There have been a number of things I have been noticing the past couple weeks that directly relate to what we have been talking about in class.
The first of which I actually mentioned about in class last week, a Red Bull Energy Drink commercial that uses the representation of Native Americans to somehow relay the meaning, that "No Red Bull. No Happy Ending." I managed to find a clip of the commercial on the website, Visit4Info- here is the link (I had to put it on to two lines so everyone could view all of it, just copy and paste it into your browser), http://www.visit4info.com/advert/Only-Smoke-Signals-Without-
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The second representation of Native Americans I found in the State News today, February 17, 2009. It is a cartoon called Bizarro by Dan Piraro, and it shows two Native Americans standing in the front of the picture with a word bubble saying, "Melancholy Wolf must have been rolling in the Prozac flowers," which refers to a third Native American in the background who is skipping in the air. I wasn't able to scan this picture to put into my blog, but I will bring it to class tomorrow and give it to Deb if you want to look at it.
The last encounter I had this week was with a book actually titled Encounter by Jane Yolen which I was assigned to read for my Social Studies class. We were discussing the actuality of Christopher Columbus' travels and his treatment of the Native Americans. This book tells the story of a young Native American boy and his mistrust of the Europeans from the start. While discussing the book, a classmate of mine (Erika) noted that she had previously taken TE448 and wondered about whether or not the book accurately portrayed the Taino tribe. The author does make a note at the end to say that there are many things unknown about the Taino culture, but did her best to most accurately represent the information known.
Just a few things I've been noticing, and thought were worth sharing!
The first of which I actually mentioned about in class last week, a Red Bull Energy Drink commercial that uses the representation of Native Americans to somehow relay the meaning, that "No Red Bull. No Happy Ending." I managed to find a clip of the commercial on the website, Visit4Info- here is the link (I had to put it on to two lines so everyone could view all of it, just copy and paste it into your browser), http://www.visit4info.com/advert/Only-Smoke-Signals-Without-
Red-Bull-Red-Bull-Stimulation/63996
The second representation of Native Americans I found in the State News today, February 17, 2009. It is a cartoon called Bizarro by Dan Piraro, and it shows two Native Americans standing in the front of the picture with a word bubble saying, "Melancholy Wolf must have been rolling in the Prozac flowers," which refers to a third Native American in the background who is skipping in the air. I wasn't able to scan this picture to put into my blog, but I will bring it to class tomorrow and give it to Deb if you want to look at it.
The last encounter I had this week was with a book actually titled Encounter by Jane Yolen which I was assigned to read for my Social Studies class. We were discussing the actuality of Christopher Columbus' travels and his treatment of the Native Americans. This book tells the story of a young Native American boy and his mistrust of the Europeans from the start. While discussing the book, a classmate of mine (Erika) noted that she had previously taken TE448 and wondered about whether or not the book accurately portrayed the Taino tribe. The author does make a note at the end to say that there are many things unknown about the Taino culture, but did her best to most accurately represent the information known.
Just a few things I've been noticing, and thought were worth sharing!
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