justice system which is notorious for the death penalty. Rodney Reed who was 28 when falsely convicted has been incarcerated for something dna has not proven. Rodney Reeds’s sentence is controversial because after many pages of evidence he still remained on death row . This particular case is troubling because of so many different factors such as police misconduct missed DNA samples prosecutorial misconduct and Rodney Reed’s poor counsel . Rodney Reed was convicted  based on semen sample.This is the ONLY piece of evidence brought against him. Now Rodney did have a legal relation with the deceased Stacey Stites. Does that mean that he killed Stacey .A black man dating caucasian a woman still intimidated a lot of folks back then it seemed .I mean it is Texas right ? No other evidence connected Rodney to this death not DNA from clothes or who knows her body that day but just semen . He was set for execution for November 20th.Thank God they delayed his execution and they are giving him a new trial . Our mission continues . I say our mission continues we need to Rebuild Renew and Change .Our system is broken for penalising an innocent African American man and basically framing him for something he did not go .At this point they still have not incriminated Jimmy Fennell when he is the one who has a past .We are moving into 2020 a new decade this cannot continue . I applaud you guys because you guys understand the need for a new start.This should not be happening . The system should not be biased . However the system was biased because Jimmy Fennell is at home in his house while Rodney Reed is serving time living in a hell hole for something he did not do . He is sitting behind bars for a crime he did not commit! Why does an affair with a black woman intimidate Mr Fennell to  go out in the morning to kill a woman who he is supposed to be marrying . Stacey Stites was his fiancé ! An innocent woman is now dead because of man who was was supposed to be law enforcement . Jimmy Fennel was a ex cop at the time. This same police officer pleaded guilty to kidnapping a woman in 2008 and he was released in 2018 The woman did say that Mr Fennel also raped her To top it off did you know that an inmate who served time with Mr Fennell signed a sworn affidavit swearing that he overheard Mr Fennell saying that he did in fact kill his ex wife for sleeping with a black man .This man deserves to be on death row . This man needs to be behind bars .Do You see the problem here now . When a black man is accused of doing a crime accused he immediately gets sentenced to long periods of time in prison .However a Caucasian guy doesn’t get questioned until years pass by and he is still not suspected of doing a thing . That can cost you one African American but the system does not care though right ?Would you look at that Not only are black people shot for walking or stopped and frisked or pinned on the ground for not swiping a metro card their lives are being framed and taken from them .This is not right .This is a continuing cycle that needs to be stopped .The big picture here is that the justice e system needs to be fixed and the justice system needs to stop taking advantage of black men .It needs to be stopped .It needs to be changed .The Justice system needs to be Rebuilded Renewed and Changed . America You have to do better . STOP THROWING AWAY THE BLACK MEN .Stop stealing their life . I say this because this is a great epidemic . This should have never been Hopelessness did not manifest .Thank God you guys stopped the process and voiced your opinions and used your phones for something positive . You guys channeled that energy to move the process along for a better outcome of mankind and we thank you . . You ! .Each one of you 5000,000 signatures got this innocent man case delayed .His case got delayed so that he may at least be heard .He deserves to be heard . He needs to be heard .You put your voices toward something as one people .In America unfortunately the prison system is failing our black men.Degrading our black men. Abusing our black men. We cannot sit around on this any longer . This needs to be changed . Our journey as black people has already been hard .The task of protecting our black men has been  moved forward even more .The best is yet to come. . I want to thank everyone for using their voice for something . Every celebrity ,every news outlet ,every signature mattered and we are here now .We are here now to make sure this does not happen again. How many of us have an uncle or brother incarcerated for something they did not do .Being beaten behind bars by CO’s .Being abused .This needs to change . I have an uncle who served 10 years in prison for a marijuana charge something small as marijuana ! He served time in Upstate Correctional Prison. Meanwhile there are real rapists real murders real killers out there .Not people like Rodney Reed who at a tender age had to serve more than half his life in prison for something he did not do ! They looked at the facts and they still kept him hostage . The fiance told the truth and they still kept a black innocent man captive under the hostilities of the worst conditions . We have to fix this in our nation . The prison epidemic is becoming to big too known it should not be something that is common to us once in a while but everyday ? Let’s fix this America ! I will fix this !!

