Week Sixteen Assignment

Working Bibliography

Hmmm, I'm having some trouble with getting my web links to come up. I may come back and edit those later. But for now, here is my working bibliography. I realize the formatting isn't quite right - I'm not used to HTML formatting.

Works Cited

Appiah, Kwame Anthony. “Racism: History of Hatred.” Affirmative Action and Diversity Page. AAD Project, 04 Aug. 2002. Web. 16 Nov. 2009. .

Barkley, Charles. Who’s Afraid of a Large Black Man? Ed. Michael Wilbon. New York: The Penguin Press, 2005.

Barton, Paul. "A Response: PBS 'Race': A History of Racism." Raceandhistory.com. Race and History. 04 May 2003. Web. 17 Nov. 2009. .

Bender, David, Bruno Leone, Bonnie Skumski, Brenda Stalcup, Scott Barbour, and Jennifer A. Hurley. Racism. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1998.

Brown, Tony. Black Lies, White Lies. New York: William and Morrow Company, 1995.

A Class Divided. Dir. William Peters. 1986. Yale University Films, PBS Home Video. DVD.

Colbert, Stephen. I am America (and so can you!). Eds. Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, and Allison Silverman. New York: Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group, 2007.

Davis, Ronald L. F., Ph. D. "Slavery in America: Historical Overview." SlaveryInAmerica.org. New York Life. N.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2009. .

Dent, David J. In Search of Black America: Discovering the African-American Dream. New York: Touchstone, 2000.

Fireside, Harvey. Separate and Unequal: Homer Plessy and the Supreme Court Decision that Legalized Racism. New York: Carroll and Graf Publishers, 2004.

Fredrickson, George M. Racism: a short history. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002.

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. America Behind the Color Line: dialogues with African Americans. New York: Warner Books, 2004.

Harris, Fred R. and Lynn A. Curtis. Locked in the Poorhouse: Cities, Race, and Poverty in the United States. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1998.

"The History of Racism." AllAboutPopularIssues.org. All About Popular Issues, 2009. Web. 16 Nov. 2009. .

Iceland, John. Poverty in America. Regents of the University of California, 2003. Web. 18 Nov. 2009. .

Kelley, Raina. “The Roots of Racism.” Newsweek.com. Newsweek, Inc. 25 Jun. 2009. Web. 13 Nov. 2009. .

Kim, Sukkoo. "Immigration, Industrial Revolution and Urban Growth in the United States, 1820-1920: Factor Endowments, Technology and Geography." Diss. Washington University, St. Louis. Jan. 2007. Web. 18 Nov. 2009. .

Langone, John. Spreading Poison. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1993.

Leondar-Wright, Betsy. "Appendix 13J: History of Classism." Betsy Leondar-Wright, 2005. Web. 17 Nov. 2009. .

Middleton, Samuel and Billy G. Smith. "Class and Early America: An Introduction." The William and Mary Quarterly. 63.2. (2006): n. pag. Web. 17 Nov. 2009. .

Perkins, Edwin J. The Economy of Colonial America. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988.

Stanford, Eleanor, Bonnie Szumski, and Helen Cothran. Interracial America. New York: Thomas Gale, 2006.

Soto, Rhonda. "Race and Class: Taking Action at the Intersections." Classism.org. Class Action, n. d. Web. 18 Nov. 2009. .

Torr, James D., Bruce Glassman, Bonnie Szumski, and Helen Cothran. Race Relations. New York: Thomas Gale, 2005.

U.S. Census Bureau. The 2009 Statistical Abstract: Income, Expenditures, Poverty, and Wealth. 01 Sep. 2009. Web. 18 Nov. 2009. .

Research Paper!

Sooo, I get to write a extensive paper for this class AND blog about it. How fun is that?!?! When I first set out to pick a topic I honestly had NO clue what I wanted to do it on. As I thought about it more and more, things just seemed to fall into place that I should do it on racism of some form. So here I am reading all these insightful books and trying to understand the cancer of racism in America. The book I'm reading right now is Who's Afraid of A Large Black Man? by Charles Barkley. It's pretty much intriguing... Throughout the book he refers to racism as being the biggest cancer of his lifetime. I love that comparison. Cancer is soooo hard to understand: why does it happen, what makes it spread so quickly? So many questions and not a single answer. Racism is parallel in so many ways. It spreads like wildfire and is not necessarily contained to a certain area. And, like cancer, racism will eat you alive. But it won't take your physical body like cancer will - it will eat your heart and your mind like nothing else will. What is racism? Is it a disease of the mind that makes people think and say horrible things based on the color of someone's skin? Or is it an environmental mindset brought about by the experiences we have, the way our parents view others and the way we see them presented in society? Is racism limited to whites vs. blacks? Or is there racism among blacks themselves? Is the label of acting white hurting African-Americans more than the N word? What does it mean to act white? Why is there something wrong with it? Are minorities so insecure that they are afraid to stand up for their own? What pushed them to insecurity? Can whites really say that they've experienced racism? Or are they just underestimating racism and what it means? Is race truly the issue? Or are economic factors becoming the downfall of society? Is it now rich vs. poor rather than white vs. black? How subtle can racism be and still be considered racism? What defines us? What do people see first, say first when describing us? Is America actually fueling the fires of racism? If we are brutally, and I mean brutally, honest with ourselves, how often do we judge someone based on the color of their skin or accuse them in our minds of "acting white" or "acting black"? Where is the line drawn of making a simple observation and entertaining critical thoughts of others? What is the answer? Is integration the key, or is it a stumbling block? What is integration? What is segregation? Are the schools today truly integrated? Is the workplace integrated? So as I read I hope to answer some of these questions. Obviously I'm a little scatterbrained right now:) But it's all part of the process. I need to rein in my topic!

Assignment 3 - Pathos

This Nike ad appeals to pathos. It’s overall simplistic design eliminates distractions that may disrupt the main point. The ad is displayed in black and white with the only color being the bright yellow text. The color for the text is taken from Lance Armstrong’s famous Livestrong campaign to fight against cancer. Because Lance Armstrong’s personal fight against cancer and his current Livestrong campaign are both widely known, the yellow color is a successful way to draw the viewer in by relating it to an occurrence/campaign already branded in the mind. The slogan “Just do it” gives viewers a sense of duty and ability – a new courage to conquer the insurmountable. By showing the scar on this cancer patient’s head, the viewer feels sympathy by viewing the reality of cancer. That, along with the fact that most viewers have an association with cancer (they either are fighting it themselves, or are related to or very close to a cancer patient/survivor or have lost a loved one to the disease), causes this ad to be an extremely effective emotional appeal.

Assignment 3 - Ethos

This ad appeals to ethos. As an ad produced by the Richard Nixon Foundation, the claim here is that this ad is to be trusted on issues regarding former President Richard Nixon and his life, claiming “You don’t know Dick!” An important objection to Richard Nixon himself is presented in the ad in the form of the damaged cassette tape and the words “Sometimes your whole life can flash by in 18 ½ minutes.” This refers to the 18 ½ minutes erased from the tapes regarding the Watergate scandal that bankrupt Nixon’s career, reputation, and might I say, his whole life. This ad acknowledges the public’s censure of Nixon and seeks to use the status of the Richard Nixon Foundation as a trustworthy platform for revealing the “real” Richard Nixon. Because this ad admits Nixon’s mistakes, it is more effective than it would have been if it had ignored Nixon’s tainted past. [Again, click on the photo for a larger view.]