Stereotyping
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A Class Divided 60 minutes A Class Divided is an expanded version of Eye of the Storm. In this documentary, Jane Elliott meets with her class to talk about the classroom experiment about discrimination she performed 15 years earlier and the effects it had on their lives. In addition, Jane Elliott is seen giving this lesson to employees of the Iowa prison system. |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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A Discussion with Elie Wiesel 30 minutes, color Related lesson: |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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A Flight Is Diverted by a Prayer Seen as Ominous Last week a flight attendant on a US Airways Express Flight traveling from La Guardia to Kentucky alerted the cockpit of a suspicious passenger. |
Facing Today | January 25, 2010 |
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Antisemitism: The Power of Myth
"A word is not a crystal, transparent
and unchanging; it is the skin of living thought and may vary greatly
in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used."-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1918
Antisemitism is on
the rise. |
Facing Today | February 24, 2008 |
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Antisemitism: The Power of Myth - A Student Movement
Universities have long been places where
ideas, theories, and even long-held truths are scrutinized and often
hotly debated with each side mustering proof in support of its
position. Such debates are central to the work of a university-the
advancement of knowledge and the search for truth. |
Facing Today | February 24, 2008 |
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Antisemitism: The Power of Myth - Academic Freedom
In the television series The Ascent of Man,
Jacob Bronowski, a scientist and humanist, describes universities as
places where individuals come together not "to worship what is known
but to question it. |
Facing Today | February 24, 2008 |
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Antisemitism: The Power of Myth - Confronting Antisemitism
What
responsibilities does a society have to protect everyone in the
community or nation? To what extent is a crime against one group in a
community a crime against the community as a whole? In the foreword to
a report on antisemitism in Europe published by the Lawyers Committee
for Human Rights, Executive Director Michael Posner reflected on those
questions:
A year ago the United
Nations convened the third World Conference on Racism, Racial
Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance in Durban, South
Africa. |
Facing Today | February 24, 2008 |
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Antisemitism: The Power of Myth - Defining Antisemitism
Although we see ourselves as unique
individuals, we tend to see others as representatives of groups. It's a
natural tendency, psychologists tell us. Although it is natural to
generalize, stereotypes are offensive. |
Facing Today | February 24, 2008 |
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Antisemitism: The Power of Myth - Education in a Democracy
Conversation, discussion, and debate are
central not only to universities but also to democracies. Such
exchanges depend on a free and independent press that takes its
responsibilities seriously. They also depend on informed citizens
willing to listen to and learn from one another. |
Facing Today | February 24, 2008 |
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Antisemitism: The Power of Myth - Rumors, Lies, and the Media
When Adolf Hitler came to power in the 1930s,
he used "the blood libel" and other myths to justify the Holocaust.
Julius Streicher, a staunch member of the Nazi party and the publisher
of the magazine Der Stürmer, gave life to those charges. |
Facing Today | February 24, 2008 |
