Review of Articles: Due Thursday, March 12th at 8:30 am
In order to be informed while conducting your oral histories you must be knowledgeable about your topic. Find five articles about your topic and complete the graphic organizer below for each one. These articles will become a foundation for your final written piece.
Stuck? Start with one of these Websites: www.philly.com , www.thenotebook.org , http://www.philly.com/inquirer/ , http://www.phillymag.com/ Schedule of Class work time: Monday: 30 minutes, Tuesday: 60 min, Wednesday: 30 min
Title of Article
Date of Article
Author of Article
Sigma Alpha Epsilon shuts down chapter after racist video Updated 8:00 AM ET, Mon
March 9, 2015
Ben Brumfield, CNN
Website URL
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/09/us/oklahomafraternitychan t/ 35 Facts from your article that are important for your topic
Quote
What does it mean?
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"There will never be a ni**** in SAE. You can hang him from a tree, but he can never sign with me." This means that the students at SAE would rather hang an
African American person than let them join their fraternity 2
"I was not only shocked and disappointed but disgusted by the outright display of racism displayed in the video," SAE National
President Bradley Cohen
This means that some people actually care about the discrimination of black people, and racism.
3
"Racism is alive at The
University of
Oklahoma."
This means that white people still believe that there should be racism in this world and that it is very much alive.
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Questions you might ask in your interview based on this article:
Title of Article
Date of Article
Author of Article
Commenting On Gaga,
Cleveland Anchor Voices The
Sound Of Racism.
35 Facts from your article that are important for your topic 1
Quote
"It's hard to really hear [Gaga's] voice with all the jigaboo music that she does, or whatever you want to call it. She has a gorgeous voice I never knew."
What does it mean?
This means that news the news anchor Kristi Capel tried to compliment Lady Gaga, but while trying to compliment her she used a racial slur.(Jigaboo)
2
Even more amazing, Capel used the term twice while speaking with her coanchor, Wayne
Dawson, who is black. According
This means that Capel didn’t know what the word meant even while she used it in the presence of a black man.
to the
Beacon Journal
, Dawson almost choked when Capel uttered the term.
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Questions you might ask in your interview based on this article:
