Others, realizing that they were destined to spend their youth in dank factories rather than in classrooms or schoolyards, grew sullen and withdrawn.
This line really brought to light how difficult it was for immigrant families, and how poverty was generational as well. While native Americans grew up in classrooms and schoolyards, immigrants were subject to grueling conditions.
one and only street in Jalcocotan was hardly more than an open stretch of the mule trail that disappeared into the forest north and south of the pueblo.
Reading the passage I felt a sense of complacency within Jalcocotan to an extent. Although poverty was an influencing factor, there was minimal change to the village throughout hundreds of years.
You are deeply convinced you say “that to enhance the prosperity and preserve the tranquility of this State, Asiatic immigration must be checked.” This, your Excellency, is but onestep towards a retrograde movement of the government, which, on reflection, you will discover; and which the citizens of this country ought never to tolerate. It was one of the principal causes of quarrel between you (when colonies) and England; when the latter pressed laws against emigration, you looked for immigration; it came, and immigration made youwhat you are—your nation what it is.
Norman is calling out Gov. Bigler on his hypocrisy! Mentioning that America was founded on immigration, Norman followed mentioning that by prohibiting Asian passage, is a step backwards in the government.
China emulate the West and modernize in order to throw off the yoke of foreign domination
It is interesting to see the shockwaves of the American Revolution. Seen as the first country to overpower imperialist powers, other countries seemed to follow its modernization to "throw off the yoke of foreign domination".
and shall never after be admitted to become a citizen of the United States
This really shows how scared the US Gov is against alien species - it looks as if they have an extremely close minded & precautious perspective.
The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.
Immigrants are still given the right to court.
Yet in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the trend suddenly revers
Free immigration had boomed once the American revolution had concluded, as the war disrupted the existing trade network between Britain and opened itself up to other markets. There was a shift from slaves/convicts to free immigrants in this time, the early 1800's.
a loaf allowed to two men, and it is all [we would get] if we stayed there two days, which is hard; and [we] must lie all that while in the boat.
In a day with Amazon prime shipping, this line was a stark reminder that transportation was much slower in the past, with ships taking weeks/months to cross the Atlantic just to bring supplies.
For having abused, and rendered Contemptable, his Maties: Justice, by advancing to Places of Judicature, scandalous and ignorant Favourites.
Mentioned in the video, Bacon had held distaste for Berkeley for abusing his power for personal gain, and I believe this bullet point accurately displays this distaste.
What can be a better worke, & more honorable & worthy a Christian then to helpe raise & supporte a particular Church while it is in the Infancy,
In conjunction with mary's comment above, it seems as though christian religion was the main focus, going over the fact that a religion requires people to be followers/believers.
apparently insatiable demand for labor has led to a tolerance of large-scale undocumented immigration and a proliferation of temporary worker programs, mirroring earlier periods of unfettered, Virginia-style migration.
I find it ironic that we typically view Virginia style migration negatively, as it strips immigrants of their humanity, but now that we have a unfulfilled demand for labor, we are quietly filling the demand with the same inhumane migration.
This culture was not a simple exten-sion of their past, an embracement of the new order of capitalism, or simply an affirmation of a desire to become an American.
Being in a new country, simply extending ones past culture would most likely warrant negative response, so it makes sense that old traditions were given a "new" spin.
What they actually shared in common was a need to confront a new economic order and provide for their own welfare and that of their kin or household group . They all did this _but they did so in different ways and 'With-divergent results
Although each ethnicity had their respective ghettos, they all shared alienation from the existing population, all having to fight against poverty.
separation from known surroundings, the becoming a foreigner and ceasing to be-long.
I feel as though this "immigrant perspective" is often forgotten about in todays immigrant politics, with the majority of focus being on how immigration impacts existing Americans. Always being quick to judge, I feel that it could be beneficial to be more understanding of the immigrant sacrifices.
Enhance your analytical writing skills through regular practice and feedback
I hope to improve on my analytical writing skills as I have traditionally written more philosophical essays during my college career.
particular Ego, or subject of
Comparing with the split-brain thought experiment, I noticed that the Ego theory views a person though their collective experiences while the split-brain viewed each feedback stream (senes stimulated) individually.
As to the second part of the question, Whether the same immaterial substance remaining, there may be two distinct persons; which question seems to me to be built on this, — Whether the same immaterial being, being conscious of the action of its past duration, may be wholly stripped of all the consciousness of its past exis-tence, and lose it beyond the power of ever retrieving it again: and so as it were beginning a new account from a new period, have a consciousness that cannot reach beyond this new state.
I believe Loche is attempting to cap the loose end of the question, where what happens to the original biomass once it's consciousness is transferred?
A torn decision is a conscious decision in which you have multiple options and you’re torn as to which option is best.
Torn decisions are the small category of decisions that push me to believe in free will, that not all decisions are predetermined.
When we type, tango, or talk, we don’t want conscious thinking to precede every move we make, though we do want to be aware of what we’re doing and correct any mistakes we’re making.
This thought was interesting as I never really thought about how slow and inefficient conscious thought was, and how some decisions are simply better off without it.
unpropitious
"adjective (of a circumstance) not giving or indicating a good chance of success; unfavorable."
Why do we not react in the same way to a defective man: a murderer, say, or a rapist? Why don’t we laugh at a judge who punishes a crimi-nal, just as heartily as we laugh at Basil Fawlty?
Apart from the obvious reason of the severity of two said issues, the reason why is that cars, computers and other manmade machines are fixable, understandable and ultimately controllable. Humans are not fully understood and are by no means controllable, and our difference in reaction is our attempt to regain control (ie jail).
How can a human subject discriminate sensory stimuli and react to them appropriately?
Understanding an external reality
mysterianism
a philosophical position proposing that the hard problem of consciousness cannot be resolved by humans.
dogma
"a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true."
distinctly what I am, than to express myself as follows: I am now awake, and perceive something real; but because my perception is not sufficiently clear, I will of express purpose go to sleep that my dreams may repre-sent to me the object of my perception with more truth and clearness.
couldn't make the annotation across 2 pages so i highlighted previous segment
In combination with the last highlight previous to this one, I appreciate and can relate to the realization of how there is certainty in oneself, but beyond ourselves we can only perceive the world around us, in our imperfect human manner.
t is no longer a mere demonic visitor intruding on you from nowhere; you have domesticated it, assimilated it to your knowl-edge, by bringing it under a known rule
Yes, people definitely have a fear of the unknown, and the comfort of knowledge is sought after and seen in our daily lives (ie anxiety).
filigree
"ornamental work of fine (typically gold or silver) wire formed into delicate tracery."
trammels
"a restriction or impediment to someone's freedom of action."
The knowledge it aims at is the kind of knowledge which gives unity and system to the body of the sciences, and the kind which results from a critical examination of the grounds of our convictions, preju-dices, and beliefs
this unified thinking and analysis of prejudices reminds me of the asian philosophy of Confucianism.
and can be irreversibly lost if the cerebral cortex permanently stops working, even if the brainstem continues to function with respirator support.
What if a child is born without a functioning cerebral cortex? depending on the definition of death would said child even be considered alive in the first place?
Anencephaly
"a severe congenital condition in which a large part of the skull is absent along with the cerebral hemispheres of the brain."
This theory envisions the mind as an emergent property of individually unconscious neural cells when they interact in complex ways, analogous to wetness as an emergent property of water molecules, or life as an emergent property of amino acid molecules which are individually lifeless
I agree with this theory that our consciousness/awareness/ego is not immaterial but rather a characteristic that emerges from a collective neural network.