Showing posts with label Racism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Racism. Show all posts

Saturday, December 8, 2012

To Kill A Mockingbird

The court scene from To Kill A Mockingbird


Lynchings in the south


Jim Crow laws


The lynchmob in the film




Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Racism and discrimination


Full text of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" -- pay attention to the poetic and rhetorical devices he uses.  How many can you identify?

The full text can be read here


A video presentation about Amadou Diallo.  What did you think of the verdict?  Was it fair?


Bruce Springsteen's song about this event.  How has he translated reality into poetry?  What device does he use to give the listener the impact of what happened?