Language A: language and literature Internal Assessment Student outline form Field of Inquiry: Beliefs, Values and Education Narrowed Down Field of Inquiry: Education Global Issue: Fighting Racism through Education Narrowed Down Global issue: How gaining historical perspective, as achieved through education, can become a means of countering racism Texts chosen: Literary Work: Vintage Hughes, The Negro Speaks of Rivers Bibliographical Reference: Hughes, L. (2004). The Negro Speaks of Rivers. In L. Hughes, Vintage Hughes (p. ). New York: Random House. Non-literary body of work: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Between the Scenes, South African vs. American Culture - Between the Scenes | The Daily Show Bibliographical Reference: “South African vs. American Culture - Between the Scenes | The Daily Show.” YouTube, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, 13 Jan. 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBaaRSTrbso. Notes for the oral (maximum of 10 bullet points): 1. Gaining historical perspective through education works as a means to fight racism. 2. Negro speaks of rivers symbol of the river (L.1,2,4,11,12,13) to educate his readers on his race always being present in history. 3. Personal pronoun “I” (L.1,2,5,6,7,8,11) he has embodied his race’s history, establishing strong bonds with an AA reader, and educating those who are not aware of his history. 4. Historical allusions rivers associated with important historical milestones, such as Euphrates (L.5), Nile (L.7), Mississippi (L.8-10). 5. I, Too extended symbolism (kitchen ghetto, table American society) perspective must be gained by both sides (6,7,11-13,16). He uses the personal pronoun “I” to emphasize on their collective historic identity (1,2,5,9). Mother To Son religious allusion (L.2,20) Jacob’s ladder in Genesis (AA vs WA). 6. SA vs. A Culture: emotive diction (0:14-0:35,1:27-1:37) importance of learning about our past without tension or placing blame. 7. Comic relief moments (0:35-0:50,1:03-1:10)shift in tone; connection to the GI ridicules those who lack perspective. 8. Camera angles shift: during impressions there is a front view (screenshot 1) (captures his expressions), then a side view when addressing the audience (screenshot 2) (conversational tone GI: prime example of a conversation about race). 9. Black Friend Defense: emotive diction (1:11-1:40) stresses the detrimental effect of having a one-sided view of a conflict which may incite racism. Blackface Punishment: comic relief moments (1:02-1:21) by (shift in tone). Camera zooms abruptly; ¾ shots conversational tone. 10. Both works demonstrate the extent to which racism can be fought by gaining historical perspective and learning about one’s past, not, however, through a one-sided prism.
