The Midwest Reader

The future is wide and bleak as many people would put it. But I believe it will only grow better as time goes by. In my class, Equality, we were asked what we think the future is. We looked at the past and present on disadvantaged groups such as blacks, latinos, women, and the poor. We also talked about current events that affect everyone such as the Corona virus, marijuana laws, and current presidential candidates. We also had a professor of UIC, David Stovall, as guest speaker.

For the final project of the class, we are supposed to predict an event and create a news article based on that event. The article needed to include minorities and have an opinion piece at the end. I focused on children's media and how it accurately portraid the demographic of the US. The article was based around the Media Act of 2073 or the "Mouse Law".

The factor I struggled the most was organization and formatting of the article. It took me out of my comfort zone as I just do standard essays. Besides that, making the project was fun since I had full creative freedom.

 

Underneath is a person examining the article 100 years later. The article was put in the time capsule and the person shows their reaction.

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Akre J " Child Obesity..."news.legalexaminer.com, Legal Examiner, Web, Dec 2007

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JN "Diamond", own work, March 2020

"Man in Suit" shutterstock.com, ShutterStock, Web, March 2020

"McDonald Fries"mcdonalds.com, McDonalds, Web, March 2007, March 2020