National 5 Growing up, we all looked up to that one celebrity. Most little girls look up to women and little boys idolise men, but we never cared what race they were. When I was young, I cared less that Selena Gomez was of Mexican descent, but I couldn’t have have realised as I get older and watch more movies, that race and gender play a huge role in the media. Perhaps this is an oversight made by directors and casting directors, however, they fail to realize their racism and sexism, but ignorance is no excuse. It is this problem we should be talking about. Racism and sexism exist in Hollywood and in the twenty first century, this is wrong. Higher The plastic bubble was burst in Scotland on the 20th of October 2014 with the introduction of a mandatory plastic bag charge in a bid to tackle Scotland’s litter problem. A staggering amount of one trillion plastic bags are used world-wide each year. Plastic bags blowing in the wind are a dishearteningly familiar sight and one – with environmental repercussions, taking up to hundreds of years to decompose. They often end up in water courses and are catastrophic when they reach the marine environment. Each year Scotland, alone, currently works its way through more than 800 million bags more bags per head than England, Wales or Northern – that’s Ireland. The United Kingdom as a whole gives out at least nine billion bags per annum. This charge is a starting point in raising the awareness of the impact our presence is creating in our world.
National 5 Growing up, we all looked up to that one celebrity. Most little girls look up to women and little boys idolise men, but we never cared what race they were. When I was young, I couldn’t have cared less that Selena Gomez was of Mexican descent, but I have realised as I get older and watch more movies, that race and gender play a huge role in the media. Perhaps this is an oversight made by directors and casting directors, however, they fail to realize their racism and sexism, but ignorance is no excuse. It is this problem we should be talking about. Racism and sexism exist in Hollywood and in the twenty first century, this is wrong. Higher The plastic bubble was burst in Scotland on the 20th of October 2014 with the introduction of a mandatory plastic bag charge in a bid to tackle Scotland’s litter problem. A staggering amount of one trillion plastic bags are used world-wide each year. Plastic bags blowing in the wind are a dishearteningly familiar sight – and one with environmental repercussions, taking up to hundreds of years to decompose. They often end up in water courses and are catastrophic when they reach the marine environment. Each year Scotland, alone, currently works its way through more than 800 million bags – that’s more bags per head than England, Wales or Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom as a whole gives out at least nine billion bags per annum. This charge is a starting point in raising the awareness of the impact our presence is creating in our world.