His last tattoo is a wrap around on his right bicep and is binary for his birthday.
Respond to at least one (1) of your classmates postings and discuss what you would recommend adding to their design and explain why.
I agree/I disagree, good point, or any short one-sentence answer will not be accepted.
Make sure to build on their discussion, not just agree with it.
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The lack of national planning in the U.S. has had its positives and negatives over the years.
In 1943 when Congress ended the National Resource Planning Board (NRPB) they also forbade the country from replacing it with something similar (Levy, 2017).
So whether you like it or hate, there is very little we can do.
Having a national planning and a more active federal government would help with environmental justice issues such as that in Flint, Michigan.
After Flint’s governance made their water supply switch from Detroit’s System to the Flint River, there were mounting complaints of discolored water in the residents’ homes.
Studies found that children from Flint had anywhere from 2 to 3 times the incidence of elevated blood lead levels (Denchak, 2018).
For years, these injustices have not been addressed and pleas for help have fallen on deaf ears.
Because neither Flint nor Michigan’s governments felt like fixing it, nothing has been done.
A higher, more authoritative power, such as the federal government, should have been able to step in and assist the residents of Flint, MI.
The federal government could have designated funds towards the removal of the lead-ridden pipes, or levied federal funding against Michigan until it was resolved.
Works Cited:
Denchak, M. (2018, November 8). Flint water crisis: Everything you need to know. NRDC. Retrieved November 21, 2021, from
Levy, John M. (2017). Contemporary Urban Planning 11thed. New Jersey: Pearson Education.
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– Three replies to other students’ posts
– POST 1
-I interviewed my sister who has a few tattoos.
She has 3 tattoos that are not too noticeable to her appearance when you look at her.
She has a white ink tattoo on her shoulder that has lightened up since she got it.
She also has a tattoo of a heart on her ankle that was her first tattoo when she was 18 which she says symbolized how she was feeling about her life at the time while representing it with something simple.
Her third tattoo is script on her ribs that reads “Just Breathe” which she thinks of as a reminder and it is located on her ribs near her lungs and heart as symbolism.
She says that when people see her tattoos they mainly have good responses to her.
A lot of people think that her white ink tattoo is very unique and that makes people see her as somewhat of a creative.
When people see her rib tattoo they tend to say it is “pretty” and the script is done nicely.
I personally think it looks very feminine.
My sisters tattoos certainly differ than the tattoos of the Samoan leg tattoos or the female Native Americans in Alaska’s chin tattoos, as her tattoos are much more discreet.
The technique used for her tattoos has also evolved from the Maori comb with soot to an electric tattooing machine with ink.
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-I interviewed one of my coworkers who has six tattoos, and I asked him to tell me about his most complex one.
He says the reason he chose the tattoo was for his family, but before he made it meaningful in that way, he had seen the design and liked it because of the style.
He initially googled “geometric elements” because he wanted an element tattoo and he likes the look of geometric designs, that’s how he found sacred geometry platonic solids.
Once he found it he decided to use the first four of them because they reminded him of his family, Fire represents his sister because she does what she wants and has a fiery personality, Air for his older brother because he “goes with the wind”, water for his twin brother because they “go with the flow”, and earth for his mom because she is always grounded.
He says that people often mistake it for DND dice, or they don’t understand it but think it looks cool, except for his mom who does not like tattoos in general.
Throughout history tattoos have held lots of different meanings, and his is obviously very meaningful to him.
I also found it interesting that these tattoos were for him family because in the past tattoos were used within families to show that they are a part of it, for him he got a tattoo for his family.
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-My friend Justtin has five tattoos. He has three lightning bolts on his left wrist.
The method for this tattoo was a stick and poke and was cheaper than usual tattoos.
He just thought it was cool. His second is on his left forearm which is a concept drawing of a condor.
It is inspired from Lines of Nasca from southern Peru. He wanted something to represent his heritage while he was visiting Peru.
His third tattoo is a tri-force from Zelda on his right pectoral and he got it because Legend of Zelda is his favorite game.
His fourth tattoo is on his right shoulder which is the Jolly Roger from One Piece.
His last tattoo is a wrap around on his right bicep and is binary for his birthday.
Responses to his tattoos are always positive. Sometimes, people do not know what the symbols are.
His One Piece tattoo has gotten a lot of strong, positive responses. Justtin plans to get more tattoos, but they are just ideas.
He feels that tattoos are more accepted now than before.
His parents have told him certain placement of tattoos could bring discrimination from prejudice.
A lot of companies are more accepting of tattoos now.
While body modifications of the past were for rituals and rites of tradition in groups, tattoos in modern times are sometimes done for one person.
In both instances, tattoos have a symbolic meaning.
