The News Media

Books

  • The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
  • Speed: Facing Our Addiction to Fast and Faster–And Overcoming OurFear of Slowing Down
  • The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality
  • The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t
  • Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story
  • The Joyful Vegan: How to Stay Vegan in a World That Wants You to Eat Meat, Dairy, and Eggs
  • Men Explain Things to Me
  • The Underground Railroad: Authentic Narratives and First-Hand Accounts
  • The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: How to Know What’s Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake
  • My Life on the Road
  • So You Want to Talk About Race
  • In the Country We Love: My Family Divided
  • Make Change: How to Fight Injustice, Dismantle Systemic Oppression, and Own Our Future
  • This Is My America
  • Emancipation of a Black Atheist
  • Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
  • Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
  • Experts

  • Trevor Noah
  • James Baldwin
  • Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
  • Greta Thunberg
  • Gloria Steinem
  • Isabel Wilkerson
  • Adam Conover
  • Cara Santa Maria
  • Ijeoma Oluo
  • Diane Guerrero
  • Shaun King
  • Kim Johnson
  • Jenara Nerenberg
  • Gene Demby
  • Shereen Marisol Meraji
  • Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
  • Ann Friedman
  • Mazie Hirono
  • Dr. Steven Novella
  • James Randi
  • Cynthia Lowen
  • Julia Galef
  • Julie Sondra Decker
  • Madeline K. Sofia
  • Sabrina E. Dent, DMin
  • Jeremiah Camara
  • Emily Kwong
  • Ricky Gervais
  • Diona Reasonover
  • Gillian Jacobs
  • Movies/Videos

  • I Am Greta
  • Contradiction: A Question of Faith
  • An Honest Liar
  • Becoming (2020 documentary film)
  • Bill Nye: Science Guy
  • Bully
  • Coded Bias
  • Netizens
  • Picture a Scientist
  • The Glorias
  • The Hate U Give
  • Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland
  • Holy Hierarchy: The Religious Roots of Racism In America
  • Podcasts

  • Intersectionality Matters!
  • Periodic Talks
  • Short Wave
  • Unladylike
  • Rationally Speaking Podcast
  • Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe
  • Penn’s Sunday School
  • Code Switch
  • Talk Nerdy
  • The Sarah Silverman Podcast
  • The Michelle Obama Podcast
  • Series

  • Adam Ruins Everything
  • Little Fires Everywhere
  • The Office (U.K.)
  • Websites

  • Americans United for Separation of Church and State
  • Black Nonbelievers (BN)
  • FactCheck.org
  • Snopes
  • Becoming (2020 documentary film)

    Becoming (2020 documentary film)

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    Expert: Michelle Obama

    Website: Link

    Release Date: 2020-05-06

    Categories: BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Cultures, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, HEALTH, Independent Thinking, Information/Facts, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning, Learning from Failures, Other People Exist, Over-all Health, Planning, Politics, Power, Race and Racism, Relationships, Social Skills, Societies, Teachers and Mentors, The News Media, THINKING, and What Should Be

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    James Baldwin

    James Baldwin

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    Biography:

    James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist. His essays, collected in Notes of a Native Son (1955), explore intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in the Western society of the United States during the mid twentieth-century. Some of Baldwin’s essays are book-length, including The Fire Next Time (1963), No Name in the Street (1972), and The Devil Finds Work (1976). An unfinished manuscript, Remember This House, was expanded and adapted for cinema as the Academy Award–nominated documentary film I Am Not Your Negro (2016). One of his novels, If Beale Street Could Talk, was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film of the same name in 2018, directed and produced by Barry Jenkins.

    Main expertice: BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Cultures, Exclusionary Behavior, Fear of the Unknown, Hidden Motives, Ideologies, Independent Thinking, Information/Facts, KNOWLEDGE, LGBTQ Issues, Lying, Other People Exist, Race and Racism, Religious Thinking, Social Skills, Societies, Stories, The News Media, The Reality of Fiction, THINKING, Unavoidable Realities, Unhealthy Behavior, and Widen Your Focus

    Website: Link

    Works of James Baldwin

    Books
  • No Name in the Street
  • Notes of a Native Son
  • Movies/Videos
  • I Am Not Your Negro
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    Trevor Noah

    Trevor Noah

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    Biography:

    Trevor Noah (born 20 February 1984) is a South African comedian, television host, producer, writer, political commentator, and actor. He is the host of The Daily Show, an American satirical news program on Comedy Central.

