Prior to engaging with this weeks materials, our class has read about the idea of apocalypse and the ending of the world as we know it. This week, we read more upon the dismantling of the prison system. The dismantling of the current prison system I believe could be an…

Before engaging in this weeks material, we have learned a lot about the foundation of the Black Lives Matter movement. This weeks materials focused on an “apocalyptic” future. This apocalyptic future focuses on dismantling the systems that are oppressive towards black people. I think what an apocalypse implies varies. I…

Throughout this course, we have learned about the complexities of spirituality and specifically its effects on black Americans. The first podcast we listened to featured Patrisse Cullors, one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement. She stated that although the movement is not based in any one religion…

Before watching this week’s documentary about the Black Lives Matter movement, our class had discussed the origins of the movement during class. One aspect of the movement that our class really focused on was the social media aspect of the movement and how integral that was to garnering support. The…

For the past two weeks, our class has been discussing the works of Cotton Mather, Dr. King, and James Cohn. I thought it was interesting how each of these people used the bible as the foundation for their morality, yet at times had very different views on certain issues. …

Before reading this week’s materials, I believe I read Dr. King’s letter from the Birmingham jail in my 11th grade American History class. I believe I read it during the unit about civil rights and how it related to that era. In the letter, what interested me most was how…

While I have read and learned about the systematic and cyclical oppression of black people in the United States over the past few weeks, both Christina Sharpe’s piece The Wake and Saidiya Hartman’s appearance in The Brick podcast provided a more in depth illustration of black life and the black…

Before reading Alexander’s article, I had known about the existence of systematic racism and its effect on the black community. I knew that certain stereotypes existed and that they were negatively impacting the image of black people. I even knew about some of the racial motivations behind the “War on…

Although I have known about the existence of slavery and the racial inequity in America’s past, Pinn’s piece, “Look, a Negro”, struck me with how the Europeans and eventual Americans were able to choose when to see slaves and free black people as humans, and when they were allowed to…