CCT320H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Viola Desmond, The Real News
7 Mar 2019
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Indigenous people under- to misrepresented by mass media. 1970s and 1980s: state funding for aboriginal newspapers; 1990s: aboriginal peoples. Recently: red rising magazine, special issue of the dominion, podcasts. Easy and cheap sharing of information globally. Allows activists to bypass corporate news lters; produce their own news and analysis to share. Modern western wealth based on centuries of colonialism & imperialism. One of the rst international social movements(19th century) Goals: to end the african and west indian slave trade and set the slaves free. United(former) slaves and british, american, canadian activists in anti-slavery societies . Early radical media: letters, speaking tours, pamphlets, newspapers, speeches. The 13th amendment to the u. s. constitution o cially abolished slavery in america, and was rati ed on december 6, 1865, after the conclusion of the american civil war. Britain outlawed slavery in all colonies including canada in 1830s. 1896 plessey v. ferguson court decision created the notion of separate but equal (legal segregation)
