Schedule

Dates designate the day on which readings will be discussed in class and the due dates of assignments. Dates and assignments are subject to change. 

Week	Date	Assignment
1	Tues 1/24	Welcome! Introductions & blog sign up.  In class:  video lecture on how to post to website
	Thurs 1/26	Adichie, “The Danger of a Single Story” (transcript) Post a blog introducing yourself to the class. Comment on one other post.
2	Tues 1/31	Nemiroff, “Introduction” & Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun Act I, scene i In class: go over close reading
	Thurs 2/2	Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, finish Act I  Blog posts (Kara and Grace) and comments  In class: co-author community guidelines
3	Tues 2/7	Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, Act II  Collins, Black Feminist Thought excerpt (62-67) Blog posts (Charlotte and Lauren K.) and comments
	Thurs 2/9	Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, Act III
4	Tues 2/14	Watch A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film) (access through SUNY Cortland libraries, call number VideoD PN1997 .R34 1999.)  Come prepared to discuss one scene from the film that changed the way you originally read the play  Blog posts (Christopher and Brianna) and comments
	Thurs 2/16	Watch Race: the Power of an Illusion, episode 3, “The House We Live In” (57 min) (access through SUNY Cortland libraries)
5	Tues 2/21	Kingston, The Woman Warrior, “No Name Woman,” (1-16)
	Thurs 2/23	Kingston, The Woman Warrior, “White Tigers,” (17-54) Blog posts (Patrick and Logan) and comments
6	Tues 2/28	Kingston, The Woman Warrior, “Shaman” (55-110) In class: collaborative close reading
	Thurs 3/2	Blog posts (Michelle and Hunter) and comments on “Shaman” (55-110)
7	Tues 3/7	Kingston, The Woman Warrior, “At the Western Palace” (111-160)  Blog posts (Kayla and Brooke) and comments
	Thurs 3/9	Kingston, The Woman Warrior, “A Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe” (163-209)
Spring break! No class Mon 3/13-Fri 3/17
8	Tues 3/21	Rankine, Citizen part I (1-19) Wing Sue, “Microaggressions: More than Just Race”  Blog posts (Jennifer and Dayna) and comments
	Thurs 3/23	Rankine, Citizen parts II & III (20-55) Lorde, “The Uses of Anger”  (Optional) Ahmed, “Feminist Killjoys and Other Willful Subjects”
9	Tues 3/28	Rankine, Citizen (56-91) Rivlin, “White New Orleans Has Recovered from Hurricane Katrina. Black New Orleans Has Not” Horowitz, “Don’t Repeat the Mistakes of the Katrina Recovery” Blog posts (Paul and Cassidy) and *comments *Graded comment worth 5 points
	Thurs 3/30	Rankine, Citizen (92-135) Bokat-Lindell, “Why is Police Brutality Still Happening?”  Shapiro and Goff, “In Memphis, people call for police reform after Tyre Nichols’ killing”
10	Tues 4/4	Rankine, Citizen Part VII (136-end)  Blog posts (Trista and Aidan) and comments
	Thurs 4/6	Philip, Zong! (xi-20, 183-207) Bernard, “The Zong Massacre” (1781) Blog posts (Natalie and Alessandra) and comments
11	Tues 4/11	Philip, Zong! (20-76) Please bring in a short text (article, form, document, song lyrics, bill, etc.) that makes you mad or upset, that feels inaccurate or offensive. Be prepared to write on it.
	Thurs 4/13	Found poems and artist’s statement due. Post to course website & bring hard copy to class. Comment on at least one other post.
12	Tues 4/18	Gurba, Mean (1-36)
	Thurs 4/20	Gurba, Mean (37-100) Blog posts (Ella and Alexander) and comments  *Graded comment worth 5 points
13	Tues 4/25	Gurba, Mean (101-144) Blog posts (Deanna, Lauren A., Aidan) and comments
	Thurs 4/27	Gurba, Mean (145-175)
14	Tues 5/2	Last day of class! In class: explain course reflection assignment
	Thurs 5/4	Class will not meet: work on course reflection Optional: Make up missing blog comments by 11:59 pm on Sunday, May 7 Email prof. once all comments are completed and ready to be graded

Final course reflection due via email by 11:59 pm on Tuesday, May 9

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