Annotated Bibliography

Nonfiction Book-
Marcovitz, Hal. Teens & Race. Broomall, PA: Mason Crest, 2004. Print
This source was very helpful to me in learning about how racism affects teens in our society. It covers many different asspects of racism. It explains the history of racism and how diverse our generation of teens are today. This source gave me examples of what biracial teens deal with while going up, such as, schooling and finding employment. It gave me some good reasons why racism is a bad thing and how we need to stop it. I think this source has many bias information because it covers a huge controversial topic. This book is in a series of books called the Gallup Youth Survey that have been writen fairly recently. These books are sold all around the world and I think it is a very credible source. This information will help me with my research because it gave me many different examples of how teens deal with race today.

Documentary-
Davis, Kiri. "A Girl Like Me." YouTube. YouTube, 04 May 2007. Web. 01 May 2013.
This source was very helpful to me because it showed how many African American teen girls percieve themselves and others. They talk about their feelings of inferiority and their confusion about who they are and where they come from. It also explores the beliefs in our society that black people are not equal to white people. This documentary gave me many examples, such as, when the girls said that kinky hair was unattractive and that their skin was ugly. I think this source has bias in it because it only interviews black females and what their thoughts and perceptions are. I believe this is a credible source because it gives you a good idea of what teen girls go through and this documentary also was recently updated. This information will help me with my research because I will need to use the information complete my project.

Articles-
Flory, Richard. "Google Books." Google Books. Brad Christerson, 28 Apr. 2010. Web. 24 Apr. 2013
This source was very helpful because it gave me a good idea of what racial inequalities children and adolescents face in their everyday life. This article talks about how different the social worlds diverse, racial and ethnic groups experience. It gives examples of how they deal with conflicts, school experiences and the pressures they face from other teens. I think this article is bias because it discusses many controversial topics. This sourse is very credible because it gives you tons of information and examples. This information will help me with my research because it gave me some examples of racism that the research I did prior to this didn't have.

"Mixed-Race, Post-Race:." Google Books. Berg, 2003. Web. 01 May 2013.
This source was helpful because it explores mixed race and inter-ethnic families and their understanding of race and culture. It talks about how television and photographs influence childrens ideas about race. One example it explains is when children grow up, they are going to use their memories and stories about race to their own families. I think this article shares biased information because it talks about different asspects of racism. I believe this source is credible because it gives you some old information and some new. This article will help me with my research because I need this information for upcoming activities I need to do for this project.

Barton, Len, and Stephen A. Walker. "Race, Class and Education." Google Books. N.p., 8 Dec. 2011. Web. 01 May 2013
This source was helpful for me because it explains the relationships between racism in schools and unemployment. I also thought it gave me good information and made me understand it more. One example it talks about was the differences between social deprivation and racial/class status. I think this article is bias because it gives a good look at how teens of different races have hard times in schools and getting jobs. This article has also been recently updated with new information. I think this is a credible source because it makes you think how of how others are treated just based on their race. I think this article will help me with my research because it focusses a lot on the asspects of racism I want to cover for my project.

What Is Racism?" What Is Racism? Anti-Defamation League, 2001. Web. 01 May 2013
This source was helpful for me because it talks about the history of racism and how it is has changed over time. It also explains how a person's social and moral traits are predetermined by their biological characteristics. This article gives examples of different kinds of racism, such as, slavery. I think this article is bias because it discusses more than one issue. I think it is a credible source because it talks a lot about how racism started. Its going to help me a lot with my project because it gave me information that I didn't have yet that I needed to complete my project.

LaBoe, Barbara. "Welcome!" Longview Daily News. N.p., 27 Jan. 2009. Web. 28 Apr. 2013.
This article was helpful because it talks about a real life story of a young African American boy that got a rock thrown at him by a white teenager. It made me realize how bad racism is and that it needs to stop. It explains how outraged and and hurt his family and his community were after hearing about it. I think this article is unbiased because it only talks about the story of one person, not multiple. I think this is a credible source because people can relate to it and people will understand that racism is a bad thing in our society. I think this information will help me with my research because it gave me a better understanding of how hurt people are because of this issue.

Television Show/Episode-
Remember the Titans. "Quotes." IMDb. IMDb.com, 2000. Web. 01 May 2013.
This source was helpful for me because it gave me good examples of racism in movies. This website shows many good resources available to me that identified my topic, racism, in the movie "Remember the Titans". I think this article is unbiased because it only shows quotes from one movie and not others. I think this is a credible source because it portrayed social injustices that occurred with the characters throughout the movie, reflecting at that time in history. I think this will help me with the rest of my project because it gave me an example of how racism is reflected in movies.

Fiction Book/Film-
Hairspray. New York: Stage Entertainment, 2002. Print.
This source was helpful for me because it talked about racism in the 60's. It also talks about how racism is portrayed in the movie hairspray. Some examples that it discussed was when schools desegregated and the "white flight" occured. One other example it talks about is how whites controled the political and social institutions. I think this source is bias because it discusses all the different events that happened in the 60's.I believe this is a credible source because it shows these issues in the movie "Hairspray" and Hairspray is a very popular movie that a lot of people know about. This information will help me with my research because it gave me many different conflicts that happened in the 60's.