We understand that education can be good for us; yet, we don’t always see the value of entertainment. We assume on some occasions it will keep our attention, sometimes make us think, yet so many other times we primarily hope it will just help us relax. As much as we may appreciate any of these outcomes many are using entertainment to tackle real world problems. Yes, supposedly mindless entertainment can have some useful effects but for some reason we believe entertainment will be even more constructive when it is used in an educational setting. Not a new word, the definition of a “mash-up” of the two words edutainment is defined as:
I Had A Dream This Afternoon: Will People Riot Because Of The Zimmerman Trial?
15 JulBy Parisienne & Open Book
Almost 53 years ago on August 28th, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made his famous I Have a Dream speech to over 250,ooo civil rights supporters at Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. King described his dreams of freedom and equality arising from a land of slavery and hatred. Today with the majority of young black men housed in prison in the US. Is it possible what happened to Rodney King and Trayvon Martin the extreme and fatal results of discrimination and repression of black men in America?
On February 26, 2012, George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin during a confrontation between the two. George states that Trayvon jumped out of the bushes and ambushed him and that he shot Trayvon in self-defense. The case has since gone to trial and on July 12, the sheriff’s office in Sanford, Florida asked people not to riot whatever the outcome may be.
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