Most recent public comments by Ms. Nicole Hart https://nowcomment.com/users/88862 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964612 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964612 I have heard the book came from the comments of the young man - put him in the place of his ancestors and see what he would do... Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:20:36 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964607 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964607 By coming out as allies, they are perhaps feeding into the "fantasy" of forward progress. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:18:22 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964600 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964600 The thought of having to use mechanisms to "distance" information in order for it to be consumed...it reminds me of how distanced Dana is at the beginning - and how 1976 serves as a shield. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:16:02 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964596 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964596 Memory has power - and collective memory requires constant re-memory. It reminds me of the Holocaust. Many European countries surround themselves with the past and spend time trying to understand the past. This is healing. As a country, we don't do that - and then wonder why there are such divisions. Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:20:54 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964586 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964586 This is precisely Dana's struggle - how does she preserve her existence...especially now that she has formed a family with these individuals? Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:09:57 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964579 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964579 Neo-narratives challenged the mass media's message that marginalized people would be accepted into the white model. I wonder if the discussion now would be about devising a new model - this statement implies there is only one way - and all other models are erroneous. How does one understand their place in the world if their reality differs so completely from the fantasy sold to everyone? Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:07:36 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964560 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964560 Butler places the protagonist at center of it all - and silences the white male voice by separating Dana and Kevin. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:00:19 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964551 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964551 The emphasis on the current state of things silenced the past. No wonder racial tensions are an issue in contemporary society. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:56:49 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964538 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964538 Although more academics were looking at multiplicity and histories, it was limited. There is so much DEI work that needs to be done to better inform oneself on the multiple perspectives of history. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:51:33 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964455 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2964455 "wrong side of history" means your story perhaps hasn't been accurately recorded - and it certainly isn't the official telling. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:29:21 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956757 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956757 My heart and soul want this boy laughing at the end to be the same one who was the audience to the objects. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:24:43 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956754 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956754 I keep thinking of rebirth and baptism. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:23:26 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956751 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956751 The government's response differed along racial lines. Poor, mostly Black residents were stranded on their rooftops, or jammed into the Superdome, under HORRIBLE conditions. The impacts from that storm are still with the Black community. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:22:34 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956723 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956723 Reminiscent of "fish stories" too - amounts that can't be quantified. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:18:24 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956715 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956715 Yes! I had the same thought. He isn't allowing any negativity to take hold. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:16:18 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956711 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956711 In my head, it is systematically addressing preconceived ideas and stereotypes - of individuals and places. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:15:09 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956655 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956655 and a group of broken individuals as seen in what the window says to the black boy. This is not a poem addressing broken individuals. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:03:36 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956649 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956649 May has a poem "For Detroit" called There Are Birds Here. Smith echoes May's redefining of Detroit as a wasteland or battlefield. Instead it is a poem alive with hope and a sense of resilience. I like that it redefines an entire community - and that urban areas across our nation hit hard by lines drawn by those in power. It connects them in a spirit of hope and resilience. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:02:14 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956584 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956584 The comparison of water droplets to bullets. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:24:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956582 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956582 This is the same lake that devastated New Orleans - Hurricane Katrina - wiping out the homes, lives, and businesses of mainly black individuals. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:05:25 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956522 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956522 I am struck by the change in perspective from earlier pieces. The speaker is not the individual too frightened to be vulnerable. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 12:49:42 -0500