"White Academies"

As if to drive home that the past is never past, I read this editorial today in The Times. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was just elected to the US Senate, went to a "white academy" in Mississippi like the one in Prince Edward County. This writer argues that that experience has a lot to do w/ her world view. What do you think?

Tutoring

Hi all. As I've said throughout the term, you can get extra credit by going to the Writing Center (and you're required to go if you want to rewrite for a new grade, even an NC). I wanted you to be aware of the extended hours for 12/06 (food served!):

With all deliberate speed

In the short film documentary called "With all deliberate speed" it talks about a scene from the book where a white young man helped show society that having integrated schools where both white and black students attend would not be the end of america. The young white man was named Dickie Moss. In the documentary Dickie Moss describes how his father asked him to come from his boarding school back home and attend a regular high school black students. His father wanted to show that having white kids attend school with black kids was not bad for america. Dickie Moss decided to come back home and attend that high school and show how integrated schools should be allowed. In school Dickie Moss had a black friend and they grew old together remembering their experiences in the high school as well as educating people and young students about the time in history they.........

In Class Video Response

I can imagine that, for this man who grew up in Prince Edward County, seeing how far the schools have come must've been a feeling like no other. It must've been a mixture emotions, overwhelming even. Seeing this man cry as he spoke about his past served as another reminder of the grief and pain that African Americans went through during the time of segregation. The professor who worked at the school, and who happened to be white, reminisced on his childhood and what it was like to play with one of the boys in the yard. Relating back to the book, Kristen Green speaks about her experience growing up in school. She explains the difficult decisions her parents had to make regarding her education and their final decision  to put her in Prince Edward Academy. They say it wasn't because they wanted her to participate in a segregated school, but that the education there was better. It's clear that her lack of exposure to black people, or any other race for that matter, is what brought her so much surprise  when she saw them. I think she kind of took that as a lesson, and made her decide she wanted something different for her girls. She wanted diversity for

Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County

During the reading in class on the bottom of page 188- to the middle of 191 showed us that some of the parents and some of their children didn't want schools to be segregated anymore. The segregation in the town was normal. An example of this was when Gordon moss sent his son to a free school believing this would make some of the other parents to start sending their children to free school than all white school.

With All Deliberate Spreed

In this video, from what I've seen Dickie Moss seemed to be very open about his situation

 and how his parents were racist but not in a way where everyone thought. He was very serious and looked like it brought him memories once he walked into the school he attended back then when all the racism was going on. Moss attended to free schools...

This part of the book tells us about the opening of the free school. superintendent talks about the difficulties that students will face like not able to read and some would not be able to read the alphabet,but he said he was excited about the innovated teacher would be teaching that year. The prince Edward County children had caught the attention and many teachers around the country wanted to help. Half of the teachers were out of state from states like Boston ,New York, .......

it was really sad to see that he started crying when he started talking about the past and just him being in school in general, its sad that its a bad memory instead of a good one...

Review about p.188-p.191

                 After reading these several pages, the procession of opening the Free school is tough. During previous morning, a bomb had exploded nearby the school which caused a lot of black children injured. After the bombing, there is a riots breaking out in Birmingham. Besides that, the Free School organizer, Sullivan, received threatening letters and calls. These things terrified Prince Edward parents and they worried about their children's safety in the Free School. However, with Sullivan's effort, some white parents assented to sent their kids to the Free school. For example,
 Gordon Moss was the first parent to enroll his son, Dickie. He hoped that it would encourage other withe parents to sent their kids to the school. I think Moss's action is a good  opening for the desegregation.   

response to the in class video

Watching Dick Moss return to his school in the documentary "With all Deliberate Speed" after so many years really puts a light on how the world worked in his time in comparison to why he had to attend. His father made it his decision and because they where good people and not just a god fearing honest American like so many others in his town. Moss went there to help in full support and it wouldn't be long for the protection of being white to wear off which more noble than anything else...

Prince Edward County response 11/27/18

During this segment of the book I found it interesting how far the white people had gone in terms of violence over the school segregation issue.  I knew of the protest and some physical violence going on back then, but the bombing of the Baptist Church in Birmingham that took the lives of four black girls was new to me.  Even white people who decided to send their kids to the free integrated school were sent death threats and called names like "Nigger lover"...

Reponse to Cahpter 15

By reading these paragraphs, I realized that not only black community were suffering from the issues with segregation. Some white families also suffered for support openly desegregation, segregationist were trying to pursue these families from enroll their white children into the new free schools. Offering them a place in the private white school, when time ago they didn't care about whether they go to the school or not. Its really sad that they tried to stop these people from having a different perspective about this whole issue and even tried to threaten them if they accept to send their children to the desegregate school. 

On the other side, black families, of course, were the ones who suffered the most. Even outside the county, they were so much violence that the riot got as far as killing these poor black children who didn't even have nothing to do with the issues; the only thing that they wanted was to have education, a good future, and be treated equally. 

With all Deliberate Speed

In this video I notice how things have changed in Prince Edward school. It was integrated with black and whites students. They could studied together without being discriminated. I think it is fair after all they have protested. I also noticed that there was some pictures when they went to the building they showed pictures of black and white students  sitting together, but I think the most important is when they went to the class and it they found a lot of black students in.

with all deliberate speed

This part of the book was very interesting to read. I was personally glad to read about how Sullivan, although he received many threats against him before the school was going to open, he still hadn't backed out. Also how his son, a white senior in boarding school, immediately agreed to spend his senior year with the black students. This reflects on the fact, that not every white person was a racist in the past. However, some parents were worried about their kids safety on the first day of school, because of all the threats that were being made by the racists.  Moss made a great reflection by joining the school for my opinion, in my viewpoint it helped change the way many white people viewed integrated schools. The documentary we watched reflected the type of relationship Moss had with the black students at Prince Edward County, and it reflected a bright friendly relationship.                                                                                                                                                   

In class video response

The part of the video that really struck me was towards the end. Richard Moss, the history teacher, mentioned that they didn't really talk about race back in the day. He said that it was "just the way it was." Richard provided an anecdote where he would play hoops with a black friend, and afterwords his mother would make them food, however, she would never invite his friend inside because he was black. A student had asked him if his mother was racist, to which he responded no. He didn't believe she was racist, she just was brought up in a society where no one questioned race, and it was just custom for black people not to enter the homes of whites. It made me think of how we as people tend to follow societal norms blindly just because it's "the way it is." I could tell that Richard didn't want to think of his mother as a racist, however, it is hard to justify her not ever letting a black person inside the home. He did mention she would make them both food to eat after they shot some hoops, as if to say "oh it's okay, she fed him, so she can't be racist." I speak from a place of experience in a way. My grandfather is a very old school Spanish Italian man who grew up in a big mafia neighborhood in Brooklyn in the 50s and 60s. As you can imagine, he has many views that I myself do not agree with. I have been dating my current girlfriend for over a year now, and she is of Jamaican descent, so her skin is black. Before I introduced her to my grandfather, I found myself trying to excuse his racism in a way, or to tell myself that he's not actually racist. I remember he used to work in real estate, and one of his closest coworkers/friends he would have over the house very often, was a tall black man named Wellington. There was a story he told me, where the two of them were closing a deal on a sale, and Wellington looked over to Gino (my grandfather) and said, "Never in my life would I have imagined calling a white man my friend", to which my grandpa responded, "never in my life would I have imagined calling a black man my friend."

