Research Plan

Instructions​: Make a copy of the table below. Replace the Team Member labels with the names
of your working group. In the left column, fill in specific resources under each category. In the
Literature​ section, list articles, books, and web sites that can be used to provide background for
your project. In the ​People​ section, list specific people to be interviewed for your project. In the
Podcasts & Documentaries​ section, list podcasts and/or documentaries that focus on your issue.
It is important to watch or listen to these in order to determine how others have treated the issue
and ways you can distinguish your work from theirs. ​Please note that you may need to add or
delete rows in each section.​ The number of rows is not indicative of the number of each you
need to fill. Once you have filled out the left column, indicate which team member will be
responsible for reading, viewing, listening to, or interviewing the sources.

Celeste Walsh Mayra Maldonado N/A

Literature Stamped by Jason The Urgency of X

Reynolds and Ibram Intersectionality by
Kendi Kimberlé Crenshaw

Dear Justyce by Nic Is Everyone Really X

Stone Equal? An Introduction
to Key Concepts in
Social Justice
Education​ by Robin
DiAngelo and Ӧzlem
Sensoy

Dear Martin by Nic Affirming Diversity​ by X

Stone Sonia Nieto

The All American Boys Virtue Signaling, X

by Jason Reynolds Implicit Bias, and the
Recent Black Lives
Matter Movement by
Thomas G. Plante

The Hate you Give by White Fragility​ by X

Angie Thomas Robin DiAngelo

People Illinois State University TRIO Project X

Student Government Director/Coordinator
University College-
Shatoya Black

Cooperating Teacher- TRIO Advisor- Brittany X

 Mrs. Sarah Bonner Stokes
(Heyworth)

Dr. Steven Mertens TRIO Students X

(ISU Professor)
Mary F. English
Scholars

Bement School District ISU Alumni/ CEO of X

Superintendent Fontenelle Art-
Christina Fontenelle

AMLE (ISU Chapter) Director of Enrollment X

Dr. Falbe, and other and Transition
officers Services-
Kelli Appel

Podcasts & Curtain the podcast The Social Dilemma- X

Documentaries Netflix Documentary

When they see us- Racial Bias In The X

Docuseries on Netflix Media Podcast

Caught-Podcast Code Switch Podcast X

 Formulating Questions

Questions to guide podcast on topic

For Interviewees:

1. Have you or anyone you know of ever personally been affected by racial injustice in the

media in your life experiences or other life experiences?

2. Has the media spotlight or injustice ever been used to benefit you or any others in a

situation?

3. Are you informed of all the injustices occurring today around race and how bias impacts

media sources?

4. Have you talked to people of your opposite racial backgrounds, socioeconomic status,

and been open to their opinions of how they feel towards your racial background and

media sources on how they interrupt race?

5. On a personal level, how do you feel racial injustices in the media should be addressed?

6. On an academic/professional level, how should racial injustices in the media be

addressed?

For Speakers to Discuss:

7. Defining terms:

What consists of racial injustice and what do we refer to when we say “media?”

What is prejudice, discrimination, racism, sterotypes, internalized oppression,

colorblindness, bias vs. implicit bias, privilege, inequality, etc?

8. What is the history of representation for minorities in relation to media coverage?

9. Talking about recent issues:​ Recently, a fourth grade African-American student from

Louisiana was suspended in the commodity of his own home after his teacher reported
 seeing a gun through their online class. It was later confirmed that it was a BB gun. Do

you believe that school officials went too far? What inequalities or disparities are

prominent in this story in relation to the treatment that students of color receive in the

school system?

10. Since the pandemic began we have heard the statistics of death by numbers through news

outlets and/or social media with people of color, and to quote “particularly African

Americans” (Golden, 2020), having higher death rates than whites. By categorizing

deaths by race, does society highlight the inequalities that minorities receive in the health

system or does it further stimulate racism and discrimination?

a. For example, someone who is informed that African Americans or people of color

are the most affected by the corona virus might take it to mean that they are “more

susceptible” to getting it. Someone passing by a street who crosses paths with an

African-American, for instance, might instantly fix their face mask (even though

it already fits snug), affirming their belief that Black people are “prone” to getting

the virus. In this case, the question would be, is the media contributing to racist

views on the Black community and/or other people of color?

