You are responsible for selecting any one of the following assigned readings from the Digital Library; please give some consideration to Space Traders, but ultimately it is up to you. I have provided you with an array of articles to select from. Each article should be thought provoking about race, gender and justice.
The reaction paper should be two to three pages long. The papers should include summaries of the article selected. The last page should be reserved for a personal reaction to the article selected. Here is more information about the paper. You are to prepare a reaction paper to one of these articles.The reaction paper should be two to three pages long. The papers should include summaries of the article selected. The last page should be reserved for a personal reaction to the article selected. It can be single or double spaced. I am not concerned about a particular format. The paper should be well organized, with good intro, body that covers the themes highlight by the author(s). Then you should offer a summary of what you have read, then a paragraph for a personal reaction and implications. In other words, I leave a lot of this up to you. I just want to read your paper and be convinced that you have read the article.
I am looking for descriiptive, succinct summaries and a reaction to the reading. Include in your reactions answers to the following questions:
Did you agree or disagree?
What policy recommendations emerge from your choice of assigned readings?
Bell, Derrick. 1992. “The Space Traders,” Faces at the Bottom of the Well. Basic Books, [ON THE INTERNET]
Bowman, Cynthia. 1993. “Street Harassment and the Informal Ghettoization of Women,” Harvard Law Review. Vol. 106:3 p. 517, 64p. [ ON THE INTERNET]
Butler, Paul. 2010. “Over 100 Years of Race and Crime,” THE JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY Vol. 100(3):1043-1060. [ON THE INTERNET]
Eitle, David and John Taylor. 2008. “Are Hispanics the New Threat?” Social Science Research. Vol. 37(4):102-115.[ON THE INTERNET]
Harvard Law Review. 1994. “The 8th Amendment and the Ineffective Assistance of Counsel in Capital Trials,” Harvard Law Review. Vol 107.[ON THE INTERNET]
Smith, Earl and Angela Haffery. 2011. “Race, Wrongful Conviction and Exoneration,” Journal of African American Studies. Vol 15(1):74-94.[ON THE INTERNET]