While this seems like a heartwarming story, and while my grandfather may not be an outright racist in the sense he would actively try and discriminate against black people, he still gets angry when he sees too many black people on the television, or when Obama was president. Even though he may not actively hate blacks or go out of his way to discriminate, he still holds racist views and values which at the end of the day, defines him as a racist. 

video response

What I found interesting about the video was that Dickie Moss was white and was placed in a segregated school for colored people by his own parents. Seeing this and knowing his parents did it to prove a point- that no matter what color or race you are, we're all the same- was astonishing because most white people back in the day just went along with racism as if it was a normality...

Two Steps Forward One Step Back

Its ironic how we speak of terrorism but we never acknowledge the acts of this time period. On 189 this cant not be any other act but a act of terrorism. With the death of seven people and the tormenting of the white segregationist how can this act not be terrorism. The harassment of Sullivan is the use of fear and terror to sway his decisions. I'm still baffled at the fact people would rather take lives than expose their children to other races. I guess its my abstinence from racism or just the fact that I don't live in a race divided state. When we watch the video of Dickie Moss we can clearly see there's no issues with the mixing of races but the fear that some had still leaves me clueless. " We do not oppose education for Negroes. We just oppose integrated education." How can one educate their children if there is no exposure to the real world. There is more harm in hiding your children from a culture than shielding them. I also believe theres a injustice of the depiction. There were 500 national guardsmen followed by 300 state troopers. With the eventual addition of hundreds more in the following days. I wouldn't be surprised if there were 1000 guards to contain the chaos. The numbers are muted in the words. To imagine 1,000 guards trying to contain people seems like a scene out of an apocalypse movie.

Dicky Moss

i found it pretty interesting how they turned  the entire aspect inside out and showed us how Dickie was on the complete opposite of the extreme side of the spectrum when it came to Prince Edward County and its bigotry. Here you had a Caucasian teen and his family being threatened and treated as "nigger lovers" for being the first to agree to integrate. It came as no surprise that they were not originally from PEC, so they did not have such a radical supremacist view that seem commonplace for Prince Edward County. Dickie's bravery, however, came in second to his classmates pain recounting the damage that these terrible racist policies caused on his and damn near all the African american families in the county.

Response to the video

In response to the video I noticed how everyone sort of moved on past the segregation rules and black kids and white kids were happily going to the same school together in such a history of racism in a town like Prince Edward county which is nice to see. Also its amazing how Dickey Moss and his friend grew up together during that hard time and now that they are all grown up they are best friends and they just talk about their childhood was and everything that happened.

With All Deliberate Speed Response

Dickie Moss is a white male who was sent to a minority school when he was young because his father didn't want society to keep on living in prejudice. His father asked him to attend this school knowing he'd be the only white student there and told him he would give him 6 days to decide. Dickie's father wasn't going to force him to attend the school but without hesitation Dickie agreed to go. He also was against segregation and wished schools would integrate. I think its really awesome that there were some white people that actually stood against the immoral act of segregation. Dickie went on to teacher history at multiple minority schools for 25 years. He would share his stories of the past living in the time of segregation and racial discrimination. I respect that even though he knew he would be the only white person attending this minority school he still decided to go. Even as a kid he understood the negative effects of segregation and that's something most white adults couldn't grasp at the time.

Prince Edward

I think it's very interesting the amount of racist self-interest in this small town. The white town leaders clearly didn't care about poor white kids being educated or not until the public schools opened and the white kids would end up going to school w/ black kids. The level of hypocrisy is astounding.

PEC Week 4

Through the three chapters, the most captivating part was in chapter 14 page 171. Were given the present time reality of how dangerous the whole situation is. There is a training workshop like event that Betty Jean attended. They had to train young black people how to maneuver in a riot. The idea itself shows the simmering tension. The whole concept sounds normal when you read 14 chapters in the book but to think you had to learn how to protect yourself from hoses, dogs and police officers are insane. It's even crazier to believe this happened not too long ago in the country that I live in. The luxury of tolerance that I have had in my lifetime.

As far as the Norman Rockwell painting I think it symbolically is potent more than the critical change that was happening in the time. The wall is colored in this decayed yellow hue that has the spray painting of a racial slur. There's a red plat mark from the tomatoes thrown at the target. The girl is wearing a clean white dress. The whole photo seems dirty except the girl. I'm not sure if this was intended by Norman but there just seems to be an ironic portrayal of the filth that is racism and the innocence and purity of children.

Sit-ins were so effective because it demonstrated peace. No resistance or violence is being displayed and somehow the officers still resorted to violence. I believe this was an excellent strategy to illustrate the reality that man blacks lived in.

Prince Edward, Week 4

• Why do you think sit-ins had such a strong effect for the Civil Rights movement? Why was the school closings, as Green asserts, an "embarrassment" to the country? What was the country embarrassed about?
• Here is the Norman Rockwell painting that Green writes about (164):

How do you read this painting? What effect does it have for you as a viewer?

•  In an interview on pp. 196-198, Green asks former high school history teacher, Peggy Cave, "How can it be wrong to discuss history?" How would you answer that question? Why does Cave resist "rehashing this thing"? 

What questions do you have about the reading? 

Prince Edward County Week 3

Education means different things to different people and I think that with each generation, and the times they grow up in, that idea still applies. In the time of segregation where education was more of a luxury for anyone who wasn't white, kids were excited about going to school. They were eager to learn and in Green's book, she has a chapter focused on the stories of different colored kids getting told they wouldn't be able to attend because of the closings. These kids were devastated about being denied an education when, in today's world, children would be thrilled about having an extended vacation. I think that's very telling of the times then and now. Maybe for them, having an education was really seen as a way to make something of themselves and get out of the situations they were in. While some of that still applies today, education isn't as exclusive. Almost everyone is allowed to experience school of some sort, and maybe we take it for granted. We grow tired of it, of the routine, and many pursue an education because it's what our parents want, not us.

