Cyber-Assignment from They Say
Homework will be to bring in a copy of your book you'd like to read for the Book Report Essay. Also bring in a published book review of at least 1-2 pages (250-500 words).
Bring in as well a bio of the author.
Reading: They Say Part 2, Chapter 4 (55-67). Complete exercises 1 and 2 (67). For number 1 choose a chapter (different from the summaries) in Theoharis.
For 2, using the same chapter for this essay (67).
Suggestions:
Look at Rosa Parks's life after the Bus Boycott or look at the political scope that was her life.
You could also choose a part of the biography where the Mrs. Parks you encounter is surprising and unlike the icon you have been led to know.
How does Theoharis entertain the skeptics and those who do not know Mrs. Parks, or do know her and choose to dismiss or ignore the breath and complexity that was Mrs. Parks's life?
Bring in as well a bio of the author.
Reading: They Say Part 2, Chapter 4 (55-67). Complete exercises 1 and 2 (67). For number 1 choose a chapter (different from the summaries) in Theoharis.
For 2, using the same chapter for this essay (67).
Suggestions:
Look at Rosa Parks's life after the Bus Boycott or look at the political scope that was her life.
You could also choose a part of the biography where the Mrs. Parks you encounter is surprising and unlike the icon you have been led to know.
How does Theoharis entertain the skeptics and those who do not know Mrs. Parks, or do know her and choose to dismiss or ignore the breath and complexity that was Mrs. Parks's life?
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Taylor Byias
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8:00-8:50
26 September 2013
They Say I Say They Say I Say pg 67
1. In Chapter three of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Jeanne Theoharis describes Rosa Parks bus stand and it's aftermath. She describes how Rosa Parks wasn't the first to take a stand on bus discrimination and how she often mentioned those before her. Theoharis often agrees with her sources and what they said about the bus stand, other times, she might disagree and state her reasonings and another source to back her claim.
2. It has become common today to dismiss what really happened during the bus incident involving Rosa Parks. Many academics and other sources claim that Rosa Parks didn't get up because she had tired feet. They reduced her to nothing but a tired black woman wanting to go home. But in The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Jeanne Theoharis shows that Rosa Parks didn't get up because she was tired of the way African-Americans were being treated on the bus. I agree that Rosa Parks didn't stand to protest the way she and blacks were being treated, a point that still needs emphasizing since so many people still believe that she was just a tired old woman.
Denise Burgara
Professor Sabir
English 1A, 11-11:50
28 September 2013
They Say p.67
Chapter 7, The Rebellious Life Of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Jeanne Theoharis
Exercises
1. “Mrs. Parks didn’t broadcast her militancy, but she certainly had a steely determination and progressive politics at her core” – Author, Theoharis agrees with Rosa and is on her side
“The fable of Rosa Parks is so compelling because it exemplifies the heroic success of grassroots struggle…” – Theoharis seems to be agreeing and amazed with Rosa’s work.
“Reflecting her reserve about such details, her autobiography contains little information... Jim Haskins was less familiar with the political community, he asked fewer questions…”
–Theoharis points out Rosa Parks Auto-biography and how it was less detailed.
2. Standing up to the white terror and intimidation to the Montgomery bus boycott. Rosa Parks "always felt it was my right to defend myself if I could", chapter 7 in The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Theoharis proves that Rosa was in favor of any move to show her dissatisfaction. In her own words, “she sought to show the roots - the legitimacy - of black rebellion”. The author claims that Rosa hated the way that black rebels were seen, as “freaks”, for their refusal to submit. In this chapter Rosa kept going even after finding out of King’s assassination and later her family’s death, one by one, due top health problems. She had gone on to meetings, and “read and read all she could”. I agree with the author when it comes to the idea of Rosa Parks, struggling but still kept going at this point of her life. Theoharis gives us many examples of the type of work that Rosa did, and she indeed proved, that she would do anything to show she was “dissatisfied”.
