December 2nd postI have not read any of these materials before, but having had spent time talking about the relationship between justice and the law from a…Nov 30, 2020Nov 30, 2020
Community Restorative JusticeI have not read any of this week’s material before, but we have read Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow piece, which also discusses the…Nov 16, 20202Nov 16, 20202
November 11 PostI have not engaged with any of these materials before. My question before reading is what is meant by “the end of the world?” How is BLM…Nov 10, 20201Nov 10, 20201
BLM conflictsAfter heavily engaging with materials from prior focuses, such as the history of black oppression and black religion, I was excited to…Oct 26, 2020Oct 26, 2020
Stay WokeStay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement documentary was an extremely powerful and emotional short film that chronologically followed…Oct 16, 2020Oct 16, 2020
Womanist Theology PostThe Womanist Theology piece brings up really interesting points. The first thing was the clear distinction made between feminism and…Oct 13, 20203Oct 13, 20203
Before engaging in this week’s material, I had no knowledge about the works of Dr.Dr. Cone takes a very intense and non-negotiable stance on what he believes is the correct form of Christianity. He explicitly says that…Oct 5, 20201Oct 5, 20201
I do not know what to expect from this reading, as I have never engaged in these materials before.After engaging in the material, there are a lot of fascinating points and connections I’ve made that are able to answer my questions above…Sep 21, 2020Sep 21, 2020
I had always heard of the work “The New Jim Crow,” but had never engaged in the material or knew…“The New Jim Crow” raises some really interesting points about the War on Drugs. The quote “Almost overnight, the media was saturated with…Sep 15, 20201Sep 15, 20201
The history of black enslavement, and all of the portrayals and stereotypes that sprung out of…Sep 9, 20201Sep 9, 20201