Education, to me, means the path to a better life financially, and maybe, in some sense, emotionally. It's the route to a well paying job and it's the path that will open the doors to get there. Education, to me, isn't just limited to finding a job, which is the end goal. Education is being aware of the world around me, being able to have an opinion on it and use my voice to start interesting and sometimes difficult conversations. I see it as the means to being able to put the world and the community in a broader context, to be able to think outside of celebrity gossip and other trivial things. It's a means to navigate around the world and reading Green's book, where I see education wasn't as accessible, it teaches me to be really appreciative of it.

A Bus Ticket And A World Away

      In the opening of Chapter 12,  it mentions that  because the school closed in summer, most of black children were forced to leave the school and couldn't get a education. However, those kids' parents tried to educate their children and sent them to different places to attend school. For example, Betty Jean's bother and sister needed to go to father way to go to school  but  Betty had to stay with her grandparents. Only in the holidays, they could back together again. Besides that, Dorothy, a ten-year-old girl, also couldn't return to school. (not finish)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

A Bus Ticket and a World Away

What's different about this chapter is that Kristen Green is giving an insight to how the school closing affected different children. I think it's interesting the way she played it out, giving a narrative to each  child. It's upsetting tot think they're  these kids who are looking froward to school and are moving onto different grades, whether kindergarden or sixth, and suddenly, they're told that they can't. Then, because they're just kids, they don't understand it. They don't realize what's going on in that time, much less, the severity of it. As a result, many children grew up being illiterate. They had to work in jobs that required little to no education because that was the only thing they had for their future.

One of the stories that impacted me was that of Doug Vaughn. Kristen Green herself says that "No one asked if the fifteen-year-old being raised by a single mother wanted to go away to school." (Green 153).

Chapter 12

In this chapter a happy family were separated  because the schools closed. Betty and Phillips had to send  their children to different places so they could continue studying. Something that I noticed in this chapter is that it must be terrible for a parent to tell their children " The whites do not want black kids to be with their kids" but he pointed that they could be good as anyone else. I think the author is trying to show that  getting education is important because even thought the school was closed, they continued studying.

A bus ticket and a world away

Betty jean and her parents, and her sibling used to gather around the dinner each night and used to talk about how their day went. They were living a happy life until the school closed.She and her family was sure about the schools wont re open in the fall. Their parents came up with a plan to send them to different direction because they want their children to get educated so they could take care of themselves.So, all of them got separated to different states to get the education that their parents want them to get. Betty jean made new friends at foster, but she was wondering that the education she was getting is good enough than one she would have received in prince Edward county.She asked her father the reason behind the closure of the schools he said the white parents don't want black kids to study in the same school. She asked him that is that because the color of her skin? she was trying to understand the reason hand her father responded yes  and tell her that she is as good as anybody else and that is the reason he want her to get her education.

A Bus Ticket and a World Away

This chapter talked about getting an education and how back then they had closed the schools and no one was getting no kind of education. Lockett and his wife Alma had only got up to 6th grade, he believed that school was "invaluable" as he said. But wanted his kids to get a real education. I believe that any kid should have the opportunity to go to school and get the right education they need, bringing it to today's time not many kids want to get a well education. They want to just learn on their own and make there own money in ways that don't involve schooling. In today's time you can make money any way without going to school. 

A Bus Ticket and a World Away

After closing the schools in Prince Edward county and the white leaders there opened a private school only for whites, black children and their families had to find any chance to their children have a education. Many of those families, at first didn't believe that the schools were going to stay close for too long, so they decided to wait until the first day of class started. However, this day never came and as a result, they didn't even have plans for their children's education that year. Many of them, sent their children away to their relatives, others tried to send their kids to a learning center and other simply let their children wait for the school reopen at home. Children at first were happy, kind of like a vacation (Id feel the same), but after a long time without school they really felt that they aren't going to have the opportunity to study as white children in the county had it. Also, there were some white kids couldn't go to the private school due to their socioeconomic situation, and they just stayed home with their parents and help them with their farms. However, I think black families were way more concerned about their children not getting an education than white poor families. Maybe because they wanted something different for their children that a good education can give; they want their children to have a different future, to get a good job and to be around good environment. All of these opportunities can be open with just a good education. That's why they tried so hard for their children to go to the school sending them away, working hard for give them what they need, and even if they didn't have relatives to help them, they'd find a way to for their children to go to the school. maybe their children would not understand at the time, but surely later they're gonna be really grateful for the hard work that their parents did for them.

Prince Edward County

In the chapter "A Bus Ticket and a World Away" its showed us the struggle of  Betty Jean Ward and her family. The father wanted the last two of his children to not be like his other four children that haven't finished high school. this led him to rent out a house eighteen miles away in Appomattox County. Just to give them a better education. this made me realize how far would a parent go just to see their children succeed.

chapter 12 : A bus ticket and a world away

This chapter of the book explained to the readers, how important education was to black children and families.  Today its completely the opposite with children. If something like this happened in today's time, children would be joyful for the fact that schools are closing. In today's world children already have integrated schools and required up to date equipment's for success. Everyone realizes the importance of education, and shouldn't be denied education because of the their skin color / race. The best part of the chapter was reading the part where it mentioned that this one individual would let kids come into his home, so they can be considered a part of the school district. Its nice to see people working together, when a situation consists of wrong doing.  However, i personally believe many children today can learn about these times that occurred in the past, and apply it towards the situations many of us face today as well.

A bus ticket and a world away

I find it really crazy how much kids wanted to go to school, in this day and age kids would be jumping for joy if school closed! I think Dorthy has been going through a lot in this chapter, having to wait at the bus stop for school everyday and when the bus came kids would spit on her. Even though all of this is happening her father still wants her to get a great education no matter what. Her father even buys another place 18 miles away just because he wants his daughter to go to school.

Prince Edward Chapter 12 response

I feel the short memoirs told in the twelfth chapter probably happened to thousands of African American families. These memoirs tell us real life events that happened to families during the Virginia school closures.  The families were living normally, until the schools closures which compromised the educations of many African American children.  Parents of these children did whatever they could to get their kids an education because they believed education was essential to their child's success in life.  Children of the same family were sent to other places to attend school.  This ultimately led to their families being split up.

PEC WK#3

                The scenes from the Bus chapter are extremely descriptive. Yet you can still feel the authors disconnect to the struggle being written about. Reading the descriptions it feels very black and white, i mean that as in the way a court stenographer writes down events. It had all the meat, veggies, and potatoes, but I just didn't taste the love in the cooking. The book continues to get under my skin when you hear recounts of the black children being attacked or spat on.

The Lockets

The story of the Locket family is funny and inspiring. It seems to be saying something crucial about this time. I think of the popular Christian hymn that Civil Rights workers sang, "We shall overcome." The closing of the schools was not just about keeping white children isolated and "pure," it was about keeping black children ignorant and "in their place." I love the story of this man and woman w/ no h.s. diploma between them collaborating to create an elaborate fiction, the rental house, to send, not only their own children to school, but many of the community's. When I hear about stories like this, I wonder: What could they have done for society if that society hadn't kept them uneducated and in menial jobs? When I think about things like this, I can only conclude that some parts of the South helped to create the poverty they struggle from now by keeping an entire segment of their population ignorant and unable to contribute as anything much more than servants.

