Read the poems by Langston Hughes ("Let America Be America Again"), Gwendolyn Brooks ("The Lovers of the Poor") and Primo Levi ("If this is a man"); read the chapter entitled "The Journey" from Levi's memoir, Survival in Auschwitz. You must also watch the documentary entitled Finding Kalman.
Write a fully-developed post in which you address at least several of the following points, supporting your claims with evidence from the text. In addition to developing a longer, initial post, you must also ask at least three (3) questions you would like answered about the poems, the memoir
As you develop your discussion, remember to support your ideas with quotes and examples from the texts. Hughes, Brooks, Levi and Roz Jacobs's documentary Finding Kalman all use literature or art to denounce injustice and abuse of power.
What are these writers and artists saying about the various forms of injustice they see?
What role can literature and art play in denouncing racism, genocide, poverty and other abuses of power?
Why is it important to remember and document what has happened in this regard?