Daily Log

Thursday, September 8

We picked up on the theme of racial profiling in "The Lone Ranger and Tonto . . ." by listening to a short segment from a National Public Radio segment (from this morning) about counter-terrorist surveilance at the Mall of America in Minnesota, where statistics indicate that non-white minorities are subjected to questioning regarding "suspicious activities" ouut of all proportion to their numbers.

The perspective of those who "do not fit the profile of the country" (to quote Alexie's narrator) -- and specifically of Native Americans -- was localized through the history of the Pioneer Square totem pole pictured on the back wall of the classroom.

HW due Friday:
Timeline of American Literature. See yesterday's entry and Documents page.