Mussa Obad
Wanda Sabir
English 1A (11-11:50)
9/29/13
They Say, I Say Exercise 1 & 2 (pg.67)
1) A) “But in fact, she wasn’t in violations of the city code, and his orders from the supervisor had just been to have Parks removed from the bus – not specifically to have her arrested”
- Theoharis disagrees with how the bus driver that got Rosa Parks arrested assessed the situation wrong by mentioning how Rosa Parks did not break any rules.
B) “Seeing herself as part of a fledging movement, she felt she had a responsibility to act on behalf of this larger community”
- Theoharis indicates how Rosa Parks felt obligated to represent African Americans in one of her many endeavors
2)The bus boycott was one of the biggest events to happen in American history, and Rosa Parks helped shape that into a trigger into helping put an end to Segregation. Rosa Parks was wrongfully arrested for not moving from her seat. Rosa Parks had nowhere else to sit and by law, she can keep her seat. The bus driver claimed that as a bus driver for the city of Montgomery, he had police powers. Although that may have stood to be true, it wasn’t in his power to tell police to arrest her, or to at least try to get her arrested. Bus drivers were only allowed to have her removed from the bus, not to intentionally try to have her arrested. Rosa Parks claimed that even if there was room on the back of the bus, her intent was to stay in her seat and not to move regardless of the situation.
Hugo Saavedra
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11:00-11:50
30 September 2013
They Say, I Say – Three Ways to Respond Exercise 2
It has become common today to dismiss the story of Rosa Parks as being well understood, perhaps even over-told. The soft-spoken and peaceable seamstress who galvanized a mass movement through a simple act of passive resistance is well known, of course – her story is a part of the elementary school curriculum of virtually every school in the country. However, in her recent work “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks”, Jeanne Theoharis has rightly offered a harsh critique of this popular narrative of Rosa Parks, suggesting that it is at best reductive, and at worst completely misses the mark. As Theoharis herself puts it:
This narrative of national redemption entailed rewriting the history of the black freedom struggle along with Parks’s own rich political history – disregarding her and others’ work in Montgomery that had tilled the ground for decades for a mass movement to flower following her 1955 bus stand. … Reduced to one act of conscience made obvious, the long history of activism that laid the groundwork for her decision, the immense risk of her bus stand, and her labors over the 382-day boycott went largely unheralded, the happy ending replayed over and over. Her sacrifice and lifetime of political service were largely backgrounded. (Theoharis ix)
Theoharis’s position on this rewriting of Parks’s life is extremely useful because it sheds light on a woman who turns out to be very poorly understood despite her pervasiveness in the popular mythology of American culture, and because it makes more accessible the narratives of resistance and community activism obscured by that mythology.
Parks was a woman deeply engaged in struggles against racial oppression, and was an advocate of self-defense. She was a woman who was well known in Montgomery for her lifelong community work – indeed, that she was known and trusted in her community was a significant reason her case was given the attention it received. As Theoharis herself puts it “Parks’s long-standing political commitments to self-defense, black history, criminal justice, and black political and community empowerment intersected with key aspects of the Black Power movement,” (Theoharis xiii). This is in direct opposition to the soft-spoken caricature of Parks advanced during her memorial – one characterized by quietness, humility, and a solitary moment in which she stood up for what she believed was right, to which her entire life before and after were merely prologue and epilogue.
I agree that Rosa Parks’s story requires re-examination and re-consideration, and I am glad for Theoharis’s careful scholarship. Those unfamiliar with the details of the life of Mrs. Parks will be surprised to know that before Theoharis’s work, no scholarly biography had been written on her life, thus calling into question the very substance of what it is was that was being celebrated on her memorial.
Works Cited
Theoharis, Jeanne. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Boston: Beacon, 2013. Print.
Hugo Saavedra
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11:00-11:50
30 September 2013
Exercise 1, page 67.
