Response Document 1: Buried in Bitter Waters by Eliot JaspinOf course, I don't consider myself a racist or a bigot, but I am aware of socially conditioned stereotypes . and the prejudices that reside within. This awareness and the ability to think for myself allowed me to approach issues with clarity of mind and curiosity about the social interactions of various movements. Buried in Bitter Waters, by Elliot Jaspin, easily awakened my sensitivity and knowledge of modern-day race relations in the United States. I read each chapter with the impression that I had read it in the previous pages. The theme of racial cleansing – not only the colonization of a people, but the destruction of their lives and livelihoods – was brilliant. The 17th-century “awesome,” from the Oxford English Dictionary, as in “inspiring awe; terrible, terrible. Each story itself was a meditation on dread and horror, the likes of which my generation can't even imagine. It is with this “fear” that I reflect in this response document. Perhaps the most surprising chapter in the book, “McNeel...