Assignment: MLK Dystopian Close Reading

Tri 2- BRIDGE TO COLLEGE ELA A
2024-01-16T14:56:52Z

Due: Jan 16, 2024 by 11:59pm

Here is the document for today

Welcome to my dystopian nightmare

Task: Every year around Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, social media feeds get flooded with memes bearing Dr. King's face and words—snapshots of the man with a snippet of his message, wrapped neatly in a square package, easily digested by the masses.

We get bombarded by the "not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" quote we all know and love. We get hit with "darkness cannot drive out darkness" memes that keep us feeling cozy in our comfort zones. We see "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear," over and over, and nod our heads in placid agreement. People of all stripes share MLK quotes that give us all the warm fuzzies, and we think, “What a moderate docile man that graced this planet and gave us three quotes, then died peacefully in his sleep.

This, of course, is a laughable understanding of the life and legacy of MLK. So today you will work to correct this mischaracterization in order to avoid a dystopian fate. You have 4 tasks to complete today:

Here is the document for today

Welcome to my dystopian nightmare

Task: Every year around Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, social media feeds get flooded with memes bearing Dr. King's face and words—snapshots of the man with a snippet of his message, wrapped neatly in a square package, easily digested by the masses.

We get bombarded by the "not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" quote we all know and love. We get hit with "darkness cannot drive out darkness" memes that keep us feeling cozy in our comfort zones. We see "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear," over and over, and nod our heads in placid agreement. People of all stripes share MLK quotes that give us all the warm fuzzies, and we think, “What a moderate docile man that graced this planet and gave us three quotes, then died peacefully in his sleep.

This, of course, is a laughable understanding of the life and legacy of MLK. So today you will work to correct this mischaracterization in order to avoid a dystopian fate. You have 4 tasks to complete today: