Sunny Youth Journal

Climate change is caused by global warming. The earth is hotter and hotter each day, because of global warming, causing climate change. In the article, it says that “Earth’s ice sheets are losing so much mass it’s becoming obvious from space. “

Both the Arctic and Antarctica are melting fast. The polar bears, penguins, seals and other animals are in danger. Researchers said that “Greenland’s ice sheet lost an average of 200 gigatons of ice per year, while Antarctica’s ice sheet lost an average of 118 gigatons per year; for reference, a single gigaton of ice is enough to fill 400,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.” That is a lot.

People should help slow climate change.

In Martin Luther King Junior’s days, they protested by being reasonable.  Nowadays, the so-called “protesters” smash a lot of stores’ windows and steal the products because they said that it is “unfair”.  First of all, how is it unfair?  I mean, just because of some police officers- that are racist- why do they have to be nosy?  They may not know why people act the way they act.  For example, someone may “take”  one’s belongings without asking, but maybe that person said they could take it, only that person forgot about it.  Secondly, Martin Luther King Junior was fighting for a reasonable cause, but some protesters are now using this chance to get free money.  Lastly, these protesters are making a mess of our country, ruining stores, lives, and much more.  Back then, protesters proved their point by speaking strongly to make government officials make a change. Also, Martin Luther King Junior actually proved his point: He and his fellow protesters wanted freedom and an end to discrimination. Now, the actual cause of what the protesters want is inexact.

To conclude, Martin Luther King Junior’s protesting method is a more effective way to protest than the present day protesters’ methods.

Martin Luther King Jr. Gave his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech to make people of all races and skin color equal. However, here we are, 57 years later, and there are many protests about ‘Black lives matter’. Do you think people would do that if all people were equal? There being many protests about ‘Black lives matter’ shows that people would think that not all people are equal, or else they would not think that, because they would already know that all lives matter the same. But they probably don’t think that, because the ‘Black lives matter’ protest is because people think that other people think that their lives don’t matter, which signals that some people think that other people are being racist. I don’t really have an opinion in this matter, but I don’t think people should be judged just by the color or their skin.

I saw a video about a social experiment about the ‘black lives matter’ protest where somebody held up a ‘black lives matter’ sign in a white neighborhood, and the people disagreed, saying ‘all lives matter’, and then he held up a ‘all lives matter’ sign in a black neighborhood, and the people there thought that he was saying that black lives don’t matter. (but he was really saying that ALL lives matter) As I said, I don’t really have an opinion on this matter, but what do you think? Do you think that people still racist about skin color?

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech on August 28, 1963 to a crowd at Washington D.C. He dreamed that someday children of all skin colors would play together. That the sons of slaves and the sons of slave owners would be able to sit together and talk. That all places would have freedom and justice. That people would not be judge by their skin color, but by their personality. He wanted justice and peace. For equality. But, after all these years, have we made these changes, or have we stayed the way we were before?

We have only fulfilled one of his dreams, and a few people are still not willing to do the rest. For his first dream, he wanted the sons of slaves and their owners to sit down and chat. But, they have probably passed away by now, and I don’t think that they have ever sat down to talk before. Also, most countries have banned slavery, but there are 10 countries that still allow it. In his second dream, he said that he wanted children of all colors to go hand in and and treat each other like brothers and sisters. I believe that this is the only dream that we have fulfilled. Children, regardless of their skin color, are allowed in school and play together. Children with different skin colors still treat each other the same. His last dream was that all nations would be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I would say that not all places have freedom and justice. Some people still judge others by their skin color and a few places still force people to labor. I don’t think Martin Luther King Jr. would be happy with this generation, but baby steps are still movement, we will get there someday, even if it takes a million years.

I think Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech is one of the greatest speeches ever. However, the person (or people) that put together the video doesn’t really make it that comfortable to watch. Here’s why:

First off, let me just say, Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech is pure awesomeness. It’s very motivational and was very, very, important, as you can see from how many people were in the audience. Martin Luther King is a great talker. He put together his speech in a very powerful way and delivered it just as powerfully. For example, towards the end, when he starts his “I have a dream” part of the speech, he purposely pauses each time he says it and gets a really positive and cool feedback from the audience every time. Also, his content is great. Obviously, when he made the speech, the audience could really relate to what he was talking about. He started off with the end of slavery, and how it was “a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity” (1:13). Then he moved on to how years later, the colored people still “[are] still not free” (1:31). He talked about his great vision for the future and how he wished that in the future, “[his] four little children [would] one day live in a nation where they [would] not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” (3:13). I believe that a lot of the audience agreed with him, and personally, I think the points throughout his speech were very cool and very reasonable as well.

