NY Times: Room for Debate, Pap's Rant
Read the excerpt above (you also have the whole passage in a handout). Respond to the following question in a blog post of no less than 200 words please.
How does Coates's essay speak to Pap's rant about the "free nigger there from Ohio" in the excerpt from Huckleberry Finn? In other words, what do these two texts together say about race relations in America? I would encourage you to quote (correctly) from from Coates and Twain. You can also bring in the Chapelle video if you'd like. While your post must address Coates and Twain (and can address Chapelle), you can also include your own experiences and thoughts. You are welcome to respond to someone else's comments, but you don't have to.
Over the weekend, I'd like you to read this article from The LA Times, and choose at least two more of the Room for Debate arguments to read. Bring to class 3 short summaries: (summaries do not include your opinion). Explain the central argument of each piece in no more than 5 sentences per summary.
Bring your Bedford Reader to class please.
Read the excerpt above (you also have the whole passage in a handout). Respond to the following question in a blog post of no less than 200 words please.
How does Coates's essay speak to Pap's rant about the "free nigger there from Ohio" in the excerpt from Huckleberry Finn? In other words, what do these two texts together say about race relations in America? I would encourage you to quote (correctly) from from Coates and Twain. You can also bring in the Chapelle video if you'd like. While your post must address Coates and Twain (and can address Chapelle), you can also include your own experiences and thoughts. You are welcome to respond to someone else's comments, but you don't have to.
Over the weekend, I'd like you to read this article from The LA Times, and choose at least two more of the Room for Debate arguments to read. Bring to class 3 short summaries: (summaries do not include your opinion). Explain the central argument of each piece in no more than 5 sentences per summary.
Bring your Bedford Reader to class please.