Blog Revision

Original Blog Post from : http://thebananacrisis.blogspot.com/2014/11/non-fiction-critical-analysis.html
    In the article, "Post-Racial Teens Struggle with a World that isn't" by Greg Toppo describes society as "Racially diverse" along with details illustrating how people of color, and races such as Chinese, Hispanic, etc. are being discriminated without much thought. This means that Mr.Toppo mainly focuses on how people of different races feel about being discriminated a lot but aren't getting help because people are not paying attention to their misery and don't bother to help. He gathers information from past surveys  with quoting people of color that have either been discriminated or been witnessing discrimination. Mr.Toppo then also quotes several white American people who attempt to make racism less of a situation. Mr.Toppo mostly focuses on what people of color want, and how they think and feel, Mr.Toppo  may be trying to lead readers to be thinking more about racism and what people of color have to go through everyday.

     One of the ways Mr.Toppo wants readers to think more about the way people of color are being treated is by giving statistics on from past surveys from racially situations. First, he quotes a survey  of a debate on Interracial  marriages. It concludes that "5% say interracial marriages are 'bad thing for society'...And 93% say it's OK for African American and white people to Interracially  date." What stands out within this quote is "OK", this shows that Mr.Toppo is more on the African American side of this particular survey/debate because of the way he quoted that it is "OK" for interracial dating/marriages. As mentioned before, Mr.Toppo quotes people of color who have been discriminated before. Many of them describe the difficulties of living a normal life like rest of the people. A teenage black girl even says, "I do wonder if the skin color that I am is going to determine my future and what I'm doing to do" and stating how she isn't getting help from people around her. Other people of color state how racism is just being ignored because it hasn't stopped even after 200 years and counting. Thus, Mr.Toppo wants the world to know that this is a big issue that needs to be observed more because it isn't fair to treat somebody unfairly only because of their skin color.
      In my opinion, I feel that racism will always be an issue no matter how much people want to stop it. When people do make organizations to prove that all people of color have their own voice and together we can live together, to me it is a massive waste of time and money that is being spent. Racism all started off with white people and white people actually corrupt their own land. The injustice that is being served and not being eliminated is horrible. On the plus side everyone is still technically free and America is progressing very well as a nation.

Revised Blog Post

 http://thebananacrisis.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-absolute-true-diary-of-part-time.html     

     The book, The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, is about a young boy named Junior, or Arnold, who lives in poverty with his family. He lives on the "Rez" a neighborhood where only people of color are live (this book is based on segregation). He has a best friend named Rowdy, who he claims to communicate more with, rather than his older sibling. Junior always looks up to Rowdy whenever he is going through a rough situation or when he just wants to talk to somebody. His friendship with Rowdy is strong, but develops both positively by teaching themselves that their friendship cant last forever and negatively through constant fighting and developing a rivalry.
     One of the ways that their friendship developed positively is by having both of them learn that even though they wont be able to see each other throughout their lives all the time, they will always remember each other and they are kept in a special place in their hearts. In the end of the book, Rowdy visits Junior by surprise and tries to make things better after their massive rivalry. However, Junior admits that we wants to explore the world as much as he can, but this means that he would have to leave his old town and his best Rowdy. Rowdy accepts his decision and comes to a conclusion that they will be separate. Another way that their friendship develops is when Junior tells Rowdy that he will be attending to another school in a white neighborhood. Feeling depressed Rowdy breaks into tears and giving him the thought of being alone for the rest of his life. This shows how much Rowdy cares about Junior and having Junior leave caused a big impact on Rowdy, thus showing how their friendship is strong.
     On the other hand, their friendship does take a negative turn when Rowdy starts behavior more aggressive and puerile. At Junior's new school, there was a basketball game against his old school. As expected, Rowdy was on the opposing team and Junior had to face him in a game of basketball. During the game Rowdy bashes his elbow against Junior, causing Junior to be unconscious. This shows the anger that Rowdy has against Junior. Also, Rowdy starts to disrespect Junior and grows a grudge against him. Junior on the other hand tries to act mature and calm no matter how hard Rowdy is on him. This shows how bad things got when Junior made a choice of leaving.
     In conclusion, the friendship between Junior and Rowdy changes throughout the book. It starts of positive, then severely negative especially when Rowdy starts behaving childish, and then back to a neutral. Their relation does end, but in a positive note. They both forgive each other for the decisions they have made and they move on with their lives, but always remember each other as friends that they use to be.