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“Is it a racist story?”: Nate Powell’s “Cakewalk”

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When I teach first year composition, I usually frame the course around personal narratives, allowing students to write about themselves. I find that this helps them get comfortable with writing and allows them to express themselves through their essays. As such, I try to choose at least one text that contains personal stories. This semester, I decided to add Nate Powell’s You Don’t Say, a collection … Read More “Is it a racist story?”: Nate Powell’s “Cakewalk”

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+ alligator alcatraz, budget, concentration camp, lillian e smith

Amidst the Cruelty, Where Do You Stand?

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Years ago, when I taught in Louisiana, I remember a student walking into the classroom with an “Angola, a gated community” t-shirt. I grew up in Louisiana, I knew about Angola, specifically that it rests on the lands of a former plantation and its long record of humanitarian offenses. I also knew it was the largest maximum-security prisons in the United States. I also … Read More Amidst the Cruelty, Where Do You Stand?

+ bloodline, ernest j gaines, history, james baldwin, lillian e smith, race, whiteness

“You, the white people, invented race”: Now Ask Yourself Why!

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When most people think about racism and oppression they think about the oppressed. They think about individuals who live under the heel of the oppressor. They think about the atrocities that the oppressor commits. They think about the acts of resistance against the oppressor. They do this and then they label it “the Negro problem” or “the Jewish question,” placing the onus of the … Read More “You, the white people, invented race”: Now Ask Yourself Why!

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+ donald trump, chronicle of higher education, university, higher education, higher education in America, JD Vance, project 2025

What Does Project 2025 Say About Higher Education?: Part I

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As he worked, over the past few weeks, to distance himself from the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, Donald Trump announced that Senator J.D. Vance would be his running mate for the 2024 presidential election. Likewise, since his nomination, Vance has tried to distance himself from Project 2025, even though a month ago he posted about writing the foreword for the President of the Heritage Foundation Kevin Roberts’ new … Read More What Does Project 2025 Say About Higher Education?: Part I

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