Mapping Everyday: Gender, Blackness, and Discourse in Urban Contexts

Ok, I have to be completely honest about this piece. From the beginning to the very end of it, I could not follow what it was trying to get across. I don't know if it was because I was reading it with the TV on or because it talks about something that doesn't really interest me. However, I'm sure it is a good piece of literature if it got published in a reputable journal. I really wish I could understand this piece because the title grabs my attention, but the content of the paper doesn't do a whole lot for me. While reading it, I found myself zoning out thinking about other classes and what I had to for them. What I did get from this piece, is that inner city kids deal with education in a whole different way than white kids do anywhere. This I think is wrong on so many levels. Something should be done so that every kid receives the same education regardless of race, religion, or where they live.

180 South

I found this documentary very inspiring. Everyone is always so caught up in their jobs and the everyday hustle and bustle, that they forget to live their lives. This documentary showed a group of people that aren't afraid to drop everything and just leave. I hope that one day I can do something like this. It has always been my dream to go to Africa on a hunt. I can't imagine going to a place as wild as Patagonia, it must have been pretty impressive. What isn't impressive is the fact that companies are trying to spoil this untouched nature in order to gain a little bit of a profit. What the gauchos are doing in order to try and stop this development is important, but I don't think its enough to stop the government from approving these various projects. This documentary has really made me realize that I need to live my life to the fullest because after all, you only get one shot at life.

Coast Salish

It is a shame that the schools are trying to take away the Coast Salish's cultural identity. There should be some way of finding a happy medium, so that the people can get an education and still remain unique. These people have done nothing to harm anybody yet the school systems want to take away something very near and dear to them. This is just cruel and unusual. More needs to be done to make sure these docile people don't get taken advantage of now and in the future. I think it would be pretty easy to find a method of schooling that would allow these people to remain the way they have been since the beginning of their existence. I find it pretty unique that the Coast Salish people travel back and forth between Canada and the United States to attend various ceremonies. Both of these countries need to stop trying to make these people assimilate into their standards and just let them live their lives. Diversity is important and essential for societies to flourish and survive.