This week, I'd like you to make connections between Loving and Kristen Green's book. One question I have: How are the rights to marry who you want and the rights to have a good education related?
Lacy Ward Jr., director of the Moton Museum, thinks that race is a social construct (pp. 247-248). What does that mean? Do you agree or disagree?
At the beginning of Ch. 21, Green talks about how the black and white customers sit on different sides of the McDonald's, choosing segregation even when it's not enforced. Why do you think this is?
The last line of the book is, "She averted her eyes and didn't respond." Why do you think this is the last scene in the book?
As you watch Loving this week, I would like you to think about the issue of "emotion" in reading/viewing. Which text caused you to feel more? We've tended to be a bit vague about what we're talking about in class so I'd like us to try and be more specific. What causes a scene to be emotional and what causes it to be more dead? Can you point to a specific scene in either text and explain why it had, or didn't have, an effect on you?
What questions do you have?
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