Exercises involving a MARC record for an imaginary book, inspired by a recent AUTOCAT thread

Consider the following record, inspired by the discussion on AUTOCAT that was kicked off by this query:

100 1_ ‡a Smith, June, ‡d 1977-
245 00 ‡a Regarding events in Ferguson / ‡c June Smith.
260 _1 ‡a New York : ‡b Hope Press, ‡c 2017.
300 __ ‡a 371 p. : ‡b ill. ; ‡c 10 x 27 cm
336 __ ‡a text ‡2 rdacontent
337 __ ‡a unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
338 __ ‡a volume ‡2 rdacarrier
650 _0 ‡a United States ‡x History ‡y Civil War, 1861-1865.
650 _0 ‡a Police brutality ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson ‡y 2014.
650 _0 ‡a Ferguson (Mo.) Riot, 2015.
650 _0 ‡a Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-).
650 _0 ‡a Race riots ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson ‡y 2014.
650 _0 ‡a Demonstrations ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson ‡y 2014.
653 20 ‡a #BlackLivesMatter
651 _0 ‡a Ferguson (Mo.) ‡x History ‡y 21st century.
650 _0 ‡a Political violence ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson ǂx History 
       ‡y 21st century.
650 _0 ‡a Social conflict ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson.
650 _0 ‡a Civil rights demonstrations ‡z Missouri ‡z Saint Louis County.
650 _0 ‡a Social conflict ‡z Missouri ‡z Saint Louis.
650 _0 ‡a Protest movements ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson.
650 _0 ‡a Protest movements ‡z Missouri ‡z Saint Louis.
650 _0 ‡a Militarization of police ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson.
650 _0 ‡a Militarization of police ‡z United States.
651 _0 ‡a Ferguson (Mo.) ‡z Race relations.
653 _0 ‡a 2014 Ferguson unrest
650 _0 ‡a African Americans ‡x Civil rights ‡x History.
650 _0 ‡a African Americans ‡x Crimes against ‡x History.
650 _0 ‡a Police brutality ‡z United States.
650 _0 ‡a Police ‡x Complaints against ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson.
650 _0 ‡a Police-community relations ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson.
650 _0 ‡a Discrimination in criminal justice administration ‡z Missouri
       ‡z Ferguson.
650 _0 ‡a United States ‡x Race relations ‡x History.

Some exercises for the reader:

  1. Identify the subject headings that detract from the neutrality of this record. Show your work.
  2. Identify the subject headings whose absence lessens the accuracy or neutrality of this record. Show your work.
  3. Of the headings that detract from the neutrality of this record, identify the ones that are inaccurate. Show your work.
  4. Adopt the perspective of someone born in 1841 and repeat exercises 1-3. Show your work.
  5. Adopt the perspective of someone born in 2245 and repeat exercises 1-3. Show your work.
  6. Repeat exercises 1-3 in the form of a video broadcast over the Internet.
  7. Repeat exercises 1-3 as a presentation to your local library board.

I acknowledge with gratitude the participants in the AUTOCAT thread who grappled with the question; many of them suggested subject headings used in this record.

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