Theoretical Democracy

"A Silent Scream" (1969) by Wendell Brooks

The Dichotomy of Citizenship

Regional Culture History

Lesson 14

Consideration:

"A Silent Scream" by Wendell Brooks is an intaglioprint.

Intagliois a process that encompasses sunken design: a gem, seal, piece of jewelry, or the like, cut with an incised or sunken design; incised carving as opposed to carving in relief; ornamentation with a figure or design sunken below the surface; an incised or countersunk die, or a figure or design so produced; a printmaking process by which the printing ink is transferred to paper or another medium from areas sunk below the surface.

b) The title "A Silent Scream" implies double entendre.

Double entendreinvolves presenting an image on one level, but etching meaning on another level or vice verse

Reflect on the title "A Silent Scream" as double entendre . Can a scream be silent? Can silence be a scream? What in the Brooks print suggests silence and/or scream?

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Question 1:

The My Lai massacre (Pay particular attention to the "silent screams" that focus on such images call to mind). In late 1969, the story broke that Army Lt. William Calley had ordered the murder of over 200 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai village in March 1968. Twenty-five officers were charged with complicity in the massacre and subsequent cover-up. Only Calley was convicted, but president Nixon eventually granted him parole.

Consideration:

One criticism against the Viet Nam was is that given the number of African Americans in the United States Armed Forces, people of color from the U.S. were annihilating people of color in southeast Asia. Martin Luther King, Jr. began to speak out against the war, especially the disproportionate number of African Americans sent to Viet Nam and, in particular, on the front line of battle.

Feedback:

McNamara speaks out about Vietnam

more on Vietnam

Assignment:

Once Congress became aware of the bombings, from whom did screams or silence emerge? Why?

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The wordintaglio,in addition to being applicable to art, also denotes social developments sunken below the surface.

Write an essay that negates or affirms your position that the disproportionate number of African American men sent to the front lines of Viet Nam in general, and from particular states in the U.S.,contributed to social problems affecting African American households and communities in certain regions of the country, one region being affected more than others.

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Consideration:	"A Silent Scream" by Wendell Brooks is an intaglioprint. Intagliois a process that encompasses sunken design: a gem, seal, piece of jewelry, or the like, cut with an incised or sunken design; incised carving as opposed to carving in relief; ornamentation with a figure or design sunken below the surface; an incised or countersunk die, or a figure or design so produced; a printmaking process by which the printing ink is transferred to paper or another medium from areas sunk below the surface. b) The title "A Silent Scream" implies double entendre. Double entendreinvolves presenting an image on one level, but etching meaning on another level or vice verse Reflect on the title "A Silent Scream" as double entendre . Can a scream be silent? Can silence be a scream? What in the Brooks print suggests silence and/or scream? Write your response in the form below:
Your Name:
Your E-Mail Address:
Mail to:
Subject:
(L14Q1) Your response:
Question 1:	The My Lai massacre (Pay particular attention to the "silent screams" that focus on such images call to mind). In late 1969, the story broke that Army Lt. William Calley had ordered the murder of over 200 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai village in March 1968. Twenty-five officers were charged with complicity in the massacre and subsequent cover-up. Only Calley was convicted, but president Nixon eventually granted him parole.
Consideration:	One criticism against the Viet Nam was is that given the number of African Americans in the United States Armed Forces, people of color from the U.S. were annihilating people of color in southeast Asia. Martin Luther King, Jr. began to speak out against the war, especially the disproportionate number of African Americans sent to Viet Nam and, in particular, on the front line of battle.
Feedback:	McNamara speaks out about Vietnam more on Vietnam
Assignment:	Once Congress became aware of the bombings, from whom did screams or silence emerge? Why? Write your response in the space below: The wordintaglio,in addition to being applicable to art, also denotes social developments sunken below the surface. *Write* an essay that negates or affirms your position that the disproportionate number of African American men sent to the front lines of Viet Nam in general, and from particular states in the U.S.,contributed to social problems affecting African American households and communities in certain regions of the country, one region being affected more than others.