“Described by the New York Times as the “accidental matriarch of the civil rights movement,” the Rosa Parks who surfaced in the deluge of public commentary was, in nearly every account, characterized as “quiet.” “Humble,” “dignified,” and “soft-spoken,” she was “not angry” and “never raised her voice.” Her public contribution as the “mother of the movement” was repeatedly defined by one solitary act on the bus on a long-ago December day and linked to her quietness. Held up as a national heroine but stripped of her lifelong history of activism and anger at American injustice, the Parks who emerged was a self-sacrificing mother figure for a nation who could use her death for a ritual of national redemption.” (Theoharis viii-ix)
“This narrative of national redemption entailed rewriting the history of the black freedom struggle along with Parks’s own rich political history – disregarding her and others’ work in Montgomery that had tilled the ground for decades for a mass movement to flower following her 1955 bus stand. It ignored her forty years of political work in Detroit after the boycott, as well as the substance of her political philosophy, a philosophy that had commonalities with Malcolm X, Queen Mother Moore, and Ella Baker, as well as Martin Luther King Jr. The 2005 memorial celebrated Parks the individual rather than a community coming together in struggle. Reduced to one act of conscience made obvious, the long history of activism that laid the groundwork for her decision, the immense risk of her bus stand, and her labors over the 382-day boycott went largely unheralded, the happy ending replayed over and over. Her sacrifice and lifetime of political service were largely backgrounded.” (Theoharis ix)
“The public memorial promoted an inspirational fable: a long-suffering gentle heroine challenged backward Southern villainy with the help of a faceless chorus of black boycotters and catapulted into a courageous new leader, Martin Luther King Jr. into national leadership. Mrs. Parks was honored as midwife – not a leader or thinker or long-time activist – of a struggle that had long run its course. This fable is a romantic one, promoting the idea that without any preparation (political or psychic) or subsequent work a person can make great change with a single act, suffer no lasting consequences, and one day be heralded as a hero. It is also gendered, holding up a caricature of a quiet seamstress who demurely kept her seat and implicitly castigating other women, other black women, for being poor or loud or angry and therefore not appropriate for national recognition. Parks’s memorialization promoted an improbable children’s story of social change – one not-angry woman sat down and the country was galvanized – that erased the long history of collective action against racial injustice and the widespread opposition to the black freedom movement, which for decades treated Parks’s extensive political activities as “un-American.” (Theoharis x)
“This limited view of Parks has extended to the historical scholarship as well. Despite the wealth of children’s books on Parks, Douglas Brinkley’s pocket-sized un-footnoted biography Rosa Parks: A Life and Parks’s own young-adult-focused autobiography with Jim Haskins, Rosa Parks: My Story, are the only more detailed treatments of her life and politics. … The trend among scholars in recent years has been to de-center Parks in the story of the early civil rights movement, focusing on the role of other activists in Montgomery; on other people, like Claudette Colvin, who had also refused to give up their seats; and on other places than Montgomery that helped give rise to a mass movement. While this has provided a much more substantive account of the boycott and the roots of the civil rights movement, Rosa Parks continues to be hidden in plain sight, celebrated and paradoxically relegated to be a hero for children.” (Theoharis xi)
“When I began this project, people often stared at me blankly – another book on Rosa Parks? Surely there was already a substantive biography. Others assumed that the mythology of the simple, tired seamstress had long since been revealed and repudiated. Many felt confident we already knew her story – she was the NAACP secretary who’d attended Highlander Folk School and hadn’t even been the first arrested for refusing to move, they quickly recited. Some even claimed that if Rosa Parks had supported other movements, “don’t you think we would know that already? …. If we follow the actual Rosa Parks – see her decades of community activism before the boycott; take notice of the determination, terror, and loneliness of her bus stand and her steadfast work during the year of the boycott; and see her political work continue for decades following the boycott’s end – we encounter a much different “mother of the civil rights movement.” (Theoharis xii)
Works Cited
Theoharis, Jeanne. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Boston: Beacon, 2013. Print.
