tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post5271953384143088793..comments2023-10-29T04:36:52.733-05:00Comments on elle, phd: Guess What April Is????ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01867952598756889997noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-31267401094408819322008-03-20T23:21:00.000-05:002008-03-20T23:21:00.000-05:00Unbelievable. . . that they didn't call it "The wa...Unbelievable. . . that they didn't call it "The war betwixt the states" or "the war for Southern independence."<BR/><BR/>WTF.Leslie M-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434392840359276805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-65316709421081874232008-03-17T16:21:00.000-05:002008-03-17T16:21:00.000-05:00I like your dad. That's the only sentence I can c...I like your dad. That's the only sentence I can construct that doesn't contain WTF as the major talking point. Although even if I could manage something else, I would still like your dad.Joan Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07982954943622089736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-43192651386739063032008-03-15T00:56:00.000-05:002008-03-15T00:56:00.000-05:00Well, it doesn't exactly say whose version of the ...Well, it doesn't exactly say whose version of the history of the confederacy is to be taught. Teaching it as a history of social and government sponsored oppression might not be what the local officials had in mind. My background is in English (writing studies and children's lit), so I immediately thought of some of the books I know. <BR/><BR/>I just read Julius Lester's novel <I>Day of Tears</I> (it's a children's/young adult novel about the largest slave auction in U.S. history) and I can see integrating that into a confederacy curriculum. It's presented as a dialogue/series of monologues by characters who are slaves, slave owners, etc. <BR/><BR/>And then I thought of Sharon Draper's <I>Copper Sun</I> that follows a teenage girl from Africa to the Middle Passage to a plantation (she's bought as a present for the owner's 16 year old son) and beyond. While not excessively graphic, Draper conveys the horror of the repeated rape of this girl. The story also includes a white girl who is an indentured servant on the plantations, an issue that is often glossed over. And, I don't know if I'll ever get the phrase "gator bait" out of my head after reading this book. Another good book to use would be Mildred Taylor's <I>The Land</I>. <BR/><BR/>Sorry, that got a bit long. I get excited about books I like.k8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07547334819703279971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-51990524596167368132008-03-14T21:14:00.000-05:002008-03-14T21:14:00.000-05:00I think that is celebrated, er - I don't think tha...I think that is celebrated, er - I don't think that is the right term, in several other southern states. How unfortunate.RageyOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03690295219089454070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-85884555989048923262008-03-14T21:00:00.000-05:002008-03-14T21:00:00.000-05:00You're fucking kidding me.You're fucking kidding me.Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03792779327477619787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-28832509315210344372008-03-13T23:41:00.000-05:002008-03-13T23:41:00.000-05:00This is just ridiculous. I can't even comment.Gwyn...This is just ridiculous. I can't even comment.<BR/><BR/>GwynethGwyneth Boltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01241149490843015170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-77502940569075570522008-03-13T17:27:00.000-05:002008-03-13T17:27:00.000-05:00yes, this is very very odd. b/c you know there are...yes, this is very very odd. b/c you know there are people who celebrate it for the wrong reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-5351339189880375382008-03-13T12:51:00.000-05:002008-03-13T12:51:00.000-05:00I'd love to hear your ideas...I'd love to hear your ideas...ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867952598756889997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-55261437603468072122008-03-13T12:47:00.000-05:002008-03-13T12:47:00.000-05:00I could probably come up with some fun ways to sub...I could probably come up with some fun ways to subvert it. Having said that, this concerns me as someone who studies rhetoric and representation.k8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07547334819703279971noreply@blogger.com