is this a good thing or a bad?

For the first time in what feels like forever, I’m actually getting the majority of what is being said in the articles for this theory. I also think this is perhaps the easiest to grasp theory. That may be because we have a tonne of knowledge to build from now or it’s because our society is so used to this theory. It’s sad to think that or society is so used to racist ideas, whether we support them or not, that this is the theory that is easier to grasp. On the other hand, it could have something to do with the fact that this theory is based in history and facts. You would think that I would be thrilled about actually getting this theory, but it’s just so sad. Like that article Dr. Pound read us today broke my heart. I don’t really even know what to say on that subject, just that it was heart wrenching.

I was talking with another member of the class and she brought up how the new movie Avatar fits perfectly into this model, and she is so right! That movie is exactly what Europeans have done to other continents. When I was sitting in the movie theatre I thought that this could have taken place in the early Americas. Another movie that portrays these ideas really well is District Nine. My boyfriend said I would love the movie, yeah, well, I didn’t. I could not believe how real it was (not to mention pretty gross). The thing is, the conditions are like refugee camps, the aliens that are being experimented on are like prisoners of war; it’s so real.

I know this is an intellectual setting, and some might say I should be looking at this at a more detached point of view, but it is so hard not to feel with this theory.