Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 101 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing, reading, and thinking on a weekly basis in an informal setting.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
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.
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good deatails. work on your tone.
ReplyDeleteyou sound a little angry, be mindful of what you say.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your comparison of the bombings in Birmingham and the terrorism that is happening in our lifetime. But its not surprising because because we don't live in a perfect country. Most atrocities that are happening in the world now probably happened in America's history at some point.
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