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Here is a video recommended by Eduardo on the Republican party. It provides some information about the national party, but remember: political parties can operate very differently on the state and local levels. So, don't stop with your initial perceptions. Keep learning!

Here are the guidelines for your proposal!

Things to remember:

1) Be sure to use sources and cite them!

2) Be clear and convincing

3) Beware of possible bias and assumptions (especially with political parties!)

4) If you need help, ask me. It's okay.

5) Deadline: Friday, August 14, 2020, 23:59 to [email protected].

Update: Here is the profile of our candidate. We met her on the last day of class.

Profile of Judicial Candidate

Personal profile: African-American, 40 years old, mother of 4, speaks English and Spanish (conversational)

Job: Prosecutor for medium-sized city, works in juvenile division

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business and law degree

Type of Candidacy: She is community oriented with a background in family support services and public health. She was the co-owner of law practice for Indiana, Illinois and Texas. She practiced as a defense attorney for 4 years before joining the prosecutor’s office. She has given talks in the community on gun violence. Supports legal gun ownership.

Political history: This is her second electoral experience in politics. She served as a precinct committee person for the Democrat party in 2009. She is currently working for the prosecutor’s office.

Community partnerships: She is currently the president of an association that was created to support minority lawyers in the city.

We'll talk about this more at our next session. See you at 15:00!

Policy and American Communities: Police officers are a key stakeholder group in the discussions and decisions surrounding policing and race. They are also a group with their own belief systems, values, and culture. In order to have an effective solution on police issue, the police departments, officers, leaders, and staff must contribute to the solution. This requires understanding and listening to their perspective.

This is a continuation of our conversation on the value of the U.S. Census. Pay attention to the various reasons why the Census and representation are important to the inclusion of various groups of American society.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world.

Public Opinion and Political Attitudes

During our last session, you will learn about certain attitudes relating to criminal justice issues and race from existing research. Pew Research Center provides data on the attitudes of Americans (and others). The Center covers all sorts of topics. It identifies as a nonpartisan fact tank. Meaning: they try to present unbiased information on attitudes about political and social issues (among others).

In your group, you will answer a few questions by researching them on the website above. Start by searching the topic. The questions will be assigned according to groups. We will share our results later.

Group 1: How do people feel about the U.S. Census (especially about "undocumented" people)?

Group 2: How do people of different races feel about police?

Group 3: How do police officers (for example, Hispanic/Latino and in general) feel about their jobs?

Group 4: What are the perceptions of Black Lives Matter according to the various racial groups?

Group 5: What are the attitudes about drug policy (e.g. legalization) according to race?

Strategy: The drawbacks of social media...and other stuff.

In this section you will use your good friend, the Internet, to learn more about crime and local politics.

Before we begin, here is a story about Fannie Lou Hamer, the woman who pushed for more political involvement during a time where Black Americans were not encouraged to vote. This is a follow-up to what we discussed yesterday. We'll watch this together and discuss it in our online session.

In this section you will use your good friend, the Internet, to learn more about crime and local politics.

Here is some information about one voting block that wasn't covered in our last exploration.

Each of these groups are personally and socially identified in American politics. Learn about these groups here in these video and describe what you learned. We will use this information to discuss strategies for engaging various Americans in political discourse on crime in various U.S. cities.

What are the politics behind actions of the criminal justice system? In this part, you will see and hear perspectives related to some of the examples we discussed in class.

Let's dig back in and look into the politics of criminal justice.

Before we go deeper into our discussion on race, crime and politics, let's go back to some basics of American criminal law that you many hear about or see in media discourse around the criminal justice system. Work through the following questions. It is like a mini version of American law school with a fraction of the cost. Use your time wisely! HAVE FUN and remember: the Internet can be a great study buddy. Use it!

Here is our first assignment - an introduction to American criminal law and policy. All assignments are due before 18:00 each day. If you need more time to complete them or have any questions, please, please, please contact me by email. Just ask. It's okay.

Have fun!

Remaining Silent: Race, Crime and Political Decision-making

Welcome!

We are taking on a new, and definitely relevant, topic in this course. This course will look at the role of culture in the criminal justice system. We will focus on how the relationship between race and American culture shape the criminal justice system. Looking at news media, videos, and maybe a special guest or two, we will discuss how Americans, both citizens and leaders, make decisions about crime.

Since we are operating in new times, the class lectures, discussions and assignments will all be available online. I miss our in-person sessions. At the same time, I want you and your loved ones to be healthy. Hopefully, we can move past this together.

See you soon!

And now....Honey Boo Boo and some others.

Honey Boo Boo is from the American shows Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Toddlers and Tiaras. The show has been controversial due to many things:

The Five Biggest Controversies To Hit 'Toddlers And Tiaras', https://www.businessinsider.com/toddlers-and-tiaras-controversies-2012-9?r=DE&IR=T.

Not only does this show relate to JonBenet Ramsey's life, her death introduced the subculture of child pageants to the masses. This contributed to the infamy of the crime.

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