by Belinder | Mar 8, 2023 | sociology
The American novelist James Baldwin wrote, “Words like freedom, justice, democracy are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual...
by Dan | Jan 5, 2023 | agriculture
Justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) concepts are fundamental to directing resources to inequities and disparities in access across a broad range of civic and private resources. Assessing the hazards and related threats to public health in concert...
by Belinder | Aug 28, 2022 | sociology
The American novelist James Baldwin wrote, “Words like freedom, justice, democracy are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive...
by Dan | Oct 20, 2020 | Criminal law
THE NEW JIM CROWSUMMARY OF CHAPTER 1ByDr. AwaIn Chapter 1, Alexander provides a brief history of race and racism in America. For those readers less familiar with the narrative of American history, this tour through slavery, Bacon’s Rebellion, Reconstruction, Jim Crow,...
by Dan | Nov 2, 2018 | Criminal law
We are looking at the notion of justice and are primarily going to be looking at the theory of John Rawls, whose account of justice as fairness is a good starting point to be thinking about justice questions. We will also be looking at feminist accounts of justice,...
