Self Analysis Post

Throughout my blogging experience, I learned tons of information about President Obama's journey to the White House and how race relations play into that.

With my first blog, I discussed President Obama's ups and downs on the campaigning trial, and how some blacks perceived him as not being black enough. With my first blog, I refreshed my memory on Obama's rough journey to becoming president and learned that some blacks (other than his ex pastor) did not believe in Obama until he was officially elected. Then my next post consist of the argument of how Jimmy Carter was suggesting that the negative comments towards Obama were indeed racist, and how Bill Clinton disagreed with that. During these few post, I was bias. But through the helpful comments from my classmates, I was able to sway from that. After my bias posts, I set the stage with what Obama's health care bill consisted of and how the bill was doing in the House and Senate. Through these background post, I gave myself and my readers a better understanding of the underline argument of the health care debate, which then paved the way for my bigger argument. In my next post, I discussed a racial comment towards Obama, which I feel was one of my better blog post. Then in my following post, I learned that many Republicans felt as if Obama was a socialist, since he wants to "spread the wealth" in a sense. After this post, I then decided to write about how African Americans viewed President Obama and his health care plan. Through this I learned that some African Americans feel as if race relations has gotten better in the US, but a great majority of African Americans still feel racism is quite rampant.

With all this new information, my viewpoint to my argument changed from agreeing to Jimmy Carter wholeheartedly to then not knowing what to believe anymore. This began to happen when I started looking at both sides of the argument. Once I started looking at both sides, I then found myself learning so much more than before. I guessed I learned more, because I finally grew into a mindset where I was not as narrow minded, since I finally looked at both sides of the argument instead of the side I favored. When I was able to do that, I found myself writing better post, which showed through the feedback from my classmates.

All in all, I can truly say that my blog has bettered my writing and research style, and this is quite evident from my first blog post to my last blog post. I am now able to write about both sides of an argument and stay somewhat neutral in my writing. With my researching, I have learned a great deal about President Obama, race and his health care plan, and was able to get involved with my topic in a deep intellectual level. Lastly, I am glad that I had the opportunity to keep a blog on this topic because it has helped me change my mindset and made me optimistic towards the future.