Most recent public comments by Curtis Hightower https://nowcomment.com/users/133748 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347061?scroll_to=3067022 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347061?scroll_to=3067022 The background knowledge necessary to understand this text is: a) the history of racism in the US towards African Americans, b) City's understanding of her own narrative and the narrative of her grandmother, c) the religious-cultural influences of Christianity on City and her grandmother, and d) the power dynamics between City and those in positions of authority. Fri, 12 May 2023 11:51:07 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347061?scroll_to=3066973 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347061?scroll_to=3066973 City explained what it meant to be a black person or any person of color very clearly.'I figured that everyone in the church had been treated like a visitor on their own road, in their own town, in their own state,in their own country'. Fri, 12 May 2023 10:11:09 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347061?scroll_to=3066970 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347061?scroll_to=3066970 What is City talking about this makes no sense to me. Fri, 12 May 2023 10:03:06 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347061?scroll_to=3066966 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347061?scroll_to=3066966 This sentence is important for understanding the significance of the discovery. This activity suggests that Grandma had a deep devotion to providing for City, indicating the lengths she was willing to go to in order to take care of City. Fri, 12 May 2023 09:58:10 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347061?scroll_to=3066964 https://nowcomment.com/documents/347061?scroll_to=3066964 I had thoughts about who might have been in the shed and what City's grandmother could have been up to. Reading this still shocked me even though it was one of them. It demonstrates how devoted she is to City. Fri, 12 May 2023 09:51:04 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3063755 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3063755 Why did you do Shay like that talking about her nose lol. The way everyone makes jokes and bids about each other is too funny. Mon, 08 May 2023 13:29:12 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3063753 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3063753 This title name is weird but why is this the name of the title? What made them come up with a title like that. Thu, 11 May 2023 08:27:46 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3063676 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3063676 If a random person in the woods says what's up to you, you wouldn't run City? I would be scared because I'm in the woods by myself just walking around Fri, 05 May 2023 14:58:45 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3062906 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3062906 They keep on embarrassing City at this point which I do not like Thu, 04 May 2023 08:43:50 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3061060 https://nowcomment.com/documents/346100?scroll_to=3061060 He is questioning himself since he thinks his belly button is weird/deformed. Everyone has something that they think is weird. Mon, 01 May 2023 12:49:29 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/343951?scroll_to=3055549 https://nowcomment.com/documents/343951?scroll_to=3055549 Isn't that weird to smell someone's brush? Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:00:04 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/343951?scroll_to=3055546 https://nowcomment.com/documents/343951?scroll_to=3055546 I thought this was funny talking about how big her eyes are. Also saying how can she sleep. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 08:58:14 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/343951?scroll_to=3051299 https://nowcomment.com/documents/343951?scroll_to=3051299 I like the image that you used to talk about the contest. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 22:13:28 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/343951?scroll_to=3051295 https://nowcomment.com/documents/343951?scroll_to=3051295 City, the protagonist of Kiese Laymon's Long Division, is a black teenager who lives in a small town in Mississippi. In the first four chapters of the book, City is presented as a complex and multifaceted character. He is intelligent, perceptive, and introspective, with a deep sense of curiosity about the world around him. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 22:11:34 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/343951?scroll_to=3051248 https://nowcomment.com/documents/343951?scroll_to=3051248 In Long Division, written by Kiese Laymon, the author draws attention to problems with race, identity, and power in America through satire and social criticism. Laymon uses humor in the first four chapters to criticize how blackness is portrayed in the media and how black culture is being turned into a commodity. For instance, the protagonist, City, uses sarcasm to undermine the producers' attempts to craft a stereotyped black narrative when he is asked to take part in a reality TV show. Laymon uses commentary to examine the Deep South's history of racism and oppression. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 21:00:50 -0400