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                The story of Nightjohn was mainly about the hardships and life of slaves. Living under a cruel slave owner, this reading expressed the desperate attempts at freedom, and what happened to those that tried. In the reading, there was a story told about a strong willed woman slave, who was told to be a breeder. She refused, so she was basically raped. Afterwards, she really no longer had the will to live. She attempted many ways of suicide, such as running away. The character of Nightjohn, was brought to this plantation, to teach reading and writing to other slaves. He was free at one point, but he insists on coming back, because it'll help the negro people get the freedoms they deserved. He says, that once it's written down, that people will never dare to attempt these atrocities again. The hardships and torture of fellow mankind, is a lesson that will not be soon forgotten.

              Mascot, a story about, and written by, Malcolm X, was a very powerful reading about the oppression and segregation of black people. Malcolm wrote about the when he was sent to a reform school, and the time he spent with white people. He almost felt like a "mascot", because he was a well behaved, educated, and token black guy surrounded by white people. He also referred to memories, of white people acting like he didn't even exist. For example, when he was in the kitchen, the owners of the place that he lived in at the moment would freely talk in a derogatory manner towards black folks. Malcolm's live changed completely around, when he told his teacher, Mr.Olshansky (not sure about spelling) that he wanted to be a lawyer. His teacher responded by saying that he should try to be something "realistic" and something that negroes could do. This led to one of the most known civil rights activists that we know today.

             The Great Debaters was similar and different than the two stories that we read in class. They were all during the early 1900's, when slavery and oppression was very common. At one point, every main character in every story experienced extreme prejudice. The debaters ran into a lynch mob that tried to kill them, in Nightjohn, they were slaves, and in Mascot, they blatantly talked about black people in front of Malcolm. In every story, they talked about how freedom would come in small steps, and how it had to be worked for. The  civil rights movement for black people shows just how if one perseveres, one can achieve great things.

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i haven't blogged in soooo long.. that's a very bad thing, i continually forget to do it. but it's all good, no more of that. uhmm, this week, we started to read the play 12 angry men. it's a very goood storyline, which kinda makes you think about the morals of people and how easy decisions can be influenced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTDhgR3p12w

this is a perfect example of how prejudice influences the decisions of people.