Using “Orange is the New Black” as a framework for considering issues of oppression

This article from the Atlantic discusses how there is an entire college class in Michigan about the Netflix hit “Orange is the New Black.” It mentions how the “textbook” for the class is just the TV series. This is really exciting to me, because what better way to engage with young people than relating to shows they already binge watch in their free time? This show is jam packed with references to many social justice issues, including race, class, gender, immigration, LGBTQ rights, and more. I was watching it for fun during this semester, and so many issues came to mind that related to our course.

Piper is a painfully relatable character for me in terms of the fact that she hadn’t been exposed to many issues regarding race, class, or otherwise, because of her wildly privileged upbringing as an upper class white woman. It is hard to watch just how unaware she is of the realities that her fellow inmates face due to their race or class. This show highlights major problems with the prison industrial complex. I could really go on all day about the extremely wide spread of issues that are tackled on this show. I wish I could take the class from the article! It serves as a nice model for me of how to use popular culture in the classroom as a teacher.

Has anyone else watched as much Orange as the New Black as me? What are the most outstanding moments that you would consider using in the classroom?

Katie Klein

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