Media 2070: An Invitation to Dream Up Media Reparations - Article / Essay - Page 3
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION9
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A Day at the Beach13
Media 2070: An Invitation to Dream
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Modern Calls for Reparations for Slavery
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The Case for Media Reparations
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How the Media Profited from and Participated in Slavery
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The Power of Acknowledging and Apologizing
Government Moves to Suppress Black Journalism
Black People Fight to Tell Our Stories in the Jim Crow Era
Media Are the Instruments of a White Power Structure
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The Struggle to Integrate Media
How Public Policy Has Entrenched Anti-Blackness in the Media
White Media Power and the Trump Feeding Frenzy
Media Racism from the Newsroom to the Boardroom
2020: A Global Reckoning on Race
Upending White Supremacy in Newsrooms
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Are Newsrooms Ready to Make Things Right?
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The Struggles of Black Media Resistance
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Black Activists Confront Online Gatekeepers
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Media Reparations Are Necessary to Our Nation’s Future
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Making Media Reparations Real95
Epilogue97
About Team Media 207098
Definitions99
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