TL Mid-Term Short Story

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Lesson Aims

At the end of this lesson you will have learned...

• ... about the life of Rodney King.
• ... about police brutality.
• ... to listen to an English interview and listen for specific information.
• ... social media and the influence it can have on someone's life.
• ... to form an opinion and report about what you have learned. 

INTRO

Think about representation and stereotypes. You will probably think about ethnicity and cultural background as well. There are demonstrations in the USA. Are these in The Netherlands and other countries as well? #BlackLivesMatter? 

This lesson is about etnicity, background, police brutality & social media.

Wat is etniciteit?

 Je kent het woord misschien wel van “etnisch profileren” wat gebruikt wordt om aan te geven dat politie speciaal op mensen let met specifieke kenmerken, bijvoorbeeld “een jongeman met een Noord-Afrikaans uiterlijk”. 

Etniciteit gaat om een ’gevoel’ van onderlinge verbondenheid dat gebaseerd kan zijn op cultuur, taal, religie, nationaliteit en uiterlijke kenmerken. Het is, kortom, een idee van identiteit. Dat maakt het ook een lastig begrip. Want er bestaat niet maar één type Marokaan of Antilliaan of Jood. Maar door stereotypering van groepen mensen ontstaat het idee dat dat wel zo is. 

Als jij jezelf onder een etniciteit moet plaatsen, welke zou dat dan zijn? En welke vooroordelen of stereotypes zie je wel eens over deze etniciteit a) op televisie en b) in films.

Summarize the video together

Next topic!

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The video

What is happening in the video?

When did this take place?

What could be the impact of this?

Is it helpful that someone filmed this?

Background on Rodney King

1965-2012

• DUI - driving under the influence
• chased, but did not stop. Electronic darts & beaten with a baton more than 50 times!
• George Holliday - filmed with a camcorder, went on TV.
• trial against the officers
• Christopher Commission
• Los Angeles Riots
• Lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles.
• Swimming pool, alcohol, cocaine & PCP.

00:17

What is police brutality?

00:51

Why do police officers exist according to chief Renée Hall?

01:08

What does the reporter claim about the officers feeling comfortable with their actions?

01:41

Why is it tough to turn other cops in?

02:54

What is a solution to the problem according to chief Andrew Mills?

04:13

According to chief Renée Hall, why didn't chiefs speak up before?

05:02

Were police chiefs aware of the pain and hurt before the murder of George Floyd?

05:20

Did anything change over time?

06:18

How could other police forces learn from the way chief Joseph Wysoke dealt with the protesters?

07:26

Why is it larger than a police issue?

Voice your opinion

1. Read the text the last days of Rodney by Tracey Rose Peyton.
2. If needed, do more research on Rodney King and his life. - check the video on SOMtoday!
3. Combine what you have learned about ethnic profiling, police brutality and the life of Rodney King with the story and discuss the following statement:

Ethnic profiling and racism is still a big problem in the USA, even 30 years after the case of Rodney King. Try to connect this to a more recent case in the USA which you have found online. 

Lesson Aims

At the end of this lesson you will have learned...

• ... about the life of Rodney King.
• ... about police brutality.
• ... to listen to an English interview and listen for specific information.
• ... social media and the influence it can have on someone's life.
• ... to form an opinion and report about what you have learned.