Choices

[Miguel Nieves]

Eric, Usman, and I have decided to choose option #1 dealing with
cartoons. We will be scrutinizing cartoons in depth, dealing with any
race, gender, ect. subjects.

[Irene Rojas-Carroll]

I'm going to do Option 4. Jake, I overheard you talking about the same topic to Mr. Douglas the other day (and I was already putting together this idea). Could we work together?

Proposal:

• Implement a system under which all students will be able to give anonymous feedback on teacher methods and effectiveness
  
• Enable student access to information gathered by evaluations that are already being done by adults/staff, such as the Equity Walk (I need to learn more about the different kinds of evaluations and if students already have access to the info or not).

[Chris Haxo]

I am going to analyze the music videos and lyrics of male rappers in recent years and the messages they impose on our youth. The videos and lyrics will be graded on the content and extent of violence, sexism, racism, crude language, etc. presented.

-Chris

[Marisol Clemens]

I am going to write my racial autobiography by linking together a string of anecdotal moments that have shaped the way I see my racial identity. 

[Mariana Castro]

I'm going to be doing option one on Gossip Girl.

[Ryan Hamana]

Hello Mr. Douglas,

Ben, Tiffany and I will be addressing option 3 in a Powerpoint
presentation as opposed to a written report. We will be discussing the
development of affirmative action throughout history, the arguments
for and against its practice, and we will offer suggestions for
present action (Everything on the green sheet).

- Ryan

[Gabriel Smith]

I will be responding to option 2, the racial autobiography.

[Layla Sanders]

Trava and I will be working together on option #1. We plan to analyze commercials and grade them based on sexism, racism, etc.

-Layla

[Mariana Zavala]

I am doing option two: the racial autobiography. I'll talk about how my parents' experiences influenced me, and how the two cultures (American and Peruvian) melded growing up biracial, with a lot of emphasis on my earliest race-related memories, and my opinion of my race now, and how I became comfortable with it.

[Brooks Brorsen [Hunny Bunny]]

I'm doing option 1. I'll watch 5 different types of music videos (with
different genres of music) and base the grades I give them on how much
racism, sexism, ext. are included in each video.

[Holly Cain]

I'm doing option 1, writing my racial autobiography, to convey how my past experiences with race have shaped the identity that I have and will keep on developing.

[kit cheang]

Andy and I decided to choose option 1. We are going to do some researches on ads and cartoons that involves racism and sexism.

[Ian Billings]

I will be applying option 1 to popular, recent, movies.

-Ian

[Michael Whittemore]

I'll be doing the research paper on affirmative action as described by option 3.

[Leeana Diaz]

I've decided to work on option 2, a racial autobiography. I will discuss how growing up among the diversity of the Bay Area and being of multi-racial descent has affected my perception of racial identity.

[raina endo]

I'm going to do option 2, the racial autobiography.

[Jakob]

Arek and I, and possibly Irene, will be addressing the quality of
teaching at the school and the students' lack of ability to control
it.

So far we've determined we need a way for students to submit feedback
on their teachers in a way that will not only be respected by the
administration, but so that students need not fear consequences from
teachers and/or administrators.

Secondly, we need a new method of evaluation for teachers based of
criteria other than percentage of passing students and adherence to
set standards. While we don't have an alternative yet, we'll be
working on one.

[Norman Hernandez]

I am probably going to do option 2, the racial autobiography. I plan
on writing about experiences with my racial identity and how I now
view race because of it.

[Laura Yip]

I am going to work on option 1, but group mates are not yet decided. The topic might be related to ads.

[amy yu]

Laura D., Raina, and I are  planning to work on Option 1. We will be analyzing commercials, movies and/or TV shows on the stereotypes they seem to portray.

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Amy Yu