Discussion 1

1. Each of Negin and Clint was amazingly touching in their own way. Nigen caught me the most when she turned the Ad ” Fighting bigotry with delightful poster campaign” after the rejection from MTA thinking it was too political to a winning, comedian kind of way poster ” Fighting Bigotry with delightful lawsuit campaign”. She didn’t quit making it something fun and at the same time learn something about the Muslim community.

Clint was powerful in his words about speaking up and not being afraid. His thrust and demanding himself not to be silent anymore is full of meaning and makes a person be the reason that they shouldn’t be silent or afraid when it comes to the truth and honesty. As Clint said, ” silence is the residue of fear.”

2.If I got a chance to sit with Nigen Farsad, I would want to ask her what motivated her to become a Social Comedian? How did she face those that opposed her job? And was she accepted right away to be accepted by the audience since she is a Muslim Comedian?

3. My Essay was not easy to do, but I tried hard to follow the method of completing the essay and bringing together the resources. I would do what is asked of me after the comments are done about my essay. So far I believe I managed to finish it very well and happy about it.

Discussion 2

What AHA moments, or what moments stood out to you from these two talks? (Please outline at least one point from each talk.)

What stood out to me the most from Negin Farsad’s TED talk was how she was so funny and educated at the same time. She was willing to stand up for what is right regardless if that meant going to court. She understood that this was a blatantly false attack and it was not “politically motivated” whatsoever. My AHA moment from Clint Smith was the idea to write down values and make students sign their names. It is important to teach and instill what values are in the young minds of children’s and teens so I really love his Idea.

If you got a chance to sit down with either Negin Farsad or Clint Smith or both? What question(s) would you ask? What would you want to know from them?

If I got a chance to sit down with Negin Farsad I would probably ask her how the lawsuit went and if she received any more backlash than what she already went through. I feel like when you call people out for their lack of understanding they get extremely defensive. I would ask Clint Smith what he went through as an educator and as a human being to write an amazing and moving TED talk.

How is your research paper going? Are you enjoying it? Are you struggling? How can we (me and your peers) support you in successfully completing it?

Honestly, It is going harder than I thought. I thought it was going to go easier for me since I LOVE writing and reading but research papers are hard. I do not think I need any help aside from just someone re-reading it for grammatical errors.