Video and Multimedia

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Video Resources

Video 1: Environmental Racism Explained (2:56)
Description: This video from AJ+, a channel of Al Jazeera, explains the concept of environmental racism: discriminatory policies and practices that result in communities of color being disproportionately exposed to pollution and other environmental hazards.

Video 2: The Power of Us: How We Stop Sexual Harassment (watch from 0:38 to 9:56)
Description: In her TEDx talk, sociologist Marianne Cooper says that power is the foundation of sexual harassment. She explains that gender inequality is both the cause and consequence of sexual harassment, which means that stopping sexual harassment is crucial for attaining equality. Cooper shares what research has found about why sexual harassment is still so prevalent and the implications for fighting against it.

Video 3: The Myth of the "Model Minority" (5:28)
Description: The Washington Post provides an overview of how Asian Americans went from being strongly discriminated against in the mid- to late 1800s to being seen as the “model minority.”