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Social Justice Week activities are planned to help raise awareness and build an inclusive atmosphere at the UW Oshkosh campus

Taking place April 10-14 and themed Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges, the week includes a national speaker, workshops, discussions and an LGBTQ Ally March.

This years Social Justice keynote speaker is Tim Wise, who is a national anti-racist writer and educator. He will speak from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, April 10 at the Alumni Welcome and Conference Center Ballroom, 625 Pearl Ave. A book signing will follow Wises presentation.

Wise is the author of seven books, including his latest, Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America.

Wise has spent the last 20 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, including on more than 1,000 college and high school campuses across the U.S., as well as lecturing internationally.

A graduate of Tulane University, Wise has been featured in several documentaries related to race issues and he appears regularly on CNN and MSNBC.

Social Justice Week is an annual event that allows members of the UW Oshkosh community to engage with local and national experts on current topics and trends in the area of social justice, said Ameerah McBride, Office of Equity and Affirmative Action director at UW Oshkosh. As a university, it is important to engage our students in dialogue surrounding current affairs and events while also challenging them to think critically about these issues. UW Oshkosh prepares graduates who are talented, liberally educated, technically skilled global citizens and are fully engaged as leaders and participants in civic, economic, political and social life. Social Justice Week seeks to support this mission by opening discourse on social issues, bringing the relevance of classroom study into the real world.

Week of activities

Each April, with the help of the Social Justice Minor Program, the Office of Equity and Affirmative Action coordinates Social Justice Week activities. The speakers, interactive discussion and other events boost a spirit of diversity and inclusion on campus and in the community.

There are numerous presentations and discussions taking place in addition to Wises speaking event April 10 and a campus LGBTQ Ally March 5-8 p.m. April 13 from Reeve Ballroom. Check out a full calendar of Social Justice Week events.

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Cosmetics giant apologises for Facebook adafter it was incorporated in memes by 'alt-right' trolls online

COSMETICS giantNivea has apologised for an deodorant advert with the slogan White is purity after it was branded racist.

The Facebook ad was quickly adopted by far-rightgroups who shared it on social media along with pictures of Hitler and Pepe the Frog.

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The ad for Nivea Invisible Black & White deodorant was aimed at Facebook followers in the Middle East.

It featured a dark-haired woman wearing white andwas posted alongside the caption: Keep it clean, keep it bright. Dont let anything ruin it.

The German company, which is liked by 19million Facebook users, removed the post following complaints.

One Twitter user said: Not cool at all. #Racism is not a good marketing strategy.

The ad also became popular with far-right groups online and was incorporated in a number of disturbing memes alongside Adolf Hitler.

Another image used the cartoon character Pepe the Frog designated a hate symbol by the US Anti-Defamation League with a caption saying: Is Nivea, dare I say, /ourguy/?

Another far-right account Tweeted: #Nivea: the official moisturizer/anti-perspirant of the #AltRight.

And another sicko said: Cant fight immigrants with sweat stains. Race war 2020 sponsored by Nivea.

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Niveas owners Beiersdorf said:We are deeply sorry to anyone who may take offence to this specific post. After realising that the post is misleading, it was immediately withdrawn.

Diversity and equal opportunity are crucial values of NIVEA. The brand represents diversity, tolerance, and equal opportunity.

Direct or indirect discrimination must be ruled out in all decisions by, and in all areas of our activities.

In 2011 Nivea was criticised for a magazine ad featuring a black man apparently holding asevered head, with the slogan Re-civilize yourself.

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With the growth of the Alt-Right, Michael Richardson discusses the political influence of memes.

THAT moment when memes forego scrutiny.

Memes have developed in recent years to become an influential and mainstream medium. However, they have for the most part been responded to in a way that is passive and uncritical. Their power and influence is not widely acknowledged. Many define memes by their silliness and disregard the entire medium. However, this is not the whole truth. The reality is that we are living in a world where memes are a useful tool in the game of politics.

A meme is a virally-transmitted cultural symbol or idea. They usually take the form of captioned images that are intended to be funny. In 2016, many of the most popular memes were focused on the US presidential elections and the rise of Donald Trump.

The funny imagery of memes becomes potent when they carry a message. While there are no statistics for the number of people whose political views are informed by viral images that, for example, depict refugees as terrorists, the numbers of likes and shares suggest that the effect is significant.

The viral nature of memes has been exploited by various internet fringes and they have been transformed into political tools.

Over the last year, the viral nature of memes has been exploited by various internet fringes and they have been transformed into political tools. Meme magic is a term that originated on 4Chan, referring to memes that rise from the internet to have real-life consequences. To quote the message of one user on the website, We actually elected a meme as president.

