Longer article: http://www.aasa.org/content.aspx?id=30814
Sometimes it is hard for dominant culture students to understand the way that power and privilege are enacted in communication. These examples may be helpful.
http://microaggressions.tumblr.com/
And here’s another format, an article about the tumblr site that also describes more about the concept of microaggression: http://www.buzzfeed.com/hnigatu/racial-microagressions-you-hear-on-a-daily-basis?bffb
There have beenseveral publicized cases recently of Barney’s (and other retailers, including Macy’s) customers who are black being questioned by employees and police, after buying expensive items. A college student has sued and many are accusing the store of racism.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=242277354
While the Daily Show is a comedy show, this clip illustrates how our own race influences our perceptions:
This infographic compares 1963 to 2012, illustrating how much further there is to go…
http://www.epi.org/multimedia/infographic-unfinished-business-1963-march/
Racism in Italy:
A Cheerios commercial with a biracial family got a lot of negative attention and comments. This video shows kids’ reactions.
An interview with an interracial couple, married for 45 years:
“With the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s“I Have a Dream” speech approaching next week, Pewreleased today a new survey on public perception of the progress blacks have made in America since then. The top-level finding is unsurprising: African-Americans are much more pessimistic than whites are in rating the extent to which they still face inequality and unfairness in American society. And they’re significantly more likely to say that a lot of work still needs to be done.”
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