In class response PEC 3

This passage from the book says a lot about how important education was to black children and families. If something like this happened today, I think many kids would jump for joy at the fact school was closing. This would be due mostly to the fact children today already have access to integrated schools, and up to the date equipment. However, back then education was something that was coveted. These families knew how important education is, and that it is not right for it to be denied to them simply because of their skin color. This book also shows how tight knit the community was, with a person allowing all these families to go to his house in order to be considered apart of the school district, and get picked up by the bus. It's comforting to know that there is still good out there in the world, and that those who know what is right will band together to stop injustice. I think today's generation could learn a lot about the past, and apply those feelings and strategies towards the injustice all Americans face today.

Prince Edward Chpt 8-13

The stories show the appreciation for education. Its very clear that Leonard loved his children and wanted the best for them. While he created the cover up house its clearly shown the measures taken to get a education. Its quite sad to see the extremes these children go through to get something we often take for granted. Refurbishing a home and leaving your children there is no easy front. Neither is sending your children to a school far away for there betterment. The segregation is painfully colorful when they depict the bus spitting. To imagine walking down the street, minding your business and someone opens a bus window to spit at you is incomprehensible to me. I find the actual writing to do an injustice to the stories provided and to the topic as a whole itself. The struggles people face and go through is so evidently painful yet seem so bland and grey in text. This chapter was the highlight of the whole reading, once you take the story and read between the lines.

PrinceEdward

In the scene of this chapter, the central idea of the story is conveyed through stories and real life events that had happened to the author, her family, and those around her. We see how racism was a daily issue that most people thought was normal. However, we also see that young children were confused about how they were different from everyone else just because of skin color. I think this is extremely sad to explain to a minor that doesn't know any better, leading them to believe that whites are superior to those of color.

Prince Edward County, Week 3

• What does education seem to symbolize for the white and/or black parents of Prince Edward County? What does it symbolize for you?
• In Ch. 12, Green gives us several stories about how black families managed to problem solve in the wake of the school closings. What do these stories teach us? 
• In this day and age, besides for a small population of racists, Americans just sort of accept that it's good to have diverse student populations. But why is this? Historically, it was shown that "separate but equal" was never equal, but what other values does desegregation have? Why is it important to have a diverse teaching staff? Or is it important? 
• Choose one of the photos in the center of the book to analyze. How does this photo help you see the book in a different light? 
• What questions do you have?

Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County

Seven chapters into the book, it's interesting to see how Green combines her personal life with the historical facts of racism and it's impact/unfortunate effects. I think that reading about it from her perspective is definitely much more different than seeing it on the Little Rock video. The big difference is that Kristen Green didn't really experience racism herself, at least not like colored people did, especially in Little Rock Arkansas. Leaving her close-minded town exposed her to different people of different races and I think she began to see them differently too. No longer a rarity, like the mixed couple in the beginning of the book. Perhaps it made her a little more liberal, as her town definitely still held conservative values.

I would say that as a person, leaving the town made her realize the deeper issue that was within the town. I remember her saying that everyone remembers it for how beautiful it was, the scenery, the peacefulness, but they didn't know the ugly side of the it and that was the racism that had existed for decades. That, unfortunately, wasn't as talked about and so it became her mission to start that conversation.

Chapter 4-7 Response

The more I read this book the more I feel the plot and narrative are overdone. The topic is a very famous topic and while the insight on the "two horse" town is helpful to find perspective and create an atmosphere for the read the actual story just feels extremely overdone. The writing style is very easy to follow which helps the reader navigate through the chapters. This issue creates an argument in my head of having a good concept and bad writing versus a bland topic and good writing. I hope the narrative enhances through the chapters so both the writing and story entice me. In case my words are misinterpreted, I do not in any way feel this topic is not a major event in history, in fact, I believe its the opposite which is why I wished it would have been done better. Better in the sense the narrating voice would have been more descriptive and heartfelt. For such a personal work I don't feel emotions or ties. This feels less like a memoir and more like a school report.

The Video Reaction

After watching the video "Little Rock Nine" in class, it gives a lot  to think about. The video talks about Robert's experience in the Little Rock. As a witness and one of  black people who studied in white school, he mentioned that white people were  vehemently opposed to integrate and black people often surfer bullying during the school days. Besides that, he said under the white people beating, they probably died if without troops' protection. In the video, those scenarios about bullying make me angry. Black and white people 

Little Rock response

This video shows how black people suffered from discrimination and how they had to fight for their rights. Something that is really unfair is when  it was accepted to have equal rights but "separated". I think it does make any sense because it is still segregation against black people.The video also showed all the violence and protests. They could not attend to school normally without being discriminated. I think it is totally unfair.

Another thing that I noticed is his friend Elizabeth supported black people even thought her family disagreed with her. I think it is the same situation as the book we are reading.   

Little Rock Nine

Watching this documentary I realized just how harsh it was for colored students back in the 1950s. I find it ridiculous that the military had to brought in just to get 9 colored students into a predominately white school. Their efforts would have been much more useful on serious issues at the time. These students weren't any different from the students already attending the school. They wanted to learn and grow as people and they were ostracized for it. The time the colored student talked about how he would be getting beat up by groups of people at once in gym class and their coach told them to stop and fight him one on one like a "man", I felt shocked that the coach wouldn't just put an end to the fighting all together. People of authority in situations like that shouldn't instigate the problem, but instead try to solve it. People like that coach are the reason racism is still relevant in this day in age. I was glad when the black student fought back and when he was winning the coach broke it up. That really pissed me off because the coach decided to break things up when he saw things weren't going his way. Nevertheless, the colored students continues their education at this school and battled through one hardship after another. I respect them for still putting themselves in this hostile environment and fighting through it.

Little Rock Nine

in this video its shows how hate brings out the worst in people, and how the state government didn't want the kids to go in the school. there was no reason to send the national guard to not let the nine kids in the school. these nine children had to face a mob of white people trying to basically kill then and was teaching their children to hate them as well, this can cause these children to grow up and teach their children the same hate that was passed down previously from their parents.   

The video was Amazing. This video shows about how the discrimination was legal before the constitution and Dr. Terrance Robert  talks about his experience because he was one of those nine black students who got enrolled into white people high school. He talks about the way they got treated in that high school and in the first two attempts to get into that high school they stayed their for less time because they were getting attacked by the white students.He talks about how people used to throw rocks and missiles on their house.He talks about  White girl name Elizabeth in his math class once shared a book with him and she end up got beaten on the way to her home however she did not give up and continues to help them.This video shows about how the time have changed now and now there is less discrimination in the high school and college.I was shock after watching this video because i did not know that it was cruel kind of racism.

