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A call for action.

Dear Al Sharpton:

Now at this very moment as I write this letter, the people of Darfur, located in the far western region of the Sudan, are being driven from their homes, caught in civil war, and at the worst case scenario, brutally murdered. The statistics of this conflict
are astronomical,2 million people have been driven from their homes and an estimated 400,000 people have been killed in this conflict.It should be noted that these statistics are two years old, the actual statistics are said to far exceed these numbers. These people have done nothing to deserve this holocaust they are going through. They are being caught in between a civil war with no end in sight.
The reason I wrote this letter is because I believe that it is important to support
your people, one will often hear that the Jewish stick together and that black people have lost a sense of unity and trust.Right now our people are being put to death, being put out their homes, and being treated like refugees.This is with out a doubt a call for action. I believe in my judgment that you are the person to go to that is able to support our people and speak for our people who have had their voices taken away from them.

Brain food

Media lit 2008

My weekend

This weekend,I had an exceptionally....average weekend.I did do a few things. I went to king of prussia with a friend and bought a bunch of shirts. I ended up wastimg a bunch of time doing nothing.After that,I went home and saw that the computer guy came over earlier to fix the computer.I got on the computer and called a friend to ask how to uploaded pictures to my computer.I drew a quick sketch to see if it would work but I had a few problems.The next day I cleaned my room , did the laundry,and later set up my Xbox to play a video game online.I hope I do something interesting next week...

Critique and review

Today I watched several presentations created by our classmates .The presentations renditions I watched were "We real cool" by Dominique Williams,"Kaba" by Tamika Best ,and "On Children" by Cindi Gil.The students used powerpoint to build their presentations.
The assignment of today was to share our feedback on what we watched, critique and review these works.
The first rendition I watched was "on children" by Cindi Gil.The use of black and white images being the dominant color of this visual presentation turned out to pay off.Several important
lines are made more dramatic by including color to the visuals.lines that stated that your children are unique,unlike you and "have their own thoughts", are given power to the statement by being in color and having a modern but not timeless look.This rare use of color made the visuals feel like they were rebeling against the rest of the presentation and trying to be unique.
The Oral presentation was solid and didnt have any notable flaws to mention.Overall,the presentation was solid.
Another visual presentation I saw "We real cool ",interpreted by Dominique Williams,was pretty good as well.Visually,the feel to this poem wasnt as memorable as the one mentioned above.However that does not mean it was bad.The visuals do include a few notable images.The one at the very end stating"we die soon'' is creative in its interpretation of death.The depiction is that of a man walking foolishly towards a gaint snake.The oral presentation was based on all other visual presentations the best with each statement in the poem making an impact.