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-Blackness includes the act of labeling features of Blackness and Black cultural artifacts—such as clothes, speech, hairstyles, and music—as desirable, without acknowledging the humanity of Black people. Decolonize To decolonize is to recognize, reject, and replace the systems implemented by the colonizer. According to Leigh Patel, “Much of this work begins from the assumptions that communities that have been under the heel of colonization hold within them deeper resources and ways of being, refusing to

Expanding Chinese Language CapacityThree months before President Hu Jintao of China made his historic visit to Washington State and met with Governor Christine Gregoire in April, 2006, a group of 60 business, education, and community leaders and policy makers met to explore the possibility of reaching a “tipping point” for interest in expanding Chinese language capacity in the U.S. and Washington State. The group set a goal of “10% of students in Washington State learning Chinese by the year of

The French Language SequenceIf you have questions about which course to enroll in based on prior experience in French, please contact Dr. Rebecca Wilkin (wilkinrm@plu.edu). You may study away in Aix-en-Provence at any point in your French language study, but we recommend taking as many courses in this sequence as possible before going in order to take full advantage of your time there. French 101 and 102: Beginning French I & II – GE Develop basic communicative proficiency in French and learn

, Ablatives of Separation and Place from Which Chapter 22– The End of Passives and Declensions Chapter 23– Participles Chapter 24 –  Ablative Absolutes Chapter 25 – Indirect Statements Chapter 26 – Comparison of Adjectives Chapter 28 – Subjunctives Chapter 30 – Indirect Questions Chapter 32 – Adverbs Chapter 33 – Conditions Chapter 36:  Jussive Noun Clauses Chapter 38:  Relative Clauses of Characteristic Latin Vocabulary Exercises to accompany Wheelock’s Thanks to Hannah Hutchins, LRC 2009, for her work