Little Rock Nine 

 Based on the video, you can see all the violence how most of all of the high school students had a difficulty going to school everyday. Had to worry about getting beat up  every time they walked into gym. That's something terrible not being able to walk to the next class, holding your books so tight for them to take that away from you and being able to be prepared for that next class as we'll. Violence is something no one should have to tolerate. You should be able to defend yourself as well. For the man in the video he knew he had to do something or else they were going to kill him. That's something that caught my attention. No one should have to live knowing they might die tomorrow.,    

little rock reaction

The video on the town of Little Rock and problems faced by the little rock nine still in a way make the whole idea of segregation seem over the top and heartless. To think that a mob of people would come every day and possibly be let of from work for the day just so they and their bosses, wife's, and mailman, could rage at a group of children is disheartening to me. Dr.Roberts story on his gym couch telling the boys beating on him to step up and fight him like a him men is such a fantastic way to give an understanding to how how much his struggles was a way of life for all of them and his being there was the challenge. My grandmother loved the atmosphere of the south the heat and the sweetness but she had to leave it all behind because the white folk in her town where so mad at the things other blacks did they had to let it out their anger at whoever.

Little Rock Video Response

Getting to see the video of what happened in Little Rock Arkansas was a different experience from reading it. It was even more compelling to hear from someone who had lived through that era of segregation. I think that one of the most difficult parts was to hear about the way black people struggled to even get an education, as they were bullied by their white peers, just for the color of their skin. It's terrifying to think the National Guard was even needed in order for them not to get killed. The situation was just that severe. 

I  fond myself thinking of how brave it was for Hazel, a white women from a white family with a racist background, not only shifted her views, but decided to fight for what was right, too. In a time like the 40's and early 50's, it was an act that would put her life in danger. She was brave in using her voice for the fight of equality and even taking the risk of sharing her Algebra books with one of the black students. The documentary stated that she lost her family to  racism and she continued to live in Little Neck even years later. I'm surprised that living in such a close-minded community didn't affect her beliefs on the issues and the wrongness of segregation. 

Little Rock Nine

The documentary was well put together and  after watching the short documentary about little rock nine I noticed how even though it was pretty short video it contained important information and details on this important time in history. What caught my attention was towards the end when the student of little rock nine who was being interviewed was talking about a white woman who was seen yelling at the little rock nine students with much anger in past photos as they entered the school. He explained how this once woman filled with anger was now a changed person. I have never heard of that and I found that really interesting, he also explained how this woman had apologized for her actions and asked for forgiveness because as a child she had grown up in a family who was very racist and that was all she knew. Overall the documentary itself was really good and I enjoyed watching.

Little Rock Nine documentary response

After watching the Little Rock Nine documentary all I could think was "wow, how could someone be strong enough to deal with that kind of hate day after day".  I knew about these events prior to seeing the documentary, but for the first time instead of just looking at the nine black kids entering the school and the history they were making,  I also paid attention to the things the white people were saying and doing.  They were saying extremely hateful things for no reason, beating them up  It's hard to wrap my mind around the fact that a person can hate another person for no reason. 

response to the video Little rock nine

I personally believe the documentary was very interesting to watch. I feel lucky to be growing up in this generation rather than during the times the documentary mentioned, meaning when things weren't so simple and easy.  Racism is still however a huge part of today's world as well, but watching this documentary it made me have various emotions. Seeing how the black kids had someone continuously bullying them, because of there skin color, black kids during the time had a fight everyday of their lives. Everything mentioned in the documentary, just was so unfair to the black kids, because their not different from anybody else. Seeing the signs in the video which stated "whites only" really irritated me, nobody regarding what their skin color is should be treated like that.

Response to the video Little Rock

Many people nowadays would never know or feel what black people at this time suffered. Imagine living in a country where discrimination was accepted and people could openly be racist. Now, people still are racist the difference is that they are not allowed to be open about it, but still you can see often in the media, how many black people still are being discriminated, beaten up or even kill by some racist people. If these situations are happening right now, imagine back then when discrimination or being racist was apparently something to be proud of. I cant even imagine how these black students suffered at that time, how their life was in the school that they didn't want to go back there. However, I really admire them because even when they were beaten up or bullied they still went back everyday, pursuing their diploma and not letting these racist people drag them from want they want.

Response to Little Rock Arkansas

After watching that video on the Little rock 9, it made me realize how bad racism still was during this time, not only in the south but everywhere in the country. Its crazy how they actually had segregated places like the colored movie theaters and colored waiting rooms. Until president Eisenhower decided we can't have this anymore and so did the supreme court and he said mobs cannot override this. Then when blacks and whites went to school together its crazy how they would get beat up everyday and no one would do anything about it. Even other white kids who would be friendly towards the blacks would get beat throughout some course of the day whether it would be in school or after school.

Response to Little Rock Nine

There were a lot of unbelievable occurrences in the video. It's shocking how open and accepting American society was toward racism, so much so a politician can threaten the streets to run with blood if black children attended school with white children. It also goes to show that this all didn't happen that long ago, as almost all of the people involved in the video are still alive today! Many people seem to believe that racism in America has ended, or that things aren't so bad for black people. The fact is, racism is still very much alive, and all those white students attacking, spitting at, and threatening the black students are still alive as well. This current generation is not very far removed from the early to mid 1900s, and many of those involved with all the racism going on in the world have already reproduced and most likely passed those horrible ideologies on to their children. America still has a long way to go before racism can be considered "over". Even on the news today, anchors and guest speakers love to downplay how bad it was to be in America as a black person.

Little Rock

I think it's interesting that Green writes that Eisenhower "didn't want to pick sides." Clearly this is a problem when you let the mob speak. The mob may not speak for the majority of white people in Little Rock, but if you let the mob speak the world assumes that that's what all white people think. Eisenhower's problem was the same as a lot of moderate Republicans and Democrats' in the 50s and 60s. They thought that things should "go slow." But MLK was right. He said slow meant never. If you leave it up to the people, the people won't always do the right thing, esp. if a vocal minority gets out in the streets w/ its signs and effigies and ropes. Fear and bravery are constantly at battle in our souls.

