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PRINT PAGES 3-8 ONLY Interview Question 1. Have you faced discrimination, if yes, what kind? 2. If not, what kind of discrimination have you witnessed? 3. How would you classify this discrimination? 4. What kind of stereotypes did you hear about your race? 5. How has discrimination changed or evolved over your lifetime? 6. If you were to create a theatrical performance on your subject, what would you want it to include? Interview Summary 1: Lucian Lu, a Chinese professor, was interviewed about racial discrimination. Through experience, Dr. Lu said that minorities have to work harder than their white colleagues to gain recognition. Interview Summary 2: Richard Saah said he faced discrimination when he was in the wedding photography business. During a time when he needed an extra photographer during a big wedding he had to photograph, the worker was highly racist on the way to the job. During simple conversation, talKing about current events in Palestine, because at the time the topic was extremely popular. The worker said “I wouldn’t mind killing some of them.” As a palestinian Richard got extremely mad and decided the worker was just there for the job. Interview Summary 3: Contrary to popular belief, black people are not lazy. In addition to being treated unfairly, many have been refused goods or services, including women. Kellie Grady believes that discrimination has not changed much in her lifetime , but she does think that the amount of diversity, specifically in public places has increased. Grady has also faced discrimination herself in instances in schools in South Africa and Virginia.

Inspirations Project Overview Keeping your audience in mind, create a prospectus of approximately 2 pages for your 10 minute play including the following elements: Target audience(s) Why create THIS play at THIS time for THIS audience? This play is created for everyone, since racial discrimination still exists today in all ages. Theme 4 - 5 Key Questions your play will address: 1. What is the cause of racism? 2. What defines racism? 3. What types of discrimination are prominent? 4. How can this be applied to the current era? 5. What stereotypes arise from racism?

Where are we today with discrimination The point you are trying to get across Racial discrimination weakens society and causes unnecessary violence. Research (at least 3 source s with 1 of them non- web) Please cite your sources as you go along! StopHate. "Causes of Racism." Causes of Racism. Stop Hate, n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2015. Setting A forest next to a town famous for their hunters Plot (including main conflict, dramatic structure, layers of meaning)- Decide on the plot LAST after you have finished your research Main Conflict: Tension between foxes with/without tails Characters -

King Fox(Gusty) with tail, son Kiri (Curie) Fox with no tail Jack (Jed) Fox with a tail Hunter (Zach), narrator, father

Creative Elements (dance/movement, song, mixed media, costume, etc.) that yours play must inspire and entertain. Work hard and enjoy the fruits of your labor! 1. Within the colony of foxes, there is “racial” discrimination between foxes who have tails and foxes who don’t have tails 2. Hunters try to catch and kill foxes with a trap that nabs them by their tail 3. Fox ear headbands 4. Fox tails, attached by clip 5. Fox physicality

Characters -

King Fox(Gusty) with tail, son Kiri (Curie) Fox with no tail and of a minority race Jack (Jed) Fox with a tail, with the dominant race as well Hunter (Zach), narrator, father, hunter

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Script Narrator: Decades ago, in 1954, America experienced the Civil Rights Movement, intended to integrate all races. The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1919, supposedly closed the barrier between gender inequality. Today, even with all the Amendments and movements, are we now an equal, all-inclusive nation? Pause, enter Jack, Kiri

*play short clip of background of civil rights movement* Play Starts Gusty: Daaddy. Zach: *sighs* yesssss Gusty: Can you read me a story. pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Zach: *sighs* i guesss. Here, a book about discrimination Gusty what the flip is that Zach: just shut up and listen….

Zach: Once upon a time……… There was a civilization of foxes. The foxes with tails were treated better and more privileged than those without tails…Their world was filled with discrimination Jack: Move, you disgusting tailless furball Kiri: Um, excuse me? Jack: You don’t deserve to talk to me like that. Especially since you’re not my race Kiri: What did you call me? Can you repeat that again? Jack: A. DISGUSTING. TAILLESS. FURBALL!! Kiri: You--(pause) ugh! Jack: Were you going to say something?

