Read The New Republic interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates and watch the Syfy You Tube video interview with Brian Stelfreeze. Both interviews give us a taste of things to come in Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet.

The New Republic interview

Paper instructions: Please read The New Republic interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates and watch the Syfy You Tube video interview with Brian Stelfreeze. Both interviews give us a taste of things to come in Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet. Both also give us a glimpse of the whole person behind, respectively, the writing and art of this text and of their considerations and goals for this work. If you’re not familiar with Ta-Nehisi Coates’ writing prior to Black Panther, please read this excerpt from his award-winning and bestselling book Between the World and Me.

The New Republic interview

For many readers, including novelist Toni Morrison, this book is a seminal text in its deconstruction of racism and the toll racism takes on both the black body and the black psyche. From this excerpt, you will get a sense of Coates’ style and voice in this non-fiction genre of writing. For your written class prep, Use the interviews to pose several threads and/or questions you will take with you into reading The Black Panther. What will you be looking for?

The New Republic interview

What are you wondering about? What do these interviews alert you to? How/where do they surprise you or confuse your or inspire you or…? Part A: Quote two specific places in the interview with Coates and then formulate a question or a wondering for each quote. Part B: Quote two specific places in the interview with Stelfreeze and then formulate a question or a wondering for each of quote. That’s all! Submit Assignment. https://youtu.be/Qwc1zAdk6rk

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