Samantha Gober
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8-8:50
29 September 2013
Ex 1 & 2 They Say pg. 67
Jeanne Theoharis, scholar and author of The Rebellios Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, wrote in the conclusion, “The wars against segregation have been won, but we are lost” (233). After many years of suffering, Parks has yet to meet her goal of achieving true freedom physically and mentally. She continues to push on and convince others to keep the movement alive.
Once Parks is assaulted by a young black man at the age of eighty-one, many were left astonished questioning how a man could do such a thing to a hero who struggled to earn the freedom for their people. Theoharis suggests racism still remains when critics are quick to say the new generation of black adolescents has brought shame to Parks and those who kept the movement going. The idea that black people were now the obstacle they need to overcome in the community gives proof to Theoharis’s acquisition of racism in America. The fact that the man was black seemed to be the sole reason for critics to jump all over the incident in the media.
Theoharis later implies the decision to place Parks body in the Capitol building after her death is made to benefit the government in that it would cover up the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina and characterize America as post racial. That being said, I do believe they used Parks burial as an asset, but they also did it out of respect for a hero that brought the motto “the land of the free” back to our homeland. I agree with Theoharis’s argument that reparations for Parks are not met by placing her body in the Capitol building. I still ask myself, how can we possibly show enough appreciation for such an inspiring woman who did so much for our country?
Briana Del Cid
Professor Sabir
English 1A 10-10:50
28 September 2013
Three Ways to Respond
1. In her book, Theoharis disagrees with the public opinion the Rosa Park was the first one to take a stand against the bus system and that there were many before her that showed the same courage.
2.
In Chapter 4 to The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Jeanne Theoharis claim that Mrs. Rosa Parks was not the first to stand up against the bus system. Specifically, Theoharis argues that Parks was inspired by the brave souls who risked everything to hold onto their black pride and morals. As she puts it herself, “. . . she [Rosa Parks] again insisted, ‘Many people don’t know the whole truth. . . . I was just one of many who fought for freedom.’ She felt a certain embarrassment at how people focused on her to the exclusion of other peoples’ roles.” (Theoharis 74). Although some people like to believe that Parks was the first one so that it sounds more like a romantic story, Theoharis insist however during that year a couple of others had also been arrested for the same reason. In sum, Theoharis’s view is that without the other people before Parks, the miracle moment that happened that day wouldn’t have occurred.
I agree. In my view, Parks was the perfect one to symbolize the bus stand; however it doesn’t mean that the people before her should be forgotten. For instance, Claudette Colvin, a Youth Council Member, had recently taken action on the bus but never got credit like Parks did. In addition, the others before Parks had been treated worse when they stood up for what they believed in, they were, beaten, raped, and killed. Some might object, of course, due to what the media has brain washed them to believe. Yet I would argue that not everyone needs a children’s book to be recognized as a hero. I believe that others show also be remembered for their sacrifices, as was Parks- an important point to make is that without the community, our heroes would mean nothing.
Ryan Djafaripour
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A (8:00-8:50)
30 September 2013
They Say, I Say Ch. 4
2. I agree that Mrs. Rosa Parks had sacrificed a great deal in order to proceed before, during, and after the Montgomery Bus Boycott because Jeanne Theoharis confirms it. Not only did Mrs. Parks have to give up her identity as a simple seamstress, but she also had to commit one hundred percent to being that icon of freedom and equality. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but with the racism so heavy at the current time and place, she was putting her life on the line in a sense. As Theoharis tells us, "With few economic prospects in the city and still receiving constant death threats, the Parkses decided to move to Detroit and the urging of her brother, Sylvester." (Theoharis 188) Any human being could understand the pressure that was dropped on not only her but her family by being the iconic figure we all know as Mrs. Rosa Parks. I agree that Mrs. Parks had it hard and she sacrificed almost too much for the fight for civil rights, a point that needs emphasizing since so many people still believe she just refused to get off a bus. She was much more than just that simple seamstress.
