Naruto & Gender
The main character in Naruto
Naruto
Michigan is one of 25 states that have moved their capital city at least once. This city served as the capital of Michigan until 1847
Detroit, MI
The city Sam is from
Lansing, MI
The preeminent rapper of the 2000s, famous for smash hits such as "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma"
Nelly (Cornell Iral Haynes Jr.)
German, b. 1818
Concepts: class, capital, alienation, exploitation
Works: Das Kapital, The German Ideology
Father of sociology
Karl Marx
Is Orochimaru a hero or a villain?
Villain
This man made a name for himself in the gym at Lansing Everett before going on to become a 5x NBA Champion with the Los Angeles Lakers
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
How tall Sam is
6'3"
The type of shoe referenced in the verse:
"I like the all-white, high-top strap with the gum bottom
There's somethin' bout 'em, now dirty that's why I got 'em
I leave 'em strapped and laced and come up out 'em
The last person that touched 'em I been shot 'em"
French, b. 1926
Concepts: disciplinary society, power, panopticon
Works: Discipline and Punish, The History of Sexuality
Prisons guy
Michel Foucault
The second best university in the BIG 10
Wisconsin
Name one of four car brands currently produced in Lansing
Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, GMC
The topic of Sam's thesis
Public school choice
2005 Adam Sandler "block buster" movie remake starring Nelly and Chris Rock
The Longest Yard
American, b. 1868
Concepts: double consciousness, Pan-Africanism
Works: The Souls of Black Folk, Black Reconstruction
Co-founder of the NAACP
W.E.B. DuBois
Name one character in Naruto other than the main character
Sakura, Sasuke, Kakashi, Iruka, Sarutobi, Itachi, Hinata, Ino, Tsunade, Rock Lee, Neji, Jiraiya, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, Gaara, Guy, Haku, Zabuza...
Lansing is the only state capital in the U.S. that does not also serve as the county seat. This town is the Ingham county seat instead (bonus points if you can name one famous person who went to school there)
Mason, MI (bonus points awarded for Malcolm X)
Sam's middle name
Roland Paul
"Just a Dream"
American, b. 1948
Concepts: intersectionality, matrix of domination
Works: Black Feminist Thought, Black Sexual Politics
Very cool
Patricia Hill Collins
Author of Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Judith Butler
The number of Lansing residents attending schools in a district outside of Lansing 2019 (+/- 100)
4,032
Sam's year in school when his dog died the same day he became star student (rude)
1st grade
Title of Nelly's 2000 debut album
Country Grammar
Italian, b. 1891
Concepts: hegemony, counter-hegemony
Works: Prison Notebooks
Head of the Communist Party of Italy, imprisoned
Antonio Gramsci