Music Videos

The other day I was at a concert--Jingle Ball. In between artists they would play music videos. Of course, the majority of those videos were love songs, usually sung by guys such as Bruno Mars. When his song "Just the Way You Are" came on, I took notice at the girl. Bruno is mixed and the girl, if not of some latino desent, is promidantly white. Then I came to releaize something. Why does the term 'interracial" mean "black and white." A while back my family and I were watching a movie and in it the black man said to the black girl (who he had an affair with and she was going back to her white boyfriend) about how there isn't really such thing as an interracial couple, that its always "one of us (person of color) hanging on to one of them (white person)". Now of course, there are couples of asain and black or native and latino, but they aren't as "advertised" as white and black (or one person placed with another of the same race). The question is--why? Does this follow to the subconscious thinking that every one wants to be white--and when they can't literally be white, maybe we have to be with someone who is white. It may also appear strange to some people to watch a music video of MIA singing her love song to a man of strong Japenese descent. It would seem "out of place." What I ask you to take into consideration what I have written. To recongized all races and mixtures in our diverse world for yourself. Do not let the modern world limit you.

Please leave any comments/questions you have below. I would love to hear what you think.

Hope For Haiti

I have heard of the recent tragedy of Haiti (I apologize for not posting something sooner). At first I didn't really understand the tarmac effects of a 7.2 earthquake (one of the largest in history). Bur as I heard ore and more, I now understand what this means to the Haitians. No people should have to suffer just a disaster as this. Especially the Haitians, one of the poorest country in the world. And in out past, we have rarely done anything to help our neighbor--but now we can, and we must. Please help donate money to such places as Red Cross or by Hope For Haiti on itunes.

http://www.redcross.org/

http://blog.muchmusic.com/pre-order-hope-for-haiti-performance-album-on-itunes/

Here are some options, otherwise type in 'Haiti' 'Donations' 'Red cross' etc into Google, and helped the Haitians as much as you possibly can.

Thank You

A New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It is 2010, and well, I can't really think or remember great worldwide accomplishments for '09, but maybe I'm just blanking (but then again I did just right a 3 paragraph report on The Princess and the Frog.) Nor, though, can I think of many mistakes. So, not a bad one, not a great one in my opinion. The cup really is at the half way mark--whether it is half empty or half full is entirely up to you. So, however, is the outcome of this year. Are we going to take a step back from our more conscious and "anti-racism" world, to become afraid of awareness? Or are we going to keep walking foreword, together, and be ready and willing to criticize and question? Or, of course, the easy way out, we could just, not do or change anything at all. I know it sounds cheesy, but every small change starts with a single person, to make something huge.

No pressure.

So Happy New Year, make sure there is actually something new about it.

Cheers,

Kloie