http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/identity 2008-08-28T20:50:06Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48116-what-your-office-space-says-about-you-sam-gosling 2008-08-28T20:50:06Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z1g8C-r0Mhs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z1g8C-r0Mhs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48116-what-your-office-space-says-about-you-sam-gosling"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57912" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/16/Sam_Gosling-Snoop_The_Secret_Language_of_Stuff">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Social psychologist discusses what an individual's workspace can reveal about their personality.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Does what's on your desk reveal what's on your mind? Do those pictures on your walls tell true tales about your character? Is your favorite outfit about to give you away?</p> <p>For the last 10 years psychologist Gosling has been studying how people project (and protect) their inner selves. By exploring our private worlds (desks, bedrooms, even our clothes and cars), he shows not only how we showcase our personalities in unexpected ways, but also how we create personality in the first place, communicate it others and interpret the world around us - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Sam Gosling, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. His work has been widely covered in the media, including The New York Times, Psychology Today, NPR, and "Good Morning America," and his research is featured in Malcolm Gladwell's Blink. Gosling is the recipient of the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution. He lives in Austin, Texas.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48116-what-your-office-space-says-about-you-sam-gosling">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47268-street-food-jerusalem-26-jul-08-part-2 2008-08-02T02:47:04Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lJfp6Rri1fM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lJfp6Rri1fM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47268-street-food-jerusalem-26-jul-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55948" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>It is a city torn by politics and war, but whatever a citizens' race or religion, much of their customary street food is the same. Street Food asks what this says about a shared identity and how much hope it offers for the future?</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47268-street-food-jerusalem-26-jul-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/41748-100 2008-10-11T06:25:11Z Cityzen Jane <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VeO52gWONgw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VeO52gWONgw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/41748-100"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47067" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Do you want 100% - Here's how you do it.</p> <p>"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." </p> <p>Oscar Wilde (1854--1900) <br />Thanks for the correction!</p> </div> <a href="/blog/41748-100">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/41720-am-not-feminist 2008-10-11T06:25:09Z Cityzen Jane <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fq8nb3TWb6E&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fq8nb3TWb6E&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/41720-am-not-feminist"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47036" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>I do understand that there are many people who are feminists in all but name - and that in critical circles it is a debated term of identity...that said...I am still befuddled...</p> <p>--- <br />Abigail Adams: If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.</p> <p>Anna Quindlen: It's important to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders. It's the expectations that parents have for their daughters, and their sons, too. It's the way we talk about and treat one another. It's who makes the money and who makes the compromises and who makes the dinner. It's a state of mind. It's the way we live now.</p> <p>Maureen Reagan: I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there.</p> <p>Rebecca West: I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat, or a prostitute.1913</p> </div> <a href="/blog/41720-am-not-feminist">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40913-the-id-divide-highlights 2008-10-11T04:46:54Z seeprogress <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wxzjtMPdd94&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wxzjtMPdd94&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40913-the-id-divide-highlights"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46130" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>http://www.americanprogress.org/pressroom/releases/2008/06/ID_Divide_Release.html</p> <p>This spring, 12 nuns were turned away from voting booths during the Indiana presidential primary because they lacked state identification (none of them drove). This was a stark reminder that the recent Supreme Court ruling that upheld Indiana's voter ID law poses lasting consequences for our democracy.</p> <p>This issue of voter identification is just one of the identification issues addressed in a major new report by Cassandra Butts and Peter Swire: "The ID Divide: Addressing Problems of Identification and Authentication in American Society." Much like the "digital divide," the ID Divide is an easily overlooked but vital reality that affects many in our country. Over 20 million adult citizens lack government-issued photo ID, while victims of identity theft and those put on watch lists also fall on the wrong side of the divide. Badly-designed new ID programs, furthermore, may well impose large costs on ordinary citizens, including raising the risk of identity theft.</p> <p>The report stems from the Progressive Identity Project, which included experts in the many areas affected by identification issues: national and homeland security, immigration, voting rights, electronic health records, computer security, and privacy and civil liberties. The report proposes six new Progressive Principles for Identification, and sets forth a comprehensive approach for how the next administration should address issues of identification and authentication.