College Federal Government course

Question 1: Describe the different reactions to the killing of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky and the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. Was it gender based, or did the recorded video make a difference in the outrage and protests for change? In that scenario, do videos have a value?

Question 2: Explain why Congress does not have the power to have applied the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act to state and local governments.

Question 3: Can a person’s religious rights trump another person’s rights as a citizen?

Question 4: Explain why police officers would benefit from more than 8 hours of de- escalation training.

Question 5: The podcast mentions that a goal of a unifying set of standards and certification of agencies and licensing of officers would be a good way to mitigate the problems seen in policing today. Share your thoughts in 3-5 sentences.

Question 6: Describe some characteristics of situations that public defenders encounter with their clients.

Question 7: Explain how the system has defined “accountability” and how right now prison is how we now hold people accountable.

Question 8: Explain what it means that anti- blackness doesn’t skip over Black immigrants or their kids.

Question 9: Explain the foundation of the racial wealth gap.

Question 10: How did Chief Justice William Renquist’s argument that the Miranda Warning had become embedded in American national culture effect Dickerson v. United States?

Question 11: Explain the standards of Strict Scrutiny in determining Constitutionality and how Ruth Bader Ginburg used it in her fight for women’s rights.

Question 12: Explain previous laws and Supreme Court decisions that discriminate against women. Then, explain why was it a big deal that men could not purchase beer until age 21 could at 18? Explain this disparity and its significance.

Question 13: what was the “farm colonization of South Texas”? How did that process contribute to the high level of violence on the US-Mexico boarder in the early 20th century?

Question 14: Explain the analogy of Black and brown communities as kindling, that only need one match to ignite.

Question 15: Describe in what ways the Coronavirus pandemic is making people more empathetic and causing more white people to join the cause of social justice.

Question 16: Explain the power white women have over those existing in a Black body. Include the meaning behind the white women saying that Black men are threatening them. Why is this significant, and why is it a form of supremacy?

Question 17: Explain how memes bring attention to acts of casual supremacy against Black people.

Question 18: According to the podcast, what were some of the methods that local governments and pro-segregation institutions used to discourage activists ( both Black and white) from supporting desegregation? Why do you think those methods were employed?