The documentary I chose to watch was called Stickup Kid. This documentary was about a 16-year-old African American boy who was sent to an adult supermax prison. When 16-year-old Alonza Thomas was angry at his mother one day, he decided he wanted to run away. He met someone and stayed with him for a few […]
When They See Us is a Netflix original production that was released a few years ago about the central park 5. It took place in 1989 where a female jogger was attacked and rapped in central park supposedly by 5 black teenage boys. There was a bunch of black boys that got together that night […]
The film that I chose to watch for this media blog is called “500 Years Later” This film was published on October 11, 2005 by Owen ‘Alik Shahadah. The Film studies the African diaspora and the impact of slavery throughout history, identifying key issues facing the world’s black communities, including poor education, poverty, crime, and […]
When discussing criminal offenses, race is always a part of the discussion. More specifically African Americans committing crime is the topic of discussion. According to Chanel4.com, “Blacks were disproportionately likely to commit a crime and to be the victims. In 2008 the offending rate for blacks was seven times higher than for whites and the […]
The movie I decided to watch for my Media Blog 2 post was The Hate U Give directed by George Tillman Jr. The movie was about a young black teenage boy who was shot by a white police officer. The whole movie basically showed what our world is like today in terms of race and […]
This documentary is called “Slavery By Another Name”. It is directed by Sam Pollard, and created by Doug Blackmon and Catherine Allan. It was released February 13th, 2012. This video explains how slavery was abolished in 1865 by Abraham Lincoln, but never really ended. During the civil war, the north was fighting against the […]
After watching the 13th on Netflix it has become apparent to me that we have transitioned from slavery to mass incarceration. The film starts out by stating that America makes up just 5% of the world’s population, yet it houses 25% of the worlds prison population. In 1865 the United States passed the 13th […]
For my media blog post I chose to watch the first episode of “Living Undocumented.” This documentary follows the stories of three families who migrated to the United States and have been living here illegally and also shows the issues and problems they have to deal with every day as a result. The first man […]
The Media I Chose was a documentary called Crime+Punishment. That has to do with New York police officers. There are many in a graduating class of officers. So, they come out fresh officers. The main problem in the documentary is what they are only worried about, which is just numbers. The people that they are […]