Claudia Rankine

Identify a topic that you think is meaningful and significant, and compose an argument statement supported by evidence (sources and your analysis) for why other people should pay attention.

Meaning and Significance: rough draft workshop Andrew David Thaler, “The Politics of Fake Documentaries Chloe Angyal, “Romantic Comedies Teach Women That Stalking is A ComplimentLinks to an external site Laurie Penny, “What to Do When You’re Not the Hero Anymore to an external site.” Claudia Rankine, “The Meaning of Serena Williams external site.” Your essay […]

Write a personal essay describing how you understand the relationship between art and protest using specific examples from our texts.

Reflection paper Final Reflection on literary representations of Protest and resistance: 20% Over the course of this class, we have read from a wide archive to investigate the modes and means of literary representations of protest and resistance. For your final reflection, write a personal essay describing how you understand the relationship between art and […]

Explain in your own words the concepts of either the White Savior Complex or White Fragility.

In this post, you will choose one of the following brief articles to read: Either Teju Cole’s “The White Savior Complex” (click here to read: The White Savior Industrial Complex) Or a review of the book White Fragility (click here to read: Review of the Book White Fragility. Next, you should do the following: 1) […]

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