PD KENDI CH. 9, 10, 11

PD KENDI MEETING 6  Wednesday, August 19  3-5 pm

Facilitator: Jonathan Kelly

 Hi Book Clubbers,

The discussion activities for Wednesday will be to summarize each of the 3 chapters in 25 words or less (Chapter 9, 10, 11).  There’s a method to this madness that we’ll explain to you on Wednesday. Yes, words like is, of, and the  DO count towards the 25.

This is NOT an assignment, just a preview so you can roll it around in your head before Wednesday.

 

The rest of the session looks like this:

 

Housekeeping (future dates/chaps etc)	15 mins
Introduction of the 3 chapters JK	5 mins
*black-ish clip	3-6 mins
Explanation of sentence activity MAK	5 mins
Break out #1 (Chapter 9)	15 mins
Whole group discussion	10 mins
Breakout group #2 (chapter 10)	15 mins
Whole group discussion	10 mins
Breakout group #3 (chapter 11)	15 mins
Whole group discussion	10 mins
*black-ish clip	3-6 mins
Discuss how do we deal with these issues in the classroom	15 mins

 

*may not show due to time

In Chapters 9-11, Kendi narrates his experience at Florida A&M, where he attended undergrad, and then Temple University, where he attended graduate school (graduating with a doctorate in African American studies). He explains colorism, a form of discrimination among people of color in which those with lighter skin tones are valued more than those with darker skin (another phenomenon that dates back to slavery). He goes on to say that, while some race activists/thinkers believe it is impossible for people of color to be racist because of the lower status they hold in society, he does not agree. He uses the belief system of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad (who declared that white people were descended from demons) as proof that Black people can be racist against White people. Furthermore, to make this claim is to absolve Black people who do have power, including judges, congresspersons, police officers, and many others, who act against the interests of their race. He names Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Ohio secretary of state Ken Blackwell as examples.