{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"52777682","dateCreated":"1334171884","smartDate":"Apr 11, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"klb409","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/klb409","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52777682"},"dateDigested":1532760202,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Political Cartoon","description":"This political cartoon shows a black man who has just shot a white man, both are holding guns, talking to a white police officer. The black man says, "I had a reasonable fear the neighborhood watch guy following me was going to fear for his life and shoot.. so i shot him first." And the police officer says, "Makes sense to me." The caption says "The stand your ground before he stand shis ground defense."
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\nI think the cartoonist was teaching himself how unreasonable that kind of thinking is. The cartoon is almost funny because no police officer would except that kind of reasoning. It is purely based on thought and opinion, without giving a valid reason to shoot and kill a man. We can only imagine how many murders there would be if this kind of reasoning was permissible.
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\nI think a good lesson leading up to this cartoon would be one based on irony. Irony and sarcasm is often something that students develop later and is rarely used in writing in class. However, it can be a strong tool when writing and\/or reading political cartoons.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52744294","dateCreated":"1334101495","smartDate":"Apr 10, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"RachelCantu","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/RachelCantu","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1319345279\/RachelCantu-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52744294"},"dateDigested":1532760202,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Political Cartoon","description":" My cartoon in labeled \u201cDifferent Worlds.\u201d There are two sides, depicting similar scenes of a child leaving his home in what is clearly cold weather while wearing a hoodie as his mother nags him about something. On the left side, the mother and son are white and the mother is reminding her son to put his hood up so he doesn\u2019t \u201ccatch his death of cold.\u201d On the right side, the mother and son are black and the mother reminds her son to take his hood off so he doesn\u2019t \u201ccatch his death of trigger-happy vigilantes.\u201d
\n In this cartoon, the artist is focusing on the racial lines of this event. He is learning that the repercussions of this event and of our society are different for different groups, and that the minority group is affected negatively.
\n A lesson plan leading up to this artwork would involve looking at an event (historical or current) from multiple perspectives. For me, it would be important to include historical events involving different groups of people, to show that these disparities extend beyond black-and-white and beyond America. As an example, students could look at how does a white family react or adapt to school integration in the south after Brown v. Board of Ed and how does a black family react or adapt to this same situation. As a more current example, students could examine how a very wealthy family feels towards the Occupy Wall Street movement compared to a middle class family and a family living in poverty. I find that it would be hard to focus a young class on one contemporary issue that is changing and evolving each day. Instead, I believe the focus in an elementary classroom should be, how do we look at these issues? Students need the skills to comprehend, examine, and make sense of current and future events as well as historical event that affect their lives as well as the lives of others in such complex ways.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52737314","dateCreated":"1334088659","smartDate":"Apr 10, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"kb1399","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kb1399","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52737314"},"dateDigested":1532760202,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"katina's cartoon","description":"My political cartoon was about a African American woman talking to Caucasian man about how sad it was that Trayvon had been killed senselessly. The man agreed. They went to a cemetery and the man asked who was buried there. The woman said the cemetery was full of other young Black men who had been killed in the same way.
\nThe killing of an unarmed person is always a tragedy. Any loss of life is sad. The question becomes whether or not we value life differently and I think as a nation, we do. It bothers me that the media emphasizes Trayvon's family being a married, middle-class couple. Somehow that makes his death more shocking, because he was not a stereotypical young Black man from the projects or selling drugs. The shooting of an unarmed man who is homeless, poor, an immigrant or any other variation should be just as tragic, but somehow it isn't. Why is that?
