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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/36714961#36739929

This is an interview that was done with Latino Civil Rights leader Janet Murguia regarding the recent immigration bill that was passed in Arizona. She talks about some of the negative consequences of this bill on the Latino population of Arizona. She argues that the passing of this bill will essentially legalize racial profiling in that if anyone is at all suspected of being in the country illegally, authorities will have the right to search their homes and/or personal possessions. It sounds that if one is of Latino decent, that is all the proof authorities need to, basically, remove your constitutional rights. I'm not all that familiar with this story, but it definitely sounds unconstitutional to me.

What do you guys think? Does it seem to you that racial profiling is inevitable through the passing of this bill? Does the bill need to be changed to better protect the rights of the Latino population in Arizona? If you have not already heard about the passing of this bill, I would imagine that it will be hard to avoid as it snowballs in the uproar it is causing.


Here are a couple more news clips regarding some of the details of this bill - They make it sound that people can be identified as "possible illegals" based on appearance only, including the type of SHOES a person wears.....Are you kidding me?! Is our country going backwards away from civil rights legislation? What the hell....

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/36714961#36735699

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/36714961#36726296

Something tells me this bill will not be around for too long....

"U.S. forces in Afghanistan are using a controversial tool in their efforts to hold the ground recently captured from the Taliban. It is the work of civilian anthropologists and other social science researchers, who advise military commanders on how to win the hearts and minds of local people"

Paul Mooney is one of the Kings of comedy. He has written stand up comedy for Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Saturday night live and many other venues. He is mainly known for his active stance in confronting racism in America through Stand up Comedy and going on different talk shows to address these issues faced by society today. Paul has a strait forward or blunt approach he takes which makes most White people uncomfortable and upset. There are a lot of good youtube videos that go into greater detail with his views. Do you think by him being direct about these issues help or harm the message he is trying to portray?

This is an investigative report from 20/20 from 2 about 2 years ago. You'll have to check out the 2 videos (they are each about 6-7 min. long), but I thought this was an excellent example of how race and crime are associated in many people's mind. I thought the results of this report were pretty amazing. What would you do in this situation? Do you think you would react as most people did in this video, or would your behavior be different because of what we know about racism? Would the results of this "study" be different depending on the environment?


Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNu-WZdHzaA&NR=1

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIVgMvuCM_k&feature=related

Henry Lewis Gates is a professor at Harvard university. He was coming home from a flight and he couldn't get in his door. A White woman called the police said that someone was breaking into his house. After the situation, Henry was later arrested when he asked for the officers badge number. After watching this clip do you believe his arrest was racist? Also what measure could the cop have taken to be more reasonable or understandable?

the following is something that happen because they are tired of being treated like animals, by police corruption unjust actions such as being racially profiled, harassed, and know and seeing four of three officers guilty of a crime which was caught on tape and they were acquitted as a result, and not having faith in the Judaical system.  

Dream Deferred

What happen to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up

Like a rasin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore...

and then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?

Or crust and sugar over...

like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags

like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

Langston Hughes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hEtN0-vF90

Scene from American History X, within this scene it is a very heated debate about how Rodney King was attacked by police officers, while having dinner. Son  played by Edward Norton who simulates a racial skin head group member 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ-2OMIQbq4

This is a graphic video were Rodney King is getting beating, kicked and hit with a baton  by LAPD officers. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw2pRnBgeBU&NR=1

The aftermath of the Police trail were the police were proven not guilty which sparked the LA riots, listen to the news reporter, reporting the story and the language they are using to describe the scenes going on... some of the graphics are hard to see but it is a reality of what happened in 1992 in Los Angeles, California.

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/05/28/2009-05-28_black_cop_killed_by_white_officer.html

This is a strong problem that we face in today's society. What do you think can be done to make police more aware and cautious about these things?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/21/inhofe-i-believe-in-racia_n_431907.html

"Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) knows he's not politically correct, but he doesn't care: "I believe in racial and ethnic profiling," the GOP senator announced at a Senate Armed Services Committee review of Fort Hood shootings on Thursday."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIVgMvuCM_k&feature=PlayList&p=A9A0505376CBCE35&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=5

20/20 experiment; the are two groups of actors (White/ Black) vandalizing and trying to break into a car in a suburban neighbor hood. Why did? or, Why did not? both groups get treated the same way?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv_ac-op8IA
Comedian Michael Richards (Kramer) goes on a racist rant. When it is it to much, when someone crosses the line, while telling a joke. It is okay for someone in your race to say a racial joke when it is you own ethnicity? What if it is someone from another ethnicity unlike your own?

I came across this video of a social experiment in a retail store: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG-eT4oK9lU    
Dead President   "we want freedom"

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFeHK_uNwgY&feature=related

Immotal Technique  "the poverty philosophy"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZIzD0ZfTFg     
Eminem   "white america"

Music is a form of expression, which one can express emotions. With that in mind, I listed three different artists and songs that touch on different types of subjects such as stereotyping, racism. What do you think the music is trying to say? What emotions does it bring out when you hear it?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-zogby/profiling-is-back_b_418715.html

Airport profiling is back, with a vengeance.