For my last blog post, I wanted to address the Marger text. Personally, I was not a fan of the text. It was too "textbook-y" for the class. I think this class is one that would operate more sucessfully with selected readings. Caucasia and the White Privilege books did MUCH more for me than Marger's chapters ever did. I also really enjoyed the readings you were giving out at the beginning of the semester. Readings with a more artistic sensitivity (not as dry) offer far more insight and are more powerful to us as the reader, and evoke a much more emotional response. The more emotional we feel toward the subject, the more we connect to it and can learn from it. Basically, I don't believe Marger's textbook allowed us to connect with our topics on as deep a level as our other reading had.
See you Friday
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