Let me be clear, I think the idea is totally possible. You’ll have to direct your own search, which means you’ll also have to read the whole thing to see what if any part of the transcript fits with the comparisons you’re trying to make. There will be no such curating when you go looking for transcripts. My point is that you didn’t have to work to hard to get to the part that resonates with your interest and concerns.
And Monster, which is also assigned, is fictional and Myers crafted all the words so as to signify around particular themes and questions. Also while I have no doubt the transcripts will yield some seriously interesting rhetorical ways of handling race, particularly blackness, and our ideas of criminality and monstrosity, you need to remember that the Wilson transcript I assigned and told you exactly what part of the transcript to focus on. ON THE TRANSCRIPTS: How many court transcripts are you thinking of looking at? Will you narrow your search to those in NYC jurisdiction? Will you have any other way of deciding which transcripts to look at? (Only black males? Only black males in high school? Only black males in high school from Harlem?) Have you already tried accessing these materials? It’s amazing idea, but you need to act now so you know how easy or not easy it is to access the material. I have a mix of logistical and conceptual questions/thoughts: I really like this idea of bringing in the court transcripts and trying to explore how language works and how it shapes ideas about person, adult, child, innocence, good, and bad in ways that are raced, classed, and gendered. Access is a most important factor of education, and we feel that compiling these transcripts so that they are easily accessible can only serve as a positive addition to any viewer’s self-education. Language, which is taught and learned, is the foundation of our understanding of the world, and while we as a group (Group E) have not yet sought out any of the transcripts we would potentially use, we are confident we will find stark contrasts in the lingual treatment of minorities and white defendant. Fear, ignorance, and conditioning of the American people do the rest of the job. Prosecutors need only use a handful of words, insinuations, and allusions to win their case.
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Although his lawyer successfully defends him, she is suspicious of her client and refuses to celebrate his win with him.Ī black male who goes into trial does not enter the court room as himself, the individual–he enters with all the biases, stereotypes, and judgements that precede him. We, as readers, however, have insight into the life of our young protagonist, and are moved to sympathize with him. WHY: In Monster, our protagonist is a black male that is, with the other men he is arrested with, labeled a “monster” by the prosecution. We may caption each pair of cases with a comparison of the language used, but have not determined if that would dissipate the intended effect. We would theoretically post each compared transcript, side by side, on a website with minimal design (possibly just a solid colored background). The aim is to evaluate the language that is used by the prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges and to make note of any similarities and potential differences in the language used to address and describe the white kids on trial and the black/latino kids on trial. WHAT: The current intention is to first collect a number of court room transcripts from hearings where black and/or latino kids (may not limit to juveniles) are being charged, then collect transcripts of hearings where white kids are being charged with similar crimes.
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