Time and Distance Overcome

There is one essay in this book that still stands out to me which is "Time and Distance Overcome." I love how Eula uses telephone poles as a mark of freedom and an advance in Technology when it first came out but it actually was more of a death sentence for black people. Something as innocent as a telephone pole could be used for such horrific deaths amongst the black people. I for one was totally shocked when I started reading this because I did not think it would be talking about lynching and hangings during the time of the hatred for those whose skin was a different color. I was horrified when I found out the truth and now every time I look at pole I think of that because it was such a big achievement for us for technology but was used in the wrong way. These black men were hung on these telephone poles for every one to see and some were even beaten, burned, and tortured on these poles for looking at a white person the wrong way or talking to a white female. The white folk who did this wanted to make a statement but it was not a statement that needed to be stated. They were proud for what they have done by hanging these black men on these telephone poles and it was meant to have power and control in their eyes. A way of punishing them and hung up for the whole to see to frighten those who weren't hanging. They would leave them to hang like flags according to Eula as if they were proud of what they had done. Still today, I think about the horror and what those people had to go through and it still makes me sick. Eula's entire book full of these essays, has opened my eyes to more of these things that I may not have known but I do now.

Bethel Test For My Favorite Movie

One of my favorite movies of all time would be Star Wars! When it comes to this movie though, it is mainly all males that are in it. I know for a fact that this movie would not pass the Bethel Test. First of all, there is only one woman character who happens to be a princess. She honestly is just there for the ride and uses the males in the movie for protection and of course she falls for one of them as well. So there is honestly only one woman character so it would fail just from the first question. With there only being one female in the movie, obviously there is no other female for the one female to talk to during the movie. Also, majority of the movie was based on a male figure so majority of the talk was about males as well. I don't think they intentionally made it this way but that's how it seems. A lot of people would say that Star Wars attracts boys and men more than women and that is somewhat true because of the vast amount of males with main roles and what the actual movie's are about.

The distance over time essay basically highlights Eula's dislike for telephone poles not for a technological purpose, but for the simple reason that telephone poles, amongst many other things, were a symbol for lynching. There was a passage in the essay that really highlighted where and how these poor black men were lynched. They were lynched for fighting with white men, unpopularity, for peeping in a window, and dealings with white women. Reading this passage, I felt horrified and so sad for those black men who were set on fire, beaten, shot, and hung from these telephone poles as a symbol for freedom. This thought to me is barbaric and just terrible. People watched these instances happen and did nothing but watch. The fact that there were so many efforts made to congress to stop lynching and was just pushed a side infuriates me even more. How could Congress continue to ignore these peoples cries and just let it continue to happen? It makes no sense to me at all, I'm just glad that issues like that are now illegal. I guess if someone was to argue this they would have to be racist and say that these people deserved what they got and favor lynching and which to them I would say imagine that being you and you were beaten, hung, and set on fire for the whole world to see, how would you feel? I'm sure they'd be against it then. When I first starting reading this essay, I didn't expect it to go where it went but I'm glad it did because it should have opened any of her readers eyes as to the truth of what telephone poles can represent or at least back then.

The hardest piece of writing I have done would have to be the piece I had to do for my history class semester. This piece was based on the Mao and Stalin project that happen several years ago. I had to describe and compare and contrast each situation. When I was typing it, I was in my room on my desktop. I knew much information about Mao and his project but I did not have enough information for the Stalin part. My professor at the time, kind of just blew through Stalin and his situation so it was kind of hard for me to grasp the concept and go into greater detail on my own piece. It was a research paper that had to be 5-6 pages long. The way that the professor outlined what was supposed to be our paper was confusing as well because of the word choice she used. I wasn't sure what exactly she wanted to get out of my paper to receive a good grade. I remember sitting in my chair at my desk in my room, with my 3 shot peppermint white mocha coffee drink from Starbucks, hoping it would give me some kind of motivation. I had my music playing soft and low, going on the internet to research both of these topics. I was writing them down as I went, putting them into my own words and writing down the sources so I could start my paper. After I had gathered all of my information, I begin typing my title. The first paragraph is always the hardest part of my papers for me. I wanted my opening statement to be interesting and inviting. It always takes me a while to come up with the perfect beginning. Once I finally figured it out, I began my piece. Trying to put all of the information into my own words was hard enough and figuring the flow my paper was even harder. If I sit for a long period of time, I do get bored and burned out. I have to tried to work a little at a time on my papers so I don't get burned out and with that time I can take a break and brainstorm some more ideas or how to phrase my words. I have to now put my phone aside so I can't see it or look at it, at least till I get things going on my paper. I have many new ways now to keep me focused and how to better my papers as a whole. I will take what I have already learned and apply it to every writing I will have to write.

Misha's 1st blog

Hi! My name is Misha Wright. I am a social work major and also I will be minoring in child studies. I work at the Starbucks on campus so come see me! I am from Northern Kentucky, about 40 minutes south of Cincinnati. I love and animals and I am always willing to help anyone in need. I love to sing and music is my life. I am not the best at writing but I do want to improve my skills. I am the first person in my family to go to college. I have two younger sisters and my faith is very important to me. My family and friends mean the world to me.