I'm black you're white, who's innocent

I'm Black, You're White, Who's Innocent by Shelby Steele I thought was well written, but over written. I am a person who looks back on racism and I do not agree with it. Yes, I understand how bad it was, but we have come so far that racism is not as huge of an issue as it use to be. Personally I do not look at someone and judge them by what color they are. Skin is skin it does not change the person that they are.
If a African American man were to rob a bank, get caught and charged it was not because they were black it is because they committed a crime, and the same goes for a Caucasian. I know racism is still out there, and I do not think that people should be. It is not the color of your skin that makes you who you are. It is the person you are on the inside and how you treat other people.

"to be" verbs

The verbs am, is, are, was, and were, be, being, been are known as "to be" verbs. The use of these verbs can result in weak or passive writing. It is better to use strong and colorful verbs.
Examples
weak: That coffee is soothing.
Strong: That coffee soothes me.

weak: My bike was run over by a elderly lady driving a sedan
strong: An elderly lady ran my bike over with her sedan
http://ezinearticles.com/?Understanding-To-Be-Verbs-and-Their-Contribution-to-Passive-Writing&id=1150297

Two ways to hurt a woman

In the essay by Jean Killbourne, she talks a lot about how companies are using sexual mannerisms to get us to buy their brand. She thinks that these companies are using sexual material, and she calls it pornography. She uses the Calvin Klein add as an example where they asked a teenage boy to take off his shirt in a basement and pose for them. I don't agree with the fact that all ads are pornography, but some may take it to an extreme. I think a huge reason why companies do this is because it sells, because if it didn't work they wouldn't do it. I am not saying that it is the right way to sell clothes and merchandise, but companies will do anything they can to sell their products.

Killer Culture

In David Kupelian story Killer Culture I liked reading, but also had a hard time following. He uses such a variety of big words at points it was hard to understand him. It seemed to me like he was trying to impress his readers with his large vocabulary that you don't understand what he is trying to say. I noticed he also used quite a bit of sources that at points it feels like a psychophrenic ( not entirely his voice).
I did agree with him on points where children get lost in the media, and are influenced by media and other people. When he talks about the Scouts I agree to a point to were we should all try to be good people, but there are people who do everything "good people" do, but who are not technically good people.

when to use exclamation marks

Exclamation marks are used at the end of a sentence or a short phrase which expresses a very strong feeling
Some examples would be:
John get out of there!
George that is not a toy!
Help!

However, exclamation marks are usually out of place in a formal writing piece if you use them too much they can give your work a breathless, almost childish, quality.
It is normal for an exclamation to be at the end of a sentence that begins with "what" or "How"
"What an outspoken child!"
"How well we played today!"
Not that these are exclamations and not statements
http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/department/docs/punctuation/node06.html

Framing Class

Framing Class by Diana Kendall is a story I enjoyed reading. I liked reading about how the media can portray celebrities and how we the average public look up to them and think what great lives they have.
When she talks about Paris Hilton's jewelry line and how people go out and by this jewelry and just thinking that they are wearing something that Paris would wear. I remember when I was little I loved watching TV shows that showed how wonderful celebs lives were, because they had it all it seemed like. I wanted all of that, because the media made it look so great to be famous. When in reality there are people in the world who are not famous and are not the richest people, but they are happy with what they have!

Serving in Florida

Barbara Ehrenreich's story Serving in Florida I found to be a very interesting read. It was amazing to for me to read about all of the things not only Barbara, but her coworkers also had to go through. The one that got to me was the woman Gail who lived in her truck. For me just to read about people having to work all day, and have different jobs just makes me appreciate everything I have. How I am lucky to not be in situation like that. I have so much respect for anyone who goes through obstacles such as Barbara did and make it.