A story of two students who found themselves using “Benito Cereno” to sort through two of the biggest issues that Americans face.
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Black Students Examine Uncle Tom
Two African American male students find continued worth in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
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Race Disagreements amongst Friends
The intricacies of the debate between Chait and Coates on the culture of poverty can be sorted out by applying Aphra Behn’s “Oroonoko.”
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#CancelColbert, #CancelMarkTwain
Carl Rosin, a high school teacher I admire tremendously, shares below how he will be using a recent public dust-up about a Stephen Colbert tweet to help his students understand the power and danger of satire, especially as it applies to Huckleberry Finn. I love the tweet that Carl imagines could have emerged out of Huck […]
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Duck Dynasty Patriarch as Pap Finn
Patriarch Phil Robertson of “Duck Dynasty” shares certain characteristics with Pap Finn.
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GOP Whites Splitting? Huck Finn Says No
If “Huck Finn” has predictive value, the class tensions within today’s GOP will be papered over by racism.
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Reading as a Subversive Act
Richard Wright’s “Black Boy” testifies to the liberating power of literature.
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Keeping the Civil Rights Dream Alive
Great Civil Rights moments are great. Movements are better.
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