Practice Blog Post.

As a group, you will find a piece of public writing on the internet -- a blog post, an article on a website, a YouTube video, a Twitter post, etc. -- and post it for the rest of the class to discuss. In addition, each member of the group will be responsible for writing 50-100 words about what they found most interesting about this particular piece of public writing.

For example, for this week, I would like you to read this blog post: No Apologies: On the Killing of Trayvon Martin and Being "Good". I chose this particular blog post because it raises interesting points about the ways in which dominant groups talk about discrimination based on "otherness." In this particular blog post, the writer talks about how racism is often reframed as a punishment for people of color not being "good," using the murder of Trayvon Martin as an example.

Before next Tuesday's class (Tuesday, April 10th), I would like for you to read the blog post and write a short (100-200 words) response based on one of the prompts on the assignment sheet for The Blog Project. BUT DON'T STOP THERE: come back throughout the week and respond to your classmates' comments: how are they making you think about this in a different way? What have they said that you find interesting or unique?