This video is part of my YT video, I just couldn’t include it in the editing:
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/why-can-t-third-party-candidates-win-1348512835713

                                                          Health

                   Are you being stereotypical when it comes to mental                  

                   disorders ?

               

                 “These stereotypes happen more often than you think.”

                                            By Elayne Susana Matos

                                                 December 3, 2019

 

   Most people just assume things all the time about anything. Imagine something complicated like a mental disorder. Let’s focus on autism, “ people with autism are retards”.  This is one of the most common stereotypes I’ve heard followed by “They don’t feel emotions”. There is always a stereotype for every group of people. It’s wrong but hey it’s true. Now how would you if you’re being stereotypical? Well, you would have to know the facts first. 

 

 The facts

   People with autism have trouble with acknowledging people’s feelings. According to the National Autistic Society, “ Autistic people often have difficulty ‘reading’ other people”. This means that they will know if you’re sad or happy eventually. It would just take them longer to process that you are feeling this way. Not knowing this information when interacting with a person with autism waiting for a quick reaction might be awkward and might make you assume things that are not true.

 

   Autism first and foremost has 4 different spectrums. Yes, there’s 4 different types of autism! According to Autism speaks,”In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association merged four distinct autism diagnoses into one umbrella diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder” (What is autism?). The different types are autistic disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) and Asperger syndrome. During my research I read about an autistic child who used typing as a way of communicating. I’ve also seen and read about others with photographic memory. Autistic people can range from solving the quadratic formula in seconds to struggling with just 2+2. They do not fall under one category. They come in many different shapes and sizes just like the majority of the population with no mental disabilities.

 

   Something interesting that most people don’t know about autistic people is that they carry a certain interest with them all the time. What do I mean by this? Okay so, as seen on the netflix show Atypical by Robvia Rashid the main character is let’s say obsessed with penguins. The penguins are his main interest. Now how does he carry this interest with him? When in a situation or before a situation happens in his regular life he thinks what would penguins do?When he developed a crush on his therapist. The main character followed the steps penguins make when finding a mate. These interests help them understand and deal with what is going on around them. 

  

    After reading these facts did you find yourself stereotypical to this group of people? Did one of these facts clear up something you had in your head about autistic people? When we read the facts we find our faults to the stereotypes in our heads.Next time please just even look up online instead of assuming. When interacting with someone with autism please remember these they have feelings too!

 

https://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism

 

 What should be the limitations on American intervention or foreign policy?

This is generally on the minds on some experts ,but this topic is something to keep in mind of what’s going around the globe . People can agree that the limitations is simply for America to not get involved in foreign affairs that America doesn’t necessarily belong in and many people believe that . But at this point in time we understand of why we get involve and that is to protect national interest abroad and  stopping a conflict from growing into a bigger one that could ultimately bring severe consequences . If were going to do something about it we have to act now before anything could happen we really don’t want history to repeat itself. We know we can we have the ability and capability to make a change in foreign policy f we are going to act we need to act now for the better than just waiting for an outcome to happen.

Aisse Tounkara`

TED TALK Speech

Unit 3 

       Implicit Bias towards African Americans  in our Police What is It, What can we do to change it ?

   Do you know how many people like you are killed by police every year ? Do you know that officers have an implicit bias towards you as soon as you blink their way. OK. You may be wondering why your sitting here today when you could be somewhere else but I’m here to tell you why. Hello Everyone. My Name is Aisse Tounkara, and I am here today to talk to you about something very important as well as teaching you something. Hopefully by the end of today your mindset will change, and you will learn a few things that you never knew about yourself. Todays TED TALK will be on implicit bias in the police. So let’s do a quick exercise here before I go deep into my speech. I’m going to say a few words and you guys will have to reflect on the association you make with those words and what you believe the broader society like police makes with those words. Criminals (PAUSE) Low Income Neighborhoods, (PAUSE)  Jail (PAUSE).

