2. Saying “I” in an essay inserts the writer, and
weakens the authority of the writer. We take it as a
statement of fact when we read “An article written
differently than the social norm should not be
reprimanded because it is a tribute to a culture.”
Clearly, this is the author’s opinion; however, we
accept it as fact because it is written as a fact. “It
baffles me that an article written differently than
the social norm is reprimanded even though it’s to
tribute a culture of such dialect” inserts you as the
writer and reinforces the fact that it’s an opinion
and makes it easy to discount. BE the authority.

3. Saying “you” assumes that you know what
the reader does. (“You notice the dresser
on the left.”)
You cannot know what the reader does.

4. We are made to see the deplorable
conditions suffered by black Americans.
African Americans suffered under
deplorable conditions.

5. The article “Falling Back Into History: The
Uncanny Trauma of Blackface Minstrelsy
in Spike Lee's Bamboozled” really tries to
make you focus on the aspect of whether
the United States ever put slavery in the
past or if the United States still has ways of
remembering or reliving slavery.

6. The article “Falling Back Into History: The
Uncanny Trauma of Blackface Minstrelsy
in Spike Lee's Bamboozled” focuses on
whether the United States still has ways of
remembering or reliving slavery.

7. While reading “Grotesque Laughter,
Unburied Bodies, and History: Shape-
shifting in Lewis Nordan's Wolf Whistle” I
found myself nodding along in agreement
with most of the things Pollack says.

8. It is hard not to agree with Pollack’s
statements in “Grotesque
Laughter, Unburied Bodies, and History:
Shape-shifting in Lewis Nordan's Wolf
Whistle.”
Pollack makes many astute claims in
“Grotesque Laughter, Unburied
Bodies, and History: Shape-shifting in
Lewis Nordan's Wolf Whistle.”

9. After reading this article there are a few
things that I would like to address.
Some of the issues that should be
addressed are . . . .