Category: racism

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+ banned books, racism, the bluest eye, toni morrison

The Role of Names in Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye”: Part II

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A few posts ago I started exploring the role of names in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. Specifically, I looked at Soaphead Church’s letter to God and his questions, “What makes one name more a person than another? Is the name the real thing, then? And the person only what his name says?” By looking at Claudia and Frieda’s nickname for Maureen Peals and the ways … Read More The Role of Names in Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye”: Part II

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+ a gathering of old men, ernest j gaines, history, lillian e smith, racism, white supremacy

Confronting Ourselves and The Fear of Action

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Over the years, I have thought about the reasons why individuals continue to cling tightly to their beliefs, beliefs based in fear that spawn hatred. I’ve struggled to come to grips with this aspect of humanity and to untangle its roots. What I have come to realize is that change and growth cannot occur until one decides to come face to face with themselves. … Read More Confronting Ourselves and The Fear of Action

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+ adolf hitler, american history, history, jim crow, racism, united nations, world war ii

Hitler, Nazism, Jim Crow, and the United States: Part II

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Last post, I started looking at the conenctions between Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South. Today, I want to continue that examination by looking at the post-war period. In 1951, the Civil Rights Congress presented We Charge Genocide to the United Nations. The document demonstrates how the United States violated the U.N. Genocide Convention and took part in the genocide of over 15,000,000 … Read More Hitler, Nazism, Jim Crow, and the United States: Part II

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+ donald trump, doug collins, eric swalwell, ihan omar, lillian e smith, racism

False Hope and False Fear

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Todd Robertson took this picture in 1992 in Gainesville, GA. This past Tuesday, Gainesville’s representative (Doug Collins) stood on the house floor and shouted down Rep. Eric Swalwell as he read off all of the racist comments and actions from Trump (birthirism, comments about a Mexican judge being unable to rule because of his ethnicity, saying immigrants from Mexico are rapists, comments about immigrants … Read More False Hope and False Fear

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+ african american literature, american history, american literature, charlottesville, frank yerby, history, Pedagogy, racism, southern history, the foxes of harrow, white nationalism, white supremacy

Charlottesville: What do I do in the classroom?

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At the end of Frank Yerby’s The Foxes of Harrow (1946), Stephen Fox thinks about his son Etienne. The Civil War has just ended, and Stephen ponders what the racism and hate that Etienne carries within himself will bring for the future. Etienne’s feelings and ideas will lead to more bloodshed, more dead bodies, and a stunted progress towards equality. The events in Charlottesville, … Read More Charlottesville: What do I do in the classroom?

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