An image of darkness and light grappling for ascendency in Silko’s “Ceremony” sums up my view of America at the moment.
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Light & Dark Wrestle for America’s Soul
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Baldwin on Making Education Relevant
Baldwin’s “Essays to Teachers” reminds them of what education should really be about.
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Many Ways To Stand Up to Racism
I share a Nikki Giovanni poem in memory of Heather Heyer, along with those who were badly injured by angry white supremacists.
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Pap Would Have Voted for Trump
“Last place aversion” accounts for white resentment of safety net programs. Huck’s father is an example of the process at work.
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Iago Trump Whispers Poison into Our Ears
Of all Shakespeare characters, Trump, driven by racial resentment and thriving on chaos, may most resemble Iago.
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For Roth, People Were Always Complex
The late Philip Roth’s novel “Human Stain” reenforced for me that humans are always more complex than ideological caricatures of them.
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Trump, Clifton, & Immigrants as Animals
Trump describing immigrants as animals is scary stuff, as this Lucille Clifton poem makes clear.
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Inspired by MLK and Lucille Clifton
To honor Martin Luther King, I share a hard-hitting but hopeful Lucille Clifton essay by a first-year African-American student who is fulfilling his dream.
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Happiness Based on Another’s Oppression
To understand why the race card is so politically effective, reading Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.”
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