Primary Source– Fast Food Strike for Minimum Wage

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This image shows a very miniscule portion of strikers, striking outside of one of the most popular fast food chains. The strikers are demanding for higher pay, at least $15/hr.

In many of the articles I have read, this picture has continued the idea that fast food workers’, in their eyes, are worth more than minimum wage. The argument is simple and apparent, the employees want more than minimum wage. The wage they’re receiving does not meet the demands of the cost of living. The employees believe that the very successful food chains have more than enough money to increase wages. And as you can see the strikers look like adults. Those adults may have families to raise or debts to pay, receiving minimum wage will not make life less stressful for them. They may even continue to struggle at $15/hr.

Primary Source Voting Rights Act

The primary source I am evaluating is a video from Youtube, made by the channel RTAmerica. The channel is a online news show but instead of a full length show they upload only one highlight of a story at a time. The purpose for RTAmerica creating the video entitled “Supreme Court Strikes Down Part of Voting Rights Act” was to inform the viewer of the Supreme court finding section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 unconstitutional. The reason for RTAmerica distributing the information in the video medium is so that there subscribers can know what is going on in the government. Another purpose for the creation of the video and being uploaded to the internet could be so that people who do not want to watch the news on TV can have their news in a concentrated format. This primary source is very valuable because the information was distributed in an unbiased way. Although all of the people who they showed giving their speech were negative, but they also showed the opinion and reasoning of the Justices who voted against section 4. What I can learn from this source is that a lot of people were outraged at the decision that the Supreme Court made. And that quite a few people still see racism in today’s society, and therefore feel that section 4 is needed.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anjz2YacHU8

Edward Snowden Whistleblower or Traitor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaRvzQ887HM

Edward Snowden’s video in Hong Kong explaining his side of the story.

 

This is the video made by Edward Snowden. It was made by Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras. They made it in Hong Kong after Snowden fled the country. This artifact was made to relay Edward Snowden’s reasoning to the American people. In the video he details why he declassified the American documents. He talks about how the NSA overstepped their boundaries and wire tapped the American people. It helps to better understand this controversy. It gives Snowden’s side of the story whereas most American news outlets write him off as a traitor.

Primary Source – DOMA-

In the video Edith Windsor talks about the DOMA ruling. This artifact was created because Windsor was discussing the out come of her case verses the United States. Which has been a huge advancement in the gay rights movement the creator’s purpose for making this artifact was to deliver breaking news on how Windsor felt about the ruling of her case.

This video gives me first hand “primary source” information from the main party in my conflict who is Edith Windsor. What I’ve learned about the time, place, or circumstances in which this artifact was created is that Windsor was an older female in her 80’s, which is something that a lot of the text doesn’t say. Therefore putting a new light to understanding my conflict that an 80 something year old female brought suit to the United States because she believed that the laws in place were unconditional do to her fifth amendment rights of equal protection.

Scroogled!

This is a photo of Microsoft’s ad campaign scroogled. Microsoft has created its own website called scroogled.com to bash Google. Microsoft wants to increase the use of its Outlook email service. This picture has a short description of Gmail’s email scanning practice. It then encourages Gmail users to switch to its new upgraded email service, Outlook because it says that it doesn’t look through its user’s emails. Being that Gmail is the number one email service provider, Microsoft wants to increase its newly established Outlook usage. Microsoft is one of Google’s main competitors in the rapidly expanding technology market and views this as a way to promote Outlook. Based on this primary source, I know that Gmail’s email practice has been a problem for many people and Microsoft is bringing this to the attention to many people who may not have knowledge of the many invasion of privacy court cases in which Google was sued for its email scanning practice. The time period can be determined based on the source because it includes Outlook, and Outlook was released about one year ago from the date of the picture.

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VICE Documentary on 3D Printing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DconsfGsXyA

This documentary covers my conflict, but from the perspective of Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed and shares his thoughts on the conflict.

1) The purpose is to do as stated above; share Cody R. Wilson’s thoughts on the issue at hand and to explain the heart of the issue to those who are unaware.

2) This documentary can share with the viewer a simplified view of the 3D printing of firearms issue and from the eyes of Mr. Wilson. It also shows the view of some of the reporters who have been following this situation. 

Egypt war Views

Link: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=egypt+confict+interview&FORM=VIRE5#view=detail&mid=CFE44291D4E2FED46F45CFE44291D4E2FED46F45

This artifact is a live interview between an Egyptian woman named Alaa and Security correspondent Frank Gardener. This interview discuss what is going on in Egypt from the perspectives of the government and a person who disagrees that this conflict not a revolution but a Coupe. This interview was conducted in order to give enlightenment to those who follow the conflict. During the interview both parties addressed the effect of conflict.

Primary Source of GMO

http://tichelsandphilosophy.wordpress.com/tag/gmo-salmon/

This is a wordpress account with many pictures of animals parts affected by GMO products.

Purpose: This artifact was created to show the affects of GMO in animals. Knowing how animals are affected helps give readers an idea of how they can be infected. The purpose of this artifact is notify readers that GMO is unhealthy and dangerous for ones health.

Value: It  can tell me that my conflict is a serious issue in the world to many people and many people are against it. I learned that the time in which this was posted was in 2009 and to this day people still feel the same way .

Border Control

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/14/border-patrol-moves-focus-to-texas-to-combat-mexican-drug-cartels/

 

This picture shows how the border patrol’s enhanced investigations are intruding on people’s lives especially in Texas where they are moving in operations and invading on the property of the citizens of Texas. In this photo you can see how the border patrol is steadily moving in to give the people of Texas false threats which can propel people to believe in an operation that doesn’t need to happen.

Dream Act Primary Photo

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This photo shows the “dreamers” people who the dream act targets supporting the dream act, in their cap and gowns rallying for the act. The purpose of this photograph is to show that the immigrants really want to graduate and have and education. The photograph shows their support to one another and shows how they really want to succeed and further their education. This photograph shows positivity about the dream act, it does not show any negativity of the dream act. The value of the photograph is that it shows all the hopes, dream, and wishes in all of their eyes. Showing you that they really want to make the dream act happen, and that they will all stick together as one to make it happen. The photograph also shows that this is a very intense conflict and that it can arouse many different opinions and aspects.