Video Links

A Class Divided
In 1968 Iowa schoolteacher Jane Elliot engaged her class of third graders in what would become a landmark exercise in learning about race and the social construction of difference. She divided the class into groups based on eye color and then informed the class that one group was superior. A Class Divided is a Frontline special report about this powerful and controversial experiment that we continue to discuss decades on.

Chinatown on the Move
Over the last decade New York’s Chinese population has increased by 1/3 yet the percentage of that population living and working in Manhattan’s Chinatown on the lower east side has declined. This New York Times video explores the changes in Chinatown. 1. Why is the Chinese population in Chinatown dwindling?

The Caretaker
This short New York Times documentary provides a glimpse into the life of Joesy, an undocumented immigrant from Fiji. Joesy works as a live-in attendant/aide for Ms. Tsurumoto, a 95-year-old Japanese-American woman.

Audio Links

362: Got you Pegged
In essence, this episode is about stereotypes. Shalom goes on vacation with his family, and suspects the beloved, chatty old man in the room next door is an imposter--and sets out to prove it. Amy thought it was obvious that she was an adult, not a kid, and she assumed the friendly man working at the children's museum knew it too. Unfortunately, the man had Amy pegged all wrong. These and other stories are presented about the pitfalls of making snap judgments about others.

Radiolab Season 5 Episode 3: Race
Description: This episode asks--but never answers--questions about the validity of the term “race.” It examines how understandings of “race” have changed across time and looks at both the scientific and cultural costs we pay for treating “race” as a real and meaningful thing and also examines the costs of treating it as if it is nothing more than a social construct.

Mind The Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students
This documentary considers the black-white achievement gap. It focuses on one suburban school and how educators and administrators are attempting to address disparities of outcomes.

Web Links

Race and Ethnicity
Michael Kearl’s Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace: Race and Ethnicity.

NAACP
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Persons (NAACP) is ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination (self-characterization).

Racial Profiling
The American Civil Liberties Union actively opposes “Racial Profiling” in policing.

RacismReview
Contributors to RacismReview are scholars and researchers from sociology and a number of other social science disciplines and a variety of academic institutions across the U.S. RacismReview is intended to provide a credible and reliable source of information for journalists, students and members of the general public who are seeking solid evidence-based research and analysis of “race,” racism, ethnicity, and immigration issues, especially as they undergird and shape U.S. society within a global setting. We also provide substantive research and analysis on local, national, and global resistance to racial and ethnic oppression, including the many types of antiracist activism [self-characterization].

WPC (White Privilege Conference)
WPC (White Privilege Conference) is a conference that examines challenging concepts of privilege and oppression and offers solutions and team building strategies to work toward a more equitable world. It is not a conference designed to attack, degrade or beat up on white folks. It is not a conference designed to rally white supremacist groups. WPC is a conference designed to examine issues of privilege beyond skin color. WPC is open to everyone and invites diverse perspectives to provide a comprehensive look at issues of privilege including: race, gender, sexuality, class, disability, etc.--the ways we all experience some form of privilege, and how we’re all affected by that privilege. WPC attracts students, professionals, activists, parents, and community leaders/members from diverse perspectives. WPC welcomes folks with varying levels of experience addressing issues of diversity, cultural competency, and multiculturalism. WPC is committed to a philosophy of “understanding, respecting and connecting.”