In my 7th grade Reading Language Arts class, I will be teaching Brown Girl Dreaming this year. In the memoir Brown Girl Dreaming, Black author Jacqueline Woodson details her experience growing up in two places: South Carolina and New York and coming of age in the peak of the Civil Rights movement. Woodson’s memoir is…
When readers pick up Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigo, we are immediately confronted with claim that she has “too much of the South in her.” Even on this back cover, however, there is a tension between what that means in terms of physical location and spiritual connection. The book summarizes “Indigo, the youngest, is still a…
“”Shh…” said Mama. “I know. you don’t have to talk about it.” She rocked [Daddy] like a grumpy baby. “Mama, let him say it,” Tasha whispered. Only words can undo words. Kids say that to take something back you have to say it backward. Like a filmstrip run the wrong way. Die you hope I.…
After reading and watching “The Color Purple” I thought it would be interesting to look into the context of the book and movie. In my preliminary research, I found a really helpful starting place on Sparknotes which provided basic background info on author Alice Walker. If you are interested in a quick read, I recommend…
A critical point raised in chapter two of Gilroy revolves around the centrality of capitalism to pre-modern as well as modern society. Gilroy expresses that while the evil of slavery is simple to identify as exploitation of human rights and freedom, perhaps the true and most evil culprit is the driving force behind slavery; capitalism.…