{"id":1858,"date":"2021-04-01T12:31:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T12:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-practicalfoundations\/?post_type=chapter&p=1858"},"modified":"2021-04-01T12:31:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T12:31:06","slug":"anna-deavere-smith-teaches-what-students-dont-get-otherwise","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-practicalfoundations\/chapter\/anna-deavere-smith-teaches-what-students-dont-get-otherwise\/","title":{"raw":"Anna Deavere Smith Teaches What Students Don't Get Otherwise","rendered":"Anna Deavere Smith Teaches What Students Don’t Get Otherwise"},"content":{"raw":"
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\r\n\r\nWe're talking about culture, but I want to show you instances of it.\u00a0 I can think of no better person to embody this than Anna Deavere Smith.\u00a0 If you check out her work, you'll likely end up using this somewhere--with friends, at work, in your academic career.\u00a0 Also, I figure you're seeing these TED Talk videos a lot in classes, so we could discuss whether they are effective.\u00a0 This one, I think, you won't forget. . .\r\n\r\nHer \"Four American Characters\" TED Talk is wonderful in that it differs from most of those.\u00a0 It's also a representation of how she works, of America, and of how we are taught to classify people.\u00a0 In each of these four vignettes, I'd argue that she's redefining what it means to be American.\u00a0 That she happens to do so while also bringing up the most difficult issues to talk about: Inequity, race, class, violence--is that much more amazing. \u00a0I hope this sparks something in you.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anna_deavere_smith_s_american_character\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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We’re talking about culture, but I want to show you instances of it.\u00a0 I can think of no better person to embody this than Anna Deavere Smith.\u00a0 If you check out her work, you’ll likely end up using this somewhere–with friends, at work, in your academic career.\u00a0 Also, I figure you’re seeing these TED Talk videos a lot in classes, so we could discuss whether they are effective.\u00a0 This one, I think, you won’t forget. . .<\/p>\n

Her “Four American Characters” TED Talk is wonderful in that it differs from most of those.\u00a0 It’s also a representation of how she works, of America, and of how we are taught to classify people.\u00a0 In each of these four vignettes, I’d argue that she’s redefining what it means to be American.\u00a0 That she happens to do so while also bringing up the most difficult issues to talk about: Inequity, race, class, violence–is that much more amazing. \u00a0I hope this sparks something in you.<\/p>\n