Emily SchwartzBlog Post 12/2While prison abolition, prison reform, law and order, and restorative justice have been common themes discussed throughout our class, this…3 min read·Dec 1, 2020--1--1
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…3 min read·Nov 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…2 min read·Nov 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…3 min read·Oct 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…3 min read·Oct 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…3 min read·Oct 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…3 min read·Sep 22, 2020--1--1
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…3 min read·Sep 16, 2020--1--1
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…2 min read·Sep 8, 2020----