Both Jack and Kiri walk separate ways and see a job opening poster. Poster reads “Job opening for ONLY 1 FOX! Come quick with resume in hand! Jack and Kiri at same time: Wow a job, I’ve always wanted one of those! Jack: Now I’ll just go home and prepare me a resume Kiri: Let me hurry to my home and compile all of my previous achievements

Pause: Narrator: Sexism has been an issue for as long as society has existed. Men have always been the dominant race but women have fought for equal rights *Play video of history of sexism*

Both Jack and Kiri to job interviewer. Zach as interviewer: So looks like you two are interested in this job interview. Jack: Yippes Kiri: Yessir Zach: Jack you’re up first. Jack: Alrighty here’s resume. Zach: Looks like a longlist of nothing, not bad. Jack: Ok, just know Kiri’s a female. Zach: Wow that really changes things. I don’t know if she’ll be able to keep up with what all the other workers do. Please bring her in for me Jack: Anything for you sir Kiri enters nervously

Kiri: Here’s my resume, sir,it has lots of universities and i had perfect test scores, a4.0, and experience. Zach: I think this could use some more work, sorry but JACK YOU’re HIRED. Jack: YAYAYAYAY

Kiri storms out, goes to King Fox Narrator: Many women fought eventually fought for their equality through the Equal Rights Amendment. *Short clip on Equal Rights Amendment*

Kiri: (yells) I’m sick of this! King Fox: … Kiri: Oh, I’m sorry. Your great furriness, I’m not sure that I can endure this any longer. King Fox: Ah, kits are so young and full of energy. Kiri: ...tch… King Fox: Er...you were saying? Kiri: Th--the discrimination! King Fox: (gasps) It’s not called discrimination! That word is forbidden! (King Fox sighs, pauses, takes off glasses) King Fox: My child, this world is never perfect. There are foxes who will like or dislike you. Yet you cannot do anything to prevent it. Kiri: Um, aren’t YOU the one in power here? King Fox: Watch your tongue child. Kiri: Your greatness, I was born without a tail. I have not done anything wrong, and the foxes who were born with tails did nothing to earn their privileges. The dis--er--exclusion can be prevented by those in power.

King Fox: Child, one must always live with problems. Exit foxes

Enter all foxes:

Jack: Hey, hey, have you heard? It’s almost game season again! Kiri: Do you know when the hunters are going to arrive? Jack: I wasn’t talKing to you, and how am I supposed to know? They’re gonna catch you first anyways, so you better shut your maw. Shhh, shhh, the King Fox is talKing! King Fox: Greetings, civilians! As I’m sure you know, game season starts tomorrow, meaning the humans are going to enter the woods armed with weapons and traps. Please be fully aware of this and exit your burrows with caution. Jack: Pfft, you’d better watch out… you better go cry! you better look out cuz im telling you why, The hunters are coming to town, the hunters are coming to town. The hunters are comingg to townnnn. They see you when you're sleeping, they know when your awake, they kill you no matter what you do, so RUN for goodness sakes! The hunterssss are coming to town, the hunters are coming to town. The hunters are comingg to townnnn. small furball. Kiri: Ughhh Exit foxes King Fox runs across stage, chased by hunter. “AHAHHADUGDISUGAAAAAAA” Hunter captures King by his tail Narrator, as father reading: Now that the King fox had been captured, along with many other tailed foxes, it was up to the foxes without tails to keep the civilization from utter madness.

