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Tahirah Hairston: What ‘Making A Murderer’ is teaching white people (Fusion)
Tahirah Hairston: What ‘Making A Murderer’ is teaching white people (Fusion)
But it seems that Making A Murderer is teaching white people around the country—from reporters for mainstream media, to Facebook friends, to co-workers—to see. The crime series focuses on the invisibility that comes with being white, poor and lower class—a position that, in many ways, parallels the invisibility that comes with being a person of color. It allows white people in denial of the injustices of the judicial system and police enforcement to become aware of (and informed about) what people of color have known all of their lives.
·fusion.net·
Tahirah Hairston: What ‘Making A Murderer’ is teaching white people (Fusion)
AlterNet: How TV Superchef Jamie Oliver’s ‘Food Revolution’ Flunked Out
AlterNet: How TV Superchef Jamie Oliver’s ‘Food Revolution’ Flunked Out
It’s not terribly shocking that a reality show about an ignorant millionaire trying to fix a school’s lunch program with his own special menu was a costly, exploitative, and ruinous failure, but the disastrous state of school lunch programs nationwide *is* shocking.
·alternet.org·
AlterNet: How TV Superchef Jamie Oliver’s ‘Food Revolution’ Flunked Out
Balkinization: Copyright: The Elephant in the Middle of Glee
Balkinization: Copyright: The Elephant in the Middle of Glee
"The fictional high school chorus at the center of Fox’s Glee has a huge problem — nearly a million dollars in potential legal liability. For a show that regularly tackles thorny issues like teen pregnancy and alcohol abuse, it’s surprising that a million dollars worth of lawbreaking would go unmentioned." This is a very interesting look at the frequency with which this show (that I have never seen) addresses copyright issues without actually addressing copyright issues. And it's dead-on about the potential for a television show or other media of this popularity to effect social change in the realm of copyright perception.
·balkin.blogspot.com·
Balkinization: Copyright: The Elephant in the Middle of Glee