EN 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: George Elliott Clarke
9 Jun 2020
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Did newspaper, social, and political work before getting his phd in english in 1993. Refuses to let canada ignore its own history of racism. Questions clarke raises about race, agency, and perspective when it comes to the literature we chose to teach. The occlusion of canadian racism in our histories and public consciousness. We tend to willingly forget a lot of the details of our racist history, which aren"t often taught to us in school. Parallel between clarke and achebe"s attitude towards their characters. George and rue"s young lives are defined by violence, poverty, and hunger. This is both as a repose to abuse as well as a means for survival. George"s boss refusing to pay him and george"s resulting theft of the tools. People and institutions of authority respond differently to crimes, criminals, and victims depending on the race and class of the participants. Opportunities for the brothers are also limited by racism.
