The Lesson 6/14/2017
Hello YCA Fam,
HOW TO BE [__________]
List:
Things you are expected to be good at based on your identity
Quintessential books/movies/songs associated with your identity
Dangers/challenges people of your identity face
Sayings or tropes you often hear people of your identity say to each other
Read:
GIRL by Jamaica Kincaid
Blackness as a compound of if statements by Cortney Lamar Charleston
Write:
A poem giving insider instructions on how to be a member of your identity.
CHILDHOOD PORTRAIT
List:
– Chores and responsibilities you had
– Places you didn’t like being brought to
– Places you liked to go to
– Sayings/advice your parent/elders use to tell you growing up
– Things you wished you had when you were younger
– Prized possessions when you were young
– Anything you got disciplined/in trouble for
– Things you remember loving to eat when you were young
Watch/Listen:
“Dining Room” by G Yamazawa
Read:
“Nikki-Rosa” Nikki Giovanni
Prompt:
Write a portrait of your childhood the way you would want it to be remembered.