Write a short summary on the chapter “Searching for Black Girls.” Explain what it means. Then, write about how that same issue of oppression is reflected in an example from politics OR your own personal example from your educational journey.
For our fourth Reading Response, you’ll be working specifically with Dr. Noble’s second chapter, “Searching for Black Girls” (64-109, from Algorithms of Oppression).
Getting Started:
To begin, please introduce the chapter to your readers similar to how we have been doing with other summaries.
With your short overview of the chapter, again make the “citation sandwich” move by bringing in at least one key quote from Noble’s chapter (not necessarily the quote above, although you may use it if you wish). This quote should be something that you want to think more about and that you find particularly interesting/curious/surprising.
After you offer the quote, explain what you think it means in your own words. What you want to establish from the start is an overall sense of the text and a little bit of evidence/proof, which would be the direct quote from the text. Likewise, the quote(s) you choose should help you move the discussion into one of the foci described below.
Adding to the Conversation:
With the text set up for your readers, add to the conversation Noble started. You may respond in either of these ways (or both, if you like!):
Discuss one example related to American politics that demonstrates the movement of oppression, as described within this particular chapter. There are a lot of options from which to choose! Make sure it is something specific and beyond the examples already raised by Noble. It can be new or old, but your discussion of it should be detailed enough so readers can understand the example just by your descriiption. Lastly, speculate on why this particular moment/event resonates with a particular sector of the American public (but, of course, please do not stereotype or generalize).
OR
Discuss how you have personally experienced this trend toward oppression (again, based on what is described in this chapter) in your educational background. Was it something you experienced here in the college setting or experienced in previous educational settings? Please don’t give readers a general answer here; rather, discuss a particular example. Offer enough detail for readers to see/hear/feel what you have observed.
At the end of your response, come full circle by offering readers a final thought or a thinking question (which you might pursue later).
