Pair with Letter from Birmingham Jail
Looking for another well written, developed, and researched article about the American experience? Consider this May, 2014 Atlantic Monthly article by Ta-Nehisi Coates. This could serve as a mentor text and springboard for argumentative writing.
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The Case for Reparations
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separat...
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"Reasons HR-40 should be brought to the floor of U.S. Congress" or any of the other issues Coates raises that would fit your course theme or essential question.
After reading and discussing the literary traits of the essay, students could prepare arguments as though they were members of U.S. Congress and debate, orally or on-line, the issues raised in the article.
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Permalink Reply by Michele Vogt-Schuller on
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I just read this article as well. Well, most of it. Like all Atlantic 10,000 worders, it has a great premise, good research, and several good examples. The Lawndale example is terrific, and could be coupled with a video on predatory lending and scare tactics (which is really why many white folks left "changing neighborhoods" - not because they hated black people). Unfortunately, when someone moving next door to you now represents loss of wealth, people internalized that and start giving people attributes based on no real data.
I was happy to see this article and will use it. It's a very nice cultural studies/empowerment piece.
Thanks for posting about this.
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