Racism

'Jena 6' Teen Agrees to a Plea Deal

jenniferg — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:22:27 -0500

(CNN, December 3, 2007) According to this news update about Jena 6, Mychal Bell, the 17-year-old black teenager whose arrest and detention led to the "Jena 6" protests, has agreed to a plea deal that could lead to his release by June.

An American Love Story

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:23:28 -0600

This study guide compliments the documentary, An American Love Story, a film that follows the everyday experiences of an interracial family who tries to figure out a way to overcome instances of racism.

Antisemitism: The Power of Myth

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:31:20 -0600

"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.

Antisemitism: The Power of Myth - Academic Freedom

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:01:30 -0600

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.

Antisemitism: The Power of Myth - Confronting Antisemitism

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:48:17 -0600

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.

Antisemitism: The Power of Myth - Defining Antisemitism

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:34:16 -0600

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.

Antisemitism: The Power of Myth - Rumors, Lies, and the Media

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:53:00 -0600

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.

Banished

cathy — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:42:01 -0500

Over a hundred years ago, some US communities forced black residents to leave their homes in order to make their communities all white. The film Banished looks at this hidden history of ethnic cleansing and tells the story of black descendants of those exiled as they attempt to seek justice and better understand this episode in American history.

Choices in Little Rock

rachel — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:31:29 -0500

Choices in Little Rock is a teaching unit that focuses on efforts to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 - efforts that resulted in a crisis that historian Taylor Branch once described as "the most severe test of the Constitution since the Civil War.

Choosing to Participate Study Guide

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:13:37 -0600

This study guide is designed to accompany the exhibit and to elaborate its key challenge: to think deeply about what democracy really means, and what it asks of each of us. Choosing to Participate focuses on four stories about the meaning of civic participation and the critical need to promote a just society: 1.