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Annotated X: Due in Class on Wednesday, NOV 4.

Your reading for Wednesday is very short, but I expect you to annotate your text. You will annotate the text either by printing it out and using a pencil, pen, and/or highlighter OR you will use an electronic version with a program that allows you to annotate pdfs.  If your program/app doesn’t let you annotate the pdf (aka. make comments and notes on the side) then you must print out the reading and annotate by hand.

Your annotation should include the following three things: 

  1. In 4-5 sentences or in a clear bullet point format,  you should historically contextualize the reading.  You can make these notes on the back of your print outs or in a note at the beginning of your document if you are reading online.   You should spend 5-15 minutes looking up information online that will help you contextualize this reading.   You are welcomed to get carried away and spend more time getting background, but a little bit of time still goes a long way.  Wikipedia will be enormously helpful in this process.  Some good search terms that will help you contextualize this reading include but are not limited to:
    1. Malcolm X
    2. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
    3. The Panthers
    4. The Prison Industrial Complex and Black Men
    5. The 60s and race
    6. Black Nationalism
  2. Annotate the reading. You should underline or highlight at least two passages of the reading.  Then in the margins you should comment on that passage.  For one passage: you should comment on how that part of the text relates to a specific part of one of our previous readings.   It’s not enough to say “this part is like x”; you must also say why it is like or why it reminds you of x.   For the other passage: you underline, you should comment on how it speaks to something else in the world, in your studies, your imagination, or history.  Again it’s not enough to say “This part is like Y.” You must also tell me why it is like Y or Y it challenges Y or what about this part and Y makes you think they should be put in conversation together.
  3. Circle and define any word or term or reference for which you don’t know the meaning.