Supporting Black Students, Faculty, and Staff at Palomar College
Presenters: Dr. Rafiki Jenkins (He/His) and Dr. Martin Japtok
This workshop will present two differing (though not mutually exclusive) interpretations of Octavia Butler’s famous short story “Bloodchild”, which focuses on a group of humans who have fled Earth and are surviving on a planet whose original inhabitants are insect-like, powerful beings with whom humans live in an uneasy co-existence, but a lack of other options leaves the humans little choice but to submit to unusual birthing process to which the aliens subject selected humans. A summary of the story can be found here: https://www.litcharts.com/lit/bloodchild/summary
February 26th, 1:00-2:30pm
In-Person (San Marcos Campus): H-213