Order Instructions
Draw connections between the Documentary 13th and at least one of the other texts assigned for this discussion: How do the authors/artists use their voice to expose systemic racism? In what ways are they leading to similar conclusions about race in the United States?
LECTURE 10
Readings: Ta-Ne Hisi Coates’s “Letter to My Son” Letter to my son.pdf Download Letter to my son.pdf
Michelle Alexander “Let Our People Go.” Let our people go (3).docx Download Let our people go (3).docx
Street art:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-death-george-floyd-sparked-street-art-movement-180975711/Links to an external site.
and https://georgefloydstreetart.omeka.net/Links to an external site.
Viewings:
Watch the documentary Thirteenth: available on Netflix (if you have an account) or it may viewed here on Youtube for free.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krfcq5pF8u8 Links to an external site.
https://www.today.com/news/celebrate-black-history-1/black-joy-meet-10-people-exemplify-rcna13051Links to an external site.
Chante Joseph, “What is Black Joy and Why it’s More Important than Ever” https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/what-is-black-jLinks to an external site.
Links in Joseph’s article:
BLM Protestors in London doing “The Electric Slide:”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvEYhgiP2N8&t=9sLinks to an external site.
Kleaver Cruz: Black Joy Project: https://www.instagram.com/theblackjoyprojectLinks to an external site.