Weekend at the beach.....(cal state)

At Cal State Long Beach, we ran into some interesting people. As a whole, we talked to about four people. We had gone on a Saturday morning, from about 10 a.m. until about 12 p.m. We knew we weren't going to be able to talk to as many people as we wanted, being that not as many people are on campus during the weekend.

The first person we talked to was Mychael Baker, a 19-year-old student who's major escapes my mind at this very moment.

He was walking across campus handing out fliers for one of his friends who was running for Student Body President at the time.

He feels that race does have an affect on education, particularly those of blacks. While some are underprivileged, others are automatically viewed as such because of their race. He feels that keeps some from getting ahead in terms of education. Those aren't his exact words, but you can hear his views for yourself on the video.

At first we weren't going to use his footage, because for some reason, we decided to shoot him in front of a waterfall on campus. Visually, it was a good idea. But we weren't thinking about how distracting it would be to the ear.

I take responsibility for the dumb decision, because I was the leader of the group that put the video together. Despite the mishap, my instructor Amara Aguilar found a way to manipulate the footage so that the sound of the waterfall isn't as loud.


We also talked to someone who we thought was a CSULB student, but he wasn't one yet, technically. He was there taking an assessment test to attend the school and said he'd be starting classes there in the Fall.

Shawn Garner, a Paramount High senior at the time, said that there has been racial tension at his school, but races from time to time have come together. He gave an example of a program at his school in which all of the different cultures came together and shared all of the different foods, history and dances from each culture.