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thebladedtechshow · 3 years

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My Name Is Pauli Murray Review: A Forgotten American Icon Reearthed

Now streaming on #PrimeVideo, the latest documentary from Betsy West & Julie Cohen uncovers a previously unknown activist - Pauli Murray. Read my review below!

I want to see America be itself.Pauli Murray We all know the name Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, and other civil rights heroes from the 1960s. Most documentaries will often cover these people, the events that surrounded them, or other social issues of the time. However, My Name Is Pauli Murray‘s titular subject is not a name I’d heard before, nor was many of the…

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kelseybholder · 4 years

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Food

Chapter 12

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“Over a billion people in the world are still hungry, and several million die of starvation each year” (Robertson, 2017, p. 224).

I mentioned in previous blogs that there is enough grain in the world to end world hunger, yet instead, we use those grains for animal agriculture. This fact still astonishes me. Our society does despicable things to these animals every single day. These animals are tortured, abused, and murdered - and for what? It would be one thing if it was for the greater good. If these animals could save people’s lives, end world hunger. But, that is not the case. It is not the case at all. In fact, it is the opposite. Animal agriculture is the root to world hunger - it is the reason for it. I do not understand why this does not disturb and outrage our entire society. We have innocent children, dying of starvation, all because humans want to eat their meat. I hope to see more changes. I have noticed the progress that has been made in the fast 4 years in the vegan/vegetarian community, and I am happy to see it, but it isn’t enough.

Wow Moment #1

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Now, as I have stated in previous blogs, I am a vegetarian. I pride myself on my knowledge on animal agriculture and health related to animal products. However, when Food, Inc. mentioned that large food industries, such as McDonald’s and others alike, control 80% of the beef industry, I was floored. I did not know that. Logically, I knew that McDonald’s and other fast food restaurants had an impact, but I never would have thought it was that big of an impact. This was a “wow moment” for me because it made me totally disgusted with fast food restaurants, McDonald’s especially. I couldn’t even guess when the last time was that I went to McDonald’s, as it would have to have been over 4 years ago. This made me realize that I never want to fund these restaurants unless they are showing improvements in moving away from the meat industry. Burger King has recently come out with a vegetarian burger, and for that, I support them.

Wow Moment #2

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When I became a vegetarian, the animals were the main reason for that decision. Seeing videos of the torture and abuse that they went through, all leading up to their murder disgusted me. So, when this became a topic of conversation in Food, Inc., it wasn’t a wow moment because it was new information to me. It was a wow moment because no matter how long I have known about this abuse, it still stuns me that there are people out there willing to do this job, endorse this process, and continue to participate by eating meat. This part of the documentary focused on chicken collection, and I was just appalled. Looking at those baby chickens - I will never understand how our country got to this place.

References

Participant Media & River Road Entertainment present ; a film by Robert Kenner ; producers, Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein ; writers, Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein, Kim Roberts ; directed by Robert Kenner. (2009). Food, Inc. [Los Angeles, CA] :Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2009.

Robertson, M. (2017). Sustainability principles and practice (2nd ed.). Oxfordshire, England: Routledge.

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