University of Oklahoma English course to focus on ‘Black Power’
From www.thecollegefix.com
2022-01-24 05:07:51
Logan Dubil – Point Park University
Excerpt:
The University of Oklahoma is offering an English course this semester focused on “Black Power.”
The course will center on the cultural and political agendas of the “Black Arts” and “Black Power” movement from the 1960s to today with an emphasis on progressive agendas such as “the rise of the Prison-Industrial Complex and the #BlackLivesMatter movement,” its online description states.
“In our discussions, we focus on the cultural exchanges and intellectual engagements between the local struggles for civil rights and the larger global movements for decolonization,” it states.
The class at the Norman, Oklahoma-based public institution is taught by Associate Professor Rita Keresztesi, who is white, but whose CV indicates she is an expert in various topics facing African Americans and African diaspora.
Keresztesi did not respond to a request from The College Fix seeking comment.
Students who take the course will be required to…
