WoolyBully7, 4/21

I recently was hired for a summer internship that primarily focuses on writing skills, so I am fairly confident that my paper will be given back with hopefully minimal errors. It was odd to hear Dr. Rog say that he thought our informal discourse was better written than our formal discourse, as in papers and letters. But I have to agree with Dr. Rog that some of our grammar is atrocious, I have peer-edited a lot of papers and I don’t believe how some of the kids here got into college writing the way they do. People still confuse weather with whether, still don’t know the differences in their, there, and they’re. I’m not calling people out since I have some issues writing but I can at least recognize them and fix them. But when it’s all said and done, it is what we don’t say that matters, right Macherey?
Hooks was very interesting. We mentioned in class a lot of topics that we thought related to what she discusses, especially as far as the Rush Hour movies are concerned. The quote about ethnicity adding spice to white bread culture reminded of the tv show COPS. As awful as it sounds, it was used as a form of entertainment in the recent movie Stepbrothers as well as many other movies. This show mostly portrays minorities, with a few random Caucasians, committing crimes. It also adds a feeling of nervousness and eagerness that keeps the viewers drawn in to the action. This serves as a window into the criminal life that the typical white bread person doesn’t experience. The action shown in COPS is exoticized in a way to so that the dominant group watching the show, can further exercise their power-over relationship.