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MINI-ESSAY QUESTIONS (40 POINTS—10 POINTS EACH)

(One looong paragraph [5-10 sentences] each)

1) Analysis Question: Using any of the Black American artists we have discussed, show the search for Africa within him or her. What makes their art different from traditional American art? Use at least one example. USING MLA, CHICAGO OR APA, CITE IN-TEXT [EX: (“Burroughs, 2021”)] ANY ARTICLES, VIDEOS AND BOOKS TO SHOW YOUR THINKING CONCERNING THE MATERIAL.

2) Analysis Question: Compare and contrast what Dave Chappelle said in “8:46” to similar things said by Black artists such as Gil Scott-Heron, the Last Poets or others you have been exposed to in the class. Pick your favorite to compare with Chappelle and defend your pick! USING MLA, CHICAGO OR APA, CITE IN-TEXT [EX: (“Burroughs, 2021”)] ANY ARTICLES, VIDEOS AND BOOKS TO SHOW YOUR THINKING CONCERNING THE MATERIAL.

3)    Name at least one observation Maya Angelou made about Dave Chappelle during their meeting. USING MLA, CHICAGO OR APA, CITE IN-TEXT [EX: (“Burroughs, 2021”)] ANY ARTICLES, VIDEOS AND BOOKS TO SHOW YOUR THINKING CONCERNING THE MATERIAL.

4)    Analysis Question: Explain how three scenes and/or characters define The Spook Who Sat By The Door film as a satire—of Black life, of the Civil Rights Movement, etc. USING MLA, CHICAGO OR APA, CITE IN-TEXT [EX: (“Burroughs, 2021”)] ANY ARTICLES, VIDEOS AND BOOKS TO SHOW YOUR THINKING CONCERNING THE MATERIAL.

 

MAXI-ESSAY QUESTIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY (60 POINTS)

(Four to five paragraphs minimum)

50 Points

• Using the current headlines of what is happening in several majority white municipalities across the nation, why is the material you have studied (mistakenly simplified as “Critical Race Theory”) under attack? Cite in-text[EX: (“Burroughs, 2021”)] at least TWO of the “popular culture” (newspaper or magazine, as opposed to “scholarly”) articles you find and summarize the Right’s argument. Then, using this semester’s class content, cite in-text at least FIVE samples as examples of what they would find objectionable and then explain why.

 

 

 

 

 

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