Johnson

Premise:

-priviledge
-power
-difference
-community
-rejection
-schools
-problem
-answers
-hatred
-acceptance

Authors Argument:

Johnson argues that the more aware and the more people talk about roblems we have in society the more likely we are to be able to face the problem and solve it.

Evidence:

-"The problem of privilege and oppression is deep and wide, and to work with it we have to be able to see it clearly so that we can talk about it in useful ways"
-"We won't end oppression by pretending it isn't there or that we don't have to deal with it"
-"Dare to make people feel uncomfortable, beginning with yourself"
- "It simply means acknowledging an obligation to make a contribution to finding a way out of the trouble we're all in and to finding constructive ways out of the trouble we're all in and to finding constructive ways to act on that obligation"

Comments:

I felt that this peice was very easy to understanding and read. Also i think that the topic was great and caught my attention right away. i agree with him 100%. problems cant be solved if we dont realize the proplems and run into them head on. there is no point running around a topic, it is easier to just face it. Also i loved the quote "dare to make people feel uncomforatable, begining with youself", this quote is sooo true. Some things are hard to face and talk about but if we can crack open our hard outershell we can get down to the problem without feeling awkward adventually and it will be easier to talk to others once we can comfortable face it ourself.

P.S. ~ things went great on thursday :) all of the group was there and we got a game plan ready and a day to meet up to finish everything up