\nThis is a very difficult subject to bring up in class for many reasons. First, you don't want to say something that parents may take offense to. You don't want to say anything that will upset the students. But it is an issue that needs to addressed, especially in diverse NYC classrooms where our students may be faced with issues of racial profiling and harassment based on their appearance. I guess I would have a conversation about discrimination and ask whether or not students have experienced it. I might ask students to draw self portraits as they see themselves and as those who discriminate against them may see them. Afterward we can have a conversation about how those two images differ and why.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"52744410","body":"Katina, I agree that this is a very difficult issue to bring up in the classroom. It is different from historical issues that we teach because it is happening now and evolving everyday. As you mentioned, parents might have very strong beliefs about an issue like this. It would, however, as you said, be a good introduction to the idea of discrimination and profiling. I do wonder how students of different ages would respond to a question such as "have you experienced discrimination?"","dateCreated":"1334101743","smartDate":"Apr 10, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"RachelCantu","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/RachelCantu","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1319345279\/RachelCantu-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"52730216","dateCreated":"1334079241","smartDate":"Apr 10, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"NicoleHarmantzis","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/NicoleHarmantzis","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52730216"},"dateDigested":1532760202,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Obama & Trayvon","description":"Obama Politicizes Trayvon\u2019s Death
\n The artist, Taylor Jones, draws President Obama wearing a dark hoodie with the presidential seal. Jones draws Obama with the hood over his large, bobblehead-like, head. Obama has a serious stare and has his arms crossed across his chest. There are no background images \u2013 it is just a portrait.
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\n The artist is trying to understand a world where a black man can become president and a black man can also be shot without, seemingly, any cause. He wants to understand what needs to happen for discrimination to end.
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\n The students could first be given any two random images and work to combine them (animals, people, vehicles, clothes, shoes, furniture). They would sketch their ideas and provide a rationale, story, or message behind the way they have combined the images.
\n Then the students could think about any event in the news. They would write down the people involved in the event (victim, police, family, government, thief, fire department, witnesses, etc). They would describe the role\/view of those involved in a few sentences and sketch the figures. Finally, they would develop a message they would want to share with the public and find ways to combine the sketches to portray that message.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"52737446","body":"Good question. What does need to happen for discrimination to end? I think the classroom is a good place to start. If we teach our students to appreciate the differences in each other and give them opportunities to really connect with each other, that would definitely help. It is hard to discriminate against someone you know well. We should try to make those connections for kids in school and as early as possible.","dateCreated":"1334088908","smartDate":"Apr 10, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"kb1399","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kb1399","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52744614","body":"I think that sounds like such as interesting cartoon. I think your lesson would really help students understand what is really a very conceptual idea.
\nI also agree with Katina that the classroom is a great place to start fighting discrimination, and one way is to help them make sense on events like this.
\n If you were teaching about Treyvon specifically, Obama said in a press conference "If I had a son, he'd look like Treyvon." It is interesting to examine the parallel of how racism can exist differently at different levels. It is also interesting to note that Obama was criticized for this comment because some people felt that his subtext was that he would not care as much if it was a white child.
\nhttp:\/\/www.politico.com\/politico44\/2012\/03\/obama-i-had-a-son-hed-look-like-trayvon-118439.html<\/a>","dateCreated":"1334102162","smartDate":"Apr 10, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"RachelCantu","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/RachelCantu","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1319345279\/RachelCantu-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"52729320","dateCreated":"1334077755","smartDate":"Apr 10, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"brittanyhan","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/brittanyhan","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52729320"},"dateDigested":1532760203,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"political cartoon ","description":"http:\/\/editorialcartoonists.com\/cartoon\/display.cfm\/109333\/<\/a>
\nIn the foreground of my political cartoon there is a chubby man with a gun in his hand, ready to shoot, wearing a shirt that says Florida on the back. Over the man\u2019s left shoulder there is a little person with a KKK outfit and wings, pointing towards the direction of a young person (boy). The young boy is walking across the street wearing a purple hoodie, sneakers, and jeans in the background. There is a spotlight on the young boy walking.
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\nThe artist teaches himself that the situation is racially charged. There is strong historical presence of racially charged violence and profiling that is still present. History not only teaches us about the past, but also how it shapes the present and future. He also teaches himself about Florida\u2019s stand your ground and gun laws and gun violence in America.
