Diversity Article Summary

Since my last article was about how diversity is positive in schools and work places, the article i chose to do now is about how diversity management can be bad for you. People say that diversity management is the new way to deal with discrimination in the workplace. Many corporations are looking into getting more diverse management however, diverse management can be a means of evading hard choices about equality and justice at work. For real though. :)

Song Analysis

Song: Hurricane
Artist: Bob Dylan
Genre: Folk
Time period/year of release: 1966
What is the issue being addressed by the song? In 1966 A black man named Rubin Carter was convicted twice for the Murder of three people in a bar. After serving 20 years of 3 life sentences he was later released because of an appeal that said that the motive that was presented was discriminatory. Bob Dylans song gave Rubin Carter 2 more trials, and you could say Rubin is out of jail because of Bob Dylan
What is the song artist’s point of view or opinion? Bob Dylan protests the imprisonment of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. The song put together alleged acts of racism and profiling against Rubin Carter. Dylan believes it was a false trial and conviction.All of Rubin's cards were marked in advance
Cite song lyrics (or music video images) to support and fully develop the artist’s perspective.All of Rubin's cards were marked in advance
The trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chance.
The judge made Rubin's witnesses drunkards from the slums
To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum
And to the black folks he was just a crazy ni***r.
No one doubted that he pulled the trigger.
And though they could not produce the gun,
The D.A. said he was the one who did the deed
And the all-white jury agreed.
Here's the story of the Hurricane,
The man the authorities came to blame
For somethin' that he never done.
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world
What are contextual factors surrounding the writing of this song? (Were there any major social events taking place around the time of the song’s writing? Examples: war, oppression, economic crisis, social liberty success or struggle.)
This song was written right around the Civil Rights Movement. It was just 3 years after Martin Luther King JR's speech in D.C.
links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_(song)
Back up the artist: Bob Dylan had to rewrite his song, Hurricane, with altered lyrics because in the first song he references two men in robbing bodies, and it could have resulted in a law suit. However, Dylan's song helped federal judges realize that the based on racism rather than reason and concealment rather than disclosure, which set aside Carter's conviction.
Peoples Reaction: There is no general reaction in America over this. It is mainly 2 sided. America was still pretty racist down in the south and some just wanted as many black people locked away as they could get, others were disgusted by the discrimination. Bob Dylan being one of them. With Bob Dylan drawing all the attention with his song, the focus was taken off of other stars protesting, like Mohammad Ali.
Aftermath: Up until 2005, Carter was the executive director of the Association in Defense Against the Wrongly Convicted. In court rooms now we are seeing a more diverse Jury. At the time, Carter's was all white.