Essay Question:
Given our Racial Profiling unit, students will discuss in a well written essay how the various view-points from Sam Richards, Ismael Nazario, Adam Foss, Bryan Stevenson, Sir Ken Robinson, and Dr. Matthew Whoolery can help avoid the negative aspects of racial profiling?
Given our Racial Profiling unit, students will discuss in a well written essay how the various view-points from Sam Richards, Ismael Nazario, Adam Foss, Bryan Stevenson, Sir Ken Robinson, and Dr. Matthew Whoolery can help avoid the negative aspects of racial profiling?
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Follow links below for Racial Profiling articles from the Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/racial-prejudice/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/racial-profiling/
Given the, TED Lecture,"A Radical Experiment in Empathy" by Sam Richards, a talk by Noam Chomsky on, "Manufactured Consent", media brainwashing using the same taglines and phrases, the views on reporting the news by Dr. Udo Ulfkatte, and our unit on racial profiling, students will read, discuss, and write a short paper inter-relating the above positions concerning our racial profiling unit.
Is it in someone's best interest to continue racial profiling? Who or what benefits from competing religions, countries, and races?
Does our media entice us to, "Racially Profile" other races, religions, and countries? For what ultimate purpose?
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Jim Crow Museum
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How the NDAA Allows US Gov to Use Propaganda Against Americans
22Jul, 2013by Susanne Posel
The US government has unbound the legal regulations against using propaganda against foreign audiences and American citizens. The intention is to sway public opinion by using television, radio, newspapers, and social media targeting the American and foreign people in controlled psy-ops.
The newest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has an amendment added that negates the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 (SMA) and the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1987.
These laws made propaganda used to influence foreigners and US citizens illegal. Without these laws, disinformation could run rampant throughout our information junkets.
This amendment added to the NDAA has passed into implementation as of this month.
SMA defines the prohibition of domestic access to influence information through a variety of means, from broadcast to publishing of books, media, and online sources by restricting the State Department.
The Broadcasting Board of Governors was created from SMA. This agency claims to “inform, engage, and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy”. They omit that their specialty is making sure propaganda is added to the informational flow we all depend on.
The amendment sanctions the US government, without restriction, the use of any mode of message to control how we perceive our world.
As of now, the level of propaganda in the mainstream media (MSM) is quite high, with all of our television, printed media and internet sites associated with MSM owned by only 5 corporations.
Without these laws, the lies purveyed as truth to foreigners would find their way to our doorsteps as a purposeful operation enacted by our government. And in the name of national security, the US government could, and probably would, disseminate misinformation to gain public support for otherwise decidedly deplorable actions.
Amendment 114 of the NDAA was approved by the House in May of 2012.
The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act (2012) reads:
Sec. 501. (a) The Secretary and the Broadcasting Board of Governors are authorized to use funds appropriated or otherwise made available for public diplomacy information programs to provide for the preparation, dissemination, and use of information intended for foreign audiences abroad about the United States, its people, and its policies, through press, publications, radio, motion pictures, the Internet, and other information media, including social media, and through information centers, instructors, and other direct or indirect means of communication.
(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary and the Broadcasting Board of Governors may, upon request and reimbursement of the reasonable costs incurred in fulfilling such a request, make available, in the United States, motion pictures, films, video, audio, and other materials prepared for dissemination abroad or disseminated abroad.
According to Michael Hastings : “The new law would give sweeping powers to the State Department and Pentagon to push television, radio, newspaper, and social media onto the U.S. public. “It removes the protection for Americans,” says a Pentagon official who is concerned about the law. “It removes oversight from the people who want to put out this information. There are no checks and balances. No one knows if the information is accurate, partially accurate, or entirely false.”
Representatives Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Adam Smith (D-WA) in the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act (2012) (H.R. 5736), advocate that it is time to liberate the authority of the US government to broadcast American produced foreign propaganda in the U.S.
The amendment, which was hidden within the NDAA, has remained relatively unnoticed. However, it empowers the State Department and Pentagon to utilize all forms of media against the American public for the sake of coercing US citizens to believe whatever version of the truth the US government wants them to believe.
All oversight is removed with Amendment 114 . Regardless of whether the information disseminated is truthful, partially truthful or completely false bears no weight.
Thornberry believes that with the use of the internet by terrorist groups like al-Qaeda, the federal government needs to have the freedom to circulate their own propaganda to combat terrorism effectively.
“I just don’t want to see something this significant – whatever the pros and cons – go through without anyone noticing,” says one source on the Hill, who is disturbed by the law. According to this source, the law would allow “U.S. propaganda intended to influence foreign audiences to be used on the domestic population.”
