Presentation Summary

Though each one of the groups that presented in my cohort these past two weeks were very interesting, I think the one that stood out to me the most was the group that discussed the difference of Black crime in the 50s and 60s and Black crime during today’s time. The statistics that they used were really interesting and very detailed. Their presentation made me think a lot more about the differences between “then” and “now” – they emphasized the fact that no matter what the crime was, the person who was doing the crime was still part of the neighborhood family; the neighborhood always looked out for each other. The other interesting difference was the fact that years ago, people rarely used guns – their intention was never to kill the other person, unlike today. Once again, the Black community was always trying to look out for each other, they were never attempting to kill, just injure.

Another presentation that I really enjoyed was the group that focused on the field of the dramatic arts and the importance that the musicians and actors had on the rest of the Black community. While I’ve always been taught that the arts is crucial in everyone’s life as either a source of inspiration or an outlet for emotion, I never thought of the strong impact that the Black artists had on the art world. 

It was nice to see how much work people put into their projects and to see how each group interpreted the freshman seminar research question; I liked learning about what discipline or field of study each group focused on in order to answer their specific research question. I liked seeing the similarities that each group’s question and project had with my group’s project. Overall, I’d say that the presentations were very interesting and the project was a very tedious but rewarding process.