Making it Matter: Reframing the U.S. Survey
In thinking about how we can teach Black Lives Matter in a U.S. survey, this essay suggests beginning the course with two readings: Ta-Nehisi Coates' "The Case for Reparations" and Amiri Baraka's Dutchman. These texts can be used to place Black Lives Matters in historical contex...
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| description | In thinking about how we can teach Black Lives Matter in a U.S. survey, this essay suggests beginning the course with two readings: Ta-Nehisi Coates' "The Case for Reparations" and Amiri Baraka's Dutchman. These texts can be used to place Black Lives Matters in historical context, question normative narratives of American history, and encourage student activism in their schools and communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a50b0a9ae82746a79f021d5f48014ec12022-12-22T00:53:15ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghRadical Teacher1941-08322016-11-01106010.5195/rt.2016.297178Making it Matter: Reframing the U.S. SurveyJesse Kohn0Saint Ann's SchoolIn thinking about how we can teach Black Lives Matter in a U.S. survey, this essay suggests beginning the course with two readings: Ta-Nehisi Coates' "The Case for Reparations" and Amiri Baraka's Dutchman. These texts can be used to place Black Lives Matters in historical context, question normative narratives of American history, and encourage student activism in their schools and communities.http://radicalteacher.library.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/radicalteacher/article/view/297 |
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