</p> <p>Featured Panelists: <br />Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute <br />Bruce Schneier, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, BT Counterpane <br />Peter P. Swire, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; C. William O'Neill Professor at the Moritz College of Law of the Ohio State University <br />Tova A. Wang, Vice President for Research, Common Cause</p> <p>Moderated by: <br />Cassandra Q. Butts, Senior Vice President for Domestic Policy, Center for American Progress</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40913-the-id-divide-highlights">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37624-barack-obama-on-who-he-is-and-why-he-decided-to-run 2008-06-11T21:29:46Z barackobama <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F15npnbksvs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F15npnbksvs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37624-barack-obama-on-who-he-is-and-why-he-decided-to-run"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42407" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Senator Barack Obama speaks to a crowd in Charlotte, NC on who he is and why he decided to run for President of the United States.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37624-barack-obama-on-who-he-is-and-why-he-decided-to-run">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35618-abyei-residents-raise-questions-of-identity-18-mar-08 2008-10-09T03:55:33Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BCmtHHcGw5I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BCmtHHcGw5I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35618-abyei-residents-raise-questions-of-identity-18-mar-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/39200" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The battle for identiy continues in Abyei.</p> <p>Hundreds of Dinka have returned after fleeing the war 20 years ago, and they are leading the push for an African idenity in the region, as opposed to an Arab one.</p> <p>Mohamed Vall reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35618-abyei-residents-raise-questions-of-identity-18-mar-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35203-guy-sorman-empire-of-lies-china-s-legal-apartheid 2008-06-18T03:33:33Z Carnegie Council <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5qnYx5MX7uU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5qnYx5MX7uU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35203-guy-sorman-empire-of-lies-china-s-legal-apartheid"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/38715" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>"Legally, all Chinese people don't have the same rights," says Sorman. He explains the identity card system, which means for example,if you were not born in Shanghai, you have no legal right to live there.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35203-guy-sorman-empire-of-lies-china-s-legal-apartheid">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28910-notes-from-underground-1-4-breaking-stereotypes-i-do-not-want-to-be-yet-another-indian-engineer 2008-02-26T15:50:30Z DREAMActivist <div class="post_content"> <p> <p>My parents stared at me hard when I broke the news to them: I wanted to study Political Science, instead of following the cultural norm of obtaining a BS in a computer-related field. They were unable to understand why I would give up the financial security and familiarity of computers to vie for a place in an insecure field. I shrugged and stated that I found it fascinating, unable to articulate my thoughts properly at the time.&nbsp;</p> <p>Looking back, I realize that my overwhelming sense of otherness as a racial, gender, religious and un-naturalized minority led me to seek out an education that would &lsquo;tolerate&rsquo; and &lsquo;accept&rsquo; me. Politics is the site for the regimentation of Otherness. While it may not create difference, our politics of difference&mdash;border politics, immigration politics, racial politics and all kinds of identity politics&mdash;certainly sustain boundaries. I wrestled with the notion of a society that dehumanizes, marginalizes and forces me to live in the shadows while normatively dictating my most intimate relationships. I realized then that the existence of our multiple sites of enclaves hinged on the alienation of the individual and society. I was not about to live in a shell, protected and entitled to benefits given to particular social groups. <strong>I could not allow the underground life I led to render me voiceless and powerless</strong>; I had to take control of my destiny and help pave the way for change.</p> <p>Thus, I am here blogging away. Sharing my thoughts and experiences with those reading these pieces is only a tiny step and a small part of the many ways I actively work to make a difference. Staring at numbers flitting across the screen in a tiny cubicle would probably secure my future, but living the stereotype would only add to the many boundaries between us. And I want to build bridges.</p> </p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27923-question-of-arab-unity-unity-betrayed-04feb08-ep2-pt-2 2008-06-11T15:37:27Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1FVRRqNsjOU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1FVRRqNsjOU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/27923-question-of-arab-unity-unity-betrayed-04feb08-ep2-pt-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30021" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Epsiode 2 of a A nine-part series tackling issues of Arab identity, nationalism and unity.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/27923-question-of-arab-unity-unity-betrayed-04feb08-ep2-pt-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27919-question-of-arab-unity-unity-betrayed-04-feb-08-pt-1 2008-06-11T15:37:12Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MbGl_vXUAyk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MbGl_vXUAyk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/27919-question-of-arab-unity-unity-betrayed-04-feb-08-pt-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30017" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Epsiode 2 of a A nine-part series tackling issues of Arab identity, nationalism and unity.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/27919-question-of-arab-unity-unity-betrayed-04-feb-08-pt-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27616-shelby-steele-racial-masking-in-american-popular-culture 2008-06-14T09:33:54Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZuRTSQ6iWps&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZuRTSQ6iWps&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/27616-shelby-steele-racial-masking-in-american-popular-culture"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/29682" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/01/18/Shelby_Steele_on_Why_Barack_Obama_Cannot_Win">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Shelby Steele explains "racial masking," a phenomenon he identifies as a common experience for minorities in American culture.