Aishu Anil Hackney English 101: Rhetoric 16 September 2013 Statement of Scope for the Annotated Bibliography Racism

has been a part of society as early as the peak of the 1900s. Previously, hate towards another race was expressed as a more open thought and predominantly resulted in slavery and segregated facilities to get this point across. As of now, discrimination still exists but is expressed rather cautiously since more and more individuals now think lowly of it. David G. Savage of Tribune News Service states, But it carries a high burden for proving intentional discrimination, about the recent Zimmerman case. The case consisted of George Zimmerman, a Caucasian mixed male, shooting and killing an unarmed African American teenager, Trayvon Martin, but was later on found innocent despite hard evidence by court. It was rumored that this verdict mightve been influenced by Zimmermans race and many thought his acts were based on discrimination toward Martin. While some may believe intolerance toward other races occur less frequently, I consider discrimination to be shielded by authority rather than expressed freely. This essay will explore the levels of discrimination that still exist currently. Most of which will be looked at through faces of authority such as teachers, police force, and the court of law. I will examine how people use their sense of authority to justify racial profiling against individuals who associate with them. In addition, I will also be bringing to attention the possible challenges and struggles that one may face being a specific race that is most likely to be discriminated against. I will provide real life examples to further get my point across to my audience. This selected bibliography includes sources that contain statistics and various examples all relating back to racial profiling and discrimination. Most of the articles obtained address the very controversial, Zimmerman case and compares it to various other forms of racial discrimination that have occurred. The Brown and Savage essays go hand in hand on explaining how the verdict for George Zimmerman couldve been a possible result of biased court members. Relating to racism shielded by authority, the graph taken from Tribune News Service, addresses minorities four times as likely to be subjected to force during interactions with police. However, the Martinez essay goes on to talk about white professors at a university who struggled to gain the trust of their African American students, who have faced racism their whole lives. Together, all the information these sources provide will help my argument on how discrimination is shielded by authority.

Annotated Bibliography Brown, DeNeen L. "Young, Black and Speaking out after the Trayvon Martin Case (Posted 2013-09-08 16:23:14)." Washington Post. 08 Sep. 2013 eLibrary. Web. 10 Sep. 2013. In this source, Brown talks about her views on the Zimmerman trial. She goes onto explain why she thinks the jury found Zimmerman guilty for the shooting and killing of African American, Trayvon Martin. Throughout the whole article, Brown compares the Zimmerman case to a very similar one involving the same sort of crime that was committed on Martin. DiConsiglio, John. "Multiracial and Proud!." Scholastic Choices. 01 Sep. 2004: 6. eLibrary. Web. 10 Sep. 2013. In this source, John talks about how people can have a different perspective on race if they themselves are multi-racial. He also goes onto say that teens who are mullti-racial are often pressured to pick a race due to the amount of racism they might receive. He finishes up the article by talking about different celebrities and public figures who are multi-racial and some of the struggles they have gone through being a part of a specific race. Martinez, Fredricko. "Bouts with Racism Mold White Community Leaders." Tribune Business News [Toledo] 2 Sept. 2013: n. pag. elibrary. Web. 6 Sept. 2013. In this article, Martinez explains his perspective on what it was like being a college student in a college predominantly made up of African Americans. He goes onto talk about how the African Americans attending the school all faced an extreme amount of racism in their lives and as a result, isolated themselves from the white professors as well as white students. He also writes about many of the white professors and their views on racism.

Savage, David G, Michael. "Zimmerman Verdict: Legal Experts Say Prosecutors Overreached." McClatchy - Tribune News Service. 16 Jul. 2013 eLibrary. Web. 13 Sep. 2013. In this source, Savage explains the basic gist of what happened in court during the Zimmerman trial. He goes onto explain the possible reasons why the verdict played out the way it did. He also provides background on what happened during the shooting of Trayvon Martin as well as if it could have been a result of possible discrimination. UNARMEDSHOOTING. Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. 18 Mar. 2009. eLibrary. Web. 06 Sep. 2013. A simple graph that shows minorities that are 4 times as likely to be subjected to force during interactions with police. The graph was based on a fatal police shooting that happened around 2005 involving an unarmed African American man. These statistics help support the argument on how racism still exists currently but is expressed discreetly as well as shielded by some sort of authority.