Daily Log

Monday, October 11

Mr. P introduced the vocabulary assignment for words in Frederick Douglass's Narrative.  A handout will be distributed tomorrow.

As a light-hearted treatment of the confusions of American racial categories (which we discussed in a serious fashion on Friday) students watched Dave Chappelle's "Racial Draft" episode.

Next we made the connection to the first chapter of Frederick Douglass (whose genetic inheritance was half white) and we compared the racial system of the U.S. with that of Mexico, where racial mixture is the national norm and where "La Raza" -- the national race -- is an amalgam of Spanish and Indian.

HW due Tuesday:
Read Chapter 3 and 4 of Douglass's Narrative.