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Sep02

History as a Weapon: The Question of Class, by Dorothy Allison

by Rusty on September 2nd, 2009 at 3:30 pm

  Source: Berry Col­lege Many years ago, when I first began teach­ing writ­ing, I had the oppor­tu­nity to design an intro­duc­tory writ­ing (essay) course, in which we read and dis­cussed the­ory and crit­i­cism as well as orig­i­nal cre­ative works. I thought for a long time about what I might do. I had done sim­i­lar courses […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May25

Ebony and Irony

by Rusty on May 25th, 2009 at 4:46 pm

White Trash Blues: Class Priv­i­lege vs. White Priv­i­lege Jen­nifer Kesler has some good points in this post from the blog Blind Priv­i­lege (see below for her com­ments indented after mine), and the com­ment stream is worth read­ing as well. I don't nec­es­sar­ily believe every­thing she believes, but a lot of it rang true for me. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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