Talk:Toni Morrison
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[edit] award
Was she the first black person to win the nobel or the first afro-american (there is a difference.) -- Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 07:27, 2004 Aug 27 (UTC)
- it seems she was the first black woman and the second black person.
Has she earned a doctorate degree? (I'm not talking honorary degrees)
69.173.147.96 03:38, 1 December 2005 (UTC)I am a senior in high school and have recently visited Princeton. The tour guide said that all of Princeton's professors teach freshmen, but having read the wikipedia entry, I said to her, "Toni Morrison doesn't." However, my tour guide actually had taken one of Morrison's classes as a freshman, so I guess she does teach. Thanks a lot wiki! I felt like an idiot. For the sake of others, I took out the part about her not teaching.
[edit] Oprah?
I think it is inappropriate to mention Oprah in the first paragraph on "one of the most prominent authors in world literature". This could go at the end of the article under a section on movie adaptations of Morrison's work.
[edit] School project
In school, we got a project in which we have to make a video about a author. Each group got a author, we got Toni Morrison. Any ideas of how we could pull off a video about her or her books??? yes why dont you do 5 minites of each novel
[edit] Use of the term "genre."
I disagree with the characterization of African American literature as a "genre." Genre is a somewhat pejorative term that suggests a limited range of characters and situations, e.g., the "genre" of crime fiction, the "genre" of film noir.
[edit] Politics
Someone removed the following section. I don't see why, unless there's a factual error. This was a famous quote and there's nothing wrong with an artist being involved in politics. The Nation is a well-known, established magazine. Serving on its board is simply another fact from her resume. InkQuill 03:39, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Politics
Morrison caused a stir when she called Bill Clinton "the first Black president;" saying "Clinton displays almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born poor, working-class, saxophone-playing, McDonald's-and-junk-food-loving boy from Arkansas."
She currently holds a place on the editorial board of The Nation magazine.
- I agree; nothing wrong with this section. --lquilter 03:48, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
- I am not sure that the last comment should be under this heading unless it is made clear what her role on the editorial board of The Nation magazine says about her politics. In fact I am not sure that her comment regarding Bill Clinton sheds any light on her political views, unless one assumes that she is attempting to embrace his politics by saying it. () 17:10 16 February 2007
The Nation is a famously liberal magazine. Although I haven't found a complete list of its board members, directors are usually chosen because they are philosophically in tune with the organization. I have attached a reference to the New Yorker article about Clinton being the first black president. It doesn't say she necessarily agrees with his politics, but it is certainly political in the broad sense. Or is there a better heading for this section? InkQuill 18:59, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Removed "Films" section
I removed the following section (quoted in its entirety) because it was contributed by an IP address associated with California Newsreel. Maybe the information should be included somehow, but I don't know. If it is relevant and worthy of inclusion, I leave it to the regular contributors to this article to determine how it should be included and put it back. -- ke4roh 02:21, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
==Films== *[http://www.newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0048-3&s=Toni Documentary: "Toni Morison In Black and White: volume 3" distributed by California Newsreel] <br>
[edit] Vandalism
This article has been subject to a lot of vandalism. Is something being done about this? InkQuill 04:20, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
- Don't vandalize my comment, for Pete's sake!InkQuill 03:33, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
