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Carlos Guevara wrote a new post on the site Hostos Reads 5 years, 8 months ago
“ ‘And there is a certain bombast in the way we speak that I had also forgotten. I started feeling truly at home again when I started feeling bombastic.’ ” — p. 531
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Carlos Guevara wrote a new post on the site Hostos Reads 5 years, 8 months ago
“Nigeria became where she was supposed to be, the only place she could sink her roots in without the constant urge to tug them out and shake off the soil.” — p. 7
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Carlos Guevara wrote a new post on the site Hostos Reads 5 years, 8 months ago
“And as she read, America’s mythologies began to take on meaning. America’s tribalisms — race, ideology, and region — became clear. And she was consoled by her new knowledge.” — p. 167
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Carlos Guevara wrote a new post on the site Hostos Reads 5 years, 8 months ago
“She hungered to understand everything about America, to wear a new, knowing skin right away…” — p. 167
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Carlos Guevara wrote a new post on the site Hostos Reads 5 years, 8 months ago
“…her relationship with him was like being content in a house but always sitting by the window looking out.” — p. 9
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Carlos Guevara wrote a new post on the site Hostos Reads 5 years, 8 months ago
“‘It is a wise book. The human stories that matter are those that endure. The American books you read are light-weights. …This boy is too besotted with America.’
‘I read American books because America is the
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Carlos Guevara wrote a new post on the site Hostos Reads 5 years, 8 months ago
“She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her feel like herself.” — p. 73
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Carlos Guevara wrote a new post on the site Hostos Reads 6 years, 7 months ago
What happens to the 688,000 people released from state and federal prison every year? Studies have shown that within 3 years of release approximately 2/3 will likely recidivate. The communities to which the
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Carlos Guevara wrote a new post on the site Hostos Reads 6 years, 7 months ago
Reflecting on mass imprisonment and extreme punishment Stevenson says, “we all need mercy, we all need justice, and—perhaps—we all need some measure of unmerited grace” (18). Let’s collectively examine the ways in
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Carlos Guevara wrote a new post on the site Hostos Reads 6 years, 7 months ago
One of Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy themes focus on justice and human dignity. Whether you’ve read the whole book or just the first chapter, share your thoughts and impressions and examine how these important iss
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Carlos Guevara wrote a new post on the site Hostos Reads 6 years, 7 months ago
California’s controversial three-strikes law was repealed in 2012, consequently releasing large numbers of convicts back into society. Here, we observe the many issues that arise with re-entry through the varied
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Carlos Guevara wrote a new post on the site Hostos Reads 6 years, 7 months ago
13TH is a 2016 American documentary by director Ava DuVernay. Centered on race in the United States criminal justice system, the film is titled after the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,
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Carlos Guevara wrote a new post on the site Hostos Reads 6 years, 7 months ago
In Just Mercy, Stevenson discusses his commitment to defending those who cannot defend themselves due to a myriad of reasons, not the least of which is poverty.
Racial and ethnic health disparities persist in
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Carlos Guevara wrote a new post on the site Hostos Reads 6 years, 7 months ago
Bryan Stevenson in his introduction of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption states, “…”I’ve come to believe that the true measure of our commitment to justice, the character of our society, our commitm
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