Four billion dollars per year is spent by the Pentagon on propaganda aimed at the American public; as well as $202 million spent by the Department of Defense on misinformation operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2011.
Currently, the Pentagon is using “ sock puppet ” (fake handles) on social media sites to purvey false information, harass users and enact psy-ops to influence Americans.
A California corporation is working with the US Central Command (CENTCOM) in spreading propaganda overseas. They provide “online persona management service” that allows active duty military to set up an estimated 10 different false identities that are used worldwide.
Each fake persona comes complete with a background history and safeties to prevent “sophisticated adversaries” from discovering the lie.
CENTCOM spokesman Commander Bill Speaks said: “The technology supports classified blogging activities on foreign-language websites to enable CENTCOM to counter violent extremist and enemy propaganda outside the US.”
Sophisticated software allows military to engage in online conversations with coordinated answers, blog comments and instant messaging remarks that are solely meant to spread pro-American propaganda.
US Army whistleblower, Lieutenant Col. Daniel Davis believes there is a definitive aspiration within the US government “to enable Public Affairs officers to influence American public opinion when they deem it necessary to “protect a key friendly center of gravity, to wit US national will.”
22Jul, 2013by Susanne Posel
The US government has unbound the legal regulations against using propaganda against foreign audiences and American citizens. The intention is to sway public opinion by using television, radio, newspapers, and social media targeting the American and foreign people in controlled psy-ops.
The newest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has an amendment added that negates the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 (SMA) and the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1987.
These laws made propaganda used to influence foreigners and US citizens illegal. Without these laws, disinformation could run rampant throughout our information junkets.
This amendment added to the NDAA has passed into implementation as of this month.
SMA defines the prohibition of domestic access to influence information through a variety of means, from broadcast to publishing of books, media, and online sources by restricting the State Department.
The Broadcasting Board of Governors was created from SMA. This agency claims to “inform, engage, and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy”. They omit that their specialty is making sure propaganda is added to the informational flow we all depend on.
The amendment sanctions the US government, without restriction, the use of any mode of message to control how we perceive our world.
As of now, the level of propaganda in the mainstream media (MSM) is quite high, with all of our television, printed media and internet sites associated with MSM owned by only 5 corporations.
Without these laws, the lies purveyed as truth to foreigners would find their way to our doorsteps as a purposeful operation enacted by our government. And in the name of national security, the US government could, and probably would, disseminate misinformation to gain public support for otherwise decidedly deplorable actions.
Amendment 114 of the NDAA was approved by the House in May of 2012.
The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act (2012) reads:
Sec. 501. (a) The Secretary and the Broadcasting Board of Governors are authorized to use funds appropriated or otherwise made available for public diplomacy information programs to provide for the preparation, dissemination, and use of information intended for foreign audiences abroad about the United States, its people, and its policies, through press, publications, radio, motion pictures, the Internet, and other information media, including social media, and through information centers, instructors, and other direct or indirect means of communication.
(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary and the Broadcasting Board of Governors may, upon request and reimbursement of the reasonable costs incurred in fulfilling such a request, make available, in the United States, motion pictures, films, video, audio, and other materials prepared for dissemination abroad or disseminated abroad.
According to Michael Hastings : “The new law would give sweeping powers to the State Department and Pentagon to push television, radio, newspaper, and social media onto the U.S. public. “It removes the protection for Americans,” says a Pentagon official who is concerned about the law. “It removes oversight from the people who want to put out this information. There are no checks and balances. No one knows if the information is accurate, partially accurate, or entirely false.”
Representatives Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Adam Smith (D-WA) in the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act (2012) (H.R. 5736), advocate that it is time to liberate the authority of the US government to broadcast American produced foreign propaganda in the U.S.
The amendment, which was hidden within the NDAA, has remained relatively unnoticed. However, it empowers the State Department and Pentagon to utilize all forms of media against the American public for the sake of coercing US citizens to believe whatever version of the truth the US government wants them to believe.
All oversight is removed with Amendment 114 . Regardless of whether the information disseminated is truthful, partially truthful or completely false bears no weight.
Thornberry believes that with the use of the internet by terrorist groups like al-Qaeda, the federal government needs to have the freedom to circulate their own propaganda to combat terrorism effectively.
“I just don’t want to see something this significant – whatever the pros and cons – go through without anyone noticing,” says one source on the Hill, who is disturbed by the law. According to this source, the law would allow “U.S. propaganda intended to influence foreign audiences to be used on the domestic population.”
