Please watch this video - David Starkey

Lucy - David Starkey

To clump all "black people" together is dangerous and fundamentally wrong. African and Caribbean culture and heritage is a rich and diverse one. Someone who is a historian really should be much more informed about the complexities and intricacies of what he deems to be "Black culture." To lump all black people together and to define black culture or "black male" culture, as he calls it, down to "a particular sort of violent, destructive, nihilistic gangster fashion" is simply outrageous. How dare he debase, demean and attempt to define black culture in this way. As for his irrelvant rant about slang..it is important to note that words like "innit" derive from the British Cockney language and many of the negative words used amongst these gangs actually derive from American culture. Also be aware that "this faux patois that has intruded England" is actually a legitamate language again based on the English language after the British Empire LOOTED, oppressed, enslaved, raped, murdered and stole not only literally but also the original roots of "Black culture and language" from African countries. The real problem here is; commercialism- the constant pushing and forcing on products, the continuous message that to be someone in this world or to be successful is equal to the amount of goods you have, another issue- common criminality that runs through the veins of the human race whatever colour, culture or race, another issue lack of positive role models, morals, ethics and fundamental core values, another issue, bleaker prospects for young people in regards to brighter, successful futures- a truth in this unfortunate economic decline. I work with young people and I see it every day. Another major issue people like Starky whose ill-informed preconceived notions about "Black male culture" stopping and hindering the prospects of these black males by continuously reinforcing "faux" and dangerously negative stereotypes.

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College Ident Evaluation

I felt like we managed our time pretty well, For the first week we didn't get much done as I was ill and didn't come into college and Tom and Chenai also weren't feeling too good. As of the second week we planned out the College Ident and discussed what we could possibly do for it, later that week we finished all three of our mind maps. Finally for the third week we recorded all the footage we needed by using a Macbook with a webcam tapped to it and walked around the college campus. We did have some technical difficulties, especially with the iStopMotion program because it wouldn't let us record at a 1 frame per second whilst outside college, So we had to start recording in class and then walk out with laptop whilst recording and stop it when we get back in class. We did have to take a couple of takes till we got it right because sometimes it was too slow or just to fast. My other crew members really didn't do much at all if i'm honest apart from the mindmaps, I recorded all the footage by myself, I came up with the whole story of the college ident and I edited it all by myself. It definitely wasn't nice working alone because not only does it put all the pressure on me but we could have also finished the video a lot faster if we worked together. Basically the College Ident would still look the same if I wasn't in a group. Well like I said earlier I did the work pretty much all by myself so I feel like not only did I fulfil my roll to the max but I also did work of others. I tried my best to keep the Ident as relevant to the College as possible by using the college logo and card/i.d. I definitely feel that there is room for improvement and If I could change one thing about it or redo the project I would try to change the speed of the video as I feel it is a little jumpy at some parts and a little to fast at some other parts. Overall I believe the College Ident was a success and everyone seemed to enjoy it and left very positive comments.

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