Members of the MAGA cult resemble the Baron of Thunder-ten-Tronckh in “Candide.”
Tag Archives: Prejudice
Donne: Better to be Woke Than Asleep
In “Good Morrow,” Donne delivers a timely message that it’s good to be woke.
School Panics about Dr. Seuss Discussion
A school administrator objected when a class discussion of Dr. Seuss’s “Sneetches” veered into questions of race.
How to View Prejudice in the Classics
How to handle instances of prejudice in the classics? Let the values battles fly.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged D. H. Lawrence, Dion Boucicault, Heidi, Johanna Spyri, John Milton, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Octoroon, Paradise Lost, Rabelais, racism, Sexism, To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf Comments closed
Orwell Shot Down More Than an Elephant
Essayist Dylan Nice describes how Orwell’s essay “Shooting the Elephant” pulled him out of kneejerk rightwing prejudices.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged College Teaching, Dylan Nice, Education, George Orwell, Shooting the Elephant Comments closed
