2. James Blunt – Chris Bryant
Who should create culture?
Iran – Iraq – UK
Who actually creates culture?
Iran – Iraq – UK
3. James Blunt – Chris Bryant
http://www.theguardian.com/music/20
15/jan/19/james-blunts-letter-chris-
bryant-in-full
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2
015/jan/16/arts-diversity-chris-bryant-
eddie-redmayne
http://www.theguardian.com/commenti
sfree/2015/jan/23/chris-bryant-enemy-
diversity-in-arts-politics
4. George Monbiot
‘To blot people out of existence first you
must blot them from your mind. Then
you can persuade yourself that what you
are doing is moral and necessary. Today
this isn’t difficult. Those who act without
compassion can draw upon a system of
thought and language whose purpose is
to shield them – and blind us – to the
consequences.’
5. George Monbiot
‘Those who kill for a living employ similar terms. Israeli
military commanders described the massacre of 2,100
Palestinians, most of whom were civilians (including 500
children), in Gaza this summer as “mowing the lawn”. It’s
not original. Seeking to justify Barack Obama’s drone war
in Pakistan (which has so far killed 2,300 people, only 4%
of whom have since been named as members of al-
Qaida), Obama’s counter-terrorism adviser Bruce Riedel
explained that “you’ve got to mow the lawn all the time.
The minute you stop mowing, the grass is going to grow
back.” The director of the CIA, John Brennan, claimed
that with “surgical precision” his drones “eliminate the
cancerous tumour called an al-Qaida terrorist while
limiting damage to the tissue around it”. Those who
operate the drones describe their victims as bug splats.’
7. Bad language
Diversity in Diction – Equality in Action:
A guide to the appropriate use of
language
http://www.srtrc.org/uploaded/language
%20guide%281%29.pdf
8. Bad language - Sex
‘The English language appears to have
evolved on the assumption that the
world is male…This approach can make
the women and their contribution to
society seem invisible.’
9. Bad language - Ethnicity
‘Many words and phrases, whilst not
offensive in themselves, carry heavy
negative connotations. It is therefore
important to avoid certain terms which
use “black” to portray negativity.’
10. Bad language – Sexual
Orientation
Heterosexual vs straight
11. Kenneth and Mamie Clark
An example of why this matters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQS
PysWbkOY
12. Stanley Milgram
Why do we generally accept authority?
What are the implications of one
dominant part of society producing the
culture?
How does this relate to the essay?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcvS
Ng0HZwk
