ACES Questions!

Please answer the following questions about engaged scholarship and comment on at least one person's comment :)

1. What are your expectations going into engaged scholarship? 
2. Have you spent much time off campus since you got to Cal?
3. Are you from the bay area/not enrolled?  If so, how does this affect your relationship to ACES?
4. Which projects did you select and why? 
5. What are your hopes & fears? 

READING RESPONSE #2

Unfortunately, it was Paradise by Mahmoud Darwish

**ASSIGNMENT**

(1) Pick two poems from Unfortunately, it was Paradise

Compare and contrast the two poems

**(hint: Since this series of poems spans Darwish's poetic career, one way of doing this might be by choosing two poems written at different times in his life.)

(2) Explain any central themes, identify strong language and tell us about your reaction to each poem.

Recommended length: 1-2 short paragraphs.

**Respond to these questions AND ALSO to at least one of your peers in order to receive full credit.

READING RESPONSE #1

ASSIGNMENT

Read Ntozake Shange's for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf

E-Book for this reading

QUESTIONS

What are different types of oppression you see in the text?

What types of internalized oppression do you see in the text?

Internalized Oppression:

External oppression becomes internalized oppression when we come to believe and act as if the oppressor's beliefs system and values reflect reality. "Self-hate" and "internalized racism" are other ways of saying internalized oppression.