Four billion dollars per year is spent by the Pentagon on propaganda aimed at the American public; as well as $202 million spent by the Department of Defense on misinformation operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2011.
Currently, the Pentagon is using “ sock puppet ” (fake handles) on social media sites to purvey false information, harass users and enact psy-ops to influence Americans.
A California corporation is working with the US Central Command (CENTCOM) in spreading propaganda overseas. They provide “online persona management service” that allows active duty military to set up an estimated 10 different false identities that are used worldwide.
Each fake persona comes complete with a background history and safeties to prevent “sophisticated adversaries” from discovering the lie.
CENTCOM spokesman Commander Bill Speaks said: “The technology supports classified blogging activities on foreign-language websites to enable CENTCOM to counter violent extremist and enemy propaganda outside the US.”
Sophisticated software allows military to engage in online conversations with coordinated answers, blog comments and instant messaging remarks that are solely meant to spread pro-American propaganda.
US Army whistleblower, Lieutenant Col. Daniel Davis believes there is a definitive aspiration within the US government “to enable Public Affairs officers to influence American public opinion when they deem it necessary to “protect a key friendly center of gravity, to wit US national will.”
http://www.marcandangel.com/2016/01/24/15-quotes-that-will-change-the-way-you-treat-people/
Is it possible to Pre-judge one's posture...Racial-posturing?
Let's make a situational Racial Profiling script
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0yqUmedyOM
Racial Profiling Project
English 12a
“The process of making a video is a collaborative project, and thus, extremely important.”~McCoy
Write each characters’ dialogue (script writing) Draw the storyboards (6 storyboard artist) Start video-taping ASAP!!!!
Given our Racial Profiling Unit, in groups of 4 to 7, students will act, write, draw storyboards, be an extra, direct, asst-direct, cinematographer working with (Light, Shadow, Camera), provide costumes, props, edit (if needed), a short 2 to 5 minute video or act, parody, news report, or video with (poster quotes, ideas, or feelings) about Racial Profiling.
See the, "what would you do" videos below for ideas.
Storyboards
Sample Student Racial Profiling Videos
Shane Koyczan
Jamila Lyiscott TED
Sam Richards
A TED talk for our racial profiling unit.
Bryan Stevenson/Ted Talks
Sir Ken Robinson
Adam Foss/Ted Talks
Ismael Nazario/Ted Talk
Non-Verbal Communication-For the Birds/Youtube
Do we Profile Body Language?
Amy Cuddy TED
Racial Profiling Cameron Russell TED
Maybe this is the way the police can teach us:
Melvin Russell TED Talk
Looks can be deceiving:
Magnus Walker TED
The Politics of Racist Immigration/ Junot Diaz
Ethan Nadelmann: The war on drugs is racist:
Two monkeys were paid unequally
White Privilege
White People/ MTV Documentary
A History of the N Word: Why is it offensive?
Tim Wise on white privilege
English 12a
Reflection Questions For: White Like Me
Mr. McCoy
Preface
Key concepts: privilege/oppression/power, social construction of race
What is the reality of white folks experience with race according to Wise?
Chapter 1: Born to Belonging
Key concepts: History of white privilege/oppression
Chapter 2: Privilege
Key concepts: Privilege, Life chances, effects of racism on the psyche
Chapter3: Denial
Key concepts: Racial ideology and colorblindness, Affirmative Action, Minnesota Nice
Chapter 4: Resistance
Key Concepts: Institutionalized racism, traditions, antiracist movements
Chapter 5: Collaboration
Key concepts: Institutional racism, collaboration with racism
Chapter 6: Loss
Key concepts: class consciousness, smog in the air, racism, cultural genocide
Summary (Big picture questions to ask yourself)
Belonging- How are whites “born into belonging”? What does this mean?
Privilege- How does one’s race affect access to “the good things in life”?
Denial- How could colorblindness perpetuate racial inequalities?
Resistance- Once whites recognize privilege, what can (we) they do about it?
Collaboration- Why do anti-racist whites still have to be careful not to contribute to the problem?
Loss- Moral good aside, what is in it for whites? If for no other reason, what interest do whites have in resisting racism?
Reflection Questions For: White Like Me
Mr. McCoy
Preface
Key concepts: privilege/oppression/power, social construction of race
What is the reality of white folks experience with race according to Wise?
- How does he define whiteness and how does his definition differ from a strictly biological definition?
- Discuss privilege, oppression, and power in terms of race. What are some other privileged identities in our society other than whiteness?