    Born in Johannesburg, Noah began his career as a comedian, television host, and actor in South Africa in 2002. He has since had several hosting roles with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and was the runner-up in the fourth season of South Africa’s iteration of Strictly Come Dancing in 2008. From 2010 to 2011, he hosted the late-night talk show Tonight with Trevor Noah, which he created and aired on M-Net and DStv.

    Noah began appearing on American late-night talk shows and English panel shows. In 2014, he became the Senior International Correspondent for The Daily Show, and in 2015 succeeded long-time host Jon Stewart. His autobiographical comedy book Born a Crime was published in 2016 and acclaimed by critics.

    Main expertice: BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Cultures, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Ideologies, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Lying, Negative Thinking, Opinions, Other People Exist, Planning, Politics, Power, Race and Racism, Relationships, Social Skills, Societies, Teachers and Mentors, The News Media, THINKING, and Unhealthy Behavior

    Website: Link

    Works of Trevor Noah

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    Isabel Wilkerson

    Isabel Wilkerson

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    Biography:

    Isabel Wilkerson (born 1961) is an American journalist and the author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. She was the first woman of African-American heritage to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism.

    Wilkerson was the editor-in-chief of the Howard University college newspaper, interned at the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post, and became the Chicago Bureau Chief of The New York Times. She also taught at Emory, Princeton, Northwestern, and Boston University.

    Wilkerson interviewed over a thousand people for The Warmth of Other Suns, which documents the stories of African Americans who migrated to northern and western cities during the 20th century. Her book Caste identifies the racial hierarchy in the United States as a caste system. Both books were best-sellers.

    Main expertice: BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Cultures, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Ideologies, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Other People Exist, Politics, Power, Race and Racism, Societies, The News Media, and THINKING

    Website: Link

    Works of Isabel Wilkerson

    Books
  • Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
  • The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
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    Podcasts

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    The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

    The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

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    Book Decription:

    As the United States celebrates the nation’s “triumph over race” with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young black men in major American cities are locked behind bars or have been labeled felons for life. Although Jim Crow laws have been wiped off the books, an astounding percentage of the African American community remains trapped in a subordinate status–much like their grandparents before them.

    Categories: BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Cultures, Exclusionary Behavior, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Ideologies, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Logical Ethics, Lying, Other People Exist, Politics, Power, Race and Racism, Religious Thinking, Rewards and Punishments, Societies, The News Media, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Author: Michelle Alexander

    Website: Link

    Publisher: The New Press Inc.

    Publishing Date: 2010-01-05

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    Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw

    Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw

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    Biography:

    Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (/ˈkɪmbərli/; born 1959) is an American lawyer, civil rights advocate, philosopher, and a leading scholar of critical race theory who developed the theory of intersectionality. She is a full-time professor at the UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School, where she specializes in race and gender issues. Crenshaw is also the founder of Columbia Law School’s Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies (CISPS) and the African American Policy Forum (AAPF), as well as the president of the Berlin-based Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ). Crenshaw is known for the introduction and development of intersectionality, the theory of how overlapping or intersecting social identities, particularly minority identities, relate to systems and structures of oppression, domination, or discrimination. Her scholarship was also essential in the development of intersectional feminism which examines the overlapping systems of oppression and discrimination to which women are subject due to their ethnicity, sexuality and economic background.

    Main expertice: BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Cultures, Exclusionary Behavior, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Ideologies, Independent Thinking, Information/Facts, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Logical Ethics, Other People Exist, Politics, Power, Race and Racism, Societies, The News Media, and THINKING

    Website: Link

    Works of Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw

    Books

    Movies/Videos

    Podcasts
  • Intersectionality Matters!
  • Series

    Websites

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    Intersectionality Matters!

    Intersectionality Matters! with Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw

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    Podcast Decription:

    Intersectionality Matters! is a podcast hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory.

    Categories: BEHAVIOR, Change, Cultures, Exclusionary Behavior, Fear of the Unknown, Ideologies, Other People Exist, Race and Racism, Societies, The News Media, and THINKING

    Host:

  • Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
  • Website: Link

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    Coded Bias

    Coded Bias

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    Expert: Shalini Kantayya

    Website: Link

    Release Date: 2020-11-11

    Categories: BEHAVIOR, Biases, Exclusionary Behavior, Gender Roles, Information/Facts, KNOWLEDGE, Logical Ethics, Other People Exist, Race and Racism, Science, Technology, The News Media, THINKING, and What Should Be

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