As much as I would like to raise hell over this and over all racial comments made about President Obama, or anyone for that matter, I'm not sure that there is much more to be done.
The lines are drawn, some people believe it is a very racist comic, some do not. Some people think that the backlash is unnecessary, and some think there should be a larger backlash.
Bickering is not going to change the mind of anyone. People have their minds made up.
This is not to say people should not stick to their guns and not fight for what they believe in, just that they should pick their battles wisely.
I believe we should support stop giving the New York post free press and concentrate on the important things, like how to fix the failing economy and getting me a summer internship.
Because of this comic I will never read the post again, not that I did anyway.
Haley is right. Internships are disappearing. I'm spending most of my free time looking for internships and applying for whatever I can. Flash is incredible and I want to work with it more so I can get better at it.
My brother Walker owns WORK, an art gallery in New York City. Today is I Heart Art, a collaborative show with The Wassaic Project. My mom and I both have work in the show. I have a photograph and my mom has a felt bag she made.
A few hours ago I got a text message from my brother Kansas saying that my photo was sold. I'm super excited because I want to eventually move to New York to live near my brothers, sister and niece. This gives me hope that maybe If I work really hard I can make it.
Today has been a very productive day and it's only 12:30.
I'm proud of myself.
Here's what I have done, prepare to be amazed.
1) Checked ed2010 for internships. This is a really cool site for people interested in journalism.
2) A quick trip to the post office. My brother owns an art gallery and I have a photograph is his next show. I had to send my photo to New York City and I hope it will not break in transit.
Photo by Sue Pazos
3) Cleaned my room. This increased my moral and I found some of my old clothes and books.
Across the country, people are questioning Nadya Suleman's
intentions after giving birth to octuplets on January 26 through in vitro
fertilization.The octuplets give Ms. Suleman 14 children
under the age of seven.
From the newspaper articles I have read, it seems Ms. Suleman
overdid herself.I respect that she and
her octuplets have made history but I cannot commend her decision.Ms. Suleman, a single mother, already has six
children ranging from the age of two to seven and seems to have no current
job.This leads me to wonder whether or
not Ms. Suleman is capable of physically and financially, raising 14 children
on her own.
I am afraid that Ms. Suleman will throw her children into
the lime light of the media, with the ulterior motive to make money off of the
history making births.She has already
had numerous offers from media outlets for financial compensation.I don't think it is right for Ms. Suleman to
expose her newborn octuplets to the media for a pretty penny.If she exposes
her newborns it should be to show doctors, fertility specialists and other
medical professionals her miracle of eight healthy babies.
I also question the ethics of having so many embryos
implanted.First of all, Ms. Suleman's
ethics.She had the chance for selective
reduction but refused to do so and even again when they were fetuses.Ms. Suleman defied the chance to decrease the
health risks for herself and for the embryos that were implanted.Secondly, the fertility doctor's ethics to
implant so many embryos is shameful.A
woman on welfare that already has six children does not need eight more.Further, wouldn't it be deemed too risky to
implant so many embryos in a woman in Ms. Suleman's state of being?Ms. Suleman and the doctors involved were
both radically unethical.I am no
doctor, but it makes me wonder if the fame and glory of octuplets got in the way
of both parties sound ethical judgment.
Many questions circle around in my head but a very important
one is: did Ms. Suleman ever consider the amount of money it would cost not
only to raise the children but to just give birth to them through a Caesarean
section and then the remaining hospital bills?The people of California and America
will be paying for Ms. Suleman's children.Doctors will have to watch the octuplets for health complications, both
physically and mentally.The hospital
bills will run between $1.5 to $3 million.If the studies about the cost of raising children are correct, raising
one child to adulthood costs $2.5 million. What if the octuplets turn out to
have serious health problems and are in and out of hospitals for the rest of
their lives?If the octuplets do happen
to have health problems, how will Ms. Suleman afford the medical bills?How can Ms. Suleman live with herself knowing
the risk of giving birth to octuplets is astronomical?Both Ms. Suleman and her doctors should be
ashamed.
