ASSIGNMENT Ethnography is when you take real life interviews and experiences and utilize theater conventions to create a unique piece of theater. Fires in the Mirror is a performance based on a series of interviews regarding the Crown Heights Conflict that took place in Brooklyn in 1991, just five months after the Rodney King Riots in […]
Using the analysis of Jennifer Hunt as well as concepts from course discussions, explain how the police could see their actions so differently from the rest of society.
Topic: Jennifer Hunt analysis 1 page paper To most people, the beating of Rodney King seemed a brutal case of racist police officers losing control and taking–out their aggressive feelings on this Black man. Yet, the police themselves feel they were simply “doing their job.” Using the analysis of Jennifer Hunt as well as concepts […]
Review the Rodney King Incident and think about how the violence perpetrated on King could have been predicted and perhaps prevented.
Assignment: Review the Rodney King Incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King) and think about how the violence perpetrated on King could have been predicted and perhaps prevented. Then suggest a set of workable alternatives to the use of deadly force that today’s police forces might effectively use in their confrontation with violent individuals. You may give some consideration to […]
Discuss any notable instances of prejudice you have experienced.
1. The first video was an exercise to demonstrate the impact of prejudice on others who are experiencing it. Consider your own life experiences. Have you experienced prejudice? Or have you lived a life of privilege with limited prejudice and many opportunities to live without having to be on guard or constantly defend yourself. Think […]