When we read Huck Finn, we will be talking a lot about racism. This article clearly shows very sad instances of racism currently still alive in America today, as well as people’s lack of reading comprehension skills. I think it’s an appropriate read for those of you in our Lit class who have read the Hunger Games books/seen the first movie.
This is another option for my Temple/Rowan students to read for Monday/Tuesday. As I mentioned in class, I recommend reading more than one of these articles posted.
This is terrible, but the club’s reason for doing it are interesting. It’s about a Republican Club at Berkley University selling cupcakes at “discounted” rates to people based on their race or gender. The club is doing to bring awareness to the school’s consideration on figuring these things into their acceptance policies.
This is an online news article that contains an interesting video as well as a photograph. Check it out.