- Give an example of how someone in a privileged group might experience life differently than someone not in that group.
- How do we create a more just and sustainable society according to Wise?
- Why might it be a good thing for whites to examine in-depth how people of color experience race and racism in our society? Is it also important for people of color to understand how whites experience race? Why or why not?
Chapter 1: Born to Belonging
Key concepts: History of white privilege/oppression
- Complete the following statement in your own words: to be white in the contemporary U.S. is to be ____. Explain your answer.
- What did it mean to be white in the time of Wise’s ancestors? How did these historical circumstances eventually affect Wise’s life?
Chapter 2: Privilege
Key concepts: Privilege, Life chances, effects of racism on the psyche
- Why does Wise say that “colorblindness” is not the solution to dealing with race?
- How did Dr. Wise’s whiteness factor into his childhood/adolescence? What significance did this have in shaping the path his life took?
- Why is it important for white, upper middle class and affluent individuals to really hear the voices of economically and racially marginalized persons? How can this apply not only to debate teams, but also to classroom discussions and the workplace?
- Explain the following statement “to be white is to rarely find oneself feeling out of place”. How is it different to be a person of color in an all-white space than it is for whites in black/brown spaces?
- What is the “psychic tax of color” or the “psychic subsidy of whiteness”?
Chapter3: Denial
Key concepts: Racial ideology and colorblindness, Affirmative Action, Minnesota Nice
- What are some of the reasons that whites tend to think that racism is a thing of the past? Explain in detail.
- There is an inherent contradiction between the promise of equal opportunity and the deep inequalities we see between whites and people of color. What are the two ways we can choose to resolve this contradiction and what does this have to do with denial?
- What is “argument from exception” and why is it invalid when discussing larger social realities?
- Students in this chapter claim that there are no racial issues in Minnesota because of their “Minnesota Nice” doctrine. Why are individual attitudes largely irrelevant in ensuring racial equality?
Chapter 4: Resistance
Key Concepts: Institutionalized racism, traditions, antiracist movements
- In what way is choosing to resist racism similar to choosing to correct environmental damage or choosing to pay down national debt? Along these same lines, come up with your own analogy.
- Wise says that, “tradition is a choice we make”. Discuss this in terms of the tradition of using American Indian mascots in sports or flying the confederate flag in the South. Did Wise’s discussion of these issues change your view on them in any way? Why or why not?
- Why does Wise say that it is important to know the history of the anti-racist movement?
- Explain Wise’s assertion that white anti-racists have to learn to be good listeners and to resist this urge to take-over.
- Think of a time when you saw/heard racism in action. How did you react? How do you wish you had reacted? If there is a difference between the two, using some of Wise’s techniques, devise a clear strategy to more effectively handle that situation in the future.
Chapter 5: Collaboration
Key concepts: Institutional racism, collaboration with racism
- What type of person does Wise claim is the most dangerous?
- What is institutional racism? Give an example.
- How is it that “good” individuals can end up collaborating with racism? Give an example.
- Why does Wise argue that any anti-racist struggle should be lead by people of color?
- Why does Wise say that becoming an anti-racist ally is a “lifelong process”? If this is true, what does it mean for you or how you view (other) whites?
Chapter 6: Loss
Key concepts: class consciousness, smog in the air, racism, cultural genocide
- If whites are privileged, why would they want to get rid of that? Outline the main points of Wise’s argument. Do you have any reasons of your own to add?
- How has racism been used to divide and conquer the working class? What then are the social implications of uniting across racial lines?
- Is there such a thing as “white culture”? Explain your argument and compare your view to Wise’s.
- How does the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond view “racism”? Compare this to Tatum’s view in the article “Defining Racism: Can we talk?”
Summary (Big picture questions to ask yourself)
Belonging- How are whites “born into belonging”? What does this mean?
Privilege- How does one’s race affect access to “the good things in life”?
Denial- How could colorblindness perpetuate racial inequalities?
Resistance- Once whites recognize privilege, what can (we) they do about it?
Collaboration- Why do anti-racist whites still have to be careful not to contribute to the problem?
Loss- Moral good aside, what is in it for whites? If for no other reason, what interest do whites have in resisting racism?
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8 short Tim Wise Videos on White Privilege
Larry Elder Destroys The Concept of White Privilege
Jamil Jivani TED Talk
How Racial Profiling Hurts Everyone, Including the Police.
White on Black Documentary
Tyler Perry Racially Profiled
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Tyler Perry Note to His Younger Self
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What Would You Do?
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How to think, not what to think...Jesse Richardson TED Talks