1. Respond to June Jordan’s “Poem About My Rights.” 2. Why did Assata Shakur say that mainstream 1970s feminism seemed irrelevant to women in prison? (Hint: use the concepts of marginalization and/or intersectionality in your answer.) Briefly answer one of the following: a. Fast forward to 2016 — Do you think today’s feminism has anything to offer to women in prison? b. Assata Shakur said “Amerika” needs a black women’s movement that is inspired by heroines like the real Harriet Tubman. Watch the video and see if you agree. (You might want to know that Shakur was a real fighter who believed in revolution, and she’s now a political refugee in Cuba.) videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J5bDhMP9lQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpTf1GFjCd8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DclppILcDcg 3. (Bowen). This article discusses the debate about whether women in France should be allowed to wear hejab. Briefly explain the strongest argument for each side of the debate. Extra credit: Comment on these three videos. They present modern Muslim women taking somewhat opposing views on this social argument about hejab. (I cannot vouch for the correctness of either side in terms of what Muhammad was thinking over a thousand years ago, much less what the will of a divine being might be.) I have to say that my spouse and I admire the cleverness of the young Iranian girl in the last video, who earned over a thousand Facebook likes almost immediately when this was posted.
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