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\nThis could be part of a civil rights movement unit or a race\/racism in America unit. It would include lessons and discussions about the KKK, what they represent, and how their actions and ideas are present today. Lessons could also include the effects of racial profiling. Cartoons like these really connect topics in history and present day that relate to students. It also bring social justice into discussion especially when this event happened to Trayvon Martin, a young boy who is just like one of our students.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"52749092","body":"I love the idea, but I wonder how a conversation about the KKK comes up in class? That is a real question. I would like to know, because that is a very important part of American history that just never gets discussed. It should, but it doesn't. I just think the topic is like a giant purple elephant in the room that textbooks, administrators and teachers do not want to deal with. What text could we use to teach about the KKK? Are there any resources available? How old should kids be when we discuss it?
\nKatina","dateCreated":"1334110520","smartDate":"Apr 10, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"kb1399","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kb1399","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52777734","body":"I agree that in order to discuss this cartoon in class there would need to be a lot of history taught leading up to it. Students would really have to understand the historical contexts used in the cartoon and how it plays into the current situation.","dateCreated":"1334171953","smartDate":"Apr 11, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"klb409","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/klb409","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"52675102","dateCreated":"1333949390","smartDate":"Apr 8, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"dawnyaddicted2life","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dawnyaddicted2life","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1318117565\/dawnyaddicted2life-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52675102"},"dateDigested":1532760203,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"\"Get away with it all!\"","description":"-Dawny
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\nMy political cartoon was featured by the Miami Herald on April 3, 2012:
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\nLarge outdoor highway billboard reads: "Get AWAY WITH IT ALL...Come to FLORIDA!"
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\nTwo men stand underneath it: one is the unknowing billboard painter and the other his angry boss in a suit, who holds a paper down to the side of his leg "Stand Your Ground Law" in one hand.
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\nThe dialogue caption, by the angry boss: "It's supposed to say, "Get away FROM it all!""
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\nThe artist, MorinToons Syndicate, teaches him\/herself about the situation at hand through the play on words which exemplify in a sparingly simplistic fashion the redundancy of advertising what Florida as a whole stands for. The cartoon is a tight resemblance to the reactions to the OJ Simpson case in which most of the nation felt he had also "got away with murder." Perhaps what the cartoonist is saying is that the unknowing billboard painter is more aware of the truth, more so than his enraged boss; whose goal is solely to create a new 'truth' in a superficial and outer-directed advertisement in such a large billboard directed to the rest of the nation.
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\nWhat could your lesson plan be leading up to the final artwork?
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\nWe could activate schema and build upon student experiences by doing a student-led discussion in which we react to the news of his death and the circumstances leading up to it. I wish for my students to realize that it was in fact a 'hired uniform' self-appointed neighborhood watch dog who decided to impart 'justice' as to his prejudices and discernment. I would facilitate the discussion around appearance: appearance of wealth, appearance of poverty, appearance of safe, appearance of danger, foe or enemy in the world around us. We would follow with a writing expression lesson where beliefs and feelings are expressed--along with a conclusion share where ideas and opinions are developed and cultivated to higher-thinking skills. Listening is as important as sharing with and speaking to one another.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"52675174","body":"(The cartoon is also calling to action an emphasis to reflect upon this law which Florida chose to uphold. It asks to question Florida, "Is this what you believe and represent in your state?")","dateCreated":"1333949966","smartDate":"Apr 8, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"dawnyaddicted2life","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dawnyaddicted2life","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1318117565\/dawnyaddicted2life-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"52674020","dateCreated":"1333942693","smartDate":"Apr 8, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"KatherineROD","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/KatherineROD","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1334072334\/KatherineROD-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52674020"},"dateDigested":1532760203,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Political Cartoon ","description":" My political cartoon expressed the current state of Florida during the time period they are going through. Most of the media relates Florida to the killing of Trayvon Martin. Florida has gotten a negative stereotype in the past, but now it has gotten more media attention with this case. The artist who did the political cartoon clearly depicts what's happening with the state. Florida is in the shape of a gun, with each city being a certain spot on the gun. For instance, Orlando is a point on the gun as well as Trayvon Martin, however he is a star on this gun. This star depicts the mindset of the people in the US. For instance, we relate Florida to Orlando, and now the star of the show is the place where Martin was killed. What's even more ironic about this cartoon is how the cartoon's outside is a postcard, welcoming tourists to Florida. There is in fact, nothing welcoming about the postcard and the gun image it depicts of Florida.
