A follow-up to the Jena 6 incident which we discussed during the first week. Mychal Bell's sentencing hearing is coming up tomorrow (Sept. 20th). As you recall, he is facing a maximum of 22 years in prison for a schoolyard fight. Nationwide protests, vigils, etc. are planned. Chelsea Jones in 240A told me yesterday, you can wear black in solidarity with the Jena 6 tomorrow, or check out the latest at changeofcolor.org or just do a search for the Jena 6 to find out the latest. It is hard to imagine any judge handing down such a sentence, but regardless of how stiff or light the sentence is for Mychal Bell and the other defendants in this case, it clearly reveals that racism taints the operation of our criminal justice system in this country.
Regarding our family exercise yesterday, let me say that I was a bit disappointed in general in the questions you came up with. Many of them clearly qualified more as long essay questions rather than short-answer questions. For example, I believe a good short-answer question on part 2 of the video series would be something like: how did Thomas Jefferson justify the existence of African slavery when he stated in the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal?"Answer: that based on "a suspicion only" he believed Africans were inferior, not truly men, and so African slavery was ok. You must consider when you make up an open-ended, opinion question, how could I possibly evaluate that? So, when we do something like this again, please be more cognizant of designing a truly short-answer question, for which there is a clear answer that can be given.
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You can also wear green to Grow and Surpass Hate!
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