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Video Tribute to MLK
Please watch the videos below and leave your responses. Here are a few questions to ponder:
1) If King were alive today, what aspects of American society would he feel had become a part of his “dream?” What aspects of American life would he see as being outside the scope of his dream? What suggestions do you think he would make to improve relations between whites and blacks?
2) What methods did Martin Luther King, Jr. use to communicate to the American people the injustice of racial prejudice during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s? Were his methods effective? Would his approach be effective in today’s America?
3) Are Blacks still experiencing discrimination in the area of jobs, education, and legal rights? How far have we really come in all of these years? Illustrate your response with concrete examples from data that you have researched. Explain your answer fully.
4) Is there still a need for special programs such as affirmative action when hiring blacks and other minorities? How does American society feel on this issue? Compare and contrast opposing viewpoints.
5) Have you ever been the victim of racism or discrimination by peers or by power-holders in our society (employers, schools, teachers, etc)? Are there times that you are willing to share that you can identify yourself as the victimizer regarding racial discrimination? What were the feelings you experienced in either situation? What social causes may have been at work for you to be at the center of those experiences?
We will discuss these questions in our nightly phone conferences Feb. 1-29, 2008, with community leaders and African-American authors.
Call in for the conference with this information: To join a conference as a participant, call this number (1-605-475-6000) enter the assigned access pin (access code: 942943), then the pound (#) key and follow the voice prompts. *70 turns off call waiting for this one call.
Please do not use a cell phone to perform the conference call.
We will discuss these questions in our nightly phone conferences with community leaders and African-American authors.
6) Do you agree with the way Blacks and other minorities have been portrayed in television, fiction, and movies during the 1980s and 1990s? Do the television news media portray life in the African-American community accurately? What is right or wrong about how Blacks and minorities are shown through the mass media?
7) Will there ever be a time when Americans will resolve their history and become a “color-blind” society? Is it a desirable state of affairs to be totally “color blind” where race is concerned? In what instances (or under what circumstances) should Americans retain their racial identity?
1) If King were alive today, what aspects of American society would he feel had become a part of his “dream?” What aspects of American life would he see as being outside the scope of his dream? What suggestions do you think he would make to improve relations between whites and blacks?
2) What methods did Martin Luther King, Jr. use to communicate to the American people the injustice of racial prejudice during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s? Were his methods effective? Would his approach be effective in today’s America?
3) Are Blacks still experiencing discrimination in the area of jobs, education, and legal rights? How far have we really come in all of these years? Illustrate your response with concrete examples from data that you have researched. Explain your answer fully.
4) Is there still a need for special programs such as affirmative action when hiring blacks and other minorities? How does American society feel on this issue? Compare and contrast opposing viewpoints.
5) Have you ever been the victim of racism or discrimination by peers or by power-holders in our society (employers, schools, teachers, etc)? Are there times that you are willing to share that you can identify yourself as the victimizer regarding racial discrimination? What were the feelings you experienced in either situation? What social causes may have been at work for you to be at the center of those experiences?
We will discuss these questions in our nightly phone conferences Feb. 1-29, 2008, with community leaders and African-American authors.
Call in for the conference with this information: To join a conference as a participant, call this number (1-605-475-6000) enter the assigned access pin (access code: 942943), then the pound (#) key and follow the voice prompts. *70 turns off call waiting for this one call.
Please do not use a cell phone to perform the conference call.
We will discuss these questions in our nightly phone conferences with community leaders and African-American authors.
6) Do you agree with the way Blacks and other minorities have been portrayed in television, fiction, and movies during the 1980s and 1990s? Do the television news media portray life in the African-American community accurately? What is right or wrong about how Blacks and minorities are shown through the mass media?
7) Will there ever be a time when Americans will resolve their history and become a “color-blind” society? Is it a desirable state of affairs to be totally “color blind” where race is concerned? In what instances (or under what circumstances) should Americans retain their racial identity?
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