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win</p> <p>Shelby Steele examines the challenges that Barack Obama must overcome in his bid to become President of the United States in A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win. Having to cater to both black voters and white voters in what binds Obama, and his dilemma is that he achieved visibility more as a racial icon than as an individual. In his analysis, Shelby Steele discusses his own mixed race background, and he empathizes with Obama's inner conflicts even as he critiques him. He also identifies the two 'masks' that blacks wear in order to seek success and power in the American mainstream: bargaining and challenging, and he argues that Obama is too constrained by divisive racial politics to find his own true political voice - and proposes a way for him to break those bonds and find his own voice.</p> <p>Shelby Steele is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the author of The Content of Our Character and White Guilt, and a contributing editor at Harper's; his work has also appeared in numerous other magazines and newspapers - Cody's Books</p> <p>Shelby Steele is the Robert J. and Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He specializes in the study of race relations, multiculturalism, and affirmative action. He was appointed a Hoover fellow in 1994.</p> <p>Steele has written widely on race in American society and the consequences of contemporary social programs on race relations</p> <p>In 2006, Steele received the Bradley Prize for his contributions to the study of race in America. In 2004, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal. Steele is the author of White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era and most recently A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/27616-shelby-steele-racial-masking-in-american-popular-culture">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22381-transgender-activist-teresa-sparks 2008-06-11T21:31:10Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eFydY6afXr4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eFydY6afXr4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22381-transgender-activist-teresa-sparks"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/23907" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2007/11/28/Theresa_Sparks">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>San Francisco activist and entrepreneur Teresa Sparks talks about her experiences as a transgender woman.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Theresa Sparks discusses her life with family, business, politics and activism. Stephen Seewer moderates the discussion.</p> <p>Theresa Sparks, a transgender woman, made history earlier this year when she was elected San Francisco's Police Commission President. She is also CEO of Good Vibrations and a well known transgender activist. - Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Theresa Sparks is the president of the San Francisco Police Commission, the CEO of a multimillion-dollar sex toy retailer, and a transgender woman.</p> <p>A member of the Emeritus Board of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, Sparks is also a Vietnam veteran and a trained engineer.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/22381-transgender-activist-teresa-sparks">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/19642-ethnic-indians-protest-in-malaysia 2008-06-14T09:34:55Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m96FCTKHNA8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m96FCTKHNA8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/19642-ethnic-indians-protest-in-malaysia"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/19315" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Members of Malaysia's Indian community have protested on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, the capital.</p> <p>They are demanding equal rights in a country they believe discriminates against them. </p> <p>They are also said to place blame on the colonial policies of Britain, and were intending to deliver a petition to the British High Commission in Malaysia.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Hamish MacDonald was there.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/19642-ethnic-indians-protest-in-malaysia">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/13535-gender-identity-crisis-in-black-and-white 2008-06-17T21:29:26Z papa john <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PcqK8VOWwCw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PcqK8VOWwCw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/13535-gender-identity-crisis-in-black-and-white"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/13554" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>For Men and Women who have a gender identity crisis</p> </div> <a href="/blog/13535-gender-identity-crisis-in-black-and-white">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5590-gallup-world-poll-muslim-integration 2008-06-07T09:37:18Z Gallup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3XJXz2IhZcw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3XJXz2IhZcw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/5590-gallup-world-poll-muslim-integration"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4863" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Gallup analyzes Muslim religiosity in secular Europe.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/5590-gallup-world-poll-muslim-integration">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5578-the-gallup-poll-hate-crimes 2008-06-07T15:29:49Z Gallup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yjZuJQ6XPhI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yjZuJQ6XPhI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/5578-the-gallup-poll-hate-crimes"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4851" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Gallup reports on how Americans feel about the expansion of hate crime legislation.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/5578-the-gallup-poll-hate-crimes">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5569-gallup-world-poll-islamic-identity 2008-06-07T09:37:24Z Gallup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/04ETnwmqNy8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/04ETnwmqNy8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/5569-gallup-world-poll-islamic-identity"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4842" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Gallup discusses public perception of Muslims in Europe.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/5569-gallup-world-poll-islamic-identity">Watch the video</a>