Thursday, March 22, 2012

Entry 3_Nguyễn Thị Dung


ENTRY 3
Identifying Bias
ITEM 1: 


-         - Discrimination
-         - Analysis: This cartoon is about racial discrimination. The place in cartoon is a court where enforces justice. However, there is difference between white crimes and colored crimes. White crimes are put in room which has light and window. Colored crimes are put in dark room. Moreover, they must sit on a chair which has a lot of instruments of torture. The white crimes  are treated mere decently than colored crimes.
ITEM 2:

    
-         - Prejudice
-         - The man in the poster is blowing the smoke in the face of the woman. This action makes me think that the men don’t respect the women. The slogan “Blow in her face and she’ll follow you anywhere” makes us think that the men can charm the women easily, and the men lower honour of women. By blowing in her face, he can make her follow him anywhere. It seems that the men can control women.   

ITEM 3:

Black men 'to blame for most violent city crime'... but they're also the victims
By Rebecca Camber
UPDATED: 19:07 GMT, 27 June 2010
Tory election candidate Shaun Bailey, pictured with David Cameron, said the black community needed to face up to major challenges
The majority of violent inner-city crime is committed by black men, police figures suggest.
But the statistics also show that black men are twice as likely to be victims of such crimes.
Police hold black men responsible for more than two-thirds of shootings and more than half of robberies and street crimes in London, according to figures released by Scotland Yard.
The statistics released under Freedom of Information laws have provoked a debate about the racial make-up of violent crime in the capital.

-         - Scapegoating
-         - According to the news, police blamed black man for inner-city crime. However, actually black men are twice as likely to be victims of such crimes.


The source:
1, http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2010/05/cartoons-on-capital-punishment.html
2, http://www.funnybeez.com/tipalet-cigarette-ad_i685.html
3, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1290047/Metropolitan-Police-crime-statistics-reveal-violent-criminals-black--victims.html

2 comments:

  1. Your item 3 seems not to be approriate. As far as I know, we have to 'search for' some articles, pictures, videos, etc. then point out any bias contained. We 're not supposed to restate a bias which is already pointed out. We ourselves have to detect it. In your item, the title shows that the author is aware of the bias. That's why he says "...But the statistics also show that black men are twice as likely to be victims of such crimes".
    To conclude, I think you misunderstood the requirements of this assignment :D

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  2. Hi you :) your entry is quite good and I totally agree with Van Anh.
    Your way to find the item is not like the requirement of the teacher ::)

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