For your test tomorrow, these are the potential questions: How do the legacies of slavery and historical racism in the United States contribute to the contemporary disproportionate imprisonment of African-Americans? One of the central metaphors of Between the World and Me is “the Dream,” which Coates never precisely defines. What is the dream, and how does Coates […]
If you missed the class presentations on criticism of Coates, these are the articles we discussed in class. Be able to articulate and either support or refute at least three major arguments against the approach used by Coates in Between the World and Me. Randall Kennedy, Ta-Nehisi’s Caricature of Black Life Rich Lowry, The Toxic World-view […]
While this was the year I finally read the Harry Potter series and revisited some old favorites like Jose Saramago’s The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, I also managed to read a collection of surprising and interesting titles that were neither about wizards and witches nor books I had read and loved before. Of […]
A reminder about late essays. While you can (and should) turn in any essays from this semester by the beginning of finals week, you need to print them and bring them to me in class, not share them in Google Docs. That will make sure that I find your old essays and give you credit […]
Your 8th essay of the semester, on reparations for slavery, will be due on Sunday, January 8th at 12:00. Please limit your use of outside research and information and submit your response via Google Docs to dpogreba@gmail.com. The prompt is available here. Some readings you might find helpful are located here: The Case for Reparations […]