Sunday, November 9, 2008
PLN 9 "Smith, Carlos pleased By Marshall's intent"
I read "Smith, Carlos Pleased bt Marshall's Intent" by Tim Dahlberg, and what matters to Brandon Marshall is showing how far racial equality has come because Barack Obama was elected president and Marshall feels that maybe racial differences have finally been put aside. The Broncos played thursday night against the Cleveland Browns and after Brandon Marshall pulled in the game-winning touchdown catch in the 4th quarter he pulled a black glove out of his pants, bowed his head and put his black-clad fist into the sky. This is an obvious reference to the 1968 olympic games in Mexico City, when racial tension was at an all time high two black sprinters Tommy Smith and John Carlos held up their clenched fists with black gloves. Many thought this was a symbol for black power, but all the two olympians wanted was raacial equality, something that was without a doubt achived on Tuesday. "I think he just wanted people to know what was going on" Tommy Smith said about Marshalls touchdown celebration. This relates to me because it was very interesting to see that some things that happened 40 years ago still apply to the present day. This also relates to the world because while blacks have the same rights and restrictions as whites, there are still racist Americans that do not want that for blacks. This election symbolizes the realization of a country that the color of somebodys skin does not change the person that they are.
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Nate,
Your blog is very long and detailed, I love how you compared your article to Obama.
Nate, good job talking to the crowd and good topic choice. I agree with what you said about how since we have a black president things are equal now. Good Job!
This was great. I thought you were pretty deep in your speech. I think you really got your point across, great job.
Nate- good job, your article was really interesting, and you had a good question. good job presenting it.
Nate-
I liked your topic it was really cool because I herd about this and I wanted to know more about it so thanks! You did a great job on your PLN and good question! Your a cool cat!
Nate,
I think this was a good topic because we now have a black president. To answer your question the one thing I would change in the word would be to stop world hunger.
Nate:
Great job!!!! You did really good and you had really good eye contact. I was really suprised on how well you spoke and how you didn't even have notes.
Good Job!!!!1
Nate, great job you did a good job on presenting and telling what your article was about.
Nate,
You did a great job, with no notecards and I liked your question. Good job on your presentation.
Nate, you talked about a great topic and explained the "black glove power" well. If I could change one thing I would make school hours shorter, ya...
Great question about the one thing we want to change in the world. Its cool to think that alot of people are supporting the first black president.
very good I liked the racist marks you talked about. I feel the same way as you. You are alos a good speaker. I would change the racist marks twards everyone. Good job!!!!!!!!!!
Nate- good job, but it seemed like you copied your entire PLN on to your notecard and read it. Good job overall
Nate,
I really liked how you talked about “Black Power”, and segregation. Your question was very creative, and brought out lots of creative answers, the only suggestion I have is that you make eye contact with more people, instead of just the back row. Good job!
~Paige~
Nate, nice job, you did really good. That is a really cool story. It is amazing that the world has changed so much. It is great that black Americans now have so many rights. Nice job.
nate
great job you knew what you were talking about. and you had a really good question to ask the class
Nate-
You did a good job explaining your article. Your eye contact was really good. Not using note cards was a risk but you did really good! :]
Nate- I like your article and how it was connected to football. Fa sho! good job.
Nate- Great presentation, it started a great discussion, and it brought out some good stuff. Other than that, you spoke loudly, and you looked at the audience the whole time. Great job
Nate- you explained everything very well, with good connections and relations. I also think it was good that you shared your opinion. Fenominal. But it wasn't nice of you to be negitive towards peoples comments, aka CONECTIONS.
Very recent article. I don't really agree with some of what you said but your question. as long as we're stopping racism against blacks we should aslo stop racism against whites.
You presented yourself in a great way. i was interested in what you had to say. I liked the question you asked. I enjoyed debating you. haha. overall great job!
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