I 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… — I 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 topic of incarceration. With that being said, I have learned about the clear injustices that go with criminal justice system not only when you go…

I 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… — I 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 involved in the Apocalypse? This week’s material was super interesting and thought provoking. In the “Reflections from Black Activism” article, the declare the…

After heavily engaging with materials from prior focuses, such as the history of black oppression and black religion, I was excited to… — After heavily engaging with materials from prior focuses, such as the history of black oppression and black religion, I was excited to start tying it all together to the current day BLM Movement. Based on some works we have already worked with, I was familiar with the ideas that the…

Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement documentary was an extremely powerful and emotional short film that chronologically followed… — Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement documentary was an extremely powerful and emotional short film that chronologically followed the development and carrying out of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Something that really struck me throughout it was the amount of power social media and video-recording has. Police were not…

The Womanist Theology piece brings up really interesting points. The first thing was the clear distinction made between feminism and… — I have not read any of the works assigned for this week in the past. However, it was mentioned in class that this was going to be a response to Cone from women who felt he had left out a critical argument : the oppression of black women within the…

Dr. Cone takes a very intense and non-negotiable stance on what he believes is the correct form of Christianity. He explicitly says that… — Before engaging in this week’s material, I had no knowledge about the works of Dr. Cone, however, I was familiar with Dr. King. I knew of the Birmingham Jail Letter King wrote which discussed the ideas of what just vs unjust laws are, as well as the emotional paragraph in…

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… — I do not know what to expect from this reading, as I have never engaged in these materials before. However, knowing these materials will be engaging with the topic of how black slave history has followed black people til now, I do have some questions. What is a day in…

“The New Jim Crow” raises some really interesting points about the War on Drugs. The quote “Almost overnight, the media was saturated with… — I had always heard of the work “The New Jim Crow,” but had never engaged in the material or knew what it was about. Before reading, I wondered “How is the Jim Crow Era being continued in today’s world?” I was excited to read it, as I knew the piece…

The history of black enslavement, and all of the portrayals and stereotypes that sprung out of that is a topic I only knew to a certain extent. While growing up, you learn in school about systematic racism, including the history of slavery and oppression. I knew about the barbaric treatment…