Category: Damian Duffy
+ an appeal to the colored citizens of the world, connor towne o'neill, Damian Duffy, david f walker, david walker, frank yerby, hosea easton, John Jennings, lillian e smith, mat johnson, solomon northup, sui sin far, susie king taylor, warren pleece, william apess
“Transmission of Racist Thought” Syllabus
Over the past few years, I have thought about the transmission of racist thoughts, the myriad ways in which racism gets passed down from generation to generation and transmitted from person to person across the centuries and decades. I’ve thought about how we need to sever this circuit, breaking it in twain so that the information stops before the transmission occurs. If we cannot … Read More “Transmission of Racist Thought” Syllabus
+ APB: artists against police brutality, bettina love, bill campbell, Damian Duffy, ernest j gaines, John Jennings, profile, robert love
False Narratives in “Profile”
Last post I wrote about Bettina Love’s “No Black Child Left Behind: Schools Policing Students of Color” and education. Today, I want to look at another piece in Bill Campbell, Jason Rodriguez, and John Ira Jennings’ APB: Artist Against Police Brutality. In “Profile,” Jennings, along with Damian Duffy and Robert Love, highlight the ways that society labels Black individuals, specifically men in this case, … Read More False Narratives in “Profile”
+ Damian Duffy, fbi, how to be an antiracist, ibram x. kendi, John Jennings, laurel falls camp, lillian e smith, lillian smith: breaking the silence, nalo hopkinson, octavia butler, parable of the sower, strange fruit, the red and black, university of georgia
LES Center Videos: III
In early December, I shared two posts with some of the weekly videos that I have been creating for the LES Center. Since then, I have created more videos, and I wanted to take a moment to share some of them with you today. These videos focus on talks she had with campers at Laurel Falls about racism, the ways that Smith connected her … Read More LES Center Videos: III
+ Damian Duffy, graphic novels, John Jennings, kindred, laurel falls camp, lillian e smith, octavia butler, parable of talents, parable of the sower
Empathy in John Ira Jennings and Damian Duffy’s “Parable of the Sower”
During the camp season at Laurel Falls, Lillian Smith would write letters home to the parents of campers. In the mid-summer 1946 Laurel Leaf, she wrote to parents about the adventures of Buss Eye, the plays that the girls wrote, and other camp activities. Near the end of the letter, she writes about the conversations that the campers had after hearing about the lynching … Read More Empathy in John Ira Jennings and Damian Duffy’s “Parable of the Sower”
+ african american literature, american literature, comics, Damian Duffy, gothic literature, graphic novels, John Jennings, kindred, octavia butler, southern literature
Intimacy and Hope in Duffy and Jennings’ Adaptation of Butler’s “Kindred”
The last time I read Damian Duffy and John Ira Jennings’ graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Kindred (1979), I zeroed in on the ways that Jennings represents faces and emotion in the text, specifically through Dana, Sarah, and Rufus. In this read through, I noticed the multiple panels with hands, either embracing, playing, or in confrontation. Today, I want to take a moment … Read More Intimacy and Hope in Duffy and Jennings’ Adaptation of Butler’s “Kindred”