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\n The artist of the political cartoon demonstrates his knowledge of the situation occurring, since he clearly demonstrates how Florida is being depicted. The media has portrayed the state in a negative manner, often referring to the gun Martin was killed with and how Zimmerman's current legal defense is that he was protecting himself. By giving Florida a sunny feel to it through the words, "Welcome to Florida" he is being ironic. At the current moment, there's nothing welcoming about the state especially since Martin's case has not been met with fairness. There has also been an idea that the Florida's state government is treating minorities unjustly by not arresting the individual who has committed the crime.
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\n In a classroom setting, I would make sure to have students understand who Martin is and why we have been hearing about him in the media. I will ask them what they know about the case, and any questions they want to ask me. I want to keep the conversation as open-ended as possible, making sure every student has the opportunity to speak about how they feel about the case as a whole, the outcomes so far, etc. Once we have discussed the case, I want to tell students how political cartoons are a form of art that makes fun of a very serious topic. We will look at other more famous political cartoons, such as "Vote Now" where Uncle Sam is pointing to the audience asking them to vote with a harsh look on his face. We will discuss the time period and how important it was for people to vote, since certain laws were unjust. As a class, we will take a look at this present-day political cartoon and evaluate its significance. I will ask my students questions such as: how does this relate to Martin's case? What is this cartoon saying to us? Why do you think the author drew it this way? What do you think about the depiction? Etc.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52597304","dateCreated":"1333644160","smartDate":"Apr 5, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"ejs412","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ejs412","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52597304"},"dateDigested":1532760203,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Trayvon","description":"My political cartoon has George Zimmerman portrayed as an angry white man. He is standing with a smoking gun (just shot) on top of the Constitution. Under his feet, the words "Right to Bear Arms" is written.
\nOn the other side, Trayvon Martin is portrayed as a small boy wearing a hoodie. He is lying dead also on a Constitution, with the words "Right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."
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\nI think that through this cartoon, the artist is really reflecting on the Constitution, the backbone to all the laws in the United States. He does not blame the situation on Florida's law, but on the interpretation of the Constitution itself. Those two rights seem contradictory the way it is portrayed in the cartoon.
\nI think the artist is trying to grapple with the two, and letting the readers decide which right is more important.
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\nI think my lesson would involve the Constitution. Children in early elementary grades begin to learn their Rights as Children in social studies, and talking about the Constitution in the older elementary school grades would be a great build up. Students can learn about the rights, and learn about different cases when the Constitution was involved, like the Trayvon case, which is very relevant and recent.
\nThe students can talk about whether the Florida law was constitutional, or whether it violated anything on the Bill of Rights, etc. Then, students can express their opinions through a political cartoon (after being exposed to some first, of course).","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"52674408","body":"Wow! I would have liked to see this cartoon in person but just imagining it is really bone chilling! I cannot believe how the artist got the whole issue so right, this idea that we are supposed to follow the Constitution but now look at us, we aren't doing what we said we would be giving everyone in the United States. The idea of "Right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" is one that our forefathers dreamed of our nation having for years to come. However, this has been taken away by another part of the Constitution that is the right to bear arms. This idea that the two rights conflict has been an issue in our nation for years. I think your lesson is great especially when it comes to learning about rights and Constitutional cases!","dateCreated":"1333944291","smartDate":"Apr 8, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"KatherineROD","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/KatherineROD","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1334072334\/KatherineROD-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"52675138","body":"The two captions were a great juxtaposition on the Bill of Rights and clearly safeguards the extreme opposite of opinions this case defined. I like the lesson talk on whether or not this was constitutional by students as this lifts a straightforward lesson on the first ten laws of this nation into an ever more abstract lesson plan involving higher thinking and expression skills.","dateCreated":"1333949707","smartDate":"Apr 8, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"dawnyaddicted2life","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dawnyaddicted2life","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1318117565\/dawnyaddicted2life-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"52571276","dateCreated":"1333585226","smartDate":"Apr 4, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"rmd326","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/rmd326","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52571276"},"dateDigested":1532760203,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Political Cartoon","description":"Ryan Dobbins
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\nMy political cartoon displays a man wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood with writing on his shirt that says \u201cSTAND YOUR GROUND LAW.\u201d He\u2019s holding a smoking gun that is pointed to something out of the frame, presumably Trayvon Martin. There is an all black background with the caption \u201cSuspicious character wearing a hoodie\u201d which references the supposed description of Trayvon before he was shot. I believe that the political cartoon is trying to say that the Stand Your Ground law that is in effect in Florida was allowed or enabled an act of injustice and racism to take place. In other words, if George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin solely based on the fact that he was black, then the Stand Your Ground law gives him an \u201cexcuse\u201d to say the act was in self-defense.
