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Video Links

• Video 1: TED Talks: Theo E.J. Wilson “A Black Man Goes Undercover in the Alt-Right”: In an unmissable talk about race and politics in America, Theo E.J. Wilson tells the story of becoming Lucius25, White supremacist lurker, and the unexpected compassion and surprising perspective he found from engaging with people he disagrees with. He encourages us to let go of fear, embrace curiosity, and have courageous conversations with people who think differently from us. “Conversations stop violence, conversations start countries and build bridges,” he says.

• Video 2: It’s a Living: A documentary Inspired by the Book “Working” by Studs Terkel, It’s a Living was based on Terkel’s groundbreaking oral history book, Working. It features the stories of six different people at their jobs.

• Video 3: “Hidden Meanings Behind Childish Gambino’s ‘This Is America’ Video Explained” by INSIDER: Childish Gambino’s ‘This Is America’ has become an overnight cultural phenomenon. The Internet was quick to point out tons of hidden messages throughout the piece. Here’s some you’ve might have missed.

Web Resources

• Web 1: Nohomophobe: A website is designed as a social mirror to show the prevalence of casual homophobia in our society. Words and phrases like “faggot,” “dyke,” “no homo,” and “so gay” are used casually in everyday language, despite promoting the continued alienation, isolation, and--in some tragic cases--suicide of sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ) youth.

• Web 2: The Network (1976): A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor’s ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.

• Web 3: About-Face: Online resources about gender and body image.

• Web 4: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD): Monitors portrayals of LGBT people in media.

• Web 5: NAACP’s Media Diversity Program. Advocates for diversity in media and minority employment in the media industries.

• Web 6: National Hispanic Media Coalition. A civil rights organization that advocates “Latino employment and programming equity.”

• Web 7: Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Examines gender across the entertainment industry, started by the actress.

• Web 8: Racialicious. A collaborative weblog discussing media coverage of the multiracial community.

• Web 9: The Representation Project: Built off the documentary film Miss Representation, TRP offers educational resources about sexism in the media.

Audio Links

• Audio 1: Radiolab, The Trust Engineers: When we talk online, things can go south fast. But they don’t have to. Today, we meet a group of social engineers who are convinced that tiny changes in wording can make the online world a kinder, gentler place. So long as we agree to be their lab rats. Ok, yeah, we’re talking about Facebook. Because Facebook, or something like it, is more and more the way we share and like, and gossip and gripe. And because it’s so big, Facebook has a created a laboratory of human behavior the likes of which we’ve never seen.

• Audio 2: Radiolab, Inheritance: Stories of nature and nurture slamming into each other, and shaping our biological blueprints.