Religion is in so many aspects of life. Many people put their religious views first in their life. For public policy this is not always good because everyone has their own point of views and beliefs and each leads to different ethics. As Townes points out that will lead to different opinions on "class, gender, and race" making public policy hard to include and make everyone feel included and equal.

Its truly sad we have items like this in our American Culture. This is a perfect common item everyone has seen to relate to evil in our society. It gives a real example people can see and touch to realize how much we alter history. This makes her point and thesis easier to understand and relate able being able to know an object that proves what she is saying other then just trying to find examples in culture she gives one which in my opinion strengthens her thesis a lot.

Townes says she is bringing it to the 21st century, I think her point in this statement is that it's stuck in the past and everyone just leaves it in the past. When it is not just a problem of the past but it effects all of us here in the present. It is not a single century problem it has carried over into today but no one wants to address it because its easier to leave problems in the past even though it is negatively effecting us in the future.

It surprised me that Townes addressed Baldwin's essay about Richard Wright's novel because she is continuing the social pattern of analyzing someone else's analysis. But these stories give counter memories to America's history which gives a bigger picture of what life was really like for African Americans. By having a bigger picture takes away from an exclusive history.

Language games seem more as a restriction because there are so many different language games for different social bonds/ ideas. It doesn't make sense that it free's us I think it limits us.

Lyotartd was being very straight forward and black and white, when giving the two options. Which is so different then Plato's style of writing.