Video and Multimedia
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Video
Description: Video excerpt of a prominent international scholar of her observations of White Privilege of experienced by a biracial family member, as retold in the film, Cracking the Codes.
Learning Objective: 8-2: Describe different types of minority and dominant group relations in history and today.
Description: Concise documentary exploring the historical legacy and communities of Native American families living in Midwestern United States. Film composed of interviews with youth as they discuss existing economic and social challenges.
Learning Objective: 8-5: Identify major racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
Description: A video excerpt from a documentary on the efforts by surviving widows and local churches to bridge conflict and rebuild community after the Rwandan genocide.
Learning Objective: 8-6: Define genocide and its relationship to national, ethnic, racial, or religious group membership.
Audio
Description: Audio story from All Things Considered summarizing recent scientific studies and interviews about income segregation in U.S. neighborhoods.
Learning Objective: 8-2: Describe different types of minority and dominant group relations in history and today.
Web
Description: A sociologist discusses the social implications and repercussions for Chinese American’s identity and sense of safety when politicians bash China in election tactics.
Learning Objective: 8-2: Describe different types of minority and dominant group relations in history and today.
Racism Against Asian Americans in U.S. Society
Description: Online article addressing the legacy of racism and discrimination faced by Asian Americans in the United States, as written from the point of view of an Asian American Studies educator.
Learning Objective: 8-2: Describe different types of minority and dominant group relations in history and today.
Negative Health Impact of Racism
Description: A concise article discussing the controversial hypothesis that African Americans experience cumulative negative health impacts, or “weathering,” as discriminated members of U.S. society. Supporting biological evidence is presented on Black–White differences in preterm births.
Learning Objective: 8-3: Discuss theoretical approaches to the concepts of ethnicity, racism, and minority status.