Susan Gyemant
Professor Sabir
English 1A 11/11:50
They Say p.67 ex.2
Street Smarts
Serving massive populations; school systems, by definition, are vulnerable to constant scrutiny. In his short essay, Hidden Intellectualism, Gerald Graff observes that colleges are missing an opportunity to engage “street smart” students who might not treat academia with the same dedication they apply to recreations like sports and pop-culture media (Graff 198).
The author makes an insightful point when he suggests that colleges should seek ways to be innovative, especially given the accelerated nature of this generation’s technological sense. However, the author’s basis of arguing for change in colleges relies on the theory that street smarts are a hidden type of intellect, and that is where we have a difference of opinion. To be clear, we are not on the same page when it comes to defining street smarts.
Using his own experience as an example, Graff explains that his enthusiasm for the sports world and his lack of enthusiasm for school, initially led him to believe that this defined him as “anti-intellectual,” (199) later in his life though, he discovers otherwise, he says, “I have recently come to think, however, that my preference for sports over school-work was not anti-intellectualism so much as intellectualism by other means” (200).
Where I come from, street smart is synonymous with hustler, survivor, or urban savvy if you will. In reality, the cultural and financial setbacks that exist for this group which I am more familiar with, means that college is not typically on their radar. Graff is probably right when he confirms that, “To say that students need to see their interests ‘through academic eyes’ is to say that street smarts are not enough” (204). Again, as it relates to sports fanatics who presumably were on track to go to college in the first place, the preceding would be a fair statement. Alternatively, for the cats in my old neighborhood, street smarts are enough.
Thanks for reading.
Milin Khunkhun
Professor Sabir
English 1A (10-10:50)
30 September 2013
They Say Pg. 67 EX. 1, 2
1. In The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Theoharis disagrees with how society portrays Rosa Parks as an old tired women who was stubborn to give up her seat on the bus. But, Theoharis does agree on how Rosa Parks was a rebellious activist who before and after the boycott was active in the civil rights movement.
2. In chapter one of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis, the author characterizes Rosa Parks as a rebellious young black women since she was a child growing up in Montgomery, Alabama with high interests in political and social rights. As a young girl, Rosa attended Miss White’s Montgomery Industrial School for Girls. There, students were taught to become independent women who believe that they are no different from the white culture. Rosa quickly embraced this and had shown it when she was walking home from school and a young boy pushed her off the sidewalk. Rosa had responded by pushing the boy back and later telling the boys’ mother that she was not a bother to him (Theoharis, 9). This just shows that Parks was a rebellious person even before she became fully involved in the civil rights movements as an adult. She pushed the stereotype that young black girls in that time could not have courage and to be bold to stand up for themselves.
When Rosa became older, Rosa’s rebellious nature came from her influence such as Raymond Parks. Raymond Parks was an active man in terms of fighting for equal rights. Rosa and Raymond both shared an interest in race pride and activism, such as the Scottsboro case. Because of their share in interests,
‘[Rosa] just enjoyed listening to him…. [Raymond] was a very gentle person, very polite [and] … expected to be treated as a man’—to get along if possible ‘but whenever while people accosted him, he always wanted to let them know he could take care of business if he had to. They didn’t bother you so much back then if you just spoke right up. But as soon as you acted like you are afraid, they’d have fun with you’ (Theoharis, 14).
This resembled Rosa because she too wanted to show the white community that she was not an afraid person and that she was an independent and strong black woman who would always stand up for her and others. Rosa Parks is developing her activist role as she grows up and becomes and adult with the help from other rebellious people.
Due to Raymond’s involvement in the Scottsboro Case, Rosa Parks became increasingly interested once Raymond and her married. Rosa developed her interest when “Raymond began holding secret meetings at the Parks’s home, which Rosa would sometimes attend,” but “Raymond didn’t want her to be active ‘because it was hard enough if he had to run [and] … he couldn’t leave [Rosa because she] couldn’t run as fast’” (Theoharis, 15). So, Rosa Parks began to look for jobs such as office and secretarial jobs. But, when she found out that Raymond and an old friend, Johnnie Carr, were involved in the NAACP she stepped up and decided to join to begin making a difference with her rebellious thinking. Therefore, I agree with the authors notion that Rosa Parks is a rebellious activist who began showing it for the greater good at a young age before her famous boycott.
