Nigger Response

Well, in one word this book was severly disappointing. I think that I completely misunderstood the concept of the book right from the start and because I had certain expectations I felt let down by it. I thought that this book was going to be a more of a feeling type of book where the emotions are the main focus and how it affected specific people. I thought it was going to be his life story dealing with racial prejudices but it turned out to be more focused on certain court cases and the facts behind the word. Yes, while I feel completely uncomfortable saying or even typing the word up above, I am much less interested in where the word came from and how it came about through people using it and more interested in the effect it has had on people's lives as well as what people had to go through with such racial prejudices in their lives. I wanted a much more personal book, rather than analytical. In the episode of Boston Public we watched I felt that the students were much more touched and moved by the book than I was. It may have been that there were more black students in the class, but I felt that it would have been a much more powerful book and easier for everyone to connect to regardless of skin color if it had been more personal. The fact is, it is hard to connect with those involved in court cases but by feeling involved in the struggles of a person you connect with them. By doing so the author could have had a much larger and deeper reaching effect on those who read it.