Week 14: Race, Crime, Law

Week of May 5, 2019

Topics:  Race, Crime, Law in Theory, Policy, Practice

          To stay on track, If you are still missing discussion questions/sets after our second meeting, resolve ASAP before it turns into an F.

Dates to Remember:

— Monday, May 6th, the beginning of class – Visual Project’s Overall Learning Assessment due

— Monday, May 13th – The Last Day of Spring Classes  

Preparatory Readings:

• Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic. The Derrick Bell Reader . — entirety.
• Gordon Fellman. Rambo and the Dalai Lama. — entirety
• Samuel Walker and others. The Color of Justice. — entirety.
• Documentary: “Time of Fear” (to be shown in class)

Lecture related links:

• • • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
    • Sticks and Stones — Labelling Matters
    • W.I. Thomas “Definition of the Situation

Concepts to be covered:

• • • theory, policy, practice
    • illocutionary discourse
    • aesthetics of answerability
    • the Other
    • difference
    • critical race theory
    • adversarialism v. mutuality
    • institutional discrimination
    • contextual discrimination

Discussion Questions:

Note: In order to answer these discussion questions, you will need to do the assigned readings. Due: Wednesday, May 8th. 

• • 1. Compare and contrast the documentaries, “Latino Americans” with “Time of Fear.” What are some similarities and differences between these two racial/ethnic group experiences? Why. 
    2. Bring a pair of scissors to class in order to complete this discussion question.
    3.  Overall, what is the most important thing that you learned from this course? Why.
    4. What are some strengths and weaknesses of this teaching/learning model? What ideas and suggestions do you have to improve this model? (Constructive criticism only)

Suggestions for Related Class Activities:

• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. An excellent resource for juvenile justice related issues.
• National Criminal Justice Resource Service. Administered by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
• Examine present trends of race relations in America. Are things getting better or worse? Why.
• Explore:
  • the history of the Latino/a American
  • The Brown Beret
  • Cesar Chavez
  • Reies Tijerina
  • immigration 
  • Japanese American internment camps
  • Issei, Nisei, Sansei, Yonsei
  • Executive Order 9066
  • the model minority stereotype

 Recommended Readings:

— Michi Weglyn. Years of Infamy.

— Greg Robinson. By Order of the President:  FDR and the Internment of Japanese Americans.

— Richard Reeves. Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II.

— Rudolfo Acuna. Occupied America.

— Armando Rendon. The Chicano Manifesto.

— Rudolfo Anaya. Bless Me, Ultima.

— Sandra Cisneros. The House on Mango Street.

— Luis Rodriguez. Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.

— Danny Santiago. Famous All Over Town. 

• Paulo Freire. Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
• Alfie Kohn. No Contest. The Case Against Competition.
• Desmond Tutu. No Future Without Forgiveness.
• Jurgen Habermas. Between Facts and Norms.
• Martha Minow. Making All the Difference: Exclusion, Inclusion and American Law. Check out this link Martha Minow on the Dear Habermas site.

 

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Created: July 27, 2003
Latest Update: May 2, 2019