Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Reading Journal for REDEYE

Summary:

A video of attacking that about a 17-year-old guy was kicked had been posted on the Internet, and this video had been “liked” by more than 5000 people on Facebook in only one day. The video shown that six young people was punching a victim, who is 17 and still in high school, and the victim had asked the attackers stop kicking, but they did not respond his request, and kept attacking till the victim had escaped. The attackers also took victim’s wallet and his shoes. The video lasts almost 4 minutes.

Opinion:

The newspaper also had said it is not the first video of violence that posted on the Internet and had led to police action. This video had also been watched by my Chinese classmates; some of them asked me about it—is America that dangerous? And some of them had also asked, “Is that you?” because some information of the victim also fits me—17, 18 years old, Chinese guy, English is not good either… This is not the only case that happened around my neighborhood, there are many Chinese have robbed and stolen by black people and have been attacked and I heard these kind of news really frequently. There are many case of violence in the United States, and it also relates the education and culture of America a lot. I think the schools in the United States should need more teaching about being friendly to foreigners, and the court should also create more statutes of law to make sure our foreigner’s safety.