Shades of Youth is an educational and programmatic video project designed to give more support and voice to youth antiracism work around the U.S. and promote more intergenerational collaboration.
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- Release Date:
- November 18, 2008
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Studio:
- MadeFromClay
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In Shakti Butler's film, Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible, Peggy McIntosh recalls the genesis of her groundbreaking essay on white privilege:In 1980, I had read two essays by black women ...
Shades Of Youth: Youth Speak on Racism, Power, & Privilege
"Equity is a principle that calls for fairness, inclusion and justice. It can be distinguished from the principle of diveristy, which is primarily about variety. Equitable policies often require concrete actions and steps beyond simply making eveyone 'equal before the law,' and accordingly are designed to take approp...riate account of historical and contemporary injustices and unequal outcomes."
Taken from the Green Equity Toolkit (link below)
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Creative Resistance-
A young man took the podium at an anti-immigrant tea party rally in Minnesota and charged up the crowd with a speech that decried the fact that immigrants had brought genocidal policies and diseases like smallpox that wiped out millions of real Americans and the crowd roared in agreement. Jobs sho...uld be reserved for real Americans, not European-American immigrants who came here illegally -- again, the crowd yells approval!
He ends with the chant: "Columbus Go Home! Columbus Go Home! (Thanks Bill)
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In Minnesota, Tea Partiers were punked by one speaker got the crowd cheering about evicting European-descended immigrants who "stole" this country.
See MoreShades Of Youth: Youth Speak on Racism, Power, & Privilege -great resource! You can download it or order hard copies. We've used it in schools and organizations.
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Your brother routinely makes anti-Semitic comments. Your neighbor uses the N-word in casual conversation. Your co-worker ribs you about your Italian surname, asking if you're in the mafia. Your classmate insults something by saying, "That's so gay."
Shades Of Youth: Youth Speak on Racism, Power, & Privilege Go Will! Ally extraordinare!
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Via Queerty comes a story from the Arkansas Times about Will Phillips, an elementary school student who refuses to say the pledge of allegiance in school because of discrimination against gay people: "I've always tried to analyze things because I want to be lawyer," Will said.
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In a show recorded live before an audience at WNYC Radio, MAJORA CARTER sat down for a conversation with Grammy Award-winning musician WYCLEF JEAN
Shades Of Youth: Youth Speak on Racism, Power, & Privilege Thanks Juan for the link-
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The powerful and hard-hitting documentary, American Holocaust, is quite possibly the only film that reveals the link between the Nazi holocaust, which claimed
Mandie Stout
My thoughts on the Fort Hood Coverage: Praying
for those lost at Fort Hood yesterday AND for the shooter. Wishing
people would stop assuming that Islamic extremism had more to do with
his motivations than the horrors he'd listened to as a psychiatrist to
soldiers and the fear around his impending deployment to the war zone....
ALL those impacted need our collective compassion and support, not more
racism.
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See Latino Beginnings Video Clips Online. Watch Full Episodes of the current Season at LOGOonline. Catch Behind the Scenes Videos & Television Show Clips.
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The American author and professor is frequently an expert guest on news programs such as Nightline, Good Morning America, 48 Hours and The Today Show, where he is enlisted to discuss the American media's less-than-flattering portrayal of Arabs. ...
Shades Of Youth: Youth Speak on Racism, Power, & Privilege New lesson on Racial Profiling ~
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Racial profiling occurs when law enforcement agents impermissibly use race, religion, ethnicity or national origin in deciding who to investigate. This lesson focuses on racial profiling. Students learn what the term means, discuss why it matters, conduct research and present their insights.
Shades Of Youth: Youth Speak on Racism, Power, & Privilege A creative way to understand and feel the wealth divide. Thanks Jennifer (Holladay)
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Learn about the growing wealth divide in the United States through a creative exercise linking sound with inequality. Thanks to Matthew Chana, UFE Intern.
Lenore Norrgard
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her
authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single
story about another person or country, we risk a critical
misunderstanding.http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adic
Shades Of Youth: Youth Speak on Racism, Power, & Privilege For those of you in Santa Cruz, CA, join us for this community event to address violence and racism, "A Call For Peace." We'll provide separate space for youth and adults to sort through things and then bring everyone together for a communty dialogue that is youth driven. Music, spoken word, food, childcare, and Span...ish interpreters. We hope this is the beginning of many opportunities to unite our county.
Location:Louden Nelson Community Center, Room 3
Time:6:30PM Wednesday, November 4th
Shades Of Youth: Youth Speak on Racism, Power, & Privilege An exclusive Facebook Shades Of Youth Fanpage offer! The film is now closed captioned and comes with a 65 page guidebook. Purchase SOY at a VERY recession-friendly price. The link below is the only way to recieve this offer. THANKS for your support!
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Order Your DVD Safely purchase this DVD with Paypal. Price includes DVD & Shades of Youth Guidebook— (in digital form) filled with curriculum, activities, handouts, and resources.
