Tag Archives: Prejudice

Candide and the Deep State

Members of the MAGA cult resemble the Baron of Thunder-ten-Tronckh in “Candide.”

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Crashing into Invisible Barriers

In a poem about a bird’s death, Clifton may be talking about much more.

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Donne: Better to be Woke Than Asleep

In “Good Morrow,” Donne delivers a timely message that it’s good to be woke.

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School Panics about Dr. Seuss Discussion

A school administrator objected when a class discussion of Dr. Seuss’s “Sneetches” veered into questions of race.

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How to View Prejudice in the Classics

How to handle instances of prejudice in the classics? Let the values battles fly.

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Orwell Shot Down More Than an Elephant

Essayist Dylan Nice describes how Orwell’s essay “Shooting the Elephant” pulled him out of kneejerk rightwing prejudices.

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