   Now let me tell you what implicit bias is. Implicit bias is the conscious attribution of particular qualities to a member of a certain social group, or a group of people. We all have an implicit bias in our own ways. Implicit biases are triggered through rapid and automatic mental associations that we as humans make between people, ideas, objects, and the attitudes and stereotypes that we hold about those people, ideas, and objects.

   Implicit bias in police is something that is a major problem in today’s society. Over the years Policing has evolved but the same ideas remain. Police officers have a very strong implicit bias towards African Americans. They make judgements based on preconceived notions of African Americans and then the worst happens. I concluded a research and became an expert on implicit bias. In my research I found that Police officers are often told to police differently in these low income neighborhoods compared to the other neighborhoods. You can walk into a predominantly white neighborhood and see for yourself how the police are in that neighborhood and come into an African American neighborhood and see the difference.  This is because the norm that has been created is that African Americans are criminals, and are dangerous. It’s crazy how the police mantra is “protect and serve” but when implicit bias is put into place it contradicts the whole idea. Studies have shown that “the tendency for police to shoot an unarmed African American suspects more than white ones is at 85%. It’s not just shootings it also stop and frisks, and consistent arrests that are made. Would you just take a look at that number. 85% That’s a very large number especially when African Americans only make up 13% of the population. Now look here, let’s take a look at Eric Garner, an African American male who was a victim of Police officers implicit bias. On July 14th, 2014 Eric Garner died in an apparent chokehold after Police officer Daniel Pantaleo slammed him on the ground in an attempt to arrest him. At that time they thought he was selling loose cigarettes at the time when he wasn’t. It raised concerns after his death leading to the citizens saying that his death was a form of an officers implicit bias towards him. Had that been someone else of Non African-American descent the approach would have been done very differently but since Garner was African American this ended the way that it did. Another example is when Ferguson Missouri, grand jury declined to indict a police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown despite evidence proving that he was innocent and that the police officers implicit bias led to his death. The officer led his implicit bias to cloud his judgement and get in the way of proper conduct. This event meant so much to people because it struck a nerve throughout the country. People were angry, aggravated, and were sick of it. This is a continuing cycle. Almost every African American that has been a victim of police violence was a victim because of police implicit bias. You get the big picture here right ?

   Now let’s get into the bigger picture here. We talked about implicit bias, and how we all have an implicit bias of some kind. Police officers are now taking implicit bias training. Implicit bias training is when training programs are designed to expose people to their unconscious biases, provide the tools to get them to adjust patterns of thinking, and is aimed forward to eliminate discriminating behavior. This is what we call confronting implicit bias. In my research I found out that the New Jersey attorney general issued a directive requiring mandatory classes in racial bias for police officers in the state. The mayor is requiring that mandatory implicit bias training classes be taken. This implicit bias training is going to teach officers not to associate stereotypes and characteristics with racial groups, more directed towards Americans. You know what this is saying ? This is saying that they see the amount of harm being done in the African American communities to step up and take action. Implicit bias trainings are very beneficial nowadays because we have seen a significant decrease in police approach when it comes to African Americans, and how every encounter turns out. Although implicit bias still exists today we don’t see much of it happening because of a change in policing and systems that are used to help implicit bias training.

BROOKS SHOW  

Domestic Violence episode

 

 Maya   Hey my name is Amaya Brooks you are here watching from your couch and your television of the Brooks Show where we leave the bullshit at the door and only speak facts as you know on the show we always have guest host every thursday so give a round of applause to Shania Romain 

 

  Shania walks on the set and the  audience applause shania smiles and waves at the fans and hugs amaya and sit in the chair next to her 

 

Shania  Hey girl how are you 

 

Amaya  I’m good girl for some of you that dont know shania and I go back 

 

Shania  Wayyyy back from freshman in college back 

 

Maya  (starts laughing ) Well are you ready to have girl chat so those that don’t know what is it but girl chat is we go through our social media ask our followers on questions that they want us to answer we have to keep it real and keep it honest as possible are you ready ?

