Institutional Inequalities Crime and Criminal Justice

On August 9, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri, Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African-American male, was shot to death after an altercation with Darren Wilson, a 28-year-old white male Ferguson police officer. The disputed circumstances of the shooting, and the decision of a grand jury not to indict Officer Wilson for any criminal charges in relation to the incident led to widespread protest and civil unrest in Ferguson and other cities across the U.S.

Follow this link to The New York Times interactive time line of Michael Browns shooting and its immediate aftermath in Ferguson. The resultant protests and civil unrest sparked much media attention about law enforcement's relationship with African Americans. This link is The New York Times video report of a standoff in Ferguson between law enforcement and the protestors. Now look at the findings from a Pew Research Center poll of blacks and whites regarding topics including co

Read Fitzgerald book: Recognizing Race and Ethnicity: Power, Privilege, and Inequality and us schools still segarated watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8pwm7GK0BM&feature=emb_title

Part 1.  (20 points)

Describe the racial composition of the neighborhood that you live in or grew up in. If it is close to mono-racial (almost all white or almost all Hispanic etc. for instance), explain why that might be. To what extent do you think this is intentional? Provide some evidence to support your assumption. (Conduct web searches for reports of racist activity e.g. KKK; redlining, white flight, discriminatory bank practices; think about community stories you may have heard, and so forth.)
The Census Bureaus American Community Survey offers an interactive map of the racial demographics of every census block in the United States. You can click here to see how racially segregated your city/neighborhood is. The interactive map offers the option of looking at Race and Et

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Cite at least four analytical citations from trustworthy sources (online or scholarly), in addition to any descriptive information. 

Choose a decade 1920-2000, i.e., the 50s, 90s, 00s (aughts), etc., and research pop culture-related trends and media products that were popular during this time. Select a product or trend that was especially notable or interesting and explain the product or trends popularity and social influence, using concepts discussed in class. For example, the Walkman, or hippie culture, or the hula hoop, or early hip hop (Kurtis Blow, etc.) all would fit.

Make sure to fully describe the trend or product. What is it? Who participated? Why did that product appeal to them?

Research the historical, social, and economic context in which the trend or product became popular. How did it respond to that context?

Explore the impact of your selected example: On culture? On economics? On poli

You have explored different resilience-oriented assessments and interventions that can be used once the assessments have been completed. In this Assignment, you will have the opportunity to develop a fictional case study and then use a specific resilience-oriented assessment, a relational genogram, to map the relationships of the fictional family and then identify evidenced-based interventions that can be used with either individuals or the family unit in the fictional case study.

Please respond to the following:

    Develop a fictional case study that details a specific crisis event. The case study must include information about family relationships.
    Using the Genogram Template, complete the genogram using the fictional case study you developed in above and insert a copy of the genogram in your paper.
    Identify and discuss at least two evidenced-based interventions you could use with the fictional case study you developed.
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Read the Fitzgerald textbook Recognizing Race and Ethnicity: Power, Privilege, and Inequality and then watch the documentary entitled  "The Canary Effect" before starting. at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uk9S6fcdPk


Follow this guideline:

Start with an introduction. Here you should have a clear presentation of a problem, topic, or thesis statements (in other words, there should be a sentence or two in your introduction that tells the reader what you will discuss in your paper)
Briefly summarize what you viewed. This summary should be no more than 2 paragraphs.
What information/statistics/perspectives stood out to you?
Use the theory of Internal Colonialism to analyze the film.
Explain how the white racial frame theoretical perspective may help us understand why many Americans have not been taught the true nature of Anglo Native relations/conflict in the U.S.
Based on what you saw, discuss how the terms racialization of state policy and racial di

Critical Thinking/Engagement Assignment #1

You must attempt all questions.

Part 1. (25 points)

Go the following website: http://www.pbs.org/race/002_SortingPeople/002_00-home.htm

Were your results surprising? Why or why not?
How do your results impact the way you understand race?
Do you think there is a specific or narrow expectation for how people of a race are assumed to look? What happens when a person who identifies with a group strays from this visual representation?
What experiences do you infer the people being sorted have encountered as a result of false assumptions regarding race?
Did this activity influence you to affirm or reject the notion of race? Why or why not?
What does this tell you about the rigid constraints people are assumed to fit in racially?
Do you think others could benefit from this activity? Why or why not?   
Part 2. (10 points)

Go to the following website:http://www.census.gov/topics/populat

I have included all the references that need to be used, no outside sources to be used. Please read the final paper instructions that I have included, make sure to follow them. This is an argumentative research paper. 6 pages need to be written of work and the last page for references. No need to include a cover page!

What is your topic?
Who is your target audience?
Share examples of logos, pathos, and ethos you will include in the speech.
What other persuasive techniques and/or appeals will you use?
How will you avoid defective persuasion?
Identify a minimum of three research materials you will use as supportive evidence. Include an APA citation as well as a 3-5 sentence summary of each material.
Share ideas for presentation aids to be used in the speech.

In this assignment you will submit to me an annotated bibliography of sources you plan on using for your paper. You can use ANY citation format you want - MLA, APA, Chicago. Doesn't matter so long as you're consistent and so long as I can track down the source myself should I want based on what you've turned in.


Gilpin, R. (2016). The political economy of international relations. The Political Economy of International Relations. https://doi.org/10.2307/40202522

Jardine, E., Garvey, M., & Cho, J. S. (2017). Open Access and Global Inclusion: A Look at Cuba. ACRL 2017 Conference at the Helm Leading Transformation.


Lopez, J., & Potter, G. (2001). After Modernism: The Millenium. In After Postmodernism: An Introduction to Critical Realism.

Mller, H. (2019). U.S. Energy policy. In Economic Warfare or Detente: An Assessment of East-west Economic Relations in the 1980s. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429035197-15

Salinas, E., Mundet, L., & Sal

Overview:

I HAVE ALREADY INCLUDED THE INTRODUCTION AND THESIS STATEMENT, PLEASE USE THAT TO BASE THE REST OF THE ESSAY ON THAT.

    This assignment expands and develops the research, analysis, and writing skills you built in constructing all of your writing assignments up to this point.

    A full-length critical analysis paper that incorporates scholarly research and careful use of course materials into a single thesis-driven interdisciplinary analysis of your chosen primary sources.

    incorporate more primary and secondary evidence; and add complexity to your thesis by incorporating analysis of the different disciplines your primary sources represent.

    Your essay needs to develop your thesis to analyze a relationship between four primary sources based on a unifying topic area: Darwins Descent of Man (1871) and Turners The Significance of the Frontier in American History (1893), one