Watch Michelle Alexander’s Ted Talk book “The New Jim Crow” aims to stimulate a conversation about the criminal justice system’s role in creating and perpetuating racial hierarchy (or a racial caste-like system) in the United States. She raises compelling arguments about institutional racism, mass incarceration and felon disenfranchisement in the U.S. In this week’s discussion, discuss your own thoughts on this piece. Do you agree or disagree? In your view, what are some of the problems with incarceration as the primary sentence? What alternatives would you recommend in lieu of incarceration? What sentencing philosophy supports your favorite alternative?
4.3 After watching Tarana Burke’s TED Talk on the Me Too movement, reflect on the following questions: Is Me Too best understood as a moment in time or a
4.3 After watching Tarana Burke’s TED Talk on the Me Too movement, reflect on the following questions: Is Me Too best understood as a moment in time or as a sustained movement for social change? What factors support your position? Do you believe Me Too has the potential to create