A relevant topic for the holidays that many of us see as a ritual of coming together. Many Native Americans, however, take an entirely different view of this holiday. "A People's History of the United States" has a great chapter that provides a more clear view on this.

Oops, Disney does it again...Check this out. This princess looks like many of the other "white" princesses Disney has produced. Note the skin color and blue eyes. I can see why there has been backlash by the Hispanic community.

This is a pretty interesting decision. Why what Martin's reacords were prior to the incident were seems irrelevant. Grades, who he was on the phone with, who he talked to? Maybe this establishes prior creditbility? Situated ethos? Who thinks this is a viable defense for Zimmerman?

We often don't see a lot on how Asians fit into the US culture and the battles they face although we should. Here is an artlicle on how ballots are being translated into Asian languages for the up-coming election.

This is posted here in Wisconsin and was a lead story on last night's local news. Is this hate speech? See picture of the sign above. The man says he supports the President and it is a showing of support. Is he simply unaware of the connotations of putting a noose on a sign for a black man? For any person? Or is he lying? See if you can follow the story. Will he have to take it down or is it protected by the First Amendment. Should it be classified as Hate Speech?

It's long, it's important, and it's disturbing. We are seeing more and more segragation by race in the US. Brown vs. Board of Education was supposed to bring an end to that over 50 years ago, instead it seems as if this court ruling never happened.

This is a great souce that talks about something called STEREOTYPE THREAT. It is something that can apply to ANYONE: people of color, white people, males, females, the old, the young. But what it does is show how dangerous and damageing being sterotyped can be. I highly encourage looking at this and thinking about it as a possible research project.

This is to go with Baylee's posting. It is a six minute excerpt from a video I have called "Unnatural Causes" that looks a how class and race lead to poor health outcomes and early death rates. This little clip looks at how black women have the highest infant mortality rate in the nation.

The part that bothers me here (among many things) is the line where the mans says "I know how to build a noose." Anyone want to comment on this article? I also have a weird feeling about people getting upset about a chair in a tree. But then there is the context of the Eastwood speech and the guy's claim that he was just "Eastwooding" it. All kinds of problems here...

To go with how unconscious bias is created, this is a 50 minute film that documents how Arabs have been villified in America by Hollywood for over a century. It is very well done and great to watch as we come to understand how stereotypes and perceptions are created.

This goes well with the Harvard IAT in seeing how early children are exposed to racist images. Remember, even though some of these videos are old, they get re-released in seven-year cycles.

This is the Harvard IAT. It reveals some of our unconscious biases. I give this to you so you can see that many of the things we react to are unconscious. This is not to say we are sexist, racist, ageist etc., but to show that society contributes to what we believe and shape many of our perceptions unconsciously. I'll post some Disney videos as well to show how young this training begins. I'd also encourage you to watch the video post "A Girl Like Me" with the Clark Doll studies in it. It begins to answer where ideas of raceism and sexism and stereotypes come from. VERY FEW people score in the neutral ranges on all these tests. I flat out couldn't be more biased on work/gender. I have no idea where that came from. But these are interesting and revealing to take. I hope you will take these.

I love this video which is self-aware, good music, and smart. I forwarded to a lot of my friends who teach the sort of concepts we are looking at. Thanks Anthony!!

Pleae check out earlier article post "Did President Obama's Comments Make Case Worse" [sic] near bottom of list. This relates to this post and is an analysis of the impact his comments had and how they impacted the case.

Works well with Sentinal article on Black Youth and Sterotyping