However, the person (or people) who made this video, “RARE FACTS”, failed to capture the true coolness of the speech. RARE FACTS distracted me over and over again and pulled me away from the actual speech!

For example, right at the start of the video, they show a truly AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL, and NECESSARY view of a guy feeding another random person some water in a water bottle. This is literally when Martin begins his speech! This really didn’t motivate me to continue watching the video, because I wanted to see more of the actual Martin Luther King, not a random guy who really needs to drink water! I thought, “If RARE FACTS keeps doing this, I will be very annoyed.” I thought this at the beginning of the video, so I was cranky for the rest of the video. Not a very wise choice by RARE FACTS, if you ask me.

Another example is that RARE FACTS didn’t even bother matching up the audio with the video. It really made me annoyed because I don’t like it when I am staring at someone talking on the screen and what they’re mouthing isn’t even what the audio is playing! It messes with my brain and while I really want to believe the message the video is trying to send to my brain, my ears want to send my brain a different message, which makes me confused, and therefore angry because I don’t like to be confused (It makes me feel dumb, in a way).

And as if THAT wasn’t enough, they FAILED to even match up the words of the speech to the actual either video or audio, whichever one they decided to even choose! So now, there are THREE voices in my head:

1. The one who’s watching the video,
2. The one who’s listening to the audio, and
3. The one who’s looking at the words to the speech!

It’s maddening and I had to just open my closed captioning for the whole video to just watch through the whole thing and not quitting. The closed captioning blocks out the words to the speech that are on the screen, so now I only have two distractions, which is a lot better than three. I was sick of trying to follow along the badly-matched-up pieces of the video and I was literally about to close the tab.

I still managed to get through the rest of the speech, however. I stayed there and did not leave because I thought Martin Luther King’s speech was too good to be ignored… But I still think it would have been a lot better if RARE FACTS decided to put more effort in the making of their videos and actually tried to make the viewer more comfortable and less irritated throughout Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech.

In the past two decades, glaciers have been melting more ice than they can replenish. According to an article by Brandon Specktor, Antarctica loses an average of 118 gigatons of ice per year, which is as much water as 400,000 Olympic-sized pools. This is caused by global warming, which happens when greenhouse-gases and other chemicals are emitted into the atmosphere. 

There are many consequences of global warming, like melting glaciers. This could cause the world with many disasters. To start, small islands can be submerged completely into the water because the sea levels have risen. In addition, bigger cities near the sea, like San Francisco, which is largely populated can be flooded. This could injure many people and even kill some. Although this may only seem of concern to people who live near the ocean, everyone who is worried about the economy of the world should care. 

However, there are countless ways to prevent all these tragedies from happening. First, one can start powering their home with renewable energy, like solar panels instead of fossil fuels, which damage the environment. Another thing that produces a lot of carbon is meat. From all the space the livestock takes up to the food it consumes, it creates harm to the air in multiple forms. Lastly, people could try to plant more trees as they are able to take in carbon and make it into oxygen, which is good for humans. These are just several of the methods to reduce climate change, and I believe we should put more effort into helping the world we live in. 

Many people have been fighting for their rights for the last hundred years. However, people are still arguing if racism has ended. Before America was even founded, blacks were sent to America to be slaves for wealthy white families. There was a time when blacks couldn’t even drink from the same fountain as whites, they couldn’t sit in the front of a bus. Whites ruled the roost, and black’s were castigated when they did things, no matter how small.

However, people still fought back. People like Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Harriet Tubman, and those who were not even remembered. Those people fought for their rights, no matter how burdensome it was. One of the greatest and most remembered act was Martin Luther King’s famous speech “I have a dream”. He spoke about how he wanted his little kids to be able to live in harmony with other races, to be able to hold hands with one another.

