Assignment Task:
Read chapters 1-6 of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
Analyze and articulate how one of the following concepts is displayed in this week's reading: race and racism, racialization, ethnicity, equity, ethno-centrism, eurocentrism, white supremacy, self-determination, liberation, decolonization, sovereignty, imperialism, settler colonialism, and anti-racism.
Identify at least one sacrifice the culture depicted experiences with being American and explain the impact it has. Identify at least one attempt to reclaim what was lost.
In what ways do issues of gender, power, storytelling, and perspective impact the literature this week?