Notes on Writing "Rac(e)ing for Happiness"
Writing about race in The Pursuit of Happyness was difficult because the film does not seem to
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Note: Writing about categories of difference is often tricky because you have to operate with commonly held stereotypes that you
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<p>Note: Writing about categories of difference is often tricky because you have to operate with commonly held stereotypes that you (likely, hopefully) don’t subscribe to yourself. This is particularly visible in this case where much of the argument, especially in this first body paragraph, evokes commonly held stereotypes about African Americans.</p>
There are good reasons to have ‘race,’ 'racial,' and ‘black’ in single quotation marks to underscore that these terms
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<p>There are good reasons to have ‘race,’ 'racial,' and ‘black’ in single quotation marks to underscore that these terms refer to an entirely artificial category; Ultimately, this is a decision authors have to make for themselves as they write about a text. This author has decided to trust his readers’ understanding without the additional typographic emphasis.</p>
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More on the distinction between analytic and interpretive work on a text. ###
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<p>More on the distinction between analytic and interpretive work on a text. ### </p>
The viewing questions for The Pursuit of Happyness and race
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<p>The viewing questions for The Pursuit of Happyness and race</p>
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