Having an African American Meg in the film version of Wrinkle in Time adds an important dimension to the novel.
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Why an Af-Am Meg Is Important
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Clifton, Ellison Help Explain Whitesplaining
White politicians, if they want the Black vote, must be cautious about “whitesplaining.” Lucille Clifton gives us insight into the insensitivity in “note to self.” Brother Jack in “Invisible Man” is racially insensitive in this way and may have lessons for certain Bernie Sanders supporters.
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Bernie, Black Lives Matter, & Invisible Man
Bernie Sanders’s early missteps with Black Lives Matter, which bewildered him and his followers, is explained in Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man.”
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The Minefield of Talking about Race
More thoughts on how to address difficult questions of race, again with the help of Aphra Behn.
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New Laureate Wrestles with Mixed Race
New poet laureate Natasha Trethewey describes herself floundering in her racial identity.
Mockingbird, Powerful but Problematic
Harper Lee National Public Radio reminded me yesterday that this summer is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. I have written a couple of times about the book, once talking about its importance to me growing up in the segregated south and once examining Malcolm Gladwell’s critique of […]
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