Peer Groups 2

Racism Today

I have not been able to find information about the author other than his name is Mike.

The author posts content from other sources such as news broadcasts and articles from news websites. He includes a link to the original source at the end of each post. The posts are unbiased as he seems to post articles from credible news sources as long as they have to do with racial injustice.

I was unable to find an "about us" page on the blog however it seems clear his interest is to spread news about specific instances of racial injustice happening in the country.

Mike posts articles several times a month.

I have read the comments and most of them seem to be by users who also want to share articles about racial profiling with the author.

The only links I see related to social media is through a floating toolbar with icons to share over the different social networking sites.

Equity Blog

Equity Blog is produced by PolicyLink, which is a national research and action institute dedicated to advancing economic and social equity.

The content of the site is a mix of news and commentary, highlighting important events happening in the media that are bettering the community as well as commentary on social events dealing with strengthening sustainability. There may be a bias in the fact the site publishes posts that are in favor for their organization PolicyLink, although this may not be a bad thing considering the organization's goals.

The producers' interest in making this content is to promote and show the interest of the organization, what kinds of things the organization is in favor of and also to share commentaries on other economic and social equity events.

Equity Blog posts on average of 2-3 posts per month.

The comments also give a "thumbs-up" on the article, sharing their thoughts about the people in the stories and praising the good that is being done.

In the right hand column there is a box that displays how many "likes" their parent organization has on Facebook, giving the option of liking, as well as displaying some of the profiles that "like" the page.

Disney Racism

The only authors I can find on this tumblr are named Sarah and Kate.

Some of the posts have a little commentary but most are left up to the reader to speculate.

Their interest in creating this content was for a school project, perhaps the same one I am doing right now!

I believe there is some bias because they are activiely looking for ways in which characters or a scene in Disney cartoons could be considered racist. I believe there might be some but I don't think all were made with that intention.

There are 30 posts that were done in February and that is about it.

Most comments are "likes" on Facebook  or reposts on Tumblr.

The authors do have a link to their Facebook page titled "Fighting Racism in Disney."

Anti-Racist Action

This sites content is produced by the ARA, an international network of people from all walks of life who are dedicated to eliminating racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia, and discrimination against the disabled, the oldest, the youngest, and the most oppressed people.

The content of the site is solely about the issue we are dealing with in question, racism today. The content is mostly news related, posts dealing with new breakthroughs in the fight against racial injustice as well as news stories about racial discrimination or hate crimes.

The authors' interests are to continue to give hope to the rest of us that change is being brought about in the world about racial discrimination as well as inform us about incidents where race has been an issue.

New posts are presented a few times a month.

Unfortunately, there are no comments on this blog but there are links to the admin's blog.

The website does not have any social media presence other than share buttons.