Reading Response: Orlando Patterson Race Over

In the essay "Race Over" Orlando Patterson states that he believes that race will no longer be an issue in this country and will be replaced with the issue of class. He goes on to say that by the middle of the 21st century America will have no racial problems whatsoever. He attributes this to 4 social patterns in the U.S. He believes that the races will merge due to similar class issues. Lower class whites and blacks would no longer separate themselves because of races issues but unite because of class issues. While I would love to think that this is possible I find this hard to believe. Considering that for the most part of our counrties existence race has been an issue. Race will always be an issue in this country until we are able to have an honest conversataion about it and are able to empathize with the issues of other races. We are no where near that point. Everyone has some amount of prejudioce in them and no one wants to admit it. When we can confront those prejudices that we believe and express them honestly then we can begin to eliminate the issue of race. However I do agree with Patterson in that class will become more of an issue but I don't think it will overtake the issue of race. I agree that Latin culture will become more prevalent and we will become more racially diverse, these things will help us to eliminate the issue of race but the problem wont go away from these things alone. Race is an issue to deeply rooted in our countries history and it will take a lot of work to get rid of it. Though I may not completely agree with Patterson's views, his essay offered interesting points on the issue of race.

Screenshot assignment

Working on a resume is one of the most daunting tasks there is. I often worry whether or not my resume will impress my potential employer and how my resume stacks up against other possible employees. For this reason I decided to do a screen shot of my resume. I did not even know what a screen shot was until today. Though I am not very technology savvy I have an appreciation for the many things technology enables us to do. One of the many benefits of working on a computer is the ability to personalize and edit things in ways you could not otherwise. Though typing an manual writing are similar they are different in many ways. Typing gives you many advantages not available to you when you write manually. Editing a paper is a lot easier to do on the computer, I cant remember the last time I edited a paper manually. I never thought of all the possibilities available to us through digital composition. I am so used to having the technology that in many ways I take it for granted. The best way to gain understanding of digital composing is to experiment. I don't always know how things work but I can usually figure it out by playing around with things.