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Writing Assignment #2
DUE: Oct. 7th
MCOM 105
Diversity in Media
Rucker interactive class
A UNIQUE
CHANCE TO SPEAK OUT:
A special panel
of professionals
from
the local journalism,
police
and new media
communities
will visit class this fall
and engage students
in a candid discussion
about the
coverage of this
national story
and local concerns
with racial profiling.
Prof. Bob
OFFICE:
408-924-3272
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Timeline of
events
in the
Gates/Police
Incident:
Boston Globe
Story Chronology
MEDIA COVERAGE
of the so called...
"White House
Beer Summit"
President Obama
invites Prof. Gates &
Sgt. Crowley to chat
about the incident.
Videos on
Bloomberg News
NBC News
Media critique by
President Obama
CNN
MSNBC
Sgt. Crowley's comments
after the meeting.
"Beer Summit"
News Stories:
ABC:
Frothy Diplomacy
Prof. Henry Gates
Profile
Jim Crowley
Cambridge Police Sergeant
Justin Barrett
Boston officer
suspended for Gates slur
Lucia Whalen
911 Caller of Gates Incident
Says she would act again
MSNBC: Witness
says during her 911 call
Not sure of any crime
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RELATED STORIES:
NYC government:
Official
calls Gates
racist on Facebook
then resigns
Attorney General
Eric Holder
Says he was once a
victim of
racial profiling
FOX News
Commentator
Glenn Beck:
"Obama is a racist"
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A Special Case
Study: Fall, 2009
Race, The Police
& The Media |
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How did media coverage frame the issue and
fuel a national outcry?
 
Why doesn't the
media enable candid and deeper discussions on race in America?
Why are we so afraid to try?
MCOM: 105 Case Study:
Our Outlook, Mission &
Purpose
July, 2009 Incident
Sparks National Outcry
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Police Sgt. Jim Crowley handcuffs and arrests
an internationally
respected Harvard professor in his home.
Henry Louis Gates in his own home in a possible racial profiling
incident.
Police Officer:
"I will never apologze"
FOX News:
Butt out of my arrest
CBS News:
Cambridge Police Panel to Review Gates Case
Cambridge
Police: Arrest Report
Video: WBZ-TV
38 Boston
Extended local TV interview with Sgt. Jim Crowley
Related News:
Study:
Non-racists can unknowingly reflect racial stereotypes
July 23, 2009
President surprised his remarks sparks controversy
Bill Cosby reacts & other related videos
From:
Boston.com
(Event chronology
published
by the Boston Globe)
The controversy began
when Henry Louis Gates
Jr., one of the nation's
pre-eminent
African-American
scholars, was arrested
at his home by Cambridge
police investigating a
possible break-in.
(Boston Globe, 7/20/09)
Transcript:
911 Call
President Obama,
weighing in on the
arrest, said police
“acted stupidly,’’ a
charge that would invite
criticism and put him on
the defensive.
(Boston Globe , 7/23/09)
Coming to the defense of
arresting officer
Sergeant James Crowley
(left), Cambridge's
police commissioner said
that Gates's house had
been broken into
previously.
(Boston Globe, 7/23/09)
Seeking to defuse the
situation, President
Obama invited both
Crowley and Gates to the
White House for a beer,
an offer both accepted.
(Globe, 7/28/09)
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Related Content
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The mayor of
Cambridge,
Massachusetts, said
she is going to meet
with the city's
police chief to make
sure the scenario
that caused the
arrest of a
prominent black
Harvard University
professor does not
happen again.
President Obama said
that police in
Cambridge,
Massachusetts,
"acted stupidly" in
arresting a
prominent black
Harvard professor
last week after a
confrontation at the
man's home.
Last Thursday,
President Obama, in
his fiery speech
before the NAACP
Convention, admitted
that "an
African-American
child is roughly
five times as likely
as a white child to
see the inside of a
prison."
Boris Kodjoe owns a
mansion in Atlanta.
But when he goes to
answer his door, the
black actor knows
what it's like to be
an outcast.
A prosecutor is
dropping a charge
against prominent
Harvard University
professor Henry
Louis Gates Jr.
after Cambridge,
Massachusetts, and
the city's police
department
recommended that the
matter not be
pursued.
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Online News - Follow-up Reporting
7/22 VIDEO:
President Obama supports
his professor friend; calls police action stupid.
Charges dropped by Cambridge Police
MSNBC Video:
Chris
Mathews
& media pros on incident impact
CNN
- Debuts follow-up series:
Blacks in America 2
The Root
The Beast
The Boston Globe
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