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13TH (01:40:02)
Combining archival footage with testimony from activists and scholars, director Ava DuVernay's examination of the U.S. prison system looks at how the country's history of racial inequality drives the high rate of incarceration in America.
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Affirmative Action on Campus Does More Harm Than Good: A Debate (01:32:04)
When used as a factor in college admissions, affirmative action aims to foster diversity on campus and provide equal opportunities to people from certain minority groups. But is affirmative action achieving these goals and helping those it was designed to assist? Critics point to students struggling to keep up in schools mismatched to their abilities. But defenders claim that it is still necessary to ensure a diverse student body and combat the legacies of racism and discrimination. Does affirmative action on campus do more harm than good?
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Appearance and Privilege (06:54)
Staceyann Chin explains how facial features tied to ideas of beauty and whiteness directly correlate with privilege. Children with dark skin and African features internalize a negative self-image and associations which are difficult to overcome. Dr. Black Hawk Hancock argues that people buy into categories that oppress them and are constantly undermined by the knowledge of an inadequate appearance; there is a limit to how much people can change their appearance and still be themselves.
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Coronavirus Fear Leads to Rise in Racism (01:15)
Asian Americans in Seattle and elsewhere say they are increasingly being harassed and blamed for the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin DiAngelo (20:01)
Dr. Robin DiAngelo is the author of "What Does it Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy" and has been an anti-racist educator, and has heard justifications of racism by white men and women in her workshops for over two decades. This justification, which she calls “white fragility,” is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation.
This video is part of the Vital Conversations 1 video series by the General Commission on Religion & Race of the United Methodist Church. Learn more about us by visiting our website: https://www.gcorr.org/
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Explained: Racial Wealth Gap (16:12)
Cory Booker and others discuss how slavery, housing discrimination and centuries of inequality have compounded to create a racial wealth gap.
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Global Perspectives: Dr. Peggy McIntosh / White Privilege (26:45)
Dr. Peggy McIntosh discusses diversity, inclusion, and white privilege. Dr. McIntosh currently serves as a Senior Research Scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women and founder of the National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum.
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Sometimes I Dream in Farsi (1:33:06)
At the center of this documentary is a traumatic, racist experience. Through confronting this event, documentarian Pirooz Kalayeh confronts the lasting effects of racism on an individual and opens up a dialog about discrimination and developing better tools to communicate about and address it.
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What Is Race? (27:08)
Contemporary issues involving race, families and society, created for a touring museum exhibit.
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