Although it seems a ridiculous notion to suggest that Trump was carried to victory on the shoulders of millions of slick meme-imbibers, it is certainly true that they played a part. The lefts mockery of Trump through memes gave him a great deal of attention at the start of his campaign, and when the right responded with their own memes, what will go down in history as The Great Meme War began. By regarding Pepe the Frog as a hate symbol, the Anti-Defamation League acknowledged the power of memes. The events of 2016 transformed memes into a valid political weapon.

The fighters in the Great Meme War engineered Pro-Trump and anti-Clinton memes to gain as much mainstream traction as possible. They used platforms like Reddit and networks of fake accounts on Twitter to push the memes in front of as many viewers as possible. Users of 4Chan believe their efforts memed Trumps presidency from a far-fetched fantasy to reality.

Although the lifecycle of many memes begins and ends within the forums that create them, that does not render their effects void. This is often the case with 4Chan, which has always had an outsider bent. During the early 2000s, vehemently anti-George W. Bush, it became a hub for 9/11 truthers and for trolling religious conservatives. The leftist hacking collective Anonymous group was born from these Bush-era boards.

The boards also developed a culture of hard-core racist language; bigotry at first motivated by a desire to get a rise out of normies, but eventually fostering an environment where genuine racists felt at home. Former users have spoken out about how they were radicalised by the forums, how engaging with hatred and misogyny quickly made them more racist and misogynistic: like Pepe the Frogs boiling alive in slowly heating water. This may explain its support for a destructive outsider like Trump. This radicalisation of the vulnerable has effects in the political world.

By regarding Pepe the Frog as a hate symbol, the Anti-Defamation League acknowledged the power of memes.

Perhaps 4Chan users overstate their influence on the election, and Trumps victory is in a correlative, rather than a causal relation to their efforts. However, one should keep in mind that a guiding force in Trumps campaign was Steve Bannon, who brought a great deal of knowledge about the power of internet subculture from Breitbart News.

Former officials with the Trump campaign even reported that a team dedicated to monitoring social media trends were in contact with prominent users of r/The_Donald subreddit, a conduit from 4Chan to the mainstream internet. Trump encouraged the culture, at one point even sharing on Twitter an image of a Trump-like Pepe the Frog positioned behind a presidential lectern.

The medias handling of memes has also been premature. By taking ironic memes too seriously, and declaring Pepe a white supremacist symbol, alt-right meme-creators were granted legitimacy. They were also given something to laugh about, inciting a storm of #NotAllPepes in response. The premature response gave memes an undeserved status, and the trolls won.

Memes have become an influential political presence that has real-world consequences, but the deep-seated irony and destructive, outsider impulse makes them a difficult force to grapple with. Treat them too seriously and the internet responds with laughter. The media must discover an effective way to fight the influence of memes, so that the trolls do not win.

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Fans of NCIS would love a chance to engage with the characters of the show, even if it was just taking a selfie with a wax figure looking like Mark Harmon. This aspect of being a devoted NCIS viewer is the sign of a well written TV show. The viewers desire to escape the real world to fight crime and help put the bad guys away (even if it is only for an hour).

This NCIS loyalty got me thinking this week about NCIS and the future of the show. It is possible that this famed CBS show will ever get a fan attraction like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation has in Las Vegas? With the attraction called CSI: The Experience, viewers of the show get to play a crime scene investigator and check out two state-of-the-art forensic crime labs. If youve gone, you know the special effects are amazing. And its like you are in the middle of the TV showno really!

Giving props to each series respectively, the CBS shows have diehard fans. They continueoffering up new episodes that just keep getting better and the writers have done a great job keeping up with new technology to make crime solving even more interesting. However, the biggest difference is CSI fans were crushed when the show ended, while the NCIS series has continued to grow strongriding high with new episodes. The Vegas attraction is very popular, so creating an attraction highlighting the best of NCIS could also be extremely popular.

It was in 2000 that CSI hit the airwaves and NCIS started only three years later. Both CBS shows have impacted the way the world looks at the men and women who solve crimes. Add that NCIS honors the armed services. It could be argued this show deserves an attraction too. The attention given to the real NCIS agents who work their beats and find justice for victims would be awesome too. If that isnt enough, then who wouldnt be willing to shell out a few bucks for a selfie standing next to Mark Harmon? See, I told you a NCIS attraction would be a great idea!

This column was written by Jodi Jill and if youre looking for more then be sure to head on over to the link here.Also, you canfollow her on Facebook and Twitter! (Photo: CBS.)

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