What I worry about is that as long as we continue to cling to ONE (white) MAN’S view of life as he lived it so long ago, we (perhaps unwittingly) promote the notion that other cultural perspectives are less important. ... So I ask, why not teach the oral tradition out of Africa, which includes an equally relevant commentary on human behavior? Why not teach translations of early writings or oral storytelling from Latin America or Southeast Asia other parts of the world?
Yeah, why not teach African or Latin American writings in ENGLISH class.
This woman deserves to be jailed for the rest of her life.
Francis Bacon was also (hiss) white. Although he did not write Shakespeare.
I'm not from an English-language country, but even we read a Shakespeare play. And it wasn't Julius Caesar.
As for your question: unfortunately, probably not.
Yeah, why not teach African or Latin American writings in ENGLISH class.
This woman deserves to be jailed for the rest of her life.
Agreed. I was just referring to that conspiracy theory about Bacon in case someone brought it up.
I wouldn't call it a conspiracy theory. But... you know what's funny? The advocates of the theory have the kinds of names that make you think.
Thomas Loony and Charles Batty.
Nomen est omen.