Glendale Community College Impact of Slavery on US History Discussion

Read over any responses that were posted before yours and try to add something new to the conversation. You are not required to respond to others’ posts, but if you want to respond to something someone else said, I encourage you to do so.

Response to “I Helped Fact-Check the 1619 Project. The Times Ignored Me.”

· What is Leslie M. Harris’ critique of the 1619 project in this opinion piece?

· Why does she nevertheless think that the 1619 is an important project?

· What do you think her main argument is in this essay? Include a 1-2 sentence quote that you think

best conveys her argument. Do you agree or disagree with her and why?

Respond to Tommy Orange’s There There

• First, watch this short interview with Tommy Orange (6 minutes):
  

Then answer these questions:

• • What new insight or perspective did you gain into the novel by watching this interview?
  • In the prologue to There There, Tommy Orange writes about Native American history. If you were raised in the US, how much Native American history did you learn in school? Was anything in this prologue that was new information for you? What reactions or feelings did you have to this prologue and why?
  • Why would Tommy Orange begin his book, which is about modern Native Americans living in the city of Oakland, with a look at history? Why do you think he chose to foreground the novel with this brutal look at the past?
  • What are key quotes or ideas in the prologue? Why are these ideas important, in your