Annotated Bibliography
Barish, H, Duvernay, A, Averich, S (2016). Netflix [Motion picture]. United States: Kandoo Films.
Potential Use: This documentary provides a broad sweep and compelling thesis about the institutionalization of not only racial bigotry, but of defactor slavery. Including it as a supplemental or anchor text allows viewers to analyze an argument and understand the complexities of racial division in American history. It can be used effectively in a Socratic seminar. It addition it can provide potential topics for independent inquiry.
Can My Children Be Friends with White People?
Yankah, E. N. (2017, November 11). Can My Children Be Friends With White People? Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/11/opinion/sunday/interracial-friendship-donald-trump.html
Potential Use: On its own, this op-ed by Ekow N. Yankah allows the reader to explore the concept of white privilege and the distrust that lays at the foundation of discussion about race. Readers should not only seek to understand Yankah's perspective, but also consider the difficulty that some audiences might have with his position.
Tucker Carlson: Interview with Ekow Yankah
"Can My Kids Be Friends with White People?" Tucker Interviews Ekow Yankah About His Op-Ed. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.dcyoutube.com/watch/6RTvw8RB3CE
Potential Use: Tucker Carlson response to Yankah provide an opportunity to observe how the construct of race creates division. By analyzing the exchange between Carlson and Yankah, the viewer comes into a first hand experiences with the difficulty we face when discussing race. An attempt should be made to understand the argument and perspective set by both individuals. In addition, this video elicit the desire to explore more constructive ways to approach the discussion of race.
Slave Gordon
McPherson, W. & Oliver, M. (1863) Gordon Under Medical Inspection [digital image]. Retrieved from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Gordon%2C_scourged_back%2C_colored_slide_2.png
Photograph of lynching of six African-Americans in Lee County, GA, 20 Jan 1916
(1916, April). Photograph of lynching of six African-Americans in Lee County. [digital image]. Retrieved from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Lynching_of_six_African-Americans_in_Lee_County%2C_GA%2C_20_Jan_1916.tiff
Emmett Till Before and After
(1955). Emmett Till Casket. [digital image]. Retrieved from http://photonshouse.com/photo/de/de71d295f9b8fd233a30e7727699148c.jpg
Children's Crusade 1963
Carson, T. (2015, Jun 10) Childrens Crusade 1963. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFr7kjD9cKs&feature=youtu.be
Police Brutality Against the Black Community: 1960 Present
Film School Dropout Production. (2015, Dec 12) Police Brutality Against the Black Community: 1960s Present, [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me1xxOLwfko&feature=youtu.be
Potential Use: These images serve to introduce the use of media to draw attention to topics through the use of shock. These images could potentially be used to begin a lesson study on propaganda and the power of images. Although not included in this text set, additional images relating to how media can be used to dehumanize the other will challenge the viewer to recognize their responsibility for questioning the way media is used.
ProjectImplicit. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
Potential Use: This text serves as an introspective piece for students to challenge their own biases and determine how the racial debate has influenced them.
Opening the Question of Race to the Question of Belonging.
Tippett, K. (Host/Executive Producer)& Powell. J. ( 2015, June 25) Opening the Question of Race to the Question of Belonging. [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from https://onbeing.org/programs/john-a-powell-opening-the-question-of-race-to-the-question-of-belonging/
Potential Use: Like Coates, Powell challenges the us to consider how the conversation around race is divisive. While Coates does not offer any solutions, this podcast shifts the conversation to discussing belonging and the idea. Considered with the other pieces in the set, listeners could consider the hope possible as well as some of the barriers and limitations of Powell's perspective.
Lesser, E. (2010, Dec). Take "the pther" to lunch [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_lesser_take_the_other_to_lunch
Heineken (2017). Worlds apart [Television commercial]. Network. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etIqln7vT4w&feature=youtu.be
Potential Use: These two video provide an example of ways that individuals could take action to shift the conversation around race. It provides an opportunity to discuss other ways that small change can bridge the divide.
Challenge your stereotypes - The origin of the Human Library. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://humanlibrary.org/about-the-human-library/
Potential use: This text expands the conversation beyond race and reframes the conversation around belonging.