my comments to others.

Hey Jen,

I totally agree 100% with everything that you wrote in your blog. We all know how crazy Malcolm has become due to his constant drug abuse.  It is scary to think of how quickly drugs can take over your life. Luckily we find out later on that Malcolm stops abusing drugs and cuts them out of his life completely.  We also know that if he continued doing drugs he would have died much sooner. It was interesting to read all the stages of drug abuse you mentioned and to see how Malcolm was going through them all. I also really liked your personal connection. I can totally relate to it and knew exactly what you were talking about. I often find myself guilty of the same tactics when I am around friends, but once I get home I can just let out how I am feeling and feel much better. Nice blog! xox

Hey Kimberly!


I completely agree with what you wrote and I too wrote about how reading can save your life as well as any hobby that interests a person. I love how you can pick up a book and be able to escape from everything happening whether, like you said, that be for 5 minutes or 50 minutes. I really haven't thought about it before, but how amazing it is that something so similar as reading can really turn someone's life around. I love the quote you used because it is so descriptive of how Malcolm felt while reading and when I was reading ch. 11 this quote was one that really stuck with me. I also really like how you end your blogs because you tie everything together =)

Hey Alexa!
So I completely agree with what you wrote in your blog. I felt like that discussion we had on white supremacy was so intense and eye-opening for many people. I never realized how easy a lot of simple things are for me compared to an African American. When you talked about how Malcolm, Shorty, Sophia, and her sister got caught I was so angered when reading this chapter. It was so unfair that Shorty and Malcolm got sentenced for so much more time in prison mainly because of their skin color. Also that they got a higher bail because they were associated with two white girls. How unfair and ridiculous is that?! The two sites you linked were very interesting as well. Good job!

Hey Gabb- I agree with everything that you wrote in your blog and I as well wrote some similar things in my blog. It was such a great experience to visit Harlem and see how wonderful of a place it has become. Neal Shoemakers emphasized this fact a lot when explaining everything to us. I think it is really interesting that some people do not view the change of Harlem as a good thing. I also think it is so true that if people would just take the time to take a drive to Harlem, they could see that it is not a bad area and in fact there is so much amazing history behind it. A lot of things that Brother Tyreak was saying in the mosque really caught my attention too. It was so interesting to see what a mosque looked like and I now know why it is so plan inside. And you pointed out a very important reason for this. I think one thing that everyone got out of this trip was how symbolic everything was, which in my eyes is truly amazing! Nice blog =)