I got up WAY too late this morning, and I'm afraid that writing a blog entry is about all I can seem to handle this morning. Not that anyone is reading this - but that's okay. It's good practice.
Steve and I spent the evening searching for an elusive tea kettle I don't think we'll ever find... or at least for under $30. We are way too picky - and frankly, have good taste, so of course the one that we see that fits the bill is $89. NINETY dollars for a tea kettle? that's a bit ridiculous, my friend. Just a bit.
So we resume the struggle.
(which, by the way, is a redo of a line from Waiting for Godot. Figure I had better put those in at some points along the way.)
I guess, other than that, I have nothing to report. I put together a powerpoint presentation for my minstrelsy lecture yesterday, and it was really weird posting up all these pictures of grotesque characterizations of African Americans. (especially on the Dr. King holiday and everything!) I mean, I know my research is in those stereotypes, but it's still hard to look at them and believe that they came out of our culture. And I'm also wondering how my students are going to react to everything - with shock? with indifference? I think today's generation - at least the one that i'm teaching, doesn't really believe America still has a race problem, which in one way is good - so that maybe they will propel that ideology into the future and maybe eventually there won't be one.... OR they are just ignoring that America does have a race problem, but that because today's teens are such a selfish culture, they don't think it affects them.
Hmmm. Guess I'm rather cynical.
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Hey, welcome to the blogosphere. Gretchen has a separate knitting blog that might interest you, too. I'll have her pass that along to you.
As for the younger generation and the race problem, I'd say it's a good thing that it seems so alien to them. When it becomes a problem is when we cease to proceed with integration (of schools, neighborhoods, workplaces, etc). Then denial of a race problem becomes denial of reality rather than a way of working towards a new reality. Hopefully the images you're presenting to your students will remind them to keep looking for racism in the society around them and to be self-critical about the ways that they participate in its perpetuation. Keep the faith! You're doing important work!
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