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Students Make Themselves Heard: The Central Park Exonerated Five: Part 4 (of 4)
Previously: As a White professor teaching sociology and diversity at a Historically Black College (Baltimore City Community College), I often dealt with sensitive and potentially divisive issues. Roughly 3 decades ago, one of my Intro Soc students raised a tough … Continue reading
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Tagged assumption of guilt, Ava DuVernay, Baltimore, Baltimore City Community College, bias, black youth, Central Park, Central Park Five, classroom climate, crime, criminal justice system, Donald Trump, exoneration, false confessions, gender, historically black college, Introduction to Sociology, John Macionis, legal system, media, Natalie Byrd, perceptions, race, racial bias, rush to judgement, social class, society, Society the Basics, sociological perspective, sociology, stereotypes, When They See us, wilding, wilin' out
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Students Make Themselves Heard: The Central Park Exonerated Five: Part 3 (of 4)
Previously: As a White professor teaching sociology and diversity at a Historically Black college (Baltimore City Community College), I regularly dealt with sensitive and potentially divisive issues. This particular day, one of my Intro Soc students raised a question on … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Baltimore City Community College, capital punishment, Central Park Five, community college, criminal justice system, critical race theory, divisive, Donald Trump, economically disadvantage, ethnicity, executions, Exonerated Five, historically black college, historically black community college, Introduction to Sociology, John Macionis, Latinos, minorities, New York Times, perceptions, race, racial stereotypes, sensitive subject matter, sociology, teaching ethnicity, teaching race, teaching sociology, Yusef Salaam
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Students Make Themselves Heard: The Central Park Five : Part 2 (of 4)
Previously: As a White professor teaching sociology and diversity at a Historically Black college (Baltimore City Community College), I often dealt with sensitive and potentially divisive issues. This particular day, one of my Intro Soc students raised a question on … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Ava DuVernay, Baltimore City Community College, black males, Black teenagers, Central Park Five, classroom climate, crime, diversity, economically disadvantaged, Exonerated Five, historically black college, Historically Black Community Colleges, Introduction to Sociology, John Macionis, Kenyon College, minority, New York City, Oprah Winfrey, Pearson, Prentice Hall, race, rape, self fulfilling prophecy, Society the Basics, sociology, sociology curriculum, warm classroom climate
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Blindsided by the N-word
Ten years ago or so, a student of mine was blindsided by the “N-word,” and so was I. I had just uttered this troublesome word in my Introduction to Sociology class at Baltimore City Community College, a college with a … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Alex Haley, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Blacks, Colgate University, context, diversity, English teacher, ethnicity, ghettoization, Introduction to Sociology, Lansing Michigan, Malcolm X, N word, race, race and inequality, racism, racist, racist language, scientific research, socialization, sociology, White person, Whites
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The Wilding Incident: A Teachable Moment
25 years ago, a so-called gang of “wilding” youth supposedly attacked a female jogger in New York City’s Central Park. There were racial overtones, given that the female jogger was white and the attackers were minority teens, four Blacks and … Continue reading