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Titel
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A dream deferred
The course investigates the afro-american condition through the lens of the play "A Raisin in the Sun" This is done primarily in the time of the play, but also with perspectives to modern conditions. As such we have looked at both Pan-africanism, red-lining, Jim-crow laws, ghettoes, etc.
The work with the text has drawn upon the Poem Harlem, and used its various reflections on the result of deferring a dream to interpret the main characters responses to their reality.
The course has also led up to SRO about the Flint water crisis, and as such some material relates to this.
- Raisin in the sun, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry
- Harlem, Langston Hughes
- Strange Fruit, Billie Holliday
- Lynching Post Cards
- Rich Men North of Richmond, Oliver Anthony
- You will never own a home, Jesse Welles
- The Poor, Jesse Welles
- Raisin in the sun, 1989, Bill Duke
- Read President Obama's Speech in Flint on the Water Crisis
secondary:
- How redlining prevented Black and Brown families from becoming homeowners
- What is Jim Crow
- History of lynching in America
- Gender criticism
- John Oliver: Lead
- As Democrats debate in nearby Detroit, a deep-seated distrust remains in Flint | CNN Politics
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