Evan Hill
Professor Sabir
English 1A 10-10:50
1 October 2013
They Say Pg. 67 ex. 1&2
1. In David Zinczenko's "Don't Blame the Eater", he agrees that it is justified for people to sue fast food companies for not effectively warning people of the health risks involved in eating their food. He also disagrees that teenagers should be held responsible for eating so much fast food because of the overwhelming majority of fast food restaurants as opposed to healthy alternatives.
2. In "Don't Blame the Eater" author David Zinczenko argues that teenagers are not to be held responsible for consuming so much fast food. He points out that most of the time, the nutritional information is online, and each individual food item is split into its own category with the its own nutritional information. For example, a salad would be broken up into the actual salad, the almonds that go with it, and the dressing. In this way, it is made harder to find out exactly how many calories one is ingesting when eating said salad. Zinczenko is certainly right about this, and though in recent years the information has become more readily available, one still has to make it a point to ask or even still visit the website of said fast food company to find the exact information one is looking for.
Zinczenko also argues that there is a stark contrast of fast food restaurants to healthy food places.
But where, exactly, are consumers-particularly teenagers-supposed to find alternatives? Drive down any thoroughfare in America, and I guarantee you'll see one of our country's more than 13,000 McDonald's restaurants. Now, drive back up the block and try to find someplace to buy a grapefruit.
When this was written back in 2002, this certainly was the truth, however nowadays, there is somewhat of a health revolution and one need not travel far to find a Whole Foods or more organic options in a local grocery store or supermarket. Zinczenko's overall point still rings true, though, even today. The problem of obesity hasn't been dealt with. If anything, it has gotten worse. The main point; don't blame the eater.
Saleena Carpenter
Professor Sabir
English 1A 10-10:50am
October 1 2013
They say I say chapter 5 exercise 1&2
1. Charlip introduces her passage with a quote by Marx and Engels saying that there are two groups in society, the bourgeoisie and proletariat. She distinguished her views by starting the next sentence with her opinion," If only that were true..."
In the second paragraph she writes how she asked a sociology professor about his view on the shrinking middle class. She distinguished her views but making it clear that it was "His definition".
2. In my response to Martin Luther Kings I Have a Dream speech I began my summary with a quote by Dr. King. I Then shifted into my thoughts about that quote and why it touched me. You were able to tell the difference because I used "I". Throughout the paper I used Dr. Kings view and the views of all people who were affected by segregation.
Fin Saephan
Wanda Sabir
English1A 8am MTWTh
They Say P. 67 Exercise 1, 2
1. Pick a chapter from Theoharis’ book and identify where author agrees, disagree, or both with the book.
“Though Nixon was one of Parks’s greatest champions over the next decades, he did not fully acknowledge Parks’s intellectual talents and political acumen, which shaped how he envisioned the roles she should play.”
- Theoharis is disagreeing with how Nixon perceives Parks. Nixon was being sexist towards Parks because she was a woman. (Chapter two page 37)
2. Write a short essay on whether or not you agree or disagree with the main idea of the author.
The main point of the book was that Mrs. Rosa Parks have done a lot of the Civil Rights Movement. The author also asserts that Rosa was a Rebel and that she wasn’t just a person who avoids confrontation. In fact, all of her actions have been well calculated. The author also continued on that most biography written about Parks wasn’t the best portrayal of Rosa.
One instance in the book where the author asserts her claim was very early on. In chapter one, she said, “Parks’s life reveals “a life history of being rebellious,” as she liked to explain it. She also learned that society did not take kindly to black rebels.” This is a direct evidence of the author’s assertion.
