Read My Dungeon Shook by James Baldwin
You may address any of the following questions or discuss anythoughts/reactions you may have had to the article. Look ateach sentence written by Baldwin and consider its message.
Some suggested questions:

• What is the meaning of the title?
• Have things changed since Baldwin wrote the essay for hisnephew in the 1960s? In what ways? How are things thesame?
• What might a letter to a child of difference look liketoday?
• What current events may be related to Baldwin’s writing?
• What did he mean when he wrote: “To act is to be committed, andto be committed is to be in danger. In this case, the danger,in the minds of most white Americans, is the loss ofidentity?”
• What is the identity of white people he is referringto?
• How do these issues relate to the workplace? What wouldyou do as a leader?
• How might you encourage people to understand the rewards ofembracing rather than fearing diversity
• Read the Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King,Jr. Choose one question at the end to respond to. Please include the number of the question.

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1The title of James Baldwin s essay My Dungeon Sh ook is a metaphor for the oppression and fear that African Americans have faced throughout history in the United States By using the word d un geon Ba... View the full answer