L460: The Senior Capstone Blog at IUS

Dear Reader, Our time is soon coming to a close. After December 13th, I will be done with my Senior Seminar course. I will be moving on to other courses with other professors. Hopefully, I will hear back from the graduate schools I applied to soon. This post is somewhat late due to my busy … Continue reading Finale

A lot of my past blog posts have been about movies and plays that tried to combat stereotypes of black people, so for my final topic-less blog post, I wanted to talk about the stereotypes that the Black Power movement attempted to get rid of. Out of all the reading we did, I think Eldridge … Continue reading “As Crinkly As Yours”

Hi all! We’re finally getting to the end of the semester and I have mixed feelings about it. I’m ready but not ready for the course to end, I’m ready to graduate but not prepared for the world outside of school, and I’m completely ready to read for fun without having to analyze the relationships … Continue reading Angst and Children’s Books

I was searching videos through YouTube for inspiration for my next to last blog post. I found this one about black conservatives and black liberals. Now these people do not speak for all members of their respected parties but they do provide a wide range in opinion about presidents and politics. Here is the video. … Continue reading Blog Post 14: Black Conservatives v Black Liberals

I like watching the news for entertainment. Weird, right? Most people think of the news as a source of information. What happens out in the world is important, right? If something bad happens it’s important to be informed, to have an opinion, to have a side on an issue, right? See here’s the thing I … Continue reading Blog 12: The News is Good, Right?

Hate is a wild word isn’t it? When you Google the word hate you get this, “feel intense or passionate dislike for (someone).” It’s such a clean definition. It’s clinical almost. But that doesn’t really describe it. Hate is that burning feeling deep in the gut, when the person next to you sneeze in just … Continue reading Blog 11: Hate isn’t Hate

I’m behind in these things. I think part of the reason it has taken me awhile to do another one is because I have spent the last few weeks sort of meditating on this topic of ours. Black Power. What does it mean? I don’t mean like the definition. We have gone over that enough … Continue reading Blog 8: Hey, Yeah I’m Sort of Late

As class is coming to an end I have been thinking a lot about my research paper. I'd like to share a part of my paper with everyone that is specifically educates the reader about the n-word as it pertains to inter city schools with predominately black students. Arizona State University Professor Neal A. Lester … Continue reading Black Schools and the N-word