by lindaoppenheim | Feb 26, 2017 | Opinion
On the fifth anniversary, Leonard Pitts reflects on the shooting of Trayvon Martin: “Many Americans made him a blank screen upon which they projected their racialized stereotypes and fears. They could not allow him to be a harmless child walking home.
by lindaoppenheim | Oct 31, 2016 | Opinion, Uncategorized
Saddened by continued expressions of racism, West Windsor & Plainsboro News reporter Euna Kwon Brossman reprints a column she wrote in 1992 just after the reactions to the beating of Rodney King.
by lindaoppenheim | Sep 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Lewis Duiguid cites a recent study [Muhammad, G. E. & McArthur, S. A. (2015). “Styled by their perceptions”: Adolescent girls’ interpretations of Black girlhood in the media. Multicultural Perspectives, 17(3), 1-8.] that “shows how stereotypical media images...
by lindaoppenheim | Aug 23, 2016 | Article, Uncategorized
“Rather than covering race all at once or assigning a single reporter to the topic, The New York Times has created a team of journalists in different departments throughout the newsroom who conceive and develop stories related to the subject,” Benjamin...
by lindaoppenheim | Feb 28, 2016 | Exhibit
The New York Times provides an illustration of pictures being worth thousands of words.
