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This is the 5 min. mix I made for battle of the bands. The Mesquite High school battle of the bands was recently cancelled despite having been held every year prior to 2012. The student council at MHS shut it down to prove that they are not afraid to use their near fascist power to censor the rising genre of electronic dance music. This is social injustice, because one cannot simply ban music from the school that isn't mainstream endorsed. So I put it on the internet, safe from the councils cold grasp. Enjoy :) - Nick Yoakam
Can't Oppress EDM!
In 2000 The United States recieved 3276 Sudanese boys and 89 girls from the Sudanese refugee camps. As we know from our readings and class this week we have learned that these children suffered extreme hardships and duress and finally have arrived at a destination that has assisted them with relocation. After further research on the lost children of Sudan i found that 3000 girls vanished from official records. There is some evidence that the girls were shielded from the UN eyes in order to bring money to the foster families that were caring for them. The girls were left behind because they were placed in foster care families instead of placing them in groups as the boys were. These foster families sold the girls to be slaves or brides. As we see from our readings when the INS officials arrived to interview the children the ones who were married did not qualify for relocation to the United States. The lost girls have been "twice forgotten". The girls who were not sold into marriage and slavery also stayed behind to perform unpaid labor for the foster families. However many of the girls have "simply disappeared".
The lost girls who made it to the United States have started to organize and presented at the conference for lost boys in Phoenix Arizona. Several of the women were relocated to Dallas Texas. Below is a video of a lost girl telling her story in Washinton DC.
In concluding my blog i just wanted to speak about how amazed i was at the agency and resiliency of these children to survive adversity and stay true to themselves. Whenever i see them on video or pictures they are so happy to have the bare necessities and so many things many take for granted here in the United States. For example in the video about God grew tired of us when they arrived in their apartment and found their beds to be so soft and comfortable compare to the hard floors they were used to. The lost girls have written a book and some of the proceeds will go to their education and advocacy. For the lost girls who stayed behind there are presently efforts to build school dormitory for them to get thier education. The book by the lost girls can be found at
Thank you for the post about Sudan Girls. It is highly interesting. While watching the documentary about the camp I was wondering why it is concerns only boys, where were the girls? Now I have an opportunity to get more information about the girls :)
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you here. I also amazed by their resiliency and the way they appreciate simple things. I think it is all about human nature. People do appreciate something if they don't have it for a long time. People understand that they are really strong only when they face a very difficult situation. These all happened to Sudan children. The thing that really makes me sad is their feeling of being guilty. As we saw it in the movie most of them ask themselves why they were chosen and what’s happened with their relatives in Sudan.