Little Rock Nine Video Response

While watching the video I always knew of the violence and oppression but I could never really grasp how hateful and putrid the community was. I never experienced racial oppression and never experienced rally's or riots that would attempt to stop me from integrating with another race. The concept was not foreign but the feeling was. I couldn't relate but I can related to negativity. When the speaker spoke about gym class it gave a more clear understanding of what this was. Fear and misguided anger. Fear because they have never seen another black student and anger that is miss-aimed because they believe their purity ideology is being violated. When the gym coach who should be a role model told the kids to be a "man" and fight one on one it shows how poisoned the mind was back then and why it took so long to spread. When you act in violence you only ferment it more. The white kid who was being choked to death by his dog tags will live his life in resentment because a black student almost killed him and humiliated him. The cycle of violence keeps the hatred strong and maintains tension. I feel overall the situation couldn't have happened any other way.

little rock

living in the time we live in now, it makes me feel really grateful because there was a time when things weren't always so simple and easy. from the video we watched, its really sad that black kids really had to go through that. every single day of their life was a fight, they had to push through all the bullying that came with it. they were just normal teenagers and did not deserve all the things they went through just for being colored. its crazy to me that people actually had signs saying colored people only, ill never understand that era because it just doesn't make sense as to why black people were hated so much for just being a different color.

Little Rock Documentary

The documentary we watched in class really portrays how racism completely flourished back in the day. The video really meets the reality of what life was like for colored people. Personally, I think it is a very cruel way of living your life and I like how Hazel went against her own family's perspectives towards racism. Even though she got kicked out of her family, it conveys that she's a firm believer in treating everyone equally (as should everyone else).

Little Rock 9

depressing. really makes you wonder what made people start calling the United States the land of the free for. Cant help but to realize that all those angry racist white people just didn't disappear. they are still out there. imagine how many are lawmakers?judges?lawyers? doctors! It sickens me just to imagine. The more i learn about my own country the more embarrassed i am to be a part of it.

This 2 horse town were reading about

Here is a picture of their Podunk town's claim to fame, whole lotta nothing. Other pictures I've seen make it look like it really is just in the middle of the sticks. I can only imagine the amount of unreported lynches and murders and abuses to the African american community in this town. in this weeks reading i saw the author realizing the white economic privilege that came at the costs of several generations of African Americans from segregation. i then notice a flip flop back and forth from focusing on her "white guilt" back to worrying about herself and health back to the unfairness and worry if her hometown was a good place to raise her children. I had no idea that segregation was real up until the 80's in some places. Truly disturbing American history fact to learn.

Something Must Be Done... Week 2

Some questions that this reading brought up for me:

• We see examples of journalism being used for multiple purposes in this book. The Farmville Herald was used as a major vehicle for consolidating opposition to the move to desegregate in Prince Edwards. But Green's project, which arose out of her experience but also her work in journalism is clearly against segregationist history and the attempt to whitewash her home town. Lately, we've been hearing a lot about the media. We even have a president who calls it "the enemy of the people" (while hobnobbing with Fox media celebs and calling in to Fox and Friends in the morning to chat). What is your sense about the importance of the media in the USA? What are the dangers of the media, if any? 
• When Green works on the student paper in college, she gets yelled at by her prof for referring to a school administrator as "nice." Why does he react that way? 
• What did leaving her town do for Green as a person? How did it change her? 
• How do you react when white Southerners argue that Confederate flags or Civil War memorials are part of their heritage? What do you think about other people's arguments that these artifacts are racist? 
• What connections does Green make between the closing of the schools in VA and slavery? 

What questions do you have?

Eisenhower's Address Concerning Little Rock and Integregation

Here is President Eisenhower's Address that Green references in this section of the reading.

And here's a short doc about the Little Rock Nine, the first black kids to integrate white schools in Little Rock, AR.

How do these documentaries help contextualize this story for you?

Revenge of the mouth breathers

Introduction: At the beginning of the essay it starts of by giving the reader the authors opinion on the what the essay is going to be about which is smoking. This allows the reader to reflect on their own opinion of smoking and if they also agree with the authors opinion. It also clearly shows what the essay is going to be addressing.

Clonclusion: As for the conclusion it basically shows what the author has been talking about throughout the whole essay which mostly seems to be very opinionated but it also seems like the author tries to send different messages towards the end than just about smoking which I found really interesting.

Working on essay #4

As I continue to work on my forth essay I find it difficult to find people to interview and just find information for my topic Bilingual Education. I think interviewing family or friends who have leanred a second language is going to be great for my essay but I feel like I need some other type of interview for my essay. Having a good interview would allow me to hear the different stories and sides that people had in their lives when learning a second or even third language. Apart from finding interviews I find it hard to keep my essay a little less opinionated and more fact based becasue I feel like I could relate to this essay a lot being that I also had to learn a second language growing up. Overall I feel really exited researching for this topic because I find it really interesting knowing about others opinons on learning another langauge and how that has affected their lives.

Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County: Chapter 2

This chapter discussed the Kristen Greens reluctancy to hold her wedding in her home town of Farmville, Virginia. She was getting married to a man of American Indian decent and to most looked south asian. She knew a little bit about the history of the people from her hometown and knew they wouldn't be so welcoming to her husband. They met each other in San Diego at a party and immediately felt a connection when their eyes met. They originally planned on having their wedding on the west coast in California, the state that they met in. However, Green realized that having her wedding so far from home mean't a lot of her family would have to go through a lot of trouble to get there and her grandma wouldn't even be able to make the trip. So even though she was reluctant at first she decided to have her wedding in Virginia. I think it was pretty cool of Jason, her husband to go along with this because this mean't his family from the west coast would be making the trip now instead. Green wasn't just worried about her husband being looked at differently, but as well as their multiracial friends. Honestly, I didn't think it was a good idea to bring all these people of different cultures to Farmville, Virginia because it is a place stuck in time and it can't seem to move on from its segregated past.

Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County

When Kristen Green's mother mentioned life being hard for biracial children, I found it to be an interesting part of the first three chapters. I think that for her, being part of a different generation and living her life in such a close minded town, she didn't see anything normal about it. The sight of biracial children must've been a rarity for her. Because of it, I interpreted what she said as her realizing that the lives of those children would not be easy because of how different they were. Perhaps people would look at them differently or kids at school would taunt them for not being like everyone else. It would be "hard" because they would face challenges that white, privileged children would never have to. It was the sad reality of those times.

However, that attitude has definitely changed, especially if we're comparing it to the present day. In fact, biracial children are no longer rare or different. The world is diverse with different people with different features and I think we're growing to accept that. We're used to seeing kids or even couples who aren't white, and that's okay too. What I would say is that there is still racism in some aspects, even if we choose to ignore it. Not all, but some white people still feel as their the superior race and they are the close minded ones who think the same as men like Robert Taylor, for example, from the book. Attitudes have changed in some ways, but racism still persists in others.