In reading the book through completion, there is no doubt Rosa was an amazing figure. The points the author touches have been inspiring to read and thought provoking. The Rosa Parks I used to know isn’t so anymore. Rosa was a person who fought diligently with passion for the rights of others.
Rebeca Gonzalez
Professor Sabir
English 1A 10-10:50
They Say Ch.4 ex.1 and 2
1.In “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks”, Theoharis gives some examples of other African Americans that went through rough times in their lives and they tried to make a difference even before Rosa Parks did. However, Theoharis does explain that these people had an impact on Rosa Parks and her actions. Their sufferings made Rosa Parks become more motivated in to making a change in the world.
2. In chapter 4 of Theoharis’s book, she explains how people felt after Mrs. Parks got arrested. A lady from the community responded to her arrest saying, “ They didn’t have a bitter need to rest Miss Park. All they had to do was talk to ‘er lack she was a lady…colored folks ain’t like they use to be. They ain’t scared anymore.”
I agree with what this lady said because first off the authority should have talked to Rosa Parks in a better manner than how they approached her. Even though what she did was a disrespectful thing back in those days, the authority should have had more tolerance towards this woman. Especially if the authority or police had began seeing that there had been cases of blacks finally trying to stand up for themselves, they shouldn’t have spoke or treated Rosa Parks the way they did. Just like them she deserved her rights. Not only did this action backfire on the authority, it also backfired on white people. Reverend French was surely right when he said, “ Not only was Rosa Parks arrested but every negro in Montgomery felt arrested.” The black community took it as the perfect opportunity to be there for Rosa Parks and make a difference. They decided to give up there fear and fight back.
Ariana Yu
Professor Sabir
English 1A, 8:00-8:50AM
30 September 2013
They Say/I Say Response (Page 67)
1) In “Don’t Blame the Eater,” David Zinczenko states, “I tend to sympathize with these portly fast-food patrons, though.” This shows that he does not agree that it is the consumer’s fault for their obesity due to fast food. In his essay, he explains his arguments.
2) I agree with David Zinczenko, the author of “Don’t Blame the Eater,” that fast-food restaurants are too numerous, but I disagree with Zinczenko that there are no cheaper and healthier alternatives to fast-food. Zinczenko is absolutely current on the fact that fast-food restaurants are literally everywhere. For example, there are 12,804 McDonald restaurants and over 12,000 Burger King restaurants in the United States, and these are only the two of the countless amounts of fast-food restaurants. However, despite this, there are also plenty of healthier and less expensive substitutes. For example, almost every grocery store, now including WalMart and Target, sells bananas. A person could easily get a banana for less than forty cents each. A banana has a vast amount of nutrients and one itself can be a meal. Therefore, although there are many fast-food restaurants around bribing and luring people, there are also loads of healthy solutions to this problem.
Kimberly Young
Professor Sabir
English 1A, 8:00-8:50 am
30 September 2013
They Say I Say (pg.67)
1) The author is her disagreeing to her viewpoint of storage for waste in the Yucca Mountain when she says "I felt compelled to reproduce the anti-nuke viewpoint in the opening of this chapter" (Muller 208)
When Muller says, "I find it hard to stand aside and present, the physics without giving my own personal evaluation" she has mixed feeling in her topic (208).
When Muller says "I read the same conclusion: waste leakage from Yucca Mountain is not a great danger" she is agreeing to her point with passion.
2) The "Nuclear Waste" by Richard A. Muller addresses the issue of storing waste in the Yucca Mountain. She mentions and considers how dangerous it could be to put our waste underground. She presents the reader with statistic on how dangerous it could be to store in Yucca Mountain a m d disagrees that storing waste in the Yucca Mountain would result in a minute amount of danger. At first, I thought storing waste in the Yucca Mountain would be a bad idea, but the evidence Muller showed somewhat sounded persuasive. My feelings on the issue are mixed. I do support Muller's position that storing our waste in the Yucca Mountain might be safe, but I find his argument about storing waste a little bias and his research on the amount of radioactivity it could potentially produce to be equally persuasive.
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