What attitudes would a culture have to cultivate for large numbers of its people to ignore widespread rape and oppression of specific groups, and to discount the testimony of those assaulted?
What kinds of assumptions would society encourage in order to position others as unsuited for acceptance in society?
What attitudes would those oppressed take to refute assumptions or assimilate the ideas?
How might this legacy of assumptions and denial be passed down today? How might these issues affect all Americans?
More specifically, in relationship to the novel Kindred, is it possible we are like Dana and Kevin when we learn about or don’t understand our collective racial past?
Do neoslave narrative concepts help explain the context for what we see happening today?
Assignment: Choose one of the topics below and then write about how Kindred connects with the issue in the link and offer ideas about the questions above. (Pick just one idea to discuss initially.) Respond to at least ONE of your classmates.
You cannot answer every question — focus and pick the area of most interest to you.
Reference course materials (and optionally an additional outside sources) as you present your argument.
Explain and discuss your ideas with your classmates.
Topic Two:
Interracial romance and marriage.
scandal
Read about the topic here: http://www.gradientlair.com/post/40458010776/olivia-and-fitz-scandal-abc
“The Loving Story”: How an Interracial Couple Changed a Nation
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