I will be sending this as an email as well.
I want to check in with all of you (individually)about your topic for your final assignment--see previous entry for details. I will try to find you but please also seek me out if we don't usually cross paths.
This is what my notes show about your ideas so far:
Audrey – something having to do with post-WW1 / WW2
Emma – South African TRC after apartheid
Maddie – narratives surrounding African-Americans,
particularly connected to ideas put forth in The New Jim Crow
Alison – narratives shaped by music
Alexa – narratives about public education in Detroit,
particularly those with racism at their core
Hannah - ??
Janea – Native Americans
Ellie - ??
You should learn
enough about your topic to talk confidently about two topics:
1. What dominant narrative existed or exists
about your topic and what led to its creation?
2. Did this narrative undergo any change, and
if so, how? If not, is this a narrative you think needs to change (it is okay
to say no if you are able to show how the narrative is rooted in truth)?
Think about this and be ready to check in no later than next Tuesday.
