I feel that this project is best adapted to a radio series if we make our five segments separate but connected. I think that each segment should focus on their own topic related to the overarching issue of racial discrimination in Baltimore. By doing this, each group could give the historical context of the issue they are covering (such as Red Lining for housing gentrification) so they can tell a complete story about that topic's past and its long lasting / present day effects. This presentation style would make so if a listener who caught segment three of our five part series could fully understand everything that is mentioned within that segment without the need of hearing the previous second and first segments because all the context would be provided for them already.
That being said, I'm not entirely sure what the best way to represent history in this series would be. I know that I'd want each segment to focus on their own history, but I am unsure of what the best way to present that history is. I don't think providing a quick 2-3 minute lecture at the beginning of the segment is best for getting and keeping an audience interested. Perhaps we could mention key points that have had very large and noticeable impacts for today and possibly use clips of our in class discussions with our guests to input a professional's knowledge on the topic.
Finally there are the topics themselves. I think that some key topics would be Housing, Policing, and Law to name a few. I realize these sound vague, but further detail could include statistics of where student arrests in Maryland are, under what charges are people in Maryland incarcerated for, what types of people are incarcerated, etc.
Has 50 years of change in Baltimore assisted at all in lessening racial discrimination?
How likely are ex-convicts to find work after they have done time?
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