Social Stratification Multimedia Project

This is my final multimedia project for Social Stratification.  This Xtranormal movie discusses the topic of tax differation between the elite and middle class.

Trayvon Martin's Girlfriend Speaks, Discusses Neighborhood-Watch Shootin...

More on the Trayvon Martin Case

democracynow.org - The Justice Department and the FBI have announced they will conduct a criminal probe of the killing of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and the ensuing police investigation that allowed his killer to walk free. Martin, an African-American student at Michael Krop Senior High School, was visiting his father in a gated community in the town of Sanford, Florida, on February 26 when he walked out to a nearby convenience store to buy candy and iced tea. On his way back, Martin was spotted by the shooter, George Zimmerman, who had been patrolling the neighborhood. Zimmerman has told police he was attacked by Martin from behind. But in the tape of Zimmerman's own 911 call to the police, Zimmerman tells the dispatcher he is the one following Martin. The Miami Herald reports Zimmerman had taken it upon himself to patrol the neighborhood and had called police 46 times since January 2011 to report suspicious activity or other incidents. We play excerpts of the 911 calls and speak with Jasmine Rand, an attorney who heads the civil rights division at Parks and Crump law firm, which is representing Trayvon Martin's family. "I think we have all of the evidence in the world to arrest him and I think what the state attorney is trying to do is to try the case and the investigation and that's not the state attorney's job," Rand says.

Poll on Trayvon Martin case shows racial divide

USAToday did a poll on the Trayvon Martin contreversy.   Blacks and whites across the country view the Trayvon Martin case and its potential racial implications in largely different ways, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll.

73% of blacks said they think George Zimmerman would have been arrested if Trayvon was white, while only 33% of whites agreed. The majority of white people polled — 52% — said race made no difference in the way the case was handled.

 This poll/article is at:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-04-05/trayvon-martin-poll/54047512/1

Income and Inequality

This video discusses the income differences between the 99% and 1% in the United States.  It's short and to the point, on the issue of the distribution of income/wealth between the social classes.

Inequalities in Race and Ethnicities

This is a great video on inequalities in race and ethnicity I found on YouTube.  I just thought it captured inequality well in our society.  It's approximately 5 minutes of footage, power point and text that highlight the issues we have with inequality in our society.

Trayvon Martin Shooting Controversy

In this clip, it speaks about the Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida by a neighborhood watch captain.  Trayvon Martin was an innocent young 17 year old black man walking home from a store with candy for his sibling.  A man by the name of Mr. Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain, accused Trayvon Martin of being on drugs and precedes to follow him and shooting the 17 year old kid. 

This has stirred up tons of controversy within the US because a Latino man shot and killed a young innocent kid for no good reason.

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