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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Ferguson, MO and Police Militarization (HBO) - YouTube - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Michael Brown Ferguson John Oliver

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John Oliver looks at the protests in Ferguson.

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John Oliver looks at the protests in Ferguson.

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View of #Ferguson Thrust Michael Brown Shooting to National Attention - 4 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Michael Brown Ferguson Twitter Social Media Journalism News Race

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In a situation hostile to traditional reporting, the crowdsourced, phone-enabled network of information that Twitter provides has proved invaluable.

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In a situation hostile to traditional reporting, the crowdsourced, phone-enabled network of information that Twitter provides has proved invaluable.

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How the rest of the world sees Ferguson - The Washington Post - 2 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Journalism Ferguson News Michael Brown

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Foreign coverage of America's problem reveals a lot.

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Foreign coverage of America's problem reveals a lot.

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Will Ferguson be a moment or a movement? - The Washington Post - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Stereotypes Race Racism Ferguson African-American Bias

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What it will take for the events in Ferguson to bring lasting change

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What it will take for the events in Ferguson to bring lasting change

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'The Talk,' a poem inspired by Ferguson, Mo. - The Washington Post - 3 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Race Michael Brown Poem Stereotypes Bias

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A poem inspired by the events in a Missouri town that followed the shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.

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A poem inspired by the events in a Missouri town that followed the shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.

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Michael Brown: Yet another reminder that police see even unarmed black people as thugs ... - 1 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Michael Brown Stereotypes Bias Race Racism

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The tragedy of our discriminatory criminal justice system, and the stereotyping of black men as thugs.

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The tragedy of our discriminatory criminal justice system, and the stereotyping of black men as thugs.

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Life as an Alien by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Identity Race Culture USA

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Meri Nana-Ama Danquah left Ghana at the age of 6 to live in the US. In this essay she examines what it is like to grow up bicultural.

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Notes of a Native Speaker by Eric Liu - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Race Culture Identity Asian-American Assimilation Chinese

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Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."

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Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."</div>

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Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."</div>

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Jenni Young on 23 Aug 14

Eric Liu's essay examines the meaning of assimilation, and what it means to be a "banana", an Asian American who identifies as white.

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Killing Us Softly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Advertising Gender Sexism Image Killing Us Softly

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Entry on Jean Kilbourne's documentary on how women are portrayed in advertising and the effect of this portrayal. Has links to other pages on Advertising and Gender.

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Jenni Young on 22 Aug 14

Entry on Jean Kilbourne's documentary on how women are portrayed in advertising and the effect of this portrayal.

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Don't Hire People With "Black Sounding Names" --The Jesse Lee Peterson Radio Show - You... - 1 views

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Language Part 1 Names Black names Race Racism Bias African-American

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Jesse Lee Peterson is founder of The Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, an American religious nonprofit organization dedicated to a conservative agenda among African Americans.

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Jenni Young on 22 Aug 14

Jesse Lee Peterson is founder of The Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, an American religious nonprofit organization dedicated to a conservative agenda among African Americans.

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Top 20 'Whitest' and 'Blackest' Names - ABC News - 1 views

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Language Part 1 Names Black names Bias Race Racism

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Top 20 'Whitest' and 'Blackest' Names

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Top 20 'Whitest' and 'Blackest' Names

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The Name Game: The Anglicizing of Asian Students - 1 views

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Language Part 1 Identity Names Non-English names Chinese Anglicization Culture

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Why are students, especially those from China, being told to Anglicize their names? How do the benefits outweigh the issues of culture shock, loss of identity and disconnection from their own culture?

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Why are students, especially those from China, being told to Anglicize their names? How do the benefits outweigh the issues of culture shock, loss of identity and disconnection from their own culture?

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A Roshanda by any other name. - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Identity Names Non-English names Race Bias

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How do babies with super-black names fare?

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How do babies with super-black names fare?

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Can a 'Black' Name Affect Job Prospects? - ABC News - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Identity Race Non-English names Bias Racism

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Can a 'Black' Name Affect Job Prospects? Study shows that recruiters have a preference for 'white' sounding names.

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Can a 'Black' Name Affect Job Prospects? Study shows that recruiters have a preference for 'white' sounding names.

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The Name's Du Xiao Hua, But Call Me Steve - 1 views

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Language Part 1 Names Identity Non-English names Chinese

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What's up with Chinese people having English names? Writer Huan Tsu wonders why Chinese people are so keen to adopt English names?

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What's up with Chinese people having English names? Writer Huan Tsu wonders why Chinese people are so keen to adopt English names?

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What's up with Chinese people having English names? Writer Huan Tsu wonders why Chinese people are so keen to adopt English names?

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New Life in U.S. No Longer Means New Name - 1 views

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Language Identity Race Names USA Part 1 Anglicization Non-English names

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Many immigrants to the US no longer change their names to fit in. Newcomers see less reason to Anglicize surnames and have a desire to retain their ethnic heritage in America.

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Many immigrants to the US no longer change their names to fit in. Newcomers see less reason to Anglicize surnames and have a desire to retain their ethnic heritage in America.

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Why Chinese Students Don't Need an English Name: VOA Student Union - 1 views

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Language Identity Names USA Part 1 Anglicization Non-English names

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Names can be a tricky thing for an international student, so many choose an English name, but some are changing back to their original names.(Blog)

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Names can be a tricky thing for an international student, so many choose an English name, but some are changing back to their original names.(Blog)

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The Event: How Racist Are You? with Jane Elliott (Channel 4) (FULL) - YouTube - 0 views

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Literature Bluest Eye Racism Jane Elliott

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For this 2009 documentary Jane Elliott, a controversial former schoolteacher from Ohio, is recreating the shocking blue eyes v brown eyes exercise she used forty years ago to teach her nine year-old pupils about prejudice.

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For this 2009 documentary Jane Elliott, a controversial former schoolteacher from Ohio, is recreating the shocking blue eyes v brown eyes exercise she used forty years ago to teach her nine year-old pupils about prejudice.

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The Angry Eye with Jane Elliott - YouTube - 0 views

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Literature Bluest Eye Racism Jane Elliott

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Hailed as "a fascinating revisit" to the famous 1968 Blue-Eyes/Brown-Eyes Exercise in discrimination by Jane Elliott, this film documents the effects of racial prejudice with startling force and emotional intensity.

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Hailed as "a fascinating revisit" to the famous 1968 Blue-Eyes/Brown-Eyes Exercise in discrimination by Jane Elliott, this film documents the effects of racial prejudice with startling force and emotional intensity.

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Jane Elliott on Opraph - YouTube (2) - 0 views

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Literature Bluest Eye Racism Jane Elliott

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Jane Elliott, who created the blue eyes v brown eyes experiment to show how racism affects people, appeared on the Oprah show in 1992.

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Jane Elliott, who created the blue eyes v brown eyes experiment to show how racism affects people, appeared on the Oprah show in 1992.

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