San Diego Museum of Man

I visited the San Diego Museum of Man. I don't think it was quite as interesting as some of the visits in my blog group. I kind of wish I had gone to a science or aerospace museum, but I decided to try something new. It wound up being pretty cool - It was fun learning about where man came from and everything that made us what we are today. The museum definitely managed to make it a lot more interesting than my high school anthropology class did! The museum had some interesting exhibits, from one on ancient Egypt to one investigating the evolutionary curiosities of the human skeleton. All in all it was a pretty good trip, and I definitely learned some cool stuff. Not enough to make me switch from a technical major though!

Museum website: http://www.museumofman.org/exhibits

Would an Apology Help or Hurt?

In this case, an apology was not necessary. Kanye West was speaking out against a political opponent of his, and although he did it in a rash and controversial way, he did not need to cave into people pressuring him to apologize. All that did was force an insincere apology anyway. Kanye is allowed to think that George Bush hates black people - maybe a statement such as this could have pressured George Bush into putting a little more time and effort into helping Katrina victims more swiftly and effectively, in order to avert the image of being a racist. Instead, Kanye instantly rescinded his statements, and George Bush was allowed to go on and on in interviews about how "offended he is by being called a racist." Here's a hint George Bush: don't get "offended," SHOW people how you do care and you can make a difference. That's the best way to make Kanye look like an idiot, not by drawing an insincere apology out of him like a grade school teacher draws out of a kid who pulled his classmate's hair.

Kanye West Apology

There was a lot of political unrest and government criticism after hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the surrounding area. One of the most controversial statements made about the government was Kanye West's attack of then-president George W. Bush: "George Bush doesn't care about black people." Not only did this attack severely offend the president of the united states, it negatively affected many people's opinions of both George Bush and Kanye West. Kanye West later went on to apologize and state that his statements were made out of frustration, and stemmed from the emotion of the moment. He then went on to state that human beings in general don't "choose the right words" in states of emotional distress. George Bush, in an interview with Matt Lauer, said he forgave Kanye, but said that he was still troubled that anyone would ever call him a racist.
Some people were surprised that Kanye openly apologized for this incident - The only reason he did so was to regain public support. No one really knows if he meant it or not. He could very well still think George Bush is a racist. That being said, maybe an apology was not necessary, because he was just criticizing a public figure, something citizens in this country are expected to do.