Before my professor gave me this assignment i had never heard of Environmental Racism. Even when I first heard about environmental racism I just figured it was just something simple like, racism in different environments. I really got the full effect of what environmental racism was when I watched the video "Toxic City: This is Where I Live". Watching the video made me realize how serious this matter is. Environmental racism can cause death. People get cancer from all the pollution and toxins put in their communities. Young children have to walk around with inhalers because they have asthma due to this problem. I think it is really crazy that they put minorities (African American/ Latinos) in impoverish communities and just pollute the area. Even if there is nobody living in the environment, the area should not be polluted. Pollution spreads in the air, and can affect many things like, plants, animals, and even the weather. People can not even go outside and breath without suffering from consequences.
URL: http://www.holamun2.com/shows/news-special/mun2-news-toxic-city
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Self-Assesment
Part 1
In my blog, my usual topics are politics and race relations, which are 2 very broad topics. I have gone from writing about the NAACP to writing about Roberto Santiago, a bi-racial author. I would say that the nature of my posts have become more personal. My first entry was based on Barack Obama's speech "A More Perfect Union", which I had to watch via youtube. Then my most recent post was about a Round Table discussion that I actually attended and participated in, by asking questions. Looking at my blog posts, I see a significant difference in my writing. I feel as though I have improved my ability to organize my thoughts and that is due to the critics that Dr. Diaz (my professor) has given me on my recent writings. Posting these blogs really helps me express and organize my thoughts properly.
Part 2
At the beginning of this semester I came into this class writing on an unsatisfactory level. I took advantage of having the writing center available to me for help. I go there whenever I have a writing assignment. My comprehension level was not where I wanted it to be either. The in-class writing assignments we have help me tremendously with my comprehension skills because of the amount of analyzing that we do. I have only met with Dr.Diaz once in her office, however, I am going to start going more often because she really helped me with my essay. The weekly blogs also helped me with my writing and it has made me more comfortable with using technology to do work. Overall i feel as though I am taking the proper steps to make my writings go from unsatisfactory to superior.
In my blog, my usual topics are politics and race relations, which are 2 very broad topics. I have gone from writing about the NAACP to writing about Roberto Santiago, a bi-racial author. I would say that the nature of my posts have become more personal. My first entry was based on Barack Obama's speech "A More Perfect Union", which I had to watch via youtube. Then my most recent post was about a Round Table discussion that I actually attended and participated in, by asking questions. Looking at my blog posts, I see a significant difference in my writing. I feel as though I have improved my ability to organize my thoughts and that is due to the critics that Dr. Diaz (my professor) has given me on my recent writings. Posting these blogs really helps me express and organize my thoughts properly.
Part 2
At the beginning of this semester I came into this class writing on an unsatisfactory level. I took advantage of having the writing center available to me for help. I go there whenever I have a writing assignment. My comprehension level was not where I wanted it to be either. The in-class writing assignments we have help me tremendously with my comprehension skills because of the amount of analyzing that we do. I have only met with Dr.Diaz once in her office, however, I am going to start going more often because she really helped me with my essay. The weekly blogs also helped me with my writing and it has made me more comfortable with using technology to do work. Overall i feel as though I am taking the proper steps to make my writings go from unsatisfactory to superior.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Round table discussion
I had the honor of attending the Round table discussion, "The politics of black identity in the age of obama". There were 4 main speakers. Their names: Mr. Charles Fuller, Professor Lorenzo Morris, Dr. Jules Harrell, Dr. Greg Carr. The round table discussion was based on Dr. Charles Fuller's book "A Soldier's Play". Every person had 7-10 minutes to present what they had to say. Each of their presentations were based on "A Soldier's Play" but each was a little different. Dr. Carr is an African American Studies teacher, while Professor Lorenzo Morris is a Psychology teacher, so their ways of interpreting the book was totally different. When the 4 men were done with their presentations people had the chance to ask questions. The questions ranged from group identities to phenotypes. Overall the discussion went well...
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