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Jack McKeown edited the blog post Noticing through Literary Evidence: A Self-Reflection of ENGL 101 in the group American Studies: 4 years, 4 months ago
Dionne
Brand’s course epigraph, “My job is to notice…and to notice that you can
notice,” served as the foundation for ENGL 101: Literature, Medicine, and Racism.
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Jack McKeown wrote a new blog post The Literal and Figurative Meanings of Teeth in Colson Whitehead’s Zone One and Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan’s Washington Post Article in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
In Colson Whitehead’s Zone One, teeth are frequently discussed. In a literal sense, teeth serve as the weapon of the undead, known as skels, and thus act as the greatest source of fear among survivors. The l […]
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Jack McKeown wrote a new blog post Governmental Deception and Exacerbation of Income Inequality: The Parallel between the American Phoenix Government of Zone One and the Trump Administration in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
As explained in a
previous blog post, Colson Whitehead’s Zone One and
Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan’s Washington Post article “The Painful
Truth about Teeth” similarly illustrate the severity and enduran […] -
Jack McKeown wrote a new blog post The Pressing Problem of American Income Inequality: An Analysis of Zone One and the Washington Post in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
Income inequality is a dire problem that is exponentially worsening in the contemporary United States. Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan’s Washington Post article “The Painful Truth about Teeth” illustrates how t […]
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Jack McKeown wrote a new blog post Desecration and Artificial Categorizations of the Deceased: A Comparison of Zone One and the Excavation of the African Burial Ground in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
Colson Whitehead’s Zone One is a thrilling novel that follows the
protagonist Mark Spitz as he struggles to survive in a zombie apocalypse. While
the story is entertaining in and of itself, it also provides p […] -
Jack McKeown wrote a new blog post Changing Perceptions: An Examination of the Commercialized Structures of Pharmaceutical and Medical Volunteer Companies in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
While I usually prefer to
write blog posts in the third person, I’ve decided that, given the immense
relevance of this post’s topic to my life, it would be best to convey my thoughts
directly through my voi […] -
Jack McKeown edited the blog post The Complexities of Informed Consent: Drawing Parallels between Clay’s Ark, Medical Apartheid, and Dr. Chapman’s Deception Study in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
Written by Aliyah Frederick, Anna Johnston, Jack McKeown, Freddie Yopp, Victoria Page, and Ashley Boccio
Harriet Washington’s Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans f […]
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Jack McKeown wrote a new blog post Judging by Appearances: Similarities in the Treatment of African Americans and the Clay’s Ark Community in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
Octavia Butler’s Clay’s
Ark describes the plight of a father and his two daughters who are
kidnapped by a community infected with a complicated extraterrestrial symbiont.
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Jack McKeown wrote a new blog post Commonalities in Percival Everett’s Zulus and Radiation Experiments on African Americans: The Issue of Informed Consent in the group American Studies: 4 years, 6 months ago
Percival
Everett’s Zulus follows the journey of Alice
Achitophel as she confronts the hopelessness and cruelty of a postapocalyptic
world devastated by the choices of humanity. While the narrative itself i […] -
Jack McKeown wrote a new blog post Segregation and Experimentation on African Americans: Lessons from Toni Morrison’s Home in the group American Studies: 4 years, 6 months ago
Toni Morrison’s novel Home provides an emotional story of a man who grapples with a dark past, yet still strives to protect his beloved sister. While the characters and narrative itself may be fictional, the b […]
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Jack McKeown edited the blog post Noticing Racism in the group American Studies: 4 years, 7 months ago
The course epigraph, “My job is to notice…and to
notice that you can notice,” as stated by Dionne Brand, illustrates the
importance of actively engaging with and questioning ideas that society has typ […] -
Jack McKeown joined the group American Studies 4 years, 8 months ago
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Jack McKeown became a registered member 4 years, 8 months ago