Oh, when Karens take a walk with their dogs off leash in the famous Bramble in NY’s Central Park, where it is clearly posted on signs that dogs MUST be leashed at all times, and someone like my brother (an avid birder) politely asks her to put her dog on the leash. pic.twitter.com/3YnzuATsDm

— Melody Cooper (@melodyMcooper) May 25, 2020

Satirical advertisement by Niecy Nash for NYT Opinion. Funny in both its content and its inclusion on NYT in the first place.

"Confronting My Own Possible Death," by Parker Bright: a painting of Dana Schutz's painting "Open Casket" with Parker Bright standing in front of it.

"Mayor Koch has stated that hate and rancor should be removed from our hearts. I do not think so. I want to hate these muggers and murderers. They should be forced to suffer ... Yes, Mayor Koch, I want to hate these murderers and I always will. ... How can our great society tolerate the continued brutalization of its citizens by crazed misfits? Criminals must be told that their Civil Liberties End When an Attack On Our Safety Begins!"

-- Trump on the Central Park 5. Full page ad in every major NY Newspaper. Should have (as in, hopefully today it would) trigger mistrials, but it did not.

reaction to protests over the police killing of Mahsa Amini, immediate "emergency" implementation of facial recognition software.

Documentary on the lead-up to and consequences of the 92 uprising in LA (and elsewhere)

Racially bias (mal?)function in HP "facial tracking" software.

Perpetual Lineup -- sort of a form of sousveillance of facial recognition policing through public records requests

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^Excerpts from Elizabeth Alexander'sCan You Be Black and Look at This?: Reading the Rodney King Video(s)(Content Warning, very graphic descriptions of racially motivated violence against black and enslaved people).

A Few Points on Essay-Planning In General:

Getting started is difficult. For many, the most difficult part.

Some mentioned starting without explicit structure was best

Some outline by bullet points first (like in this list)

It's possible to blend formsWhatever helps make the processes engaging, use images/cut-up/journal entries/free-writing, even in the planning stage.

A few mentioned concerns over exercising great care in the early stages of drafting

Several people emphasized "mapping" as a good starting point

DiscussionI interpret this to mean either with others or by oneself. Just the word "discussion" is a good way to frame brainstorming was brought up as a brainstorming/drafting tool

One person mentioned something important: EVIDENCE GATHERING.we definitely need a certain amount of "textual" evidence in order to properly support any exploration of the paper topic.

Planning This Essay:

Determine the topic (obviously important)

examine the conversation already happening around this topic

Which readingswe need to bring in TWO of the readings from the course website make the most sense to integrate into YOUR particular essay?

re-read the relevant pieces, collecting useful quotesremember to look for surprising parts too. One of the most important elements of essay-writing is showing multiple perspectives, so including (rather than hiding) quotes that might discount your argument is often the better choice.

Re-examine your chosen media with some new points in mind:

1. your provisional thesis
2. all your collected evidence
3. possible conflicts with your thesis
4. the best sort of structurethis can mean a number of styles of organization. We generally think of the "five paragraph essay" but a whole bunch of other forms might work -- think of storyline, montage, and for this essay in particular, maybe a study for this discussion