Social Justice: Reflection and Action

We are going to dive deep into the domain effects of racism. We are going to begin by discussing what racism really means and where comes from. In addition, we will be briefly touching on how racism has caused movement towards resegregation. Next we are discussing social status, education and redlining and how they interrelate to each other in the terms of the effects of racism, one of these examples can lead or fall into another. All of these, together as a whole, is what causes privilege and the belief of a superior race. We used these sources for information and facts about racism, social status and redlining: We Gon’ Be Alright by Jeff Chang (pages 1-2), https://chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2018/03/23/race-not-just-poverty-shapes-who-graduates-in-america-and-other-education-lessons-from-a-big-new-study/ , https://www.brookings.edu/articles/unequal-opportunity-race-and-education/ , https:/www.revealnews.org/blog/we-exposed-modern-day-redlining-in-61-cities-find-out-whats-happened-since/

Show notes and summary: This podcast examines the immgrantion rights movement of the United States. Beginning with some quick facts about immigration and immigrants in the United States to provide some background information to those that are unaware. We then dive into how the immigration rights movement got started and what made it become so widespread in 2006. Following this we highlight how our current administration has hindered the growth of immigration reform to a huge extent and is responsible for the inhumane treatment thousands of immigrants are experiencing. We end with our podcast by emphasizing that we the people are responsible for change and the simplest way to start that is through voting. Some quick facts about immigration: There are more than 41 million immigrants in the United States. In 2013, 83 percent of people deported from the United States were not given a hearing before a judge. The United States spends $1.84 billion detaining immigrants. https://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrants-rights “In 2017, Mexicans accounted for approximately 25 percent of immigrants in the United States, making them by far the largest foreign-born group. Indians and Chinese (including immigrants from Hong Kong but not Taiwan) were the next two largest groups, each comprising close to 6 percent, followed by Filipinos at 5 percent” You can obtain a green card through a family relationship, employment sponsorship, humanitarian protection (refugees and asylees), and the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery. All of these take on average years to process the applications and review them https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states Takes a very long time to receive a visa or citizenship and is very expensive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLrYMTc585I What is immigration rights movement? Started in 2004 but became more apparent in 2006 in response to anti-immigration rights legislation that was trying to be passed in Congress. Over 2 million people took to the streets to protest against this https://www.infoplease.com/us/immigration-legislation#1981 Key organizations in this movement: centers for day laborers, legal support offices, ethnic organizations, Fair Immigration Reform movement, The National Council of La Raza, and other trade, state, local, and labor organizations https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/us-immigrant-rights-movement-2004-ongoing/ Trump Administration: Has hindered and worsened the treatment of immigrants Has called immigrants hardened tough criminals with no data to back this claim up https://apnews.com/338e568dba644de597185309a790e09d Under his administration he has enacted new asylum policies, family separation, and detention centers. These detention centers are overcrowded and unsanitary with many being denied basic human medical needs. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-10-24/trump-administrations-immigration-policies-violate-civil-rights-government-agency-says Hunger strikes have been happening to try and raise awareness around this inhumane treatment and even some officers were trying to force feed some of the detainees that were on strike https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/us-immigrant-rights-movement-2004-ongoing/ https://www.thenation.com/article/immigration-ice-el-paso-hunger-strike/

In this episode,a variety of different sub topics were discussed in regards to racism within the justice system. Throughout the podcast multiple different sources, such as readings from the class and credible outside sources were utilized and you are able to find the links below.  In the first part of the podcast, Kenna discusses race within prisons and the cycle that takes place throughout the justice system. This aims to provide an understanding for listeners, that there are various different components that contribute to racism. One of the most important points to take note of in this section of the podcast, is the history of racism and where it stems from. Next, Bri goes on to discuss the Black Panther Party’s background, stance and aim. Shortly after, Kenna discusses stories from past history of the Black Panther party. The main purpose of this part was to inform listeners on what the Black Panther Party really is and what they do to help the community. The next topic, Bri discusses, was about the School to Prison Pipeline. Multiple different statistics were discussed to support the theory and relatable stories were shared for readers to possibly connect with. Lastly, Cameron answered questions connected to the podcast, that fellow classmates supplied. These questions and their answers provide overall clarity to the podcast, what it discusses and the purpose of it.  Sources: “PUSHOUT:The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools" “The Prison state” Marie Gottschalk  “The Rebirth of the Caste” Alexander  https://eji.org/videos/slavery-to-mass-incarceration We Gon’ Be Alright - Jeff Chang Relevant links: https://www.aclu.org/issues/juvenile-justice/school-prison-pipeline https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/spring-2013/the-school-to-prison-pipeline https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/black-panther-party/ https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/black-power/black-panthers https://www.sentencingproject.org/issues/racial-disparity/ https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/race-and-criminal-justice https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Panther-Party

