Tag Archives: God of Small Things

Caste in a Multicultural Democracy

To grapple with Wilkerson’s understanding of racism as a caste system, I turn to Langston Hughes, Twain, and Arundhati Roy.

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In the Face of Death, the Small Things

If anticipation of a death in the near future, I turn to Roy’s “God of Small Things” for guidance.

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Book Bans Leave Children Defenseless

Parents seek to protect their children through book bans. Instead, they make them more vulnerable to a changing world.

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Uncomfortable Books that Help Us Grow

Streep and Kline in Sophie’s Choice  A recent survey of the Tea Party movement has revealed that the movement is overwhelmingly white, educated, middle class and conservative, and people are now studying what it all means.  I love this post Ta-Tehisi Coates, a senior editor for The Atlantic. As occurs in the world of the […]

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