Tag: lillian e smith

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+ lillian e smith, michelle alexander, new jim crow, new orleans, ruby bridges, The New Jim Crow, unconscious bias, Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Our Ingrained and Unconscious Biases

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One night, a father and his son were driving home from an event. It was a stormy night, and as they rounded a corner, the car skidded off the road, hitting a tree. The father dies on impact, and his son experienced significant injuries and was transported to the hospital for emergency surgery. When the ambulance arrived at the hospital, the paramedics rushed the … Read More Our Ingrained and Unconscious Biases

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+ graphic memoir, graphic novels, history, lillian e smith, nate powell, save it for later, wonder woman

Severed History in Nate Powell’s “Save it For Later” Part II

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In last Thursday’s post, I started looking at “Good Trouble, Bad Flags” in Nate Powell’s Save It For Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest. Specifically, I looked at the ways that Powell discusses the severing of history and the erasure of history that occurs throughout our collective consciousness. Today, I want to continue that discussion by looking at a few more moments … Read More Severed History in Nate Powell’s “Save it For Later” Part II

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