Given the hour, and my commitment to always posting on Monday, I wanted to make a post–even if it has to be quite brief. Thus, my recommendation for living in opposition to mainstream assumptions regarding what it means to live a good life is that you READ over the Thanksgiving break. Here are some ofContinue reading “Models Monday: Given the Hour”
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Models Monday: Why We Can’t Wait?
On April 12, 1963, eight, white clergymen published the second of two letters penned in 1963 responding to the changing political climate regarding race and desegregation in Alabama. The April letter, printed in local newspapers challenged the timeliness of civil rights demonstrations: […] we are now confronted by a series of demonstrations by some ofContinue reading “Models Monday: Why We Can’t Wait?”
Models Monday: This is not Love…Richie Cognito is Racist
The coverage of the violence Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito directed towards his teammate, offensive tackle, Jonathan Martin has been problematic in the way that it questions Martin’s masculinity. Martin left the team due to the emotional stress of having received voicemails, such as this one, from Incognito: “Hey, wassup, you half n—– piece ofContinue reading “Models Monday: This is not Love…Richie Cognito is Racist”
Models Monday: The Seduction of Reading
When my friend Carmen first told me about Walter Dean Myers’s book The Blues of Flats Brown, I knew that I had to get it for my son. The story is about these two dogs, Flats and Caleb, who are the unfortunate wards of a junkyard proprietor named A.J. Grubbs. Flats and Caleb flee theContinue reading “Models Monday: The Seduction of Reading”
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