Selected Readings for WR90, WR91, & WR115

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
This title will be available by summer 2022 as an ebook through the RCC library database subscription.
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
This title will be available by summer 2022 as an ebook through the RCC library database subscription.
“A Fighter’s Chance” by Ryan Jones
Article published in PennStater, alumni magazine for Penn State, for the July/August 2018 issue.
“Complaint of El Rio Grande” by Richard Blanco
Poem posted with permission on Poets.org. This poem originally appeared in How to Love a Country, 2019.
“Is Resilience Overrated?” by Jami Attenberg
Article published on The New York Times website, August 19, 2020.
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“Just How Dishonest Are Most Students?” by Christian B. Miller
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Article published in The New York Times on November 15, 2020.
“Poor Shaming—But This Time in the Cafeteria” by Shayna Cook
Article published by the think tank, New America, on May 4, 2017.
“Rare Earth” by Todd Jones
Article published in the Ohio State Alumni magazine for the winter 2019 issue.
“The Architecture of Inequality: On Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite” by Pat Finn
Article published for Architizer, web platform for architects. Publish date unknown.
“The Endless, Invisible Persuasion Tactics of the Internet” by Sidney Fussell
Article published on The Atlantic magazine's website in August of 2019.
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“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes
Poem posted with permission on the Poetry Foundation website. The poem originally appeared in The Collected Works of Langston Hughes.
“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
This poem is in the public domain and is posted on the Poetry Foundation website.