analyze a story, than respond about how they felt about a certain piece of writing.Racism is a strong message in the story “Brownies.” There are two troops of brownies camping in the same area. One of the troops is black girls, and the other is all white girls. Although these troops see each other, they never have any scheduled interactions. The only time the two troops really cross each other is going in and out of the bathroom. The most popular girl in the black troop decides that their troop should “kick the asses of each and every girl in Brownie Troop 909.” (Packer, 92) The most popular girl says that one of the white girls called one of the black girls a nigger. From this point on they black Brownie troop constantly tries to find ways in which they can get their revenge on the white troop. They finally get the opportunity in the bathroom, when they realize that the troop of white brownies were “retarded.” The story is a very clear-cut story. Although there may be some small themes and statements that could be looked at as hidden meanings, the story is far from being an uplifting and life changing story. Rather this story might help students to see from a different point of view than their own. (My high school curriculum)Although you can look at some aspects of this story as a work of literature, I believe that to be best put to use, it should be used as a cultural reference of our society’s historical past. This story by no means could be used to sharpen a student’s vocabulary, or to make a student think differently about writing. To be well used this story could be looked at only through points of culture. If I was in charge of teaching this story to high school students I think that I would probably focus on the differences in which the story portrays the two troops of Brownies. There are many examples in the story, of how the mother of one of the black troopers is c...
