What It Takes (159-170) for a guide
Stamped (Section 2: 1743-1826)
Reading response . Nigerian author Chinua Achebe shares the following African proverb in his acclaimed
novel Things Fall Apart: “Until the lions have their own historians, this history of the hunt will always glorify
the hunter.” How does Reynolds’s truth-telling about Thomas Jefferson compare to narratives typically
told about him as one of our nation’s founding fathers? How does this African proverb help shed light on
why the storyteller matters when learning about events of the past and present?
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, & You
ISBN: 9780316453691
Author: Reynolds
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