by Lester Spence | Mar 23, 2015 | Thoughts of the Week (ARP)
Not a week goes by where we don’t see surveys expressing racial differences in one area or another. What do this weeks readings tell us about race and public opinion?
by Lester Spence | Mar 22, 2015 | Thoughts of the Week (BP II)
This week's reading on New Orleans is pretty dense, but it bares close reading, particularly given the fact that Baltimore itself has a robust pro-public housing movement, as well as a fairly strong “black urban regime”. Thoughts below. ...
by Lester Spence | Mar 7, 2015 | Thoughts of the Week (ARP), Thoughts of the Week (BP II)
A few days ago, the Justice Department released it's report on Ferguson. While finding no evidence Darren Wilson violated the civil rights of Michael Brown, it found significant evidence that Ferguson used its police department to routinely violate the civil...
by Lester Spence | Mar 2, 2015 | Thoughts of the Week (ARP)
How do racial politics shape political parties? Thoughts about Frymer's argument below.
by Lester Spence | Mar 1, 2015 | Thoughts of the Week (BP II)
One week away from the halfway point, this week we tackle public opinion. Thoughts about the readings below.
by Lester Spence | Feb 22, 2015 | Thoughts of the Week (BP II)
Take a look at the links I put up last week. Now take a look at the discussion below between Jesse Jackson and Hopkins' own Ben Carson. We're going to talk about ideological variation (among other things) tomorrow. It's easy to compare and contrast Jackson...
by Lester Spence | Feb 15, 2015 | Thoughts of the Week (ARP), Uncategorized
Last week I began class with a discussion of the recent attempt to document racial violence throughout the South. Here's the article. While we focused on variance, on the fact that some places look to be hotbeds of violence while others are not, other questions...
by Lester Spence | Feb 15, 2015 | Thoughts of the Week (BP II)
(A few people still haven't given me the money for The Black Book. Be sure to bring it tomorrow.) Here's a short clip from Bill Cosby when he was making the rounds for the book he co-wrote with Dr. Alvin Poussaint based on the Brown vs Board speech I assigned....
by Lester Spence | Feb 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
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