Gloria Naylor, The Meanings of a Word

https://www.wqed.org/augustwilson/sites/wqed.org.augustwilson/files/The%20Meanings%20of%20a%20Word%20by%20Gloria%20Naylor.pdf

Names matter.  Words matter.  In what ways does Naylor’s 1986 essay help situate the use of naming?  How should we approach this in our course?  Share some ground rules for the use of the n-word.  We might also look to the following article for some insight into this important course issue: https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2011/straight-talk-about-the-nword

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