Enter Kiri Kiri: --it’s too quiet… Enter Jack, Running Jack: (stammers, sweating) Th-th-thKiri: What? Jack: The kk-kkk-kKiri: (impatient) What is it? Jack: The King fox... Kiri: *gasps* Jack: He was captured… Kiri: What?! Impossible! Jack: He was captured by his tail by the hunters’ new traps… Kiri: How about the others? Jack: *glares* Pfft, why would you care. Kiri: (irritated) Because we’re all the same regardless of if we have tails or not. Jack: No were not. Who told you that?! Kiri: Whatever, let’s just get out of here. Jack: You little furball! Are you telling me what to do? Kiri: Tch--anyways, why are you the only tailed fox in the area? Jack: (suddenly nervous) W-well...it doesn’t matter! Kiri: Looks like your friends abandoned you, huh. Why are all the tailless ones still here? Jack: *pause for 3 seconds* (quietly) The...the trap…

Kiri (loudly) The what? Jack: The trap catches foxes by their tails, okay?! You idiot, are all tailless foxes stupid or something? Kiri: *pause* Are you in any position to call me that, now that you’re about the only tailed fox left? Jack: (silent) Kiri: Let’s go. Jack: fine

Narrator: Eventually times changed as Barack Obama became the first non white male president and Hillary Clinton looks to become the first woman president in 2016. Plays video of obama Narrator: Since King fox and the other tailed foxes have been captured, a new leader must be elected. Kiri was chosen by popular vote in a day (dont question fox politics) Kiri waves to the crowd Foxes boo and call her names while others cheer kiri looks scared but then continues to half smile Narrator: Will full equality ever exist? play ends Prezi https://prezi.com/s6c5brgipipb/dfbgsb/ With videos Works Cited Civil Rights. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2015. . Equal Rights Amendment. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2015. .

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1.Have you faced discrimination, if yes, what kind? Yes, have faced racial discrimination. I was clearly refused service/had my service delayed while dining out. Once while in college in VA and once in while in graduate school in South Africa. There have been countless other times but those were the two most prominent and undeniable cases. 2. If not, what kind of discrimination have you witnessed? I have heard that my race is lazy (which is funny since our labor built this country) and that we are thugs. I have also heard that we only want handouts instead of taKing care of ourselves. .3.How has discrimination changed or evolved over your lifetime? I not sure that it has changed much in my lifetime. I see more diversity in the school and neighborhoods bit that is about all. 7. Have you faced discrimination, if yes, what kind?

“Some people make fun of my accent.” “Yes, at job places, you have to do better than your nonminority colleagues to receive a sufficient reward. To put it in another way, your white colleagues do not have to be excellent to be recognized, but as a minority, you have to be excellent to receive recognition.” 8. If not, what kind of discrimination have you witnessed? “There’s a professor at my school who is black. When he was entering the elevator, a white cleaner stopped him and said, ‘Students are not allowed to take the elevator.’ The professor said, ‘I’m not a student, I’m a professor here.’ The same colleague told me that his white colleagues would elect much younger and inexperienced white of the department to important positions.” 9. How would you classify this discrimination? “I would classify it as lack of equity and equal opportunity.” 10. What kind of stereotypes did you hear about your race? “HardworKing, good at math, all good cooks, loud, tiger parents.” “Chinese people are good at math, bad at grammar and pronunciation, parents are tiger moms and dads, and that chinese people use their dishwashers as a storage. They’re all nearsighted and wear glasses and have chinky eyes and good skin. They like to play ping-pong and they’re nerds.” 11. How has discrimination changed or evolved over your lifetime? “When I was a student a lady at the Registrar’s Office said something I didn’t understand. I asked, ‘can you repeat what you said?” She repeated at an excruciatingly slow pace, as if I were an idiot. Later on, when I go shopping, at the s, some of the cashiers look at me with wrinkled eyebrows as if they are bracing themselves to hear my broken english. But now at least at my workplace, the majority of people don’t discriminate against me because I have a doctorate degree, teach well, and established in the workplace. So a lot of times discrimination happens due to lack of knowledge.” 12. If you were to create a theatrical performance on your subject, what would you want it to include? “I would want to include how hard minorities have to work to be recognized to the same degree as their white colleagues. Even if they work harder and do more, they may not receive the same amount of reward. I would want to portray the lack of confidence and sometimes dignity because of what’s mentioned above.