It's 2019 - Do We Still Teach TKAM?

Consider reading the following articles:



Why Are We Still Teaching 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in Schools? Oct. 19, 2017
By Alice Randall

"We need to ask what lessons we are conveying with Harper Lee's classic, and how useful they are to 21st-century students."

Race and Racism: Context TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Journal:

"Words don't have meaning without context." - Ta-Nehisi Coates

1. Who can use the N-word?

Understand being inside a community - there is a relationship with that group - a connection; however, outside the circle of a community, one may not use certain words out of respect.

Using words in an ironic fashion within a group could be considered an act of reclaiming the word.


Journal:

2. In your own words, what is racism?




Journal: 

3. Why does this family have to have this talk?

Transcript of Dr. Howard Stevenson's TED Talk

 Attempt to empathize with the boy as well as the parents in this scene.

4. What is "reverse racism"? 

What you need to understand...

Watch this comedian Aamer Rahman explain the societal dynamics of racism.

More on HuffPost

This isn’t a new phenomenon. When segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace was asked if he considered himself to be a racist during a 1968 interview, he offered a similar deflection.

“No sir, I don’t regard myself as a racist,” Wallace said, “and I think the biggest racists in the world are those who call other folks racist. I think the biggest bigots in the world are those who call other folks bigots.” Link

5. What is "institutional racism"?



"The House We Live In" asks,

"If race is not biology, what is it?"

This episode uncovers how race resides not in nature but in politics, economics and culture. It reveals how our social institutions "make" race by disproportionately channeling resources, power, status and wealth to white people.

https://www.racepowerofanillusion.org/

TRAILER:

Race Preview from California Newsreel on Vimeo.

Read this article about falsely accused Scottsboro Boys:

Alabama Pardons 3 ‘Scottsboro Boys’ After 80 Years

Vocab form Merriam Webster:

subsidize

 verb

sub·​si·​dize | \ ˈsəb-sə-ˌdīz  , -zə-\

subsidized; subsidizing

Definition of subsidize

transitive verb

: to furnish with a subsidy: such as

a : to purchase the assistance of by payment of a subsidy

b : to aid or promote (someone or something, such as a private enterprise) with public moneysubsidize soybean farmerssubsidize public transportation

divestiture

 noun

di·​ves·​ti·​ture | \ dī-ˈve-stə-ˌchu̇r  , -chər, də-, chiefly Southern -t(y)u̇(ə)r\

Definition of divestiture

1: the act of divesting

2: the compulsory transfer of title or disposal of interests (such as stock in a corporation) upon government order

divest

 verb

di·​vest | \ dī-ˈvest  , də-\

divested; divesting; divests

Definition of divest

transitive verb

1a: to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or titledivesting assets to raise capitalwas divested of his rightsdivesting herself of all her worldly possessionsencouraged the university to divest itself from fossil fuels

b: to undress or strip especially of clothing, ornament, or equipmentChristmas trees divested of their ornaments

c: RID, FREE

2: to take away from a person

equity

 noun

eq·​ui·​ty | \ ˈe-kwə-tē  \

plural equities

Definition of equity

1a: justice according to natural law or rightspecifically : freedom from bias or favoritism

b: something that is equitable

2a: the money value of a property or of an interest in a property in excess of claims or liens against it

b: the common stock of a corporation

c: a risk interest or ownership right in property

d: a right, claim, or interest existing or valid in equity

3a: a system of law originating in the English chancery and comprising a settled and formal body of legal and procedural rules and doctrines that supplement, aid, or override common and statute law and are designed to protect rights and enforce duties fixed by substantive law

b: trial or remedial justice under or by the rules and doctrines of equity

c: a body of legal doctrines and rules developed to enlarge, supplement, or override a narrow rigid system of law