The Freedom of Real Apologies

Due: Wednesday January 24th at 11:59pm

“And I was personally really surprised that I hadn’t heard about it before. Part of the reason I hadn’t was because it was so quiet. And there really was not a lot of risk taken in how it was delivered.”

What is Layli Long Soldier referring to at this moment? Why is it important to note that she hadn't heard about it before?

"So even the phrasing of “the arrival of Europeans opened a new chapter for Native People” — that’s crazy. It wasn’t opening a new chapter. That’s almost poetry. I mean, that’s a very interesting way to look at what happened. And going further into the document, just the idea — for example, they never mention genocide. Things are phrased as “conflicts,” “lives were taken on both sides,” and things like that."

What phrasing is Long Soldier referring to here? Why does she point to the specific phrasing? What is so important about the details of phrasing?

Why is specificity so important in this podcast? Why is it important in your writing?

What is the structure of this interview? The tone? What can you take from this interview to incorporate into the ones you have to do for your research paper?