Resources

//This page is for resources; books, film, and websites to be used in the seminar.//

**TEXTS FOR SEMINAR**
//__New Boy__//, Julian Houston, 2005 Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY. $7.99.

//__Black Ice,__// Lorene Cary, 1992, Vintage Books, [|Discussion and Writing Questions] Out of print. Available at Amazon for $10.36.

//__Tangled Roots, The African America Dilemma__,// Christo D. Johnson, 2004, Cherokee Books, Dover, De. $12.95.

//__the Blueprint for my Girls__,// Yasmin Shiraz, 2004, Simon an dSchuster, New York, NY. $10.20. The Blueprint Guide to Motivation and Success, Yasmin Shiraz, Herff Jones, Indiannapolis, In. $5.00. //__Letters to a Young Brother__,// Hill Harper, 2006 Gotham Books, New York, NY. $12.00 http://www.manifestyourdestiny.org/

//__ Learning to Learn__//, //Strengthening Study Skills and Brain Power//, Gloria Frender, 2004, Incentive Publications, Nashville, TN. $15.00.

**READINGS**
[|The Sterotype Trap] - By Sharon Begley Reprinted from Newsweek, November 6, 2000 [|The Racial Politics of Speaking Well] - New York Times FILMS //The American Experience : Simple Justice//, PBS

FILMS FOR GUIDED DISCUSSION
"**Finding Forrester"** Columbia Pictures **"Akeelah and the Bee"**, Starbucks Entertainment "Akeelah: [quoting Marianne Williamson]
 * Memorable Quotes**
 * Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?..."**


 * " And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."** ([|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437800/quotes)]

__**Films that deal with race/ ethnicity**__

//The Freedom Writers The Great Debaters - excellence Crash - race Bobby - history/race The Long Walk Home - history/ race Pride - history/excellence/ Antoine Fisher - identity Malcom X - history Glory - history Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - race/ culture A Patch of Blue - race To Sir WIth Love - race To Kill a Mockingbird - race School TIes - discrimination/////anti- semitism// //Gentlemen's Agrrement - anti- semitism My Big Fat Greek Wedding - cultural conflict Bend It Like Beckham// - cultural conflict PBS, The American Experience, Simple Justice

**PBS FILM "A Class Divided"** - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/


 * ON-LINE MEDIA**

The "N" Word - utube discussions of the term.

[|Champions of Caring] **is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to sensitizing, educating, and empowering young people to take active roles in improving their communities. Our community and school-based programs help reduce prejudice, encourage service, and promote positive community change.**


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I, Too, Sing America I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I Iaugh, And eat well, And grow strong.
 * I, Too, Sing America by Langston Hughes**

Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then.

Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed - -

I, too, am America.

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