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Why should you read Toni Morrison’s “Beloved”? - Yen Pham

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Two tiny handprints stamped into a cake. A mirror that shatters without warning. A trail of cracker crumbs strewn along the floor. Everyone at 124 Bluestone Road knows their home is haunted— but there’s no mystery about the spirit tormenting them. So begins “Beloved,” Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. Yen Pham digs into the novel's exploration of the dehumanizing effects of slavery.

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  • Educator Yen Pham
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  • Narrator Christina Greer
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  • Music Salil Bhayani
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How do you think the legacy of slavery continues to impact the United States today?


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The legacy since the events up to now, it shows to us the memory and awareness that many people have from that events and this let us talk about rules and rights and equality and fight the same fight against the racism and struggle with the antique thought.


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The legacy of slavery still survives today because the"enslavers" or the racist people still torment the "enslaved" or the blacks. Both getting a negative experiance.


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since that point the civil rights situation has change a lot and has show us how different the constitucion look at the civils giving the equal respect, but in the society we are able to see that some people still being racist


Avatar for Nayeli Concepcion
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slavery is looked at very differently today,and some people acknowledge slavery and have moved passed it but others treat people badly


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I think the legacy of slavery continues to impact the united states today because many people still keep the legacy of slavery today.

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