2 Chinese students killed by USC campus
http://news.yahoo.com/la-police-arrest-2-killings-chinese-students-093512509.html
As the article states the students' parents have filed a suit against USC claiming that the term "Urban" which has been used to describe the school, was misleading to parents in China looking to send their children to the university. The victims' parents elaborate on the word "Urban" which has a different connotation in China referring to developed city life that is safe. The suit attacks the university for not properly notifying Chinese families about the hostile location surrounding USC. The question now is whether or not USC should have explicitly stated the dangerous location of the campus in South LA? The parents argument seems to focus on USC's negligence in warning about the surrounding region.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Men sue ABC for Racial Discrimination
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/morning_call/2012/04/nashville-men-sue-abcs-the-bachelor.html
The Bachelor has been on TV for 10 years and only now two individuals have brought suit against ABC. The two men,Nathaniel Claybrooks and Christopher Johnson, claim "producers intentionally exclude "people of color" from lead roles on the popular shows". In the beginning, the lead roles were filled by individuals who had never been on the show before as a contestant or lead role. But, as the show went on, producers began to cast inidividuals who have been involved in the show before. I believe this has been done because the producers believe re-casting individuals will keep watching the show and ratings will stay the same.
Claybrooks and Johnson have not cited any reason to support their law suit except that producers gave them barely any attention compared to other men who showed up to the casting call. Therefore, the men may not have any claim for racial discrimination. Producers may already know who they have in mind for the roles and have the casting calls to find just a few more people or quickly pick out people who they believe will capture the tv audience.
The Bachelor has been on TV for 10 years and only now two individuals have brought suit against ABC. The two men,Nathaniel Claybrooks and Christopher Johnson, claim "producers intentionally exclude "people of color" from lead roles on the popular shows". In the beginning, the lead roles were filled by individuals who had never been on the show before as a contestant or lead role. But, as the show went on, producers began to cast inidividuals who have been involved in the show before. I believe this has been done because the producers believe re-casting individuals will keep watching the show and ratings will stay the same.
Claybrooks and Johnson have not cited any reason to support their law suit except that producers gave them barely any attention compared to other men who showed up to the casting call. Therefore, the men may not have any claim for racial discrimination. Producers may already know who they have in mind for the roles and have the casting calls to find just a few more people or quickly pick out people who they believe will capture the tv audience.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
PTSD as a defense in a murder
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/05/justice/ptsd-murder-defense/index.html?hpt=ju_c1
This might not necessarily be related to what we are currently talking about class, but it definitely goes back to when we talked about self-defenses and defenses in a murder. I came across this article and thought it would be worth sharing. As a psychology major, it is disturbing to me that someone might use PTSD as a mental illness to defend a murder in trial. It emphasizes a stigma on mental illnesses and distorts the actual disorder.
This might not necessarily be related to what we are currently talking about class, but it definitely goes back to when we talked about self-defenses and defenses in a murder. I came across this article and thought it would be worth sharing. As a psychology major, it is disturbing to me that someone might use PTSD as a mental illness to defend a murder in trial. It emphasizes a stigma on mental illnesses and distorts the actual disorder.
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