Black Lives Matter Co-Creator On The New Civil Rights Movement. 6 Reasons To Read THE HATE U GIVE by Angie Thomas. "The Hate U Give": Angie Thomas' sensational debut novel should be required reading for clueless white people. Every so often the right book comes along at the right time and quite deservedly catches fire.
Angie Thomas’ debut Young Adult novel “The Hate U Give” is that book for early 2017 — it’s topical, urgent, necessary, and if that weren’t enough, it’s also a highly entertaining and engaging read. New Crop of Young Adult Novels Explores Race and Police Brutality. Talking 'The Hate U Give' With YA Novelist Angie Thomas. Angie Thomas.
Photo: Anissa Photography One week after it was published, Angie Thomas’s thrilling debut young-adult novel, The Hate U Give, shot to the top of the New York Times best-seller list for young-adult books. Using social media to start Black Lives Matter - DeRay Mckesson - Zeitgeist 2016. Black Lives Matter: How 3 Words Became a Movement. Trayvon Martin's legacy and Black Lives Matter - BBC News. An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter. A History of the Black Lives Matter Movement. #BlackLivesMatter: A Look Into The Movement's History. #BlackLivesMatter and the Power and Limits of Social Media.
After 5 years, Black Lives Matter inspires new protest movements. After a grand jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in July 2013, Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi created #BlackLivesMatter to start a broader conversation about racism in the U.S.
Interested in Black Lives Matter? Add Black Lives Matter as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Black Lives Matter news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Five years later, issues brought to the national fore by the grassroots organization have become staples of progressive platforms – from #BlackLivesMatter to Parkland to #AbolishIce, there is a direct through line to calls to hold government accountable for gun violence and the treatment of minority communities, political experts say. “The movement is growing, its influence on American politics is growing,” said Deva Woodly, an associate professor of politics at the New School.
How Black Lives Matter Uses Social Media to Fight the Power. Any large social movement is shaped by the technology available to it and tailors its goals, tactics, and rhetoric to the media of its time.
On the afternoon of Sunday, March 7, 1965, when voting-rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, were run down by policemen at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the WATS lines were in heavy use. (“Here come the white hoodlums,” an activist said from a corner pay phone at 3:25 pm.) But the technology that was most important to the movement’s larger aims was not in activists’ hands at all: It was in a set of film canisters being ferried past police blockades on Highway 80 by an ABC News TV crew, racing for the Montgomery airport and heading to New York for an evening broadcast. That night, 48 million Americans would watch the scene in their living rooms, and a few days later Martin Luther King Jr. would lay bare the movement’s core media strategy.
Black Lives Matter: The social media behind a movement. Tweets related to the Black Lives Matter movement suggest that sadness, rather than anger, might be more effective in galvanising people into action, according to new research.
Scientists analysed the emotions behind almost 29 million tweets about four events in 2014 and 2015 that led to Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in an attempt to identify patterns. Trayvon Martin - Trayvon Martin was an unarmed American 17-year-old killed by George Zimmerman on February 26, 2012, sparking national controversy.
Who Was Trayvon Martin? Trayvon Martin was born in Florida on February 5, 1995. An athletically-inclined teen with an eye towards aviation, Martin had no criminal record when he was shot and killed by neighborhood watch member George Zimmerman on February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman's initial release and later arrest sparked a national debate over racial profiling and the role of armed neighborhood watch members in law enforcement.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas - On the Inspiration Behind the Book. Feat. Angie Thomas. A Semiotic Analysis by Ariana Lowe on Prezi. Edgy posters, billboards come out against racism in Duluth. Community organizations in Duluth launched a new anti-racism campaign Tuesday.
The "Unfair Campaign" is intended to draw attention to advantages white people enjoy because of their skin color. Fifteen Duluth organizations kicked off the campaign with an event at City Hall. A 2010 survey found Duluth residents viewed the city as less hospitable to racial and ethnic minorities, immigrants, young adults without children, and talented college graduates looking for work than other comparable cities.
“Beyond I Do” Campaign Launches to Raise Awareness about the Prevalence of Discrimination Against LGBT People in the United States. Mass transit PSA campaign encourages hiring of transgender workers - by nsawyer - February 8, 2017. The San Francisco LGBT Center announced the launch of a mass transit campaign this week, aimed at encouraging employers to hire transgender workers.
