Assignment Task 1:
1. Read Competitive Victimhood as a Lens to Reconciliation
2. Post a 250+ word response to the following questions:
A. According to the article, what is "competitive victimhood"?
B. What does it mean to engage in an "activism of mourning"?
C. What are the key differences that Solomon and Martin point out between Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter in the "Analysis" section?
D. What are two things this article suggests needs to happen to improve these relations?
3. Post a 250+ word reflection to the following questions:
A. How are the articles Blue vs Black Lives Matter: Beneficial Social Policies as the Path Away From Punitive Rhetoric and Harm and Competitive Victimhood as a Lens to Reconciliation related?
B. How has your perspective shifted or even strengthens how you feel about the current state of the country?
Assignment Task 2:
1. Watch the following videos:
A. Damon Davis: Courage is Contagious.
B. Boniface Mwangi: The day I stood up alone.
C. Reggie Black: Are you using your voice?
2. Respond to 2 of the 5 following questions 250+ words:
A. Which video had the greatest impact on your thinking? Why?
B. Which video would you share with a friend/relative/colleague? Why?
C. Which video did you find the most rhetorically effective? How so?
D. Summarize two of the three videos.
E. How could you use your voice in your virtual protest?
Assignment Task 3:
1. Read the following:
A. The Real Reason White People Say 'All Lives Matter'
B. Black and Blue Clashes in Brooklyn reveal the state of NYC
C. Resisting Racist Propaganda Distorted
2. Respond to the following questions in 500+ words:
A. What is your overall reaction to the collection of these texts?
B. How do you feel about the Huffington Post article, "The Real Reason White People Say 'All Lives Matter'" call to action to "Join the Second Civil Rights Movement"?
3. What does the news article, "Black and Blue Clashes in Brooklynn reveal the state of NYC" say about the state of NYC?
4. According to "Resisting Racist Propaganda", how do visuals relate to racist propaganda? How does Medina define "epistemic resistance" and "epistemic activism"?
5. Find an online image from the collection Erased Lynchings and post it. Please give a brief description of how the artist reframed the image using digital manipulation.
Assignment Task 4:
1. Please read: A Rhetorical Analysis of Beyonce's "Freedom"
2. Watch: Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar (2016 BET).
- Beyoncé - Freedom ft. Kendrick Lamar (Lyrics + Español).
3. Complete a 500+ word reflection by answering the following questions:
A. Which section of Phelps-Ward et. al was most impactful? Why?
B. What piece of choreography or segment of the performance was most powerful for you? How does this align or differ from the analysis in the article?
C. Optional: Was there anything you disagreed with from the analysis? If so, what and why?