Racism Is Over

While we were talking about the letter to the New Trier School Board Jillian said something to the effect of the school board should have banned Huck Finn no matter the race of the person writing the letter. This got me thinking about how ever since Barack Obama became a major candidate for president everyone thinks that since we have an African-American running for president racism is over. This is just simply not the case. For one, he has gotten many letters himself threatening his life from racist people. Also, to believe that one African-American person can change the image of an African-American is preposterous. It certainly helps there image but it does not change instantly. This myth of progress, which Obama has so nicely tapped into, has made people believe that we have slowly but surely overcome racism, and now everyone is equal. Clearly we need to rethink this because not everyone is equal, men and women are not equal Black, Hispanic, White, Asian, no one is equal.

What Projectors Are Projecting?

While we were talking about the things that our school puts up. That's when it hit me, I was looking right at it. The projection screens say something about our school to. They say New Trier is a progressive school, with technology that will help foster our students education. It also says that we are better because most schools in the country do not even have any projectors.