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▶ The Hunted and the Hated: An Inside Look at the NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy -YouTube
OK, There Are A Lot Of Black Men In Prison. But There’s A Reason For That.
Ohio Walmart CCTV captures John Crawford shooting – video | US news | The Guardian
On the Myth of the Superpredator:
The ‘Superpredator’ Scare – Video – NYTimes.com
Superscapegoating superpredators — FAIR
On Twitter:
Cable, Twitter picked up Ferguson story at a similar clip | Pew Research Center
Ferguson Reveals a Twitter Loop – NYTimes.com
Watch the explosion of Ferguson on Twitter in this animated map – Quartz
#IfTheyGunnedMeDown Shows How Black People Are Portrayed in Mainstream Media – The Root
I love that your frame is links, a small gesture of activism, perhaps, that allows your viewers to learn more, and maybe even do something? Yours is also a pretty classic “essay” or perhaps illustrated lecture, and yet, something more happens in our living with the images, on a screen, than does a picture attached to a written essay (or so I believe) the affective resonance of the images pushes against the calm, direct, careful analysis of your prose, creating a difficult place of feeling where knowledge and chaos, care and brutality, sit awfully close. Your analysis is part of the digital conversation, a place where racial violence and racism is contested and yet continues. Well done.
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Your narration and images combine powerfully to explain and explore complex issues. Well-structured and presented.
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