The Meta-Post

Hey Mr. Bolos and Doc OC, please review my most recent blog: "Unfair Fighting"

While rereading my first three blogs, all I can think about is how clunky, awkward, and uncomfortable in general they feel. I was striving to put out interesting and intruiging ideas, but I was trying to hard and my blogs fell flat. The real change came when we started our discussion on race. My blog "What Would You Do" is a good example of the turning point in my blog writing when I stopped being concerned about making my ideas more cutting edge and started concerning myself with what was important and interesting in my life. For the first time I did not fight for information, scouring my yahoo homepage and google news for something that related to our discussions. The blog came easily for me, because I had already seen the TV episode I referred to and connected it automatically in class when we were talking about race. After that I made a rule for myself. I am no longer allowing myself to consciously look for blog topics. If I am having trouble finding a topic, I am just going to have to be more observant in real life.


A huge theme in my blogging is equality. Equality is one of the most important concepts of all time, and it is the very base of the United States government. That is why, when talking about inequalities in my blogs, my writing becomes more passionate and even could be described as a little preachy. In my blog "A Discussion on Race," I wrote about how Americans interact with someone of another race differently than the would with someone of their own race. I wrote, "By doing this we are digging a deep hole for ourselves. We are creating an atmosphere where we can't even talk about race. If we don't feel comfortable talking about racial differences how are we ever going to get around to solving them?" I think the blog posts like this one, where I can identify a societal problem and offer a suggestion on a way to improve the situation, are the most meaningful blog posts. The reason why we are doing these blogs is not to simply comment on news stories, blogging is meant to foster ideas and questions and, like in this blog post, eventually come up with some suggestions. 

When discussing the issue of race, I am on what one might call the more well-off side. I am not black nor am I any kind of minority, therefore I can not offer any perspective on what it's like to be in a racial minority in America, and I am stuck listening and making educated guesses on the thoughts of African-Americans in our discussions. On the other hand, there are some topics I am more qualified to give more personal opinions on, for example the discussion on the differences between women and men in America. For this reason, I feel that the disussion on gender differences I started in my post "Unfair Fighting?" is worth revisiting, and I would like to continue it in future weeks.