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Listing some of the many perils of womanhood in a still patriarchal society, the monologue that the actress America Ferrera delivers in “Barbie” with the intensity of a rallying cry became one of the most talked-about movie moments of 2023.
WHAT is a doll?" asks America Ferrera, head tilted to one side, hands kneading the air. We're awaiting her second iced coffee of the day, and she's in the throes of a mini-speech on the semiotics of the toy. "What, across centuries and across cultures, across civilizations, has a doll meant? A doll is a representation of a woman's deepest intuition." The original question--"Did you, America Ferrera, whose work represents all that is not Barbie, have qualms about being in a blockbuster about Barbie?"--has been forgotten. Dolls, she reminds me, did not begin with Barbie but have been integral to female play, ceremony, and self-actualization for centuries.
In the United States, bilingual education continues to provoke fierce debate. It seems that nearly everyone—from educators to policymakers to parents with school-age children to those without children—has a strong opinion on whether children with little fluency in English should be taught academic content in their home language as they learn English.
Interviews essayist Richard Rodriguez about ethnic studies. Information on the book "Brown: The Last Discovery of America," by Rodriguez; Other books by Rodriguez, which dealt with issues associated with ethnicity; Significant contributions of Rodriguez in the field of ethnic studies; Views of Rodriguez as a public intellectual; Concept of assimilation as described by Rodriguez.
Ferrera shared the lessons of her life experience with a standing-room-only audience of more than 500 students and community members on Monday, Oct. 24, in the University of Delaware's Trabant University Center.