TEACHSOC: Re: Ideas for using Katrina?

[Gardetto, Darlaine]

Yes, I sent a message to Del about this.  Check out the picture in today's NYT.  My message to Del read:   "Excellent point about the news coverage.  I could not believe my eyes (well, I could) when I saw the photo of the looter in the NYT this morning.  I wondered what the white guy going the other way was doing, but he did not interest the photographer the way the black guy with a gun did.   Notice also how no one is saying two little words: global warming.'   Darlaine     __________________________ Darlaine C. Gardetto, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Sociology/General Education Coordinator St. Louis Community College-Meramec 11333 Big Bend Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63122 (314) 984-7695 (Phone) (314) 984-7489 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]   -----Original Message----- From: Claudia Scholz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:06 PM To: teachsoc@googlegroups.com Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: Ideas for using Katrina?   Something to bring up for discussion in sociology classes is the racism apparent in news coverage of looting in the areas affected by Katrina. See, for example, the AP captions on these pictures highlighted by Flickr user dustin3000: http://www.flickr.com/photos/firewall/38725768/ -claudia On 8/31/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: I would like to share ideas appropriate for first and second year students for tapping into to the current news on the Gulf coast - I think what I am doing is fairly routine (with culture) but I would like to hear what others are doing. Thanks. Susan