"H" Review

While I waited for my math class I read the Best American Essay book. I read the table of contents and found a story entitled H by Sarah Resnick. The essay is rather long and reminds me of a short story but its perhaps my favorite piece out of the book. The story touches upon the narrator (Sarah) and her uncle's addiction to heroin. It's sad and authoritative and gives a real view of what its like to live with a drug addict. Gloomy is also a word used to describe it since the essay touches on the probability of her Uncle ever being sober. It's insane and dreadful how humans just like you and me can get sucked into a life of dependency and addiction and possibly never quit. Addiction was always a topic that was viewed as ugly or gritty but its done beautifully and bleak here. I strongly recommend taking time out of your day to read this fine essay.

Essay#4 lets talk about it

my procrastination is in full swing with this assignment. i've done plenty of research and have a personal story to write about but do not know what a reader would want to hear about the subject. The general topic is "prostitution:" i plan on discussing the flawed enforcement policy and how legalization and regulation could save lives and lower crime and health risks associated with the profession. But as a reader what would you like to know about the topic? what would most capture and retain your attention? help me out give me your opinions....

Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County: Chapter 1

After reading this through the first chapter the author Kristen Green already paints a clear picture of the kind of beliefs people in Farmville, Virginia share. In the first portion of the chapter she interviews Robert E. Taylor who helped found the Prince Edward Academy, which was an all white private school created to avoid integrating schools to accept black students. Taylor was much like most old time southerners that shared the belief that black people and white people don't belong together. Green realizes that his ideals are of an era that has long past and his time on this earth is coming to an end soon. It bothered her, the way he spoke of colored people especially since her husband was a multiracial man of American Indian descent. She wishes to learn more of the founding of this school and I believe learning about your past can help you grow as a person in the future.

She wants to learn about her grandfather who also played a part in the founding of the Academy. Green loved his grandfather but she also wished to know about his stance on the topic of black people and white people attending schools together. While reading the part of her past with her grandparents I realized they were people that cared for the well-being of their family. She went through a myriad of things she did with her grandparents, but I felt parts of the chapter were rushed and she dumped a lot of information on us in a fast period. Besides this I thought the was an excellent first chapter really giving us a feel for the story.

The Opening in Chapter 1

   The opening of Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward Country is flat. The author , Kristen Green, through conversations with Taylor, tells us that her grandfather's older generation's attitudes towards racism are deeply rooted. They still think black and white couldn't be in the same  stage. For example, the author married a American Indian man.Taylor thought she betrayed and embraced people who live in Farmvile. Those stereotypical attitudes about racial discrimination make Kristen angry as well as me. Especially, Taylor uses term "pinto" applied to a multiracial baby which is an impolite and insulting behavior. Like Green, this is also my first time to hear that people use "pinto" to describe people. That is interesting but I am not in favor of his behavior because everyone  is the same even though he is different color. Nowadays, racial discrimination is still a ubiquitous social  phenomenon. Most of people naturally put different color people into different place. I think their subconsciousness will affect our next generation and causes this society disharmony.

A Perfectly Charming Southern Town

In the beginning of chapter one they talk about how Taylor supported the closing of public schools and how he rather integrate them. For young business man and wanted to join the forces with other white town leaders. Her going to college and having to travel all around, also how these white girls use to mess around with black guys and get pregnant from them. She was very open with his racism and was very open on her grandparents being racist. I would not want people to know that my grandparents were racist but i think she just wanted to be open about it so that others who were going through the same thing may want to come out with a personal story as well.                                                                                                    

Chapter 1 Opening

The opening is very clear of what the author wants to talk about in the book. However, I think she explained all of these situations in the book about her life because even though she wasn't affected with the decisions that many people took back there. Now, she feels like its part of her life and its something that people must speak about. Therefore, maybe because it took place in her hometown
 she can easily recapitulate all of these history that happened and that her family had huge part in.
Therefore, it was easily for her ask many of the people that she knows that had a great part in the history. Like the leader who took the initiative of started the new white school that she attended, Mr Taylor. She mentioned that she knew him her whole life, that she used to hang out with his grandchildren and that his father was a friend of him. Additionally, it is a way for her to understand and to assimilate that maybe her family is going to feel the same that the black community felt back there, that's why she wants to make people to questioned this and also to tell her story about it.

Something must be done about Prince Edward County intro response

Kristen Green starts the book describing the interview she had with Robert E. Taylor; a segregationist who played a key role in the white only schools from the past.  The intro gives us the racist feeling of  the southern town she is from.  Robert Taylor has a black nurse and talks about how he used to play with black children, yet he believes in all these bad stereotypes about black people.  Its very hypocritical.

A perfect Charming Southern Town

The opening of this text was that author tried to create a scene by letting reader know how was the weather. The author tells us about who the Taylor was and and she wanted to know why he established a school for white students. Author wanted to know the story about what happened in the Farmville before she was born and events in which Taylor had played a key role.This text is about racism like why the white people does not  want black students to study with their students.The author tells about the relation between her and Taylor like she had known Taylor since she was toddling in diapers this shows that they have known each other for long time.

A Perfectly Charming Southern Town

In this chapter, the author interview Taylor a segregationist man who founded a white private school. his answers seems really discriminating. I noticed that when she describes her family she compares Taylor believes with her grandparents, but her ideas about black people is different because she traveled a lot and experience a lot of thing, and I think it made her to think different than her family and Taylor. I also noticed that Taylor seemed angry with how Kristen supported black people. The sentence that really impressed me is when Taylor says that he wanted to maintain the purity of the white race.

chapter 1 introduction :

                     The beginning of the story is very clear, meaning the readers can already know what the author wants to talk about in the book. The author had already mentioned several situations which have taken place in her life, and i think she mentions these situations because she wasn't affected by the things that were done by the people she knew. Meaning now she is openly telling the readers about all her situations which took place in her hometown, which were influenced by her family. The author also wants the readers to know that she had a part in the history of prince Edward county, mainly because her family had a major part in it. Prince Edward county was a school for only white kids. After reading the first few pages i can conclude that the beliefs of people in farmville, virgina are towards racism in a major way.

Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County

After reading the first three chapters, and even as quickly as after reading the first few pages, I was filled with sympathy towards the racism going on going on during this time, and, simultaneously, anger. It was difficult to read Robert E. Taylor's comments about black people and how he showed no regret nor remorse towards them or the condition in which they were learning. I couldn't get it past my head, how someone could be filled with so much hate, carelessness, and ignorance. I, like author Kristen Green, was disgusted. It shocked me how racism was still very much alive throughout these small towns in the south. I think for Green it was eye opening when she got to see a mix family in a town where no such thing exsisted. I couldn't stop thinking of the line where she says, "I didn't know any of that. Nor did I know that I had just glimpsed my future" (Green 28). I think it's very telling of the times she was living in and how one day, it would come to affect her future family.

