Welcome...and initial guidelines...

This blog will be used in the spring of 2008 by 80+ students at Drexel University to investigate the effects of Iraq on culture and the reverse. Our goal will be to better understand why the US is in Iraq, and to question whether literature can help us on this journey.

Weekly plans and other materials will always be posted in Vista, not this blog. So go to Bb Vista to get the discussion prompts and other instructions.

I intend this blog to manage our discussions and track our collective investigation.

You should have received an email from me inviting you to become a contributor to this blog. The email was sent Monday afternoon to your official Drexel email address.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Television show and War

I havent kept track of television shows in years; however, I do go on to tv network's website and watch episodes of sitcoms once in a while. One sitcom that was definitely an impact of terrorism and Iraq war is "Aliens In America". This show depicted our reaction to MiddleEastern people since the 9/11 event. The main character in the show who just recently came from Pakistan as an international student experienced bias such as being a suicide bomber. Another main character at the same time tries to show the international student American life. This in fact is sort of teaching people to embrace people of all races and not to blame others of another's wrong doing, something that happened in 1940s when the Japanese were sent to concentrated camps.

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