Heineken DraftKeg Commerical

I feel two ways about this commercial. First, I do see the that it is sexist. It's this perfect woman...type...thing....dancing, smiling, and serving beer out of her very self! Then, she becomes three and dances some more. Not really how girls want to be viewed or what they want to be compared to. On the other hand, I don't nessecarily think that it is the "most sexist beer commercial ever made". There has been PLENTY others that are more sexist in the tone, clothes, models and what they're doing. I also think that it was kinda artsy and neat looking. Now I'm not saying that I want to call all my friends in to watch it or anything, but I do feel that's it's less offensive than most beer commercials. Maybe one reason is that this girl isn't real looking, so it's okay that she's perfect measurements and serving beer with a smile....she's not real. While other commercials sport these perfect, scanty clad girls being perfect and entertaining the guys around them... so it's easier for real girls to compare themselves with those girls and get offended.

Black being Back

It was very interesting to read Pepper Millers article. I also read the readers comment section and found that equally interesting. I completely understand why some say that race should hardly ever be mentioned because skin color is only skin deep and why does it matter. On the other hand, I agree with what a man commented (a black guy in fact) that it's fine to use someones race because it helps when trying to communicate a past memory or describe someone by using dominant traits.
Also, ANY feature used to describe someone can be put to a negative slant. If you say the word "blond" in a certain way, it may sound like your saying a girl is stupid or shallow. Or if you say, "you know, the guy that always wears the same shirt" someone might take that as that he is dirty or poor or has bad fashion taste. When really, they are just describing physical traits. There is a difference in how the words are said. When said in a certain way with a certain attitude behind it, it could be including racial prejudices. But said just as a word, a physical trait, it just means that physical trait. People just pick the most dominant traits to help get to the point faster. It's just in how you say it.
Also, I know that the kind of places I grew up, there weren't many black people intermixing with us. So, when there was one in the group, their color stood out, even if their personality fix in perfect and it was no big deal them being different. When describing them, all you had to say was their color and the other person knew who I was talking about immediately. Some might call it the easy way out, but I disagree.
Also , one person's comment on Pepper's wall got me thinking. If someone uses another person's race as a insult toward them, they need to look deeper to find something better to offend with. On the contrary, if your offended by someone calling you a color (the color you actually are), the maybe they need to get more secure in their own skin. I'm not saying this to sound bratty, because I know that white people and black people face racism in very different ways, and I'm not claiming to know what it feels like to have someone not like you simply for your skin color. But, if someone called me a "white girl" I wouldn't be bothered because that's what I am....I'm a female and my skin in pale. Or even if they went so far to try to insult me by saying "she's just a dumb cracker", I would be shocked by their bold rudeness, but I wouldn't be offended, because it would be apparent that they had problems of their own and also, I know that I'm not dumb and I'm confident in that fact.

Jumping to Conclusions

I enjoyed reading the column by Jacquielynn Floyd for The Dallas Morning News. And I fully agree with her. We, as people, want to make a big story even bigger. We want to assume the worst. We want it to make sense in some way. If there is some crazy ex-boyfriend or a conspiracy behind a crime, we feel safer because we fell that it couldn't happen to us because we don't know any of those crazy people. I think a big problem of this though, is that when the "boring" truth is found out, it seems lame and we forget about it.....even though the crime was still horrible and the victims family is still tremendously suffering.

Dove v. Axe

I was amazed when I found out that Dove and Axe were owned by the same company. I wasn't surprised though, because that's just how our culture is.....put on a clean, pure face for one crowd and a dirty, sexy one for the other crowd...whatever gets you the most business. I also think that it's pretty slimy to have "commercials" on the internet that are too bad for t.v. - creeps me out. I think that it's good to know who owns what, just makes you informed of their true motives and let's you decide who you want to support by buying their products.

Asa Coon Report

When I read the report about these shootings, I expected to be shocked at how they used race because of what was said in class. But honestly, I think it was justified. The report didn't even mention his race until 21 sections down and didn't mention his cloths until 12 sections down. I do this was appropriate because they were trying to get the point across that he stood out and that he looked very different from everyone else. The fact that he went to a school where 85% of the students are black and he's white, also the kind of cloths he wears, paints a clear picture of the situation. Maybe he felt discrimination being a minority and that played into him finally losing it. All to say, I didn't feel like they used race in an inappropriate way.