Show Notes and Summary: This podcast explores the Black Lives Matters (BLM) movement and the events leading up to what it is today. Also, discussed in this episode is misunderstandings and information on police brutality toward black people and how that affected BLM. During the podcast listeners will hear about Alicia Garza and how she started BLM along with the recognition that this movement started before the shooting in Ferguson. You will hear reference to a book by Jeff Chang called We Gon Be Alright where Chang talked about the events that followed this shooting. Next, this podcast goes into talking about how police violence is continuing to happen and the dwindling public attention. Mentioning that systematic racism affects many people and giving statistics that support this. Lastly you hear about misunderstanding involving the BLM one being ‘All Lives Matter’. In this episode, you hear resources that explains why this term is inappropriate and the different analogies that are going around on social media such as twitter. Sources: https://www.nfg.org/news/meet-woman-behind-blacklivesmatter-hashtag-became-civil-rights-movement https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/5/24/18636305/police-violence-eric-garner-sandra-bland-black-lives-matter http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.gvsu.edu/ehost/detail/detail?vid=8&sid=a09ca8d5-9afb-4155-91dc-ad0dd4631502%40sdc-v-sessmgr02&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=126565166&db=asn https://www.vox.com/2016/7/11/12136140/black-all-lives-matter https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/us/all-lives-matter-black-lives-matter.html

This podcast focuses on the racist events that happened on different MIchigan Universities. We discuss the actions that followed and how the demographics play a role in influencing the demographics of the university. Our recourses include: https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2019/10/23/racism-michigan-state-university-msu-noose/4076492002/ https://www.chronicle.com/article/Racist-Incidents-Plague-U-of/241390 https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2014/02/gvsu_racial_slur.html https://datausa.io/profile/geo/allendale-mi http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/grand-rapids-population/ https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/grand-valley-state-university/student-life/diversity/ https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1047&context=theses We Gon’ Be Alright by Jeff Change Class in America by Gregory Mantsois Theories and Constructs of Race by Linda Holtzman and Leon Sharpe

This episode deals with the history of the Black Lives Matter Movement; we will talk about how the goal of the movement is to steer away from the history of violence and inequality against people of color. Additionally, the episode addresses the issue of redlining. Moreover, the episode will focus on the stories of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown and how these instances of police brutality ignited the movement. Furthermore, this episode takes a look at the organizational structure of the movement and some of its weaknesses. Lastly, the episode seeks to clarify the guiding principles of the movement along with some common misconceptions. Main Source: Chase, Garrett (2018) "The Early History of the Black Lives Matter Movement, and the Implications Thereof," Nevada Law Journal: Vol. 18: Iss. 3, Article 11. Available at: https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/nlj/vol18/iss3/11 Sources: https://fatalencounters.org/people-search/ http://www.cjcj.org/news/8113 https://www.aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/race-and-criminal-justice/how-black-lives-matter-changed-way-americans-fight https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-14/black-lives-matter-timeline/7585856 http://sydneypeacefoundation.org.au/10-things-know-black-lives-matter/ https://www.online-paralegal-programs.com/blacklivesmatter-movement/ https://www.vox.com/2015/5/31/17937808/ferguson-protests-race-racism-michael-brown-police-shooting https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/cajr-sif101818.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/cajr-sif101818.php https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5964e6c3db29d6fe8490b34e/t/59678445d482e97ec9c94ed5/1499956322766/BLM-4yrs-report.pdf https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/organizations/black-lives-matter-blm/ https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/organizations/black-lives-matter-blm/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fumaCsQ9wKw Crosley-Corcoran, Gina. “Explaining White Privilege To A Broke White Person.” HuffPost, HuffPost, 7 Dec. 2017 Harris and Carbado. “Loot or Find: Fact or Frame.” PDF file. Chang, Jeff. "Vanilla Cities and Their Chocolate Suburbs.” We Gon’ Be Alright, New York, Macmillan, 2016, pp. 65-85.

In this podcast, our group analyze the Mass Incarceration movement that is imprisoning's men and women across the United States at an increasingly high rate.  We used information from the Netflix documentary called 13 that was released in 2016. Additionally we pulled information from Introduction to Criminal Justice: A personal Narrative Approach by Ackerman and Sack. Other websites that we used included: https://eji.org/anthony-ray-hinton-exonerated-from-alabama-death-row https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/27/anthony-ray-hinton-death-row-a-legal-lynching-alabama-crime https://eji.org/videos/anthony-ray-hinton-exonerated-after-30-years-on-death-row https://www.naacp.org/criminal-justice-fact-sheet/ https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/13th-amendment https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2016/12/30/projections/ https://eji.org/news/female-incarceration-growing-twice-as-fast-as-male-incarceration/ https://www.aclu.org/

Our podcast discusses immigration. We focused on the history of immigration laws and how they have changed through time. We also touched on individuals’ stories on immigration. Our podcast went into current events dealing with immigration as well as discussed how people are physically and psychologically affected in regard to immigration. We also delved into frames and our week 8 readings about immigration. Helpful Links: https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/our-history/agency-history/early-american-immigration-policies http://crfimmigrationed.org/immigrant-stories https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/illegal-border-crossings-canada-quietly-rising-data-shows-n981131 https://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/trump-orders-construction-of-border-wall-we-are-going-to-restore-the-rule-of-law/ https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/24/us/ice-kids-detention-invs/index.html https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1940161216688323 https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/09/30/how-u-s-immigration-laws-and-rules-have-changed-through-history/ https://www.nilc.org/issues/immigration-enforcement/understanding-muslim-ban-one-year-after-ruling/ . https://www.mhanational.org/blog/be-child-immigrant. https://www.npr.org/2018/06/19/621065383/what-we-know-family-separation-and-zero-tolerance-at-the-border https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/unseen-and-unheard/201709/the-psychological-toll-facing-immigrants-in-todays-america

This teaser sets up expectations for future episode. Episodes will be released starting in mid-December 2019.