Given the today’s media presentation of examples of racial violence, one might believe this is a new trend. Consider the role of social media today vs. media outlets in the past. You may optionally refer to this easy to read article: Why cellphone videos of black people’s deaths should be considered sacred, like lynching photographs.
You do not need to read the articles linked here, but please feel free to click on the links and learn more (& gather data for your responses).
1. How do examples of racial violence today , for example the murder of Ahmaud Arbery compare to lynching of Black, Mexican, Native, and Asian folks in America’s “past” ? 2. How has increased access to technology influenced ways we consume information about racial violence? 3. Ida B. Wellswas the first anti-lynching journalist who documented details, statistics of lynchings, later the NAACP followed suit and published full page ads in the New York Times (see photos below). How does today’s use of cell phones and social mediato bring attention to racial violence and discrimination compare to newspaper and printmedia outlets of the past?
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