Faulkner helps me understand my past growing up in the racist south. Sadly, he’s still relevant.
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Faulkner Understood How Racism Works
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Baldwin, Cop Sadism, and MAGA
In “If Beale Street Could Talk,” Baldwin captures cop sadism of the sort we also seen in Trump supporters.
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Faulkner: Racist in Life, Not in Fiction
In life, Faulkner was a racist. In his fiction, he deconstructed racism brilliantly.
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Donne: Better to be Woke Than Asleep
In “Good Morrow,” Donne delivers a timely message that it’s good to be woke.
Lit that Features the N-Word: What to Do
Now to teach White literature that employs the n-word? Balance with Black literature.
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Faulkner on Racism: Sadly, Still Relevant
Faulkner’s “Absalom, Absalom!” understands White America’s race hatred in a deep way that is still revelant.
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GOP Attacks on the Poor? Read McCullers
In “Heart is a Lonely Hunter” McCullers calls out rightwing attacks on poverty programs. Today’s GOP should listen.
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“Paradise” Explains Nichols Killing
Toni Morrison’s “Paradise” helps explain why Black policemen would carry out the horrific killing of Tyre Nichols.
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Integration’s Child Pioneers
Black children in the early days of integration report intense bullying from peers. Ozeki describes such childhood cruelty in “Tale for the Time Being.”
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