Tag: Activism
Response/ reaction notes for classes on September 12 and 13
Please write a short response/ reaction paper covering the participation of our guests this week (Keisha and William). Your response paper could include points about what you thought was effective or ineffective about our guest presentations. What were the things you agreed with and what were the things you did not agree with and why? Please feel free to also share any other relevant thoughts or remarks about our class discussions and/or assigned readings. Please be sure to post your comments by Tuesday night (for Wednesday class) or Wednesday night (for Thursday class).
Video for Keisha Braswell’s guest presentation can be accessed here.
Video for William Marshall’s guest presentation can be accessed here.
September 12 and 13: histories, voices, and social justice
SEPTEMBER 12 & 13
Guests: Keisha G. Braswell (Wednesday) & William Marshall (Thursday)
Both Keisha Braswell and William Marshall have been at the forefront of political activism in Atlanta. They have both been involved with the Alliance for Black Lives movement.
REQUIRED READINGS:
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
2014 The Case for Reparations. The Atlantic, June. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/, accessed July 19, 2018.
2017 The First White President. The Atlantic, June. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/the-first-white-president-ta-nehisi-coates/537909/accessed July 19, 2018.
Smith, Linda Tuhiwai
1999 “Imperialism, History, Writing and Theory” in Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. New York: St. Martin’s Press [pages 19-41].