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Isana
It Matters: MLK and Obama

In this article Isana talks about how we honor Martin Luther King Jr. yet we seem to forget about this glory when it comes to our current president. His power over the nation and where he stands in the changing of racism in our nation.

I really like your argument here. I like how you take the glorification of our antiracism leaders and compare it to the atrocities that are still going on in this day and age. Obama is a great leader and has been trying very hard to make a difference in our world but it is clear that because of the color of his skin he is being persecuted. I find it so interesting how we, a nation claiming freedom and equality, have such little respect for others. I am not sure where our segregation comes from but I definitely believe education is the way to the end of discrimination. It is true that people may still not like other because of differences but I believe with education we will be able to see that color does not define a person. Nor any other classification that people are assigned. People should be judged on how they act and how they treat others. Obama is a leader in that role and I believe we as a nation will look back and say that it was a step and will will continue to try.

Gennah
Change of Mind: Postmodernism

Gennah uses great structure to talk about how after learning from Mr. Allen's teachings she was able to see the relevance of postmodernism in her life. She discusses how she sees the mediated experience and how it can be uncomfortable at times.

I really like how you took Mr. Allen's teachings and internalized them with your own life. I, too, hadn't realized the world I was living in until we went through this work sheet. I was able to see how we had progressed to this point of pure corporate life. We live in a world where our very culture is owned my the media. We live only by what the companies wants us to live and there is little or no escape. It is an interesting way to see how we have become apart of this world and even though we are owned it doesn't always mean that it's bad. However, when you said " I understand that they're trying to make it convenient so we don't have to travel to those far away lands, but I would actually much rather see the real, true thing in person where it's naturally supposed to be" (Gennah) I totally agree with you. We need to go out and experience the world instead of being stuck behind a computer or television screen and trying to touch and feel the real world. I really like the way you structured this and I agree with your feelings.