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Entries from January 2007

1st Semester

January 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

I’d say that this semester was pretty fresh overall. I liked the books we read, especially Macbeth. I really enjoyed acting it out. I thought the midterm was kind of fun. It was the first time I can remember actually enjoying doing creative writing.

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3rd Racism blog

January 9th, 2007 · No Comments

Once again, another example of racism close to home was found at http://www.connpost.com/fastsearchresults/ci_4939493.
Mel Thompson, a black, active-retired member of the Derby fire department claims that he responded to a local fire on Monday morning and was “ostracized and ignored” by some firefighters on account of his race. He said that he asked other firefighters how he could […]

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3rd Satire

January 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I heard the interview with Sacha Baron Cohen when it was on the radio, and even though I have not seen Borat, I found the interview very interesting. What I didn’t know about the movie is that it was filmed “on the street” with real people, not actors. There was an excerpt from the scene […]

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