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Science should have been employed more fully to warn us that the Negro, after 350 years of handicaps, mired in an intricate network of contemporary barriers, could not be ushered into equality by tentative and superficial changes.
See Miller earlier
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Negroes want the social scientist to address the white community and 'tell it like it is.'
Amelia -- credibility and language range
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The policymakers of the white society have caused the darkness; they create discrimination; they structured slums; and they perpetuate unemployment, ignorance and poverty. It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes.
Rae -- "derivative crime"
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- Oct 2020
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"My Brother's Keeper" initiative
What is this? https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/my-brothers-keeper
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- Sep 2020
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Nena
What does this word mean? Why does Diaz use it here? How does it overlap with an event in The Catcher in the Rye?
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Lavender Room
What is the Lavender Room? What role does it play in The Catcher in the Rye?
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The Gatcher in the Rye
While this is a book with a white protagonist and almost an entirely white cast of characters, Diaz has seen herself in it. What does she see in Holden Caulfield?
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us
Who is us? Americans? Black Americans in particular?
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Ralph Ellison
American novelist, best known for Invisible Man
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sentimentality
"excessive tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia." What's a good example of this in Obama's public life as First Lady? How did she get this reputation?
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intersectional
What does modifier of feminists mean?
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"lower frequencies."
Is this quote from Invisible Man?
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subtext
"an underlying and often distinct theme in a piece of writing or conversation." What was that theme?
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lost
How did he "lose" the debate?
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Now That She's Free
What is Laymon implying with this title?
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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This is a great page for teaching hoe to evaluate Wikipedia pages.
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