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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMust-See Video: Teacher's lesson on racism (15 minutes)
15 minutes of brilliance. Congress and SCOTUS need to see this, as these societal tendencies still apply. Racism and bigotry are alive and well. But, I digress...this is a magnificent lesson, imho. Originally seen on Upworthy.
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Must-See Video: Teacher's lesson on racism (15 minutes) (Original Post)
OneGrassRoot
Jun 2013
OP
In 1934, the NCCJ came up with the idea of celebrating National Brotherhood Week
baldguy
Jun 2013
#3
Paulie
(8,462 posts)1. There is much more than a 15 minute video
http://www.janeelliott.com/ for lots more.
She recently was on an IT Security podcast, she's so awesome and made the hosts a bit uncomfortable. http://www.social-engineer.org/ep-046-my-mind-is-made-up-dont-confuse-me-with-facts/
She recently was on an IT Security podcast, she's so awesome and made the hosts a bit uncomfortable. http://www.social-engineer.org/ep-046-my-mind-is-made-up-dont-confuse-me-with-facts/
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)2. SWEET!!!
Thank you very, very much!
baldguy
(36,649 posts)3. In 1934, the NCCJ came up with the idea of celebrating National Brotherhood Week
...during the 3rd week of February. But it only lasted through the 1980s. Looking back on the political climate since the end of National Brotherhood Week, it seems that we could use a little more brotherhood year round. But for the past 3 decades, we haven't even been able to manage one week.
The NCCJ was founded in 1927 in response to anti-Catholic sentiment when Al Smith ran for the Democratic nomination for President. The organization was dedicated to "bringing diverse people together to address interfaith divisions." After the end of National Brotherhood Week, they kept the acronym but changed their name to The National Conference for Community and Justice. They are now "dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism in America."
...
There's a lot of work to be be done if the NCCJ is to have any hope of fulfilling its "new" (30+ year old) mission. The political climate has certainly deteriorated since the demise of National Brotherhood Week - although the hatred and vitriol aimed at most of the Presidents during that period has nothing to do with bias, bigotry or racism.
Most? Yes, my friends. Some (but by no means all) of the Obama hatred we see today is the result of racism. There cannot be any doubt about that. Birtherism, demands for school records, calling him and his ideas "foreign" to America - these all come from subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) racism. Did you think that electing our first President of color would bring us closer to the color-blind society about which Martin Luther King Jr. prophesied? Sadly, it seems to have brought us further from that dream. Further from the goals of the NCCJ and National Brotherhood Week.
more:
http://www.chicagonow.com/not-for-jews-only/2013/02/national-brotherhood-week-123/
The NCCJ was founded in 1927 in response to anti-Catholic sentiment when Al Smith ran for the Democratic nomination for President. The organization was dedicated to "bringing diverse people together to address interfaith divisions." After the end of National Brotherhood Week, they kept the acronym but changed their name to The National Conference for Community and Justice. They are now "dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism in America."
...
There's a lot of work to be be done if the NCCJ is to have any hope of fulfilling its "new" (30+ year old) mission. The political climate has certainly deteriorated since the demise of National Brotherhood Week - although the hatred and vitriol aimed at most of the Presidents during that period has nothing to do with bias, bigotry or racism.
Most? Yes, my friends. Some (but by no means all) of the Obama hatred we see today is the result of racism. There cannot be any doubt about that. Birtherism, demands for school records, calling him and his ideas "foreign" to America - these all come from subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) racism. Did you think that electing our first President of color would bring us closer to the color-blind society about which Martin Luther King Jr. prophesied? Sadly, it seems to have brought us further from that dream. Further from the goals of the NCCJ and National Brotherhood Week.
more:
http://www.chicagonow.com/not-for-jews-only/2013/02/national-brotherhood-week-123/
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)5. Thank you. n/t
ReasonableToo
(505 posts)4. Saw her on Oprah many years ago.
They divided the audience up this way during the show. Very powerful.
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)6. I can't believe I just discovered this video, and this brilliant woman...
today.
Glad I did though. Better late than never.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)7. Always worth watching again. nt