Prologue Response

The prologue creates a atmosphere that embodies the setting that she speaks about. We have a old man who is on the brink of death and he still carries the mentality of segregation. There's a undertone of moral superiority, and although it is never right to be consumed by racism it isn't right to display yourself as a high moral leader. The high horse of liberty is very prevalent and almost distracts me from the narrative and interaction between the old man. The dialogue was brief and was what we would expect from a old southern racist man. The introduction to Elsie was the best part of the prologue since it displayed genuine interest and connection from the writer and the worker. Like stated the prologue essentially summarizes the first two chapters ahead.

In the opening of the story, it is evident that the narrator is living in a time where racism flourished, and segregation was normal to most people. The narrator herself was not racist but just lived in the moment. I find it abnormal that having mixed babies (black and white) was viewed as something so wrong and was also very rare at the time. I find it very inspirational that she shared the views of her racist grandparents (and others' opinions) in the first chapter.

Prince Edward County

The introduction set the tone for the town and the people therein. She paints it as a very rural southern town living in the past fighting with every breathe to keep segregation alive. The characters  were racist and old, and still fervently supported segregation. The authors ethos seems to be in shock and awe at the people and place she was raised by. Her travels and mixed  family she created has opened her eyes to the utter absurdity of her hometown and older influences.

Prince Edward County Response

The introduction really paints a picture of how deep the hatred for blacks and other minorities is in the south. Even 50 years after Brown V. Board of Ed occurs, just like it says in the story, these feelings are still being held. And commonly at that. It's unfortunate, but this is a huge part of America's history. When I was visiting Connecticut to see some family, I noticed there was a confederate flag hanging above a popular local restaurant in the town next to theirs. It's very odd because most defenders of the Confederate Flag cite it as a symbol of southern pride, not racism. If that was the case, it leads me to wonder why that flag would be flown up north. While a lot of racism is concealed in today's world, there's still a large pocket of the country where open racist views are protected and validated.

Prince Edward County Chapter 1 Response

The first chapter explained most of what she was thinking during the time period she was explaining. She starts off by talking about the black house-keeper her parents had when she was younger and explains what she knew about her at a young age vs what she finds out later on because she tells both sides of the story. She continues on throughout the chapter to speak about how her family treats the house-keeper with respect and welcome her into their family after a tragidy that happened to her own family.

In this introduction, the author sort of creates a strong feel of racism in the south almost as there still living in the time of slavery. The county is trying its hardest to still keep schools segregated after Brown. v Board of education and if schools in the county aren't segregated then the town just shuts down the education system. They also mention the term "pinto" which refers to a half black half white baby, which I find interesting because I never heard that term before either.

"We Are Orphans Here"

This essay shows a very informative and sad story about the events that are taking place in the middle east. The author describes how the refugee camp is, how people manage to live there and how different is there lifestyle different from us. She wants people to know how life is there, giving many backgrounds about how the camp was formed and also the image that outsiders have of the camp.
Additionally, she focuses more on one of her characters which were Baha Nababta. She shares the image that she has of him and also how people in the camp loved him. Mainly because, what she saw in him was that he was someone that even in the conditions that they are living, he still wanted to be positive and help others. You can clearly see this when she says that people reached to him in every situation that they have good or bad, also when she says that everybody wants to talk with him or even if he was passing by everybody wants to greet him. He was most like an idol in this community. This shows how he not only wants to improve his life and conditions but also the situations of others too. This way he tried to help them with their problems and most importantly, he transmitted an image of hope out of all the war that people had experience. Sadly when other people see this they want to stop that. The end of the essay was really sad, I can't even imagine what his wife is going to do and how sad people in the camp was. I think this essay was a way to show other people how Baha was, all the good things that he did and how important he was for people in the camp.  Also, I think the author used it a way to show respect and love for him.

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In this section of the book, Green gives us the background on the Supreme Court Case Loving vs. Virginia (we'll watch a cinematic dramatization of this later in the term). What does this case have to do w/ segregated schools? For that matter, why was it important to so many in the South to maintain segregated schools? Why did black families want their children to go to schools where they weren't wanted by the white power structure? Why is it important to tell the story of Barbara Johns and the Moton School strike? While we're at it, we might tackle a central question about all history: Why is it important to tell it? What does this particular historical story have to do w/ us now, today?

This is a hybrid--a combination--of memoir and history. How does the memoir aspect (Stewart's story of herself and her family) affect your reading of this history? How much did you already know about it and what is new to you?

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When it came to finding information and interviews for my sub-culture topic which is aspiring actors in New York City it was pretty difficult at first because I had no idea who to interview exactly but I did have some frimds in mind. I decided to interview I friend of mine that had auditoned for many roles in New York City. He was able answer the many questions I had but it also made me realize there are different type of aspiring actors in New York City and some focus on different acting roles such as theather work like him. I got a lot of inside information I never knew about the acting culture and I got many answers that made me think differently about many aspiring actors. Gaining all this information did help me write my essay in a different point of view than when I started. So overall I did like the interviews I had to do for the essay becasue it did help me understand much more about the topic then when I started.

We Are Orphans Here (response 2)

Between the two essays we read this week, "Two Shallow Graves" and "We Are Orphans Here", I found that the latter stuck with me a little more. It was a narrative that I couldn't relate to, but, I wasn't meant to. This was about bringing awareness to what was going on and I, like the author, sympathized with the people going through the situation and wishing there was something I could do to help. In class, we got to see pictures of the refugee camp and it definitely impacted the reading in a different way. I think that, when reading, it's easy to forget that these are real people with very real and unfortunate situations and the images definitely hi-lighted that for me. It gave a face to the people and the heroes like Baha was. Similarly, it was also difficult to see his family, especially his youngest son who was left without a father and would never get to meet him. It's heartbreaking to think about, and when I went back to reread through the last part of the essay, it was even more difficult to read.

As for the refugee camps, I definitely has envisioned them being in a worse shape than what was portrayed through the images. It was interesting to see the little things they had, such as a mall to shop in. I guess it goes to say that having images to read alongside with the essay really changes the meaning, for me at least, and brings attention to these issues.

We Are Orphans Here

I believe the essay was titled "We Are Orphans Here" because it connects well with the essay and in a way describes what the essay is about. The essay talks about the author visiting Jerusalem with a friend named Baha Nababta who is a community organizer in Shuafat an area in Jerusalem. The author is shocked by his experience and what he sees in a Jerusalem young children driving, living in poor conditions and young kids not being able to go to school. For Baha is not something new and that's the reason why he is in Jerusalem to help the people and refugees. The essay tittle says "we are orphans here" which I think the "we" is signifying the people of Jerusalem and its saying that they are like orphans in the country of Jerusalem. The refugees are left alone with no help or guidance from anyone and they seem to be always be searching for help but there aren't many people in Jerusalen who are willing to help.

Two shallow graves
This essay starts of with word die in its first sentence i got the idea how the tone of this essay is going to be.The first thing noticed that both of the essays Two shallow graves and we are orphan here is that both essay talk about middle east.