{"id":31,"date":"2020-09-06T16:51:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T20:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/guideforamindspreadout\/?post_type=chapter&p=31"},"modified":"2020-09-16T09:49:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T13:49:32","slug":"chapter-2-half-breed-a-racial-biography-in-five-parts","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/guideforamindspreadout\/chapter\/chapter-2-half-breed-a-racial-biography-in-five-parts\/","title":{"raw":"Half-Breed: A Racial Biography in Five Parts","rendered":"Half-Breed: A Racial Biography in Five Parts"},"content":{"raw":"
\r\n\r\nThemes:<\/strong>\r\n\r\nRacism, Internalized Racism, Religion, White-passing, Identity, Decolonizing the Mind\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nDisciplines:<\/strong>\r\n\r\nHumanities, Social Sciences, Education, Health, International Business\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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  1. How would you define\u00a0\u201ccollective amnesia\u201d\u00a0that Elliot\u00a0refers to on page 14? What is your experience of\u00a0collective amnesia in other contexts; for instance, the writing of the history of nations? OR even family history?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n \r\n
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    1. On page 16, the author\u2019s Catholic mother\u00a0is reported\u00a0as saying that roots were\u00a0nothing if they lead to Hell. This is\u00a0in relation to the author\u2019s father\u2019s desire to connect to his\u00a0Haudenosaunee\u00a0Six Nations\u00a0Indigenous roots. Use this as a starting point to discuss how Christianity feels threatened by, and demonizes, Indigenous culture and spirituality.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n \r\n
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      1. On page 18, the author experiences bullying on the bus from another girl. Why do you think the author chooses to ignore it? How does it affect her?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n \r\n
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        1. In your own experience, why does bullying happen? How can we respond to it? What if you\u2019re identified as being bullied by others, or as a bully?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n \r\n
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          1. The author struggles with her mixed-race identity, and being able to pass as white or other non-Native identities, like Puerto Rican. At first she considers she can be a Cheshire\u00a0Cat\u00a0or Trickster\u00a0that can\u00a0perhaps\u00a0move between worlds,\u00a0but\u00a0later she worries that she\u00a0is\u00a0drowning\u00a0between identities. At the conclusion of the chapter, however,\u00a0she reconciles with her identity and the responsibilities it brings. How does she articulate this?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n \r\n
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            1. In your own experience of being mixed-race or having mixed-identities, or observing or researching others who have dealt\u00a0or are dealing\u00a0with this, how have you or they expressed this struggle, and overcome it or not?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","rendered":"
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              Themes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

              Racism, Internalized Racism, Religion, White-passing, Identity, Decolonizing the Mind<\/p>\n

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              Disciplines:<\/strong><\/p>\n

              Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, Health, International Business<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

              Guiding Questions:<\/h2>\n
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              1. How would you define\u00a0\u201ccollective amnesia\u201d\u00a0that Elliot\u00a0refers to on page 14? What is your experience of\u00a0collective amnesia in other contexts; for instance, the writing of the history of nations? OR even family history?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                1. On page 16, the author\u2019s Catholic mother\u00a0is reported\u00a0as saying that roots were\u00a0nothing if they lead to Hell. This is\u00a0in relation to the author\u2019s father\u2019s desire to connect to his\u00a0Haudenosaunee\u00a0Six Nations\u00a0Indigenous roots. Use this as a starting point to discuss how Christianity feels threatened by, and demonizes, Indigenous culture and spirituality.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                   <\/p>\n

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                  1. On page 18, the author experiences bullying on the bus from another girl. Why do you think the author chooses to ignore it? How does it affect her?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                     <\/p>\n

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                    1. In your own experience, why does bullying happen? How can we respond to it? What if you\u2019re identified as being bullied by others, or as a bully?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                       <\/p>\n

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                      1. The author struggles with her mixed-race identity, and being able to pass as white or other non-Native identities, like Puerto Rican. At first she considers she can be a Cheshire\u00a0Cat\u00a0or Trickster\u00a0that can\u00a0perhaps\u00a0move between worlds,\u00a0but\u00a0later she worries that she\u00a0is\u00a0drowning\u00a0between identities. At the conclusion of the chapter, however,\u00a0she reconciles with her identity and the responsibilities it brings. How does she articulate this?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                         <\/p>\n

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                        1. In your own experience of being mixed-race or having mixed-identities, or observing or researching others who have dealt\u00a0or are dealing\u00a0with this, how have you or they expressed this struggle, and overcome it or not?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[47],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-31","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-standard"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/guideforamindspreadout\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/guideforamindspreadout\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/guideforamindspreadout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/guideforamindspreadout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/310"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/guideforamindspreadout\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/guideforamindspreadout\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/31\/revisions\/183"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/guideforamindspreadout\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/guideforamindspreadout\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/31\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/guideforamindspreadout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/guideforamindspreadout\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/guideforamindspreadout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/guideforamindspreadout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}