Racism -Where are We Today?

After reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor, you know about racism during the 1930's in the South.  

Through this webquest, you are going to explore some issues with race today.

Task One:  Where are we today?

Question One:  Do you feel that race relations are better today than they were in the 1930's? Explain your thinking.

Click on this link to view known hate-group activity in America.

https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map

Question Two:  After you have looked at the map, has your opinion changed?  How? Use some data from the website in your answer.

Task Two: Politics

This graphic shows the different political views in very simple terms.

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1100/1*oX5Mj7oEmrX8ezuWp6sNvQ.png

Here is another graphic.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/attachments/politics-other-controversies/43335d1244871507-why-so-hard-right-disavow-right-rightleftline.jpg

Read this definition of alt-right.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/alt-right

Watch the video and read the article in this link:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/16/politics/blacks-white-racism-united-states-polls/index.html

Here is an article that talks about the alt-right and the alt-left.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/16/politics/what-is-alt-left/index.html

Question Three: Do politics have anything to do with racism? What are the alt-right and alt-left? 

Task Three: What happened in Charlottesville in 2017?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/13/us/charlottesville-virginia-overview.html

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-charlottesville-witnesses-20170815-story.html

Question Four:  What is your opinion of President Trump's remarks about the event?

Task Four:  Institutional racism and the NFL

Click this link to find a definition of institutional racism:

http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/definitions/institutional-racism-49

Read this article:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/us/nfl-anthem-protest-race-trump-trnd/index.html

Question Five:  What is the take-a-knee-protest about? 

Question Six:  Do you believe that institutional racism exists in America?  Why or why not?  Use information from these webquest sources to support your answer.

Just for Fun

If you have time, take this short quiz to see where you fall politically with your thoughts on different issues.  Remember: This is not an exact science.  Your knowledge on certain subjects will affect your result.

http://www.people-press.org/quiz/political-typology/