Response to Alex

I recently read a post on Alex Riolo's Blog, who is a student in the other half of my team who is also doing South Africa as his project country. The posting was a reflection on an article that he read about how social inequality is still prevalent throughout South Africa, despite the fact that the apartheid way of government was disbanded in the early 1990's.

The way Alex reflected on the article was, in my opinion, fabulous. He both summarized and analyzed the article in a concise, cogitated way. The way he manages to convey the point of the article, especially one on such a controversial topic, without showing an obvious bias is impressive. I also definitely found this posting to be informative, since I am also using South Africa as my country for the Africa Project.

The fact that he supplies such little personal opinion might also be a downside to his posting. It would be interesting and would make the posting more engaging if the reader was to understand exactly how the author of the posting felt about the article. It would provide the reader with several viewpoints from which to consider their newly found information.

Overall, though, it was a very good posting! Check it out here: http://alexriolo.blogspot.com/2008/09/social-inequality-in-south-africa-today.html