Emily SchwartzBlog Post 12/2While prison abolition, prison reform, law and order, and restorative justice have been common themes discussed throughout our class, this…Dec 1, 20201Dec 1, 20201
Emily SchwartzBlog 11/17When Ruth and Davis initially say that prisons have been so normalized within our society that they seem natural and inevitable, I gave…Nov 17, 2020Nov 17, 2020
Emily SchwartzBlog Post 11/11A particular part of the reading that interested me this week was when Alexis Pauline Gumbs says, “how can there be an end of the world…if…Nov 9, 2020Nov 9, 2020
Emily SchwartzBlog 10If I am being quite honest, I had no idea how religion intersected within the BLM when I began this class. As Edgard and Johnson discuss…Oct 27, 2020Oct 27, 2020
Emily SchwartzBLM DocumentaryAfter watching this documentary, I could immediately see how intertwined BLM is with all of our readings in class. I think the first thing…Oct 20, 2020Oct 20, 2020
Emily SchwartzMedium post 5 — 10/7Firstly, I believe Cone provides a unique perspective on black liberation and their relationship with God and Jesus. I was particularly…Oct 7, 2020Oct 7, 2020
Emily SchwartzPost 9/23Before I engaged with this material, I think that I always had this interpretation of this “afterlife” concept that Sharpe describes but I…Sep 22, 20201Sep 22, 20201
Emily SchwartzMedium Post 9/16What immediately struck me in this week’s reading was this distinction between lower-class whites and black folks in The New Jim Crow…Sep 16, 20201Sep 16, 20201
Emily SchwartzThe Dehumanization of Black Folks and the Question of ProgressWhat I found most off-putting was DuBois's discussion on progress after emancipation. He says that Black folks were expecting and needed…Sep 8, 2020Sep 8, 2020