11. Recently, Halle Bailey and Yara Shahidi have been cast to be the leading roles for the

upcoming Disney live-action movies ​The Little Mermaid​ and ​Peter Pan and Wendy.

While there has been support from the public there has also been backlash and extreme

hateful comments aimed at the actresses. How does this affect users of social media such

as Twitter and Instagram, especially the Black youth?

12. What is our vision as future educators in promoting diversity and acceptance?

13. What solution can we offer in relation to racial injustice in the media?
 Essential Questions

What to keep in mind

What emotions might your audience feel about this issue and what questions could be derived

from these?​1

● Potential emotions felt by the audience

○ Anger

○ Disappointment

○ Sadness

○ Bewilderment

○ Empathy

■ How can we turn anger, sadness, empathy, etc. into a call for action? In

what way can our own emotions as individuals/ professionals help us

promote advocacy for racial equity?

■ Who do we want our emotions to be expressed to? Who do we want to call

out, inform, or expose? Who are we angry, sad, or disappointed at? What

does that tell us about who we are or who we want to become?

■ How can we deal with our emotional distress? What resources can we

provide for the public? What solution can we offer to alleviate distress?

How can we as speakers assertively express views to not cause distress?

1
​For
example, if you identify fear as an emotion, you might ask what about this issue scares
people? How can we alleviate their fear?
 Sources

Sources that will help answer our questions

Source one:​ Chicago Tribune

Source Two:​ Milner Library

Source Three:​ Normal Public Library

Source Four:

https://www.psypost.org/2020/03/negative-news-evokes-stronger-psychophysiological-reactions-

than-positive-news-56180

Source 5:​ Cicero Public Library

Source 6:​ Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/11/video-florida-boy-arrested/

Source 7:​ John Hopkins Medicine Web

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/covid19-racial-dis

parities

Source 8:​ I​ s Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice

Education​ by Robin DiAngelo and Ӧzlem Sensoy

Source 9:​ Center for Media Literacy

https://www.medialit.org/reading-room/long-way-go-minorities-and-media

Source 10:​ TRIO Student Services

 Multiple Perspectives

Potential people whose opinions may vary around issue

● Pat Tieman: Bement Mayor

● Kyle Shanahan: Middle-Level Education Major, Costco Employee

● Students at ISU in various parts of the quad

○ Students with varying demographic perspectives and different experiences when

it comes to racial injustice.

■ Students with privilege vs. students without privilege

■ Answers dependent on the level of comfortness by each student

○ Marginalized groups

● State/Government Officials

○ J.B. Pritzker: Governor of Illinois

○ Lori Lightfoot: Chicago Mayor

○ Police Department

■ In terms of how police brutality is portrayed in their perspective

● Community Members

○ White, Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, +

● Journalists

○ Biased or unbiased

○ Discriminatory or non-discriminative

● News Outlets

● Activists

○ Black Lives Matter Movement/ Students of Color Matter

 Existing Podcasts

Podcasts that already exist on the topic

● Racial Bias In The Media

○ Explores personal and professional experiences with racial bias.

○ https://www.wpr.org/listen/1643271

● Code Switch

○ A podcast that contextualizes modern media coverage, race, and culture.

● Intersectionality Matters

○ Kimberlé Crenshaw sheds light on and rejects America’s tendency to isolate

issues of racial oppression.

○ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akOe5-UsQ2o&t=616s

● The Stoop

○ A podcast that intends listeners to unlearn racial biases and other subconscious or

consciously conditioned patterns of thinking.

○ http://www.thestoop.org

● The United State of Anxiety

○ Focus episode

■ “Why COVID-19 is Killing Black People”

● examines the historical intricacies of racism and how it permeates

all sectors and continues to plague society today.

○ https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anxiety