Jim Crow Laws: Jim Crow Laws stopped African Americans from owning houses, voting, education and being safe in their own home due to the looming threat of violence. In the South, African Americans lost their right to a fair trial and safe environments. Their legal system was filled with white veteran confederate soldiers as the […]

It is dark. Entering the cold, gloomy cage is a stark difference from the warm, open world outside. A sharp breeze cuts through, disturbing the abandoned newspapers and dead leaves littering the ground. Dark corners hide shadows and animals, waiting to pounce and attack at the sight of fresh meat. Cloaked underneath sit benches, clawed […]

Prejudice against those with an illness or disability – animal metaphor to dehumanise them – cold inside of the cage Different disabilities and illness have different animals. – Wheelchair – big cat – waiting to attack but never does. Deaf – hyena – laughing and moving spastically. Schizophrenia – dogs – barking at imaginary noises. […]

James Baldwin was an African American author and playwright during the Black Civil Rights movement who had faced many challenges over his life. He wrote essays, novels, plays, poems and short stories related to controversial topics such as racism. Going to Meet the Man is a short story that is about a white Southern cop […]

Text Style: Drama Script Written By: Jean Betts Jean Betts is the playwright of this script and is one of her political feminist theatre pieces. Betts grew up around theatre as both of her parents were a part of the Londen branch of Unity theatre in the theatrical wing of the Communist Party where she […]

Text Style: Short Story Written By: Katherine Mansfield The three Burnell sisters get a lavish Doll House one day and although they are already popular at school become even more so. They are allowed to invite people two at a time to see it except for the two Kelvey sisters as their mother is a […]

Text style: Written text – Biography Written By: Debby Irving Debby Irving has undergone a racial awakening journey which has led to her becoming a racial justice educator and writer to help other white people understand that they have to do something by learning to wake up to the truth of their society and teachings. […]

Crash – Paul Haggis Write a BRIEF plot overview: Individual stories that interact over a 72 hour period in L.A and crash showing prejudice and how actions impact others and the repercussions they bring. Discuss a character that was of interest to you and explain why? Officer John Ryan is a character of interest to […]

Text Style: Short Film Written by: Camille Rainville Produced by: Claire Rothstein Be a Lady They Said is a short video that is based off of comments directed towards women to answer the golden question of, what is a lady? There isn’t a narrative and instead looks at the different ideals that a woman should […]

Character 1 What profession do you think the character is in and why? Someone in the business industry but not high powered because she seems like her life is going pretty good so far so she isn’t in a struggling industry but she is also clutching onto character 2’s arm which shows some dependancy on […]