Complete the following statement: My definition of closed-mindedness is …
Complete the following statement: My definition of open-mindedness is…
Complete the following statement: I do my best thinking …
For yourself? For your community?
I started feeling truly at home again when I started feeling bombastic
Carlos Guevara, , Americanah, Book Quotations, Situating Yourself in the World, 0“ ‘And there is a certain bombast in the way we speak that I had also forgotten. I started...
Nigeria became where she was supposed to be
Carlos Guevara, , Americanah, Book Quotations, Situating Yourself in the World, 0“Nigeria became where she was supposed to be, the only place she could sink her roots in without the...
America’s mythologies began to take on meaning
Carlos Guevara, , Americanah, Book Quotations, Situating Yourself in the World, 0“And as she read, America’s mythologies began to take on meaning. America’s tribalisms — race, ideology, and region —...
She hungered to understand everything about America
Carlos Guevara, , Americanah, Book Quotations, Situating Yourself in the World, 0“She hungered to understand everything about America, to wear a new, knowing skin right away…” — p. 167 Share...
Her relationship with him was like being content in a house
Carlos Guevara, , Americanah, Book Quotations, Situating Yourself in the World, 0“…her relationship with him was like being content in a house but always sitting by the window looking out.”...
I read American books because America is the future
Carlos Guevara, , Americanah, Book Quotations, Situating Yourself in the World, 0“‘It is a wise book. The human stories that matter are those that endure. The American books you read...
He made her feel like herself
Carlos Guevara, , Americanah, Book Quotations, Situating Yourself in the World, 0“She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him:...
The Role of Faculty in the Prison College Pipeline
Carlos Guevara, , Just Mercy, Role of Faculty, Social Justice, 0What happens to the 688,000 people released from state and federal prison every year? Studies have shown that within...
We are all Justice Involved
Carlos Guevara, , Criminal Justice System, Just Mercy, Social Justice, 0Reflecting on mass imprisonment and extreme punishment Stevenson says, “we all need mercy, we all need justice, and—perhaps—we all...
Justice and Human Dignity
Carlos Guevara, , Just Mercy, Justice and Human Dignity, Social Justice, 0One of Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy themes focus on justice and human dignity. Whether you’ve read the whole book...
California’s controversial three-strikes law was repealed in 2012, consequently releasing large numbers of convicts back into society. Here, we...
13TH is a 2016 American documentary by director Ava DuVernay. Centered on race in the United States criminal justice...
The Lingering Effects of Poverty
Carlos Guevara, , Defining Social Justice, Effects of Poverty, Just Mercy, 0In Just Mercy, Stevenson discusses his commitment to defending those who cannot defend themselves due to a myriad of...
Bryan Stevenson in his introduction of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption states, “…”I’ve come to believe...