Dates designate the day on which readings will be discussed in class and the due dates of assignments. Dates and assignments are subject to change.
| Week | Date | Assignment |
| 1 | Tues 1/24 | Welcome! Introductions & blog sign up. In class: video lecture on how to post to website |
| Thurs 1/26 | Adichie, “The Danger of a Single Story” (transcript) Post a blog introducing yourself to the class. Comment on one other post. | |
| 2 | Tues 1/31 | Nemiroff, “Introduction” & Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun Act I, scene i In class: go over close reading |
| Thurs 2/2 | Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, finish Act I Blog posts (Evan and Terrence) and comments In class: co-author community guidelines | |
| 3 | Tues 2/7 | Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, Act II Collins, Black Feminist Thought excerpt (62-67) Blog posts (James and Olivia) and comments |
| Thurs 2/9 | Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, Act III | |
| 4 | Tues 2/14 | Watch A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film) (access through SUNY Cortland libraries, call number VideoD PN1997 .R34 1999.) Come prepared to discuss one scene from the film that changed the way you originally read the play Blog posts (Abigail and Joseph) and comments |
| Thurs 2/16 | Watch Race: the Power of an Illusion, episode 3, “The House We Live In” (57 min) (access through SUNY Cortland libraries) | |
| 5 | Tues 2/21 | Kingston, The Woman Warrior, “No Name Woman,” (1-16) |
| Thurs 2/23 | Kingston, The Woman Warrior, “White Tigers,” (17-54) Blog posts (Kenari and Hannah) and comments | |
| 6 | Tues 2/28 | Kingston, The Woman Warrior, “Shaman” (55-110) In class: collaborative close reading |
| Thurs 3/2 | Blog posts (Luella and Gabriella) and comments on “Shaman” (55-110) | |
| 7 | Tues 3/7 | Kingston, The Woman Warrior, “At the Western Palace” (111-160) Blog posts (Stephannie and Michaile) and comments |
| Thurs 3/9 | Kingston, The Woman Warrior, “A Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe” (163-209) | |
| Spring break! No class Mon 3/13-Fri 3/17 | ||
| 8 | Tues 3/21 | Rankine, Citizen part I (1-19) Wing Sue, “Microaggressions: More than Just Race” Blog posts (Audrey and Maddy) and comments |
| Thurs 3/23 | Rankine, Citizen part II & III (20-55) Lorde, “The Uses of Anger” (Optional) Ahmed, “Feminist Killjoys and Other Willful Subjects” | |
| 9 | Tues 3/28 | Rankine, Citizen (56-91) Rivlin, “White New Orleans Has Recovered from Hurricane Katrina. Black New Orleans Has Not” Horowitz, “Don’t Repeat the Mistakes of the Katrina Recovery” Blog posts (Ginamarie) and *comments *Graded comment worth 5 points |
| Thurs 3/30 | Rankine, Citizen (92-135) Bokat-Lindell, “Why is Police Brutality Still Happening?” Shapiro and Goff, “In Memphis, people call for police reform after Tyre Nichols’ killing” | |
| 10 | Tues 4/4 | Rankine, Citizen Part VII (136-end) Blog posts (Bella and Mikey) and comments |
| Thurs 4/6 | Philip, Zong! (xi-20, 183-207) Bernard, “The Zong Massacre” (1781) Blog posts (Mackenzie and Nina) and comments | |
| 11 | Tues 4/11 | Philip, Zong! (20-76) Please bring in a short text (article, form, document, song lyrics, bill, etc.) that makes you mad or upset, that feels inaccurate or offensive. Be prepared to write on it. |
| Thurs 4/13 | Found poems and artist’s statement due by noon on Wednesday. Post to course website & bring hard copy to class. Comment on at least one other poem by class on Thursday. | |
| 12 | Tues 4/18 | Gurba, Mean (1-36) |
| Thurs 4/20 | Gurba, Mean (37-100) Blog posts (Gianna and Timothy) and *comments *Graded comment worth 5 points | |
| 13 | Tues 4/25 | Gurba, Mean (101-144) Blog posts (Lexi) and comments |
| Thurs 4/27 | Gurba, Mean (145-175) | |
| 14 | Tues 5/2 | Last day of class! In class: explain course reflection assignment |
| Thurs 5/4 | Class will not meet: work on course reflection Optional: Make up missing blog comments by 11:59 pm on Sunday, May 7 Email prof. once all comments are completed and ready to be graded |
Final course reflection due via email by 11:59 pm on Tuesday, May 9
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