https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305 Made with swagger en-us 2018-03-05 13:34:14 UTC 2026-01-15 22:25:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084641 The article was more was more impactful because it shows the was the word is so strong but can be used in good and bad ways, instead of the poem focussing only on the bad aspect of the word. The article goes more in depth about the modern use in media, public and private groups, when the poem was explaining more of a time of extreme discrimination and segregation]]> 2018-03-05 14:18:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084641 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084723 My first reaction to the article was that I was a little confused. I had never really heard someone say ever that the n-word is used as a term of endearment. I have always heard it as an insult or just another word in a rap song. The poem was more impactful for me because the article talked more about the history of the word until the last paragraph. In the poem you weren't expecting it so it had more of an impact as for the article you knew it was talking about it so there wasn't the same initial reaction.]]> 2018-03-05 14:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084723 dbelger https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084731 At first, I was confused on how someone could create a college level course on a single word, but as the article progressed I understood what Neal Lester was trying to do; create a conversation about the word, and hear the reactions and confessions of college-aged kids. For me, the poem was more impactful because of the way it was written (the tone and rhythm) and because it was a real life situation from the point of view of an 8-year-old. The article was interesting, but didn't have much of an impact on me.]]> 2018-03-05 14:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084731 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084733 My reaction to the article was not happy because the n word is very bad. The poem was more impactful on me because there was just an eight year old black boy (I am not being racist!) who smiled kindly at a Baltimorean man, only to be called the n word by him. How rude!]]> 2018-03-05 14:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084733 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084740 Before we read the article, I was a bit confused about why and how an entire college course was centered around one word. Now I can kind of see how it would work, but I still don't think it could take up even just one semester of time. I personally think the poem was more impactful because of the shock value as well as the age that the narrator was at the time and how it showed the impact that the word had on that child. The article wasn't nearly as impactful as the poem.]]> 2018-03-05 14:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084740 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084775 I thought that making a college level course based on one word was completely ridiculous, but it makes more sense that it's more about talking about race. I still kind of think that it isn't worth it though. I don't understand what degree the n-word course could possibly work towards. I liked the poem more because it had the shock factor. The poem had more feeling than the article. ]]> 2018-03-05 14:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084775 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084800 My reaction to the article was surprising. When I first heard of the idea of creating a course on a word, I thought it was crazy. But now that we have read it, it makes more sense on why someone would want to do this. This person wanted to explain the meaning of the n-word, and the impact it has on not only black people, but white people too.]]> 2018-03-05 14:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084800 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084939 The article made me realize that the n word has a much greater weight on language and social interactions.
I found the poem to have more of an impact because it had a happy mood and then just dropped the n word in and it became all sad and stuff, whereas the article was atempting to make it better and stuff.]]> 2018-03-05 14:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084939 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084972 I think that the article was more impactful because it showed how important it was for black people for whi5te people to understand the meaning and how it makes them feel. My reaction on the article was that I was confused because I do not understand why they would have a class for one word. ]]> 2018-03-05 14:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238084972 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085025 My reaction to the article was that the n word has much more of a meaning than many people think it does. It has history of how it has evolved in the real world, and I feel that it should not be used. I felt that the professor had a good idea of creating a course that kids can take, because it may have an impact later in life for them and they can use that information to teach others. The article had more of an impact because it really gave meaning of the n word and information on why it is used as well as the culture of it. Versus, the poem which just mentioned the word and reaction but did not really dig as deep as the article.]]> 2018-03-05 14:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085025 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085039 it was intersesting but i think it w as accurate how kids use it a lot now. i think the article was more powrful because it went in depth in explainging]]> 2018-03-05 14:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085039 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085155 I thought that it was interesting how someone could create a whole college course on one thing, and I understood how that one word can lead to other topics and other discussions, but for me the poem was more memorable and had a greater impact.
Maybe it's because I haven't actually experienced or actually taken the course, but the poem seems more personal; a realistic event that is described so that readers feel like they're actually there and watching everything happen.]]> 2018-03-05 14:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085155 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085203 I thought that the article is very interesting because the course would be a very good way to inform people of the way that the n-word is taken into context in different situations by different people. I think that the poem is more impactful because it shows the shock factor of the word and how it affects people.

]]> 2018-03-05 14:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085203 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085249 My reaction to the article was why. I personally don't see the point to a class based on a word. In my opinion, the poem was more impactful because it has the 'wow' factor that you don't expect while the article talked about a collage class that I see as pointless.]]> 2018-03-05 14:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085249 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085267 In my reaction to the article, I agree with Neal A. Lester. His main goal was to try and teach students some nuances of the word, and explain the history behind it. I don't like the fact that because white youths hear the song, they think it is okay to say the word. Of course that would instigate violence by others, because of all the racial indignation from the pain caused from hearing that word. In a perfect world, nobody would use such derogatory terms, and it offends me to hear anybody in any capacity use the word. The poem was more impactful, because I felt uncomfortable when the n-word came up, and it made me more attentive to what was going on in the poem.]]> 2018-03-05 14:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085267 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085569 My reaction to the article was that I'm glad someone is trying to teach the world about the n word and how it's used. I thought it was interesting that he is creating a whole college course around it. I thought that the poem was more impactful than the article was because it really showed how impactful the word can be to someone, while the article was more informational and explaining the course. ]]> 2018-03-05 14:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085569 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085582 The poem was more impactful to me than the article. Even though the article was really interesting and informative, the way the word was used in the poem really showed the harm that the one word can cause. ]]> 2018-03-05 14:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085582 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085833 My reaction to this article was that the n word is used much more frequently than I thought because I knew that as offensive and not to use the word ever but it seems that not everyone knows that. The n word is just not a regular word that should be used in normal conversation because of the history of the word should be more well known as it was only less than 100 years ago and in history terms that is extremely recent to us and we need to know more about the past so we don't make the same mistakes in the future. The article left a bigger impact on me because it went more in depth into one word otherwise in the poem it shows what the impact left on the person.]]> 2018-03-05 14:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238085833 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238090871 I feel uncomfortable when this word is said in class by our teacher.]]> 2018-03-05 14:27:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238090871 https://padlet.com/mgrady5/305/wish/238091409 My view on the N-word has changed quite a lot as I realize the true meaning of this word and how the social role it posseses  in a group of friends with whites and blacks. I feel the poem is more expressive and impactful as you could feel the impact of that word as a young black boy is called by this which changes his experience in Baltimore

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