Agenda

Intro: News Items (25). Reminder that this is a required part of your assignment for each session.
- Class on Zoom next Wednesday, 9/27?
Timed Exercise (25) in Brightspace.
- If you’re new, time to catch up and complete previous Timed Exercises! All catch-up work is due on Friday night.
- Can you see your Timed Exercise grades?
Discussion (20) led by Marc
Final Notes (10) on Beloved
Icebreaker (25)
Research Bits if there’s time, particularly Equity vs Equality

Assignment

If you haven’t already, sign up to facilitate two discussions of two different authors on the “Discussions” tab of the class spreadsheet.
Read/listen, take notes, and be ready for in-class timed exercises & discussions on:
- The epigraph and Introduction of Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington, available in ePub and audio. Note that this book was written in 2006; much of its information is (sadly) still correct; but some of its terminology is no longer in keeping with the MLA and APA guidelines on inclusive language.
- “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin, available in epub and audiobook (NYU login required).
  - With the audio: start in Part 3 at 35:38 and end at Part 4 at 55:37.
What current technology issues come to mind from your reading? Please find a news item about a relevant technology issue, and add its URL to the 9/25 tab in D&T News Items 2023.

Watch Dave, Season 3 Episode 5 (Hulu membership or free trial required.) Our guest speaker next week is the guest star of this episode.