Response to Toni Morrison on The Configurations of Blackness
In the chapter "Configurations of Blackness" , Toni Morrison shows us that the act of 'othering' really has no limits, and that at times...
Telling Stories- Who Has The Right?
Objective check: Identify and respond to real world contexts for writing This was the first writing assignment that I completed for...
Letter to A Stranger
Reflecting on Toni Morrison's idea of the 'other' as somebody who we consciously separate ourselves from , I crafted this letter to the...
'D Man Wit D Blue Guitar'- Exploring Dialects
Objective Check: Understand and demonstrate awareness of invention and creativity as essential components of the writing process...
Race as a Social Construct- Letter to Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates' foreword in Toni Morrison's The Origin of Others briefly introduces the idea of race as a social construct which...
On Language- A Response to Geneva Smitherman
In her essay "English Teacher, Why You Be Doing the Thangs You Don't Do?", Geneva Smitherman discusses the importance of dialect and and...
