Dead or Alive

One of the movie genres that has been around for the longest is the zombie movie and ive always been a fan. They may change the cause of the zombie infestation, but the main story stays pretty much the same. Zombies start attacking the world, random group of individuals ban together to stay alive, most die, but a few make it out alive. The only difference is back in the day, the zombies were slower. It use to be that zombies were slow and dumb. The only thing they had in their favor was their numbers. If you were stupid enough to get trapped by a group of zombies, you were a goner. These new breed of zombies however are faster, smarter, and some even use weapons against you. Watching these movies, I've always wondered were this to happen in real life, would I survive? And I believe I would. First I'd head to some sporting store to load up on as many weapons as I can carry. Second, I'd stop at walmart knock off any zombies that get in my way and stock up on can goods, tools, first-aid, etc. Last, I'd find a secure location, take out any zombies lurking in the area and hold up until rescue comes. There is only one drawback to this plan... any individuals who come along wanting help. You always see it in zombie movies. Someone is doing just fine by themselves until they get that knock on the door "HELP ME PLEASE!!!!" This is where the persons conscience kicks in and they end up helping whoever is outside. Before you know it, the zombies surround the place, break in, and your dead all because you wanted to be a hero. So, what do I do? Do I help this person in need and risk possibly losing my own life or do I say "every man for himself" and let them suffer? This situation brings up a better question. How important is your own life compared to a total strangers? We dont see it too often, but it does happen. Someone will be in danger and a complete stranger will risk their life to save them. Its very touching and reminds us all that were not so different and anyone can be a hero. But, if the world turns into a struggle of humans against zombies, how "human" are you if you turn your back on someone in need? If I were in a fight for my life against the undead, I'd prefer to have someone there to watch my back also for company. It wouldn't take long being alone before I turned into Tom Hanks in the movie Castaway and start having conversations with volleyballs. At the same time, I wouldn't want to risk my life because of someone elses stupidity. The more people you have grouped together, sooner or later someone gets stupid and puts everyones life at risk. At the first sighting of this person I'd put the safety of the greater good in front of him and put a bullet in his head. I know that sounds cruel, but if it came down to you dying or someone else dying... Which would you choose?

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The other day I listened to a mothers story on the radio. She talked about how her 4yr old daughter's teacher contacted her and stated that she felt the little girl didn't speak "cultured" enough. In other words, she talks "white" and needs to talk more "black". What does it mean to talk "black"? This is something that I've experienced as long as I can remember. I've always been the one picked on and made fun of by the other black kids because I made good grades and wanted to speak like I had some kind of intelligence to myself. As a result, I didn't really get along with many black kids until i got to high school. So where did this mind set come from within the black community? Since when does wanting to better yourself and advance in life mean that you're acting more white and less black? Why is it the black community embraces the thought that they are less intelligent than the white community? These are all questions that I have yet to come up with an answer to. I have a couple of coworkers that make fun of me because I'm not your stereotypical black male. I guess a good question to ask is, does the way you speak measure your intelligence?  The answer is no, but society does measure your intelligence by your vocabulary. You could be a genius, but if you speak Ebonics then people will look at you like you're just another average hood ni$&@. So if this is the way society measures you. Do you conform to society and speak "white" in order to get ahead in life? Or do you go against the preconceived norm and try to prove to everyone that your vocabulary and mental capacity don't determine how far you can go? You would think this type of thinking would have gone out of style by now, but sadly it's still in fashion. I really don't even know what else to say on this subject so please just let me know your thoughts on the subject.