 

Shania  Yes girl born ready 

 

Maya   So we have a tweet from anniesocrazy5261 saying hey ladies, I need some sisterly advice on what I should do with regard to my best friend. She has been married for 5 years and I notice a shift in her behaviors we go to the mall and we see some oh so fab shoes  she was so in love I just knew she was going to buy them but instead she told me she can’t her husband said to her she is not allowed to buy anything without his permission because he says that’s his money also notice that she has been very jumpy around girls and I,  we notice that she always has bruises on her body there always new one not old ones so the question is this okay to do in a relationship? Should I ask her what’s going on or is this overstepping my boundaries as a friend 

  

Maya (look over to shania ) What you think Shania 

 

Shania  Well Maya I don’t think this okay I wish my man tells me what and what not to spend, I mean I thought when your married you share funds between both of y’all ?

 

Maya  Don’t get me started girl I’m not married I’m single (wink into the camera ) as Pringle I’m too busy waiting on Trey Songz to scoop me 

 

Shania  I don’t think this okay at all this seems very controlling in my eyes seems like domestic violence to me if you are her friend you should help her but ask first when she is not around her man so she can feel like its a safe enough zone for her to vent to you 

 

Maya  Well Shania I couldn’t agree with you anymore this sounds exactly like domestic violence and you should ask her if she even wants help because some do not and some are also so unaware of the problem at hand they want to leave when it’s too late 

 

Maya   According to the domestic violence hotline  domestic violence is a pattern of behavior used by one partner to maintain power control over another partner in an intimate relationship many people think domestic violence is only physical like choking punching hitting or even slapping  but there is many more that people are not aware of such as sexual abuse emotional reproductive and financial abuse people don’t know that therer is even a such thing exist all these type of abuse are the first step 3 to 4 steps before the abuser even hits you in first place 

 

Shania  Wow that’s crazy 

 

Maya   Many victims are scared to leave this abusive relationship for reason like they share children together they don’t know how to be independent without spouse  they believe that the abusers actions are on the bases of love lastly victim is afraid no one will believe their story or just plain fearful or abuser actions overall 

 

Shania  Girl didn’t I tell you I learn something new everyday, thats crazy I mean who wouldn’t believe someone if they were saying something like that ? I mean that’s nothing to play with at all it’s a serious matter 

 

Maya  I totally agree with you 

 

Shania  I mean that’s going to create larger problems in the long run of things that’s how you can possibly create a killer 

 

Maya   No , come on you are dragging it right now I think it would get that far 

 

Shania  Come girl you the story about francine hughes and her husband she literally tied her husband too the bed and set the bed on fire while her three children were in the car looking from the outside she snapped and she just didn’t do that out of nowhere she was pushed when she told someone her story no one believed her and no one saw him abuse her what happened she gets locked up  for losing her shit and pleads guilty under the notion of victim insanity it lowers her jail time but she was still having to do the time nevertheless 

 

Maya   Oh yeah I completely forgot about that cases, that case changed a lot stuff regards to spousal abuse and domestic violence which all falls under the same umbrella but gets different penalties in the courts. I mean it changed lots of laws far as I know I think as a people we should just catch the signs early  

 

Shania  Yes I agree being aware of the fact that your friend is being Isolated by her spouse or she not herself when she around her ? Is she happy around in this relationship or marriage one sided etc 

 

Maya   Well you are completely right shania  if you have anymore questions you can look on our website www.brooksshow.com/ domestic violence awareness that’s all the time we have today thank you shania for stopping by for some girls chat  ( lean in ands hugs shania )

 

Shania  No thank you for inviting me it’s always cool sitting and talking to you don’t forget to invite me again 

  

Maya  Ofc Shania anyways remember be true and be you see you next time on the brooks show have a fabulous night 

 

Eng 1101 Unit 3 How to COMPLETE

 

It is kind of complicated to write the complete script because I still have to complete the entire video and consider the timing and time frame of each    ” Source. ” I want to improvise the ted talk part using the video presented.