The Hate U Give review – Amandla Stenberg shines in tough teen movie with radical bent. Angie Thomas’s young adult bestseller The Hate U Give won plaudits last year for its thoughtful account of the effects of police brutality on a black teenager.
Now, a year later comes a daring and deeply felt adaptation from director George Tillman Jr (Notorious, The Longest Yard), anchored by a heavyweight performance by Hunger Games star Amandla Stenberg. Stenberg plays Starr Carter, a teenage girl living with her parents and two brothers in the tough (fictional) neighbourhood of Garden Heights. Starr’s father Maverick (Russell Hornsby) is a former gang member turned community leader keen to impress on his children both the importance of black pride and the dangers that being a person of colour in an institutionally biased nation brings. "We're a culture, not a costume": student campaign against racial Halloween costumes.
If you were planning to go to a Halloween party in a geisha costume, you might want to reconsider.
An internet campaign by the Ohio-based Students Teaching Against Racism in Society (STARS) is discouraging people from dressing up as racial stereotypes, and their campaign has recently gone viral. Official Trailer [HD] Five awkward things to avoid doing when you meet a disabled person - End the Awkward 2016. Michael D'Antuono's Art And Response. (Racism) 40″ x 30″ | oil on canvas. NYC launches an anti-discrimination campaign to encourage inclusiveness. With reports of discrimination on the rise in New York City, Mayor de Blasio's office and the NYC Commission on Human Rights have teamed up to launch a campaign to encourage more inclusiveness in the city.
The campaign includes PSA videos (like the one above), community events and ads placed on LinkNYC kiosks, subway and bus shelters, local businesses and media outlets. The initiative follows a 60 percent increase in reports of discrimination to the Commission in 2016, and a 30 percent increase in complaints so far this year. The Commission reports that it currently has 1,600 open discrimination cases, compared to 1,200 in May of 2016. – City Launches New Anti-Bias Campaign. Responding to the recent increase in hate crimes, discrimination and harassment, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Commissioner of Human Rights Carmelyn P.
Malalis announced on May 23 a new citywide campaign reminding residents of their rights and – implicitly – of their responsibility to respect the rights of others. “Every New Yorker has the right to be themselves without being discriminated against, no matter where they come from, what language they speak, who they love, or their religious faith,” said Malalis. There was an increase of 60 percent in reports of discrimination to the city’s Commission on Human Rights in 2016, and the numbers continue to rise this year. New York City Has A New Campaign To Fight Discrimination In The Trump Era. Thousands of stories detailing allegations of racial and religious discrimination have poured into the New York City Commission on Human Rights for years, but the commission's chair, Carmelyn P. Malalis, told BuzzFeed News the rate of complaints has increased — particularly since last year's election season.
Malalis gave some examples of the complaints they've heard since the election: A man walked into a 7-Eleven in New York City's borough of the Bronx last December and allegedly told an employee, "You fucking immigrant piece of shit. You Muslim. NYC Religious, Immigrant and Race Discrimination Laws. You DO Have The Right NYC, To Practice Your Faith Without Being Called a Threat.
Scottscope: Artist Michael D'Antuono Tells 'A Tale of Two Hoodies' Did racism and sexism elect Trump? More Evidence That Racism and Sexism Were Key to Trump's Victory - Pacific Standard. Donald Trump's use of racism and sexism in US election 'gave him the edge with non-college-educated whites' Donald Trump's dramatic success among white voters without a college education can be attributed largely to racism and sexism, researchers have claimed — and not the economic difficulties of those "left behind".
You DO Have The Right NYC, To Get A Job Without Being Denied Because of Skin Tone or Name. We're All Equal - UK's campaign for disability equality. City Launches Anti-Discrimination Campaign. Fattism. Five. This EFL lesson is designed around a short film by The Mercadantes titled Five and the theme of religion. Students research five major religions and compare them, watch a short film of five children praying and then discuss religions. I would ask all teachers who use Film English to consider buying my book Film in Action as the royalties which I receive from sales help to keep the website completely free. Cameron Russell: Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model.
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