Blog 7

 1: The modes that are portrayed in my project are text, color, images, and I will also be making a video including dialogue, visualization.

2:  a. The audience is made up of both ethnicities of African Americans and Caucasians who attend school here at UNL.

-       I will be reading my text to compare and contrast between both ethnicities in the situation in my project. The audience will read it as information based on cases and facts.

      b.  The author does not us any pronouns to indicate that he/she is coming from an unbiased standpoint within the topic.

c. The author construct an relationship through the text by asking how can our society create domestic tranquility within the country. This creates a positive relationship by trying to find a way to stop the violence and racism and create some form of peace.

d. The description of the scene of young African American males being killed, such as “blood every where on the floor” and “three bullets wholes through his shirt”. Also the author used description of the body after being gunned down for multiple cases.

3:  a. The author does not identify her/himself in the article to remain unbiased throughout the article.

     b. No.

4: a. The purpose of this article is to present the major incidents that have made this country through racism and hatred. The article wants the audience to feel sympathetic for both black and white males who have lost their life to white law enforcement. To create a bond between both ethnicities as well create domestic tranquility within America.

    b. The author opens up the article by listing names of black males who were killed while unarmed by white law enforcement. There is no true argument but reasoning of why we should come together as one and build peace.

5: Yes, the author uses information about the number of black men killed per week this year by white law enforcement within the text.

6: The author opens up by listing the names of young African American males who were killed this past year and then talks about the situation as a whole of young black males being killed by officers of the law. Next the author talks about young white males who were also killed by officers this year and compare and contrast based on the case. Later the author introduces the theory of building peace by stopping racism and violence in America.

7: a. My genre will be a t-shirt and also a video I will be making to present on social media `to UNL students. My conventions will be a quick video that explains the situation at hand.

8: a/b. The author used images of the victims with their families when they were alive and happy to create emotion and sympathy in audience.

    c. There are not any graphs portrayed in the article.

    d. N/A

    e. The author opens up the article with these images to create emotion right at the beginning of the article.

9: a. The article opens up the article to present images and the cases of victims from this year to create emotion.

    b. Next the author explains the situation/problem.

    c. Then the author explains the purpose of the article and explains the end of result of how to fix the situation.

10: a. Times New Roman size 14. I believe this was just a nice font and size for the reader to read, the author did not truly establish the reasoning behind the font and size decision.

      b. The heading is bolded to grasp the reader attention.

      c. The text is in regular formation.

      d. The text does not use color.

      e. Nothing

11. a. The text does not use sound or music.

      b. N/A

12. N/A

The things you need in order to create a recipe are simple.

-You must have a critical question presented.

- Next you must have some form of information that must support your topic and critical question.

- Then you must explain the reasoning behind your article and the symbolic meanings it holds.

- Finally you explain the purpose of your project and how it affects society.

Blog 6

My original critical question was based on the inner mental state of mind of an athlete in general no matter what sport. Bakari Evelyn was the main focus of my previous project since he is a part of the men’s basketball team here at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. My critical question is what makes an athlete so proficient, what is an athlete mental state of mind when it comes to making decisions within sports and life in general.

            For project three I would like to address a much different topic that significantly affects our society today. I would like to discuss the issues of white law enforcement killing young African American males. My new question will be about the situation of how are the killings of African American males by white law enforcement affect modern society in a significant aspect. The reason why I have decided to talk about this topic is because I personally can relate to this topic just because I am a young African American male and the same situation can happen to me at any time. The feeling of being a target for someone who is suppose to protect me but instead I am nothing but a target as if I am being hunted. I want the public to understand why the African American community is very hostile towards law enforcement and understand the reasoning of why there is no domestic tranquility. The purpose is to show how this situation has an extreme affect on society in America.

I imagine both African Americans and Caucasians students of UNL in the crowd listening to the explanation of why this sensitive topic has so much hostility between Blacks and Whites. We may all have different religions and experiences but similar thought processes. The one common thing that brings us together is that we are all living in the same society here in America. The main reason why we are grouped together in my audience is to portray the problem and find away to bring domestic tranquility between both ethnicities. 

            My essay will consist of many different newspaper and online articles based on many different situations in which were young African American males have lost their live to the hands of Caucasian law enforcement. Right now I will be using a T-shirt as my genre and my modes will be the design, color, caption, texture, and the overall message of what the shirt represents. This will help my be able to grasp the audience's attention and explain the reasoning of my project to the public.

