Friday in class we discussed Walt Whitman's poetry and the symbols of freedom within some of those poems.
Today your assignment was to have read Fredrick Douglass's autobiographical essay. In it, he presents another view of freedom. We will be discussing in class his view of freedom and what it means. Of particular interest are these questions:
Today your assignment was to have read Fredrick Douglass's autobiographical essay. In it, he presents another view of freedom. We will be discussing in class his view of freedom and what it means. Of particular interest are these questions:
- Who has power to be free in America?
- Are there different ways to be free?
- Why are some considered free and others not?
- What does American freedom promise an individual? Is this goal attainable? For whom? Why?
- Are these promises available to every American?
- Is there a difference between freedom and justice?
- How does racism dehumanize everyone in society?