Monday, April 16, 2012

Public Housing



The neighborhood I spent the last 7 years in Bayview Hunters Point, some may say it's a dump.  That it's occupied by troublesome individuals that choose to live on low income housing, sayings are the main ethnicity who live there are Africans and Samoans, who either sell drugs, are on welfare, general assistance who live living in the hood.  Many colorful thoughts have been said, though it has not taken any effect on me.  I honestly don't really care what others have to say about my neighborhood.  It's not them that live neighborhood.  When others see me, they don't feel as though I belong or fit in.  What my community has taught me is never judge a book by it's cover, meaning there are many great aspects of my community.  My neighbors are great people, very friendly and constantly speak of current news.  Many of my neighbors are not on general assistance, and are not drug dealers.  They work 9-5 jobs to help provide for their families.  I've learned that you can never know the value of something just by it's appearence, I understand that my neighborhood is not the safest area to live at.  Though there is not an everyday shooting occuring.  People over look all the good that my community provides.  But it's my neighborhood, my Hunters Point.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Advertising a DIFFERENCE

There is much we see being advertising, encouraging to buy, and "Great Deal" to get.  Now a days, it just seems that anyone with a thought and catchy pitch line feels as though they offering a great product for an unbeatable deal.  Advertising false information of misleading scams.

I'm a prime offender for the enjoyment of "Influential Advertising" with truth and facts behind the information.  Known as "Public Announcements".  I see it not as advertising but educating others on overlooked problems, reaching out for hope and change for the future.  Helping those in need, witnessing a building "Revolution of Change".  This is has been a eye catcher for me before I could remember, the passion to lead a helping hand.

Such as: KONY 2012


Something that draws my attention is the connection I share with those in need, the struggle to stay strong in a situation you can't control.  I'm drawn to the attention of those in need, people who know what pain is and lived through it.  My attention if for a dying change, a building REVOLUTION.  Inspiring an outreach to help others.  Advertising should allow to only show the the struggle of help.  KONY 2012 represents an individual, kidnapping children from their parents, focusing them to take their parents.  Kony manipulates and brainwashes these unfortunate kids to doing his Bettie, over the years he has created a rebellion against the government.  Causing these kids to reap chaos against their will. 

Forms of advertisement I ignore is Get Rich quick scams, MC Donald's commercials, Infomercials about Timeshares, Car Dealerships, Informational about products I do not need.  Like kitchen, household appliances, clothing, dieting, products.  Basically things I do not need, or have too much of.  I feel that as time progress on, more and more things that flood the television and media we see.  Becomes more deluded of materialistic things we do not need at the end of the day.





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