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Literary Nonfiction. African & African American Studies. Memoir. THE NEW PLANTATION: LESSONS FROM RIKERS ISLAND chronicles Trask's quest to cross the cultural divide between his students and him. While he is a white guy from rural Maine--among the whitest states in the nation--nearly all of the young men in his classroom are African Americans or Hispanics from New York City.
We see him break a number of rules, not only those established by the Departments of Correction and Education, but also many of the rules of tradition and, in some cases, common sense. We see him fall on his face time after time, but in the end, though his educational methods seldom meet the standards of orthodoxy, he connects with his students in a meaningful way, and in the process, helps many of them to pass the GED.
