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PCE lesson plan help needed: Trayvon article
I am starting Othello later this week, which Otherizes the main character and portrays him as savage, animalistic, and lusty: some gross stereotype of the 16th century African. I use a pic of Lebron and Gisele on a magazine cover which was criticized for re-enacting this stereotype and then an article on Tiger Woods that basically says "so what if Tiger likes white women?" that challenges the stereotype of black man as covetimg white women.
So I am looking for another text I could use, dealing with Trayvon, that really explores the lingering stereotypes about black males as dangerous that made Trayvon seem so suspicious in Zimmerman's eyes. It could be an opinion piece or informational. Something that shows how the idea of black man as dangerous or Other is still with us, as exemplified by the Trayvon case.
Anyone recall reading anything like this from the flood of recent discussions?
Re: PCE lesson plan help needed: Trayvon article
I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but Tim Wise wrote a great piece that touches on some of those issues:
http://www.timwise.org/2012/03/trayvon-martin-white-denial-and-the-unacceptable-burden-of-blackness-in-america/
It's long, but worth it.
Zeus and Bubba
lol what?
Please. can we please just?
Do you know that Skittles is a deadly weapon? What you need a bag of nickels for when you have a bag of Skittles!
GTFO.