{"id":68,"date":"2016-07-31T18:46:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T18:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nellruby.agnesscott.org\/thirdspace\/?p=68"},"modified":"2016-07-31T19:08:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T19:08:40","slug":"book-group-seven-killings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nellruby.agnesscott.org\/thirdspace\/community\/book-group-seven-killings\/","title":{"rendered":"book group: Seven Killings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senior\u00a0students have come together for the first meeting of their independent book group. They chose as a group to read: A Brief History of\u00a0Seven Killings<\/a>\u00a0by Marlon James.<\/p>\n

wickipedia:<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

A Brief History of Seven Killings<\/b><\/i> is the third novel by Jamaican author Marlon James<\/a>.[1]<\/a><\/sup> The novel spans several decades and explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley<\/a> in Jamaica<\/a> in 1976 and its aftermath through the crack wars in New York City<\/a> in the 1980s and a changed Jamaica in the 1990s.[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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It’s not brief–700 pages.<\/p>\n

The students are perturbed:<\/p>\n

-If I don’t read enough black on black crime, and you want me to read this? People talking about Treyvon Martin and now I have to read this?<\/p>\n

-Reaper, burns a building down, then stands outside and shoots the people coming out. Y’all want me to read this?<\/p>\n

-Amy: all these crimes are brought up in a broader context–within the history of Jamaica. Russia, Cube, US–there are global forces at work, white forces, having influence and power over this neighborhood<\/p>\n

-broader forces but also violence in the ghetto. Structure of the community where there’s black on black violence is because of a history of white power. Why do neighborhoods like this exist?<\/p>\n

Reading historically–black on black, the house slaves against the field slaves. The inner violence is helpful to the oppressor. You see it everywhere.<\/p>\n

mention of: Z. N. Hurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God<\/p>\n

Where did the violence start? It didn’t just suddenly show up. What’s carried over?<\/p>\n

Discussion on strange language, hard to follow “why don’t they speak plain english”<\/p>\n

Amy: I like to read cross culturally bc it reminds me there’s a whole other\u00a0world–so maybe to reframe instead of feeling mad. You could be humbled. A world that’s not me\/mine.<\/p>\n

Amy: Look at female character and where she finds her power–at the edges. What happens? How are decisions made when people are high?<\/p>\n

I appreciated the writing from\u00a0dead person’s perspective. It gave me insight. Maybe this is too personal, but I’ve been raped a few times, and I always wanted to know what the\u00a0rapist was thinking. When he said “wipe that smile of the face” I never would’ve know that if I hadn’t known this.<\/p>\n

Tony Morrison: God help the child<\/p>\n

Prison gang, ghost-face vs. bloods; click up–you’re in for life (or death)<\/p>\n

tatoos on the heart<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2815\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Jessica’s addition: ethnography\/ detroit varied living communities, John Hartigan<\/p>\n

{show them Nikki S. Lee?}<\/p>\n

changing\u00a0conomic disparity would lead to\u00a0better race relations; socio economic more impt than race;<\/p>\n

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the mayor who hired mimes to change the percentage of people hit by cars. They mocked jwalkers with playful cards. traffic accidents of people went down 65%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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