Monthly Archives: March 2015
1930s Duke Ellington
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyFDTEpP62c
Oklahoma Sounds
I’m beginning to seriously suspect Oklahoma’s history telling capacities. Let’s just say that it seems very reticent to tell a history about it’s non white residents. To say nothing of the long suppression of the 1921 Race Riots which destroyed … Continue reading
Oklahoma in the 60s
For those of you who are interested, here’s what looks like an elementary school chapbook on Oklahoma City. It’s a chapter about the 60s. Be warned, the history is very general, and what it has to say about the Civil … Continue reading
1967 was just the beginning of the Black Power Movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxS3cNyKo00 So one of the things that is hard for me about The Outsiders is the curious absence of Native Americans and Black people, when in the 1960s, there were serious movements by both of these groups of people who … Continue reading
Close reading blog- “Read All About It”
In Emeli Sande’s, a British recording artist, song “Read All About It, Pt. III” from her album, Our Version of Events, Sande uses her powerful lyrics to deliver not one message, but many messages that touches on issues that deal … Continue reading
GROUP B: Close Reading on “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore
In the song, Thrift Shop, by Macklemore, created in the year 2012, Mackle raps about his experiences shopping in the thrifts. He speaks mainly towards the fact that customers are able to create a totally different identity with the purchases … Continue reading
The Body- Outsiders Quote
“Johnny Cade was last and least. If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you’ll have Johnny. He was the youngest, next to me, smaller … Continue reading
“The Outsiders and How It Pertains to Race”
The title alone suggests a striking distinction between what is considered acceptable versus what is not. Just as blacks and other minority groups have been classified as “other,” on the basis of physical features and their cultural practices, so are … Continue reading
Outsiders Quote – Body
“Darry is six-feet-two, and broad-shouldered and muscular. He has dark-brown hair that kicks out in front and a slight cowlick in the back— just like Dad’s— but Darry’s eyes are his own. He’s got eyes that are like two pieces … Continue reading
Outsider Quotes-Race
“Maybe the two different worlds we live in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.”-Chapter 3 page 35 “Well I won’t. But I gotta do something. It seems like there’s gotta be someplace without greasers or Socs, with just … Continue reading