CCR751 – Sinclair – Technology and the A.A. Experience

Sinclair, Bruce. Technology and the African-American Experience:  Needs and Opportunities for Study. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2004. Introduction:  Integrating the Histories of Race and Technology List format today in the interest of brevity. Perceptions about inventiveness and natural aptitude have played a huge role in pushing the A.A. technological experience to the borders of accepted thought.  This is why A.A. are largely absent from the technological... Read More

CCR751 – Week Two

And We Are Not Saved : The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice Derrick Bell This is a really interesting piece.  I like how we get two views in the text on racial justice and black interpretations/plans for addressing said injustice.  The fact that these are filtered through a somewhat gendered lens is also interesting/problematic. Structure: a.  Chapter I – Chronicle of the Constitutional Contradiction – In this chronicle the heroine... Read More