Yet to this day, we can still see racism in our lives, even through some may not admit it. Just a few weeks ago, there was the killing of George Floyd, a man who was killed by a police officer. There have been many other scenarios like this one, where racism can still be seen. If you ask me, I would undoubtedly say that racism is still there, whether or not you want it there. I repudiate that people can be treated this way just because of their skin color. In the depths of this argument between if there is still racism, I would say, that no matter how hard that people like Rosa Parks fought, humanity just can not take it away.

Uncle Willy is a weird person first he is addicted to dope and he also kills himself in the end of the story. So Uncle Willy is crazy, he says that he was tolled by this crazy person who was going to kill him and so he kills the crazy person and someone ladies drives him out of town. The main person thinks that Willy is a amazing person. Willy lives in a white house with this other person named Job. Job is very old he is a porter in a drug store and he cooks and kept the house. Willy liked the children and he used drugs and at the drug store he couldn’t fill a prescription in forty years. he doesn’t wash the window and doesn’t dress well because he says that no one could look at him. He bought ice cream for the baseball teams and he had these marks that went from his arm to his shirt. He would also go to school with the other children. Then after a few days when other people came he took the needle and stuck it into the his arm but he didn’t do it the usual way the person said that it look like he wanted it to go into his bone. He crashed the airplane and he asked the person again that he could run stuff and the person said yes.

Uncle Willy is a weird person but he has a good trait he is good to the children he helps them some I guess even if your old you can still do good to the world

Almost every person in America has heard of Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic and inspirational “I have a dream” speech. On August 23, 1963, over 250,000 civil rights supporters gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C to hear his speech. It became one of the most famous speeches in history, but why?

First of all, it had very strong and well chosen words. Probably the most famous sentence is this one:”I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a nation, where not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character” It is so powerful, and the rest of the speech is of equal strength, so you can see why it is so treasured.

Another reason why it is so empowering is how MTK was so brave and stood up for the entire black community. At the time, it was a bit dangerous to speak such bold words on racism and segregation. There were a lot of people who believed in segregation, and were definitely not a fan of the civil rights movement. Also, MTK gave a voice for the voiceless. A lot of people were scared to say what they believed, or weren’t heard because they didn’t have the right platform, but his speech spoke for them.

One last reason is that MTK Jr. wrote his speech in a completely peaceful way. Instead of calling out white people for segregation, he instead asked for unity without any rudeness to any race. He focused on how he had a dream to fix the problem, not how the problem started.

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protest, we are once again reminded of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech. It feels sad that even almost 57 years later, his dream has still not been fulfilled. Of course it is better, but there is still a lot of things that show that we still have a ways to go. America must keep trying to have more equal rights. The only reason these problems keep resurfacing, are because there is not enough change, and because setbacks are recurring in the most terrible ways. We must remember MTK Jr.’s words, and help reach the goal in his dreams.

In conclusion, the “I have a dream speech” is probably the most important civil rights speech ever. Everybody should remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s words, especially in hard times , and strive to make a difference. Hopefully, in a few years, his iconic and famous dream will finally be fulfilled, and we can all stand together as equals.

One of the most popular speeches in the whole United States was spoken by Martin Luther King Jr. He was the first black man to ever become a president because of whites’ discrimination against the black. Martin Luther King Jr. changed the course of history. He will go down as the president who played a key role in the American Civil Rights movement.

When Martin Luther King Jr. said, “I have a dream.” That was not true. The dream had him. The dream wanted to have him talk about discrimination and equal rights. Martin Luther King Jr. quoted the Declaration of Independence, all men are created equal. He wanted everyone to know, not just his race, but every other race.

Martin Luther King Jr. faced many hard and difficult challenges and he did not want it to get any harder so he thought of this very speech to tell everyone else. He did not want the black men to be negro slaves nor wanted them to be treated worse than the whites. The white race had better stores to buy from, better houses, and better schools.

Martin Luther King Jr. was talking about all the people who wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration itself for everyone is equal and there is no better or worse person in this world. Everyone shall be equal and there should be equality in humanity.

I thought that this video was very powerful and the speech. The whole thing changed everyone’s thoughts and he changed many minds through talking. His dream, his courage, and his dignity allowed him to say this and change many minds, many thoughts, and many ideas.