Blog 5 and interview questions

                                                            Part 1

            How could one tell the amount of focus needed and the severity of a positive mindset has on an athlete in a stressful period of their performance?

         I choose this person because they have an understanding and the mindset of what it takes to be an athlete. So this person can elaborate on my topic and also speak on my critical question. This will not only have my perspective on the topic but someone else’s as well.

         Studying this person will give some insight on the thinking process of being an athlete and also give information on why its important to never lose focus during a game and how to prevent from losing focus.

I will be studying the mental aspect of this person and have them explained what they think it takes to be focus during a game.

         I know this person as a good friend of mine. We just started our relationship recently since we have started college together. H e is as also my classmates.

I will contact this person through phone calls and also meeting with him at lunch and also observe him in his practices.

                                                            PART 2

Tell me your definition of what it takes to be an athlete?

What kind of mental state helps you approach game time?

How is your mental state different when you are off the court?

What’s your definition of focus?

How does a lack of focus affect your performance?

How do you keep from losing focus during a game?

How do your focus change between practice and a game?

How do you handle pressure?

What kinds of pressures do you face in a basketball game?

How do you handle making mistakes in a game?

In the sport you play, are the mistakes you make mental or physical?

How can stress affect your state of mind in a negative aspect?

When was the last time you felt stress upon yourself during a game?

Explain the situation you were in during the game when you felt stress?

What advice can you give other athletes on how to overcome lack of focus, pressure, and stress in a game?

Is there anything else you would like to add sir?

Thank you for you time.

Childhood Memories (blog post 4)

The point of the How to become Batman simply speaks on how our expectations affect people around us. It can either be in in a positive or negative aspect but the podcast really didn’t touch too much on anything negative. Also the podcast speaks on how our expectations influence people as well in positive ways to do better in life or become a better person. The point with the second podcast really is a blur to me as I was listening to the first twenty minutes of the podcast. From my understanding of the podcast it was saying it was okay to be ignorant in some aspects. As crazy as it sounds crazy this was my own personal understanding of the Summer Camp podcast. In the first podcast How to become Batman the journalist talk more than the subjects being interviewed. The journalist seems to introduce the subjects and their situation of why they are being interviewed. The journalist explains each subject’s situation and elaborate and talk about the subject and then they bring in the subject in the interview and talk about everything. I loved how the journalist introduce each subject and speak about them in a respectful tone of voice. Now in the second podcast Summer Camp it’s really combination of both the journalist and the young campers speaking on the subject at hand. Once again I really have no clue on what is the true point about this podcast. Well in the first podcast How to become Batman the title itself has some connection just because of the title it self. Batman is my favorite superhero just because of his stealth attacks upon his enemies so I just love the character of batman. So with that being said the title itself influences to write about something such as a child hood memory since Batman is my favorite superhero. I cannot feel drawn to the second podcast because I cannot get my finger around the meaning of the whole point and significance of Summer Camp podcast. To be honest with you I really don’t know how the both these wonderful podcasts are set up in organization. I just listen to the flow of the podcasts and try to get see past the basic of each podcast and listen for symbolic messages within each podcasts. The only idea from the podcasts that I have is to either write or talk about something special from my childhood memory.

            Since both podcasts reflect on something from my childhood from a superhero to evil bad guys. The podcasts have an eye opening on how fast I have grown up. Time truly flies when you are busy and growing up trying to find your true self in life. The first podcast talks about people are something like Batman. Like I already said Batman is that guy when it comes to being a superhero. The second podcast talks about childhood monsters, which also have a significant role in my childhood memories. The nights I watched scary movies and would be scared pissing my pants at night from the thoughts of the evil from the movie. I truly enjoyed that part of my childhood because it made me grow into a liking of scary movies and now I just love to watch them. So both of these podcast have taken me back to memories that I can’t physically get back but just the thought process of the great times I had as a young boy. God I truly do miss the time as a young child that had noting to worry about but going to school getting good grades and playing sports.

My Critical Question

How would the modern civilization be different in a positive or negative aspect if the entire lack the emotion of fear?

My critical question relates to everyone on the face of the planet. Just think, how would your life different if you could not feel fear. There wouldn’t be any scary movies at all, no one would be afraid of them. Would the world be in more chaos or in domestic tranquility? Would the impact of this emotion not existing be significant or just pointless in general? People would be affected by this situation in a major way, if it’s a positive or negative outcome really depends on the individual.