After you read the Week #3 Overview Page and the Intro, and Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of Kendi’s book, How to Be an Antiracist, you will need to write a two-part response to Kendi, as described below:
Part 1:
Write a personal response, describing either your own “origin story” and your own family background, or describe an early episode in your life in which you experienced “race consciousness,” or your own awareness of your own cultural identity.
Part 2:
Do some research on one of the topics, events, or people mentioned in Kendi’s Intro or in Chapters 1, 2, or 3, or do some research on the history of your own cultural group.
Some possible research topics from the first few chapters of Kendi’s book: Stonewall Jackson, Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policies, Plessy v. Ferguson and Jim Crow segregation, Black Liberation Theology, Stokely Carmichael, the Great Migration, the Reagan-era war on drugs, the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s, W.E.B. Du Bois, Portugal and the slave trade of the 1400s, Henry the Navigator. (Pick just one topic to research for the Assignment.)
Your write-up should include three quotes, minimum, from Kendi (from the Intro, or Ch. 1, 2, or 3).
Three quotes, minimum, from research. (You should use sources other than Wikipedia for your research.)
Be sure to include a Works Cited list (in MLA format) for any sources used in your research.
Remember to cite your sources within your write-up for any quoted or paraphrased data or ideas from research.
(Approx. 450-500 words; more is fine.)