\nI don\u2019t know how much the artist learned about himself from drawing the picture since the message is pretty straightforward and seems to be more of a tool to inform or influence the viewer. However, I think that creating the cartoon was most likely a great way for the artist to reflect on the issue. I wonder if the caption \u201cSuspicious character wearing a hoodie\u201d was created with the illustration or after it was drawn. I think that this caption illustrates some hypocrisy in society as well as the judicial system.
\nIn my future classroom I would love to devote some time of each day or week to current events. I\u2019ve seen this done in a classroom setting before and I truly believe that discussing these events is a great way to get students involved in what\u2019s happening around them. Before allowing my students to draw their political cartoon, I would use current events to introduce the article. I would try to find an article that was as age appropriate as possible and I would share it with my class. Through student-based and teacher-facilitated discussion, the class would talk about their opinions on the event. I would want them to discuss how it makes them feel and what their stance on the issue is. After this I would introduce the idea of political cartoons, sharing how they are a way to inform or influence readers on a current political or controversial issue. Students would then be able to create their own political cartoons based on their opinions and beliefs in regards to the Trayvon Martin case. I think this lesson would also allow students who are more artistic to express their ideas creatively.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52555318","dateCreated":"1333563017","smartDate":"Apr 4, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"snp241","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/snp241","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1317051397\/snp241-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52555318"},"dateDigested":1532760203,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Political Cartoon","description":"I have a political cartoon by the Cagle Post made an artist named Clay Jones. The cartoon depicts a little African American boy holding a hoodies and a bag of skittles with outstretched hands in fear while looking at a white adult pointing a gun at his head. The boy is asking the man, \u201cI\u2019m unarmed and I took off my hoodies\u2026 Why are you still threatened?\u201d to which the white male responds, \u201cYou\u2019re still black!!!!\u201d Both of the characters look frightened in this cartoon, and you can tell by the sweat drops shooting out near their heads.
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\nYou can clearly see that both of the characters are scared, but that the boy is speaking logically and the man with the gun is not. Strong racist sentiments are being conveyed by the attitude of the man about to shoot his gun, as well, there is a sense of wrongly distributed authority in the sense that the boy and the adult are both as odds with one another, but the boy has more of a say, in my opinion, than the irrational adult who might think he knows best.
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\nI would definitely have my students look at this particular incident involving Trayvon Martin and his killer more closely through following the news at home, researching online, and in the school\u2019s library; but more importantly, I would turn this lesson into an exploration about the different incidences that have happened in the past that resonate the same racial prejudices that have affected the lives of many. Using this information, I would have the students have a debate, taking turns on opposing sides of the argument, or create their own political cartoon.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"52730314","body":"I think that bringing in other events is fantastic and so important. Historical events are definitely not isolated and they would be given an opportunity to think critically about the issues at hand.","dateCreated":"1334079435","smartDate":"Apr 10, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"NicoleHarmantzis","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/NicoleHarmantzis","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}