Do we have a responsibility to address racism on radio stations that many of our students listen to? Many of our students probably heard the racist Tsunami Song that was created and broadcast by HOT 97 (a station of the Emmis Corporation) employees that dealt with the horrible Tsunami in southeast Asia earlier in 2005. More recently our students may have heard the way HOT 97 employee Miss Jones made fun of immigrants in reference to the transit worker strike in New York City.
Our students have a lot to say about what radio stations they listen to and why. A discussion about radio stations and other media that students use to listen to music can go in many different directions. Besides what music is being played on various radio stations, perhaps another direction a conversation might go in is the trend of media conglomeration. Students might be interested in researching who owns the radio stations they listen to and the other media that that company owns.