Assignment 11- Civics

Racial segregation in public schools has been illegal for 65 years in the United States of America. Even though racial segregation has been illegal in the country for 65 years now, it still doesn’t erase the fact that American schools are still unequal and separated in equality in multiple ways. According to the recent times article, more than half of the nation’s students are radically concentrated districts, where over 75 percent of students are either white or nonwhite. Schools are also segregated by income. Even though students learn about the historical faults of segregation, it is still a major issue in the American society. The top of segregation being in the past and present can be a major topic for students and faculty members, regardless of their social or economic status, as well as race. Some educators realize that schools still being segregated in a numerous amount of ways can affect the higher quality of education for their students. Equality and fairness should be more of a goal inside of American public schools. NY times provides resources for students to investigate school segregation and inequality inside of school systems. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/nyregion/school-segregation-new-york.html

https://twitter.com/onthisdaynyt/status/865175136449642496

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/learning/lesson-plans/still-separate-still-unequal-teaching-about-school-segregation-and-educational-inequality.html

Assignment 10- Listening Post

Everyone has experienced a place or setting where conversations are eager with curious questions, or even a place that is noisy in a positive way. Working at my Mother’s daycare is filled with constant cute noises, sometimes cries, positives conversations, songs like baby shark, Old McDonald, Twinkle-Twinkle Little Star, Dora The Explorer, and many other sounds that are toddlers and babies’ favorite to hear throughout the day. You know how a rooster wakes a farm, or how your alarm clock awakes you in the morning, well a newborn baby’s cry is my rooster and alarm clock every summer, and has been for a while. Hearing children, including my own recite their ABCS and 123s and sing lullabies and Nursery Rhymes makes me the happiest while working my mother’s in home daycare. Hearing babies coo or speak in baby language warms the heart of many who visit’s our home or daycare. Just imagine hearing children all day, sometimes it can be sweet sounds, and sometimes it can be stressful sounds. Hearing conversations between my mother and parents are refreshing to him simply because she has a desire to help parents by working around their schedules as well as giving them encouraging words in difficult situations. Though living in a noisy place may seem dreadful to others, to be honest I love it, sometimes I find it hard sleeping without noise, as well as still hearing children’s voice in my head because that is exactly what I’m used, it has been my way of life since I was a baby myself.    

Assignment 9- Public State Records

 

              The Census Bureau is asking states to voluntarily share driver's license records as part of the Trump administration's efforts to produce detailed data about the U.S. citizenship status of every person living in the country. Officials said in a statement Tuesday that the agency had expanded its request for records in response to Trump’s order, which was issued after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked his administration’s efforts to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. Civil rights advocates worry that the wider net being cast by the Trump administration for such information could chill Latino participation in the population count, which will determine how many congressional seats each state gets and guide the allocation of hundreds of billions of dollars of federal funding. The Census Bureau is asking states to voluntarily share driver's license records as part of the Trump administration's efforts to produce detailed data about the U.S. citizenship status of every person living in the country. The Bureau has also made a request for information on people who receive government assistance. After the Supreme Court ruling, Trump signed an executive order in July requiring the Commerce Department, which oversees the Census Bureau, to collect records on citizenship from federal agencies and increase efforts "to obtain State administrative records concerning citizenship".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4JjSqOycfE

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/census-bureau-seeks-state-data-including-citizenship-info-191014144841726.html

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/16/770648941/census-bureau-asks-states-for-drivers-license-records-to-produce-citizenship-dat

Assignment 8- Public Records (Local)

On October 8^th, 2019 magnolia reporter news released the current jail roster containing bookings and releases of inmates in Columbia County. There are currently 80 people incarcerated at Columbia County Jail and Detention Facility from magnolia reporter’s last report. While the list doesn’t contain all who are currently incarcerated and released, a link is provided on the magnolia reporter news website. The list below are a few names that were posted on magnolia reporter news website.

The list is as followed:

 Dawon Maurice Devereaux, 30, booked 7:45 p.m. Tuesday by Magnolia Police Department, residential burglary, battery second degree, bond $25,000.

Audrey Viola Callandret, 40, booked 2:54 p.m. Tuesday by Magnolia Police Department, forgery first degree, Gregory Lee McLeod, released to state custody following sentence, 8:02 a.m. Tuesday.bond $25,000.

The link below provides information and the roster of those who are currently being held inside the Columbia County Jail in Magnolia, Arkansas.

https://www.columbiacountysheriffar.org/roster.php

http://www.magnoliareporter.com/news_and_business/public_records/article_8c0fba4e-f90a-11e7-ac7b-4331717e6bf9.html

Assignment 7- Campus Feature News

University Arkansas Little Rock professor makes students be sure of what rappers they are listening to, as well as being aware of the of the words that the rappers are saying because there are often many hidden lessons in a song. Professor Andre Douglass Pond Cummings gave a speech at the University Arkansas of Pine Bluff on Constitution Day. With experience and education about the law, Cummings expressed boldly how the U.S. Constitution is embedded with the beliefs of slavery, and some songs in hip hop proves it. Cummings explained the difference he experienced while growing up in California as a surfer of South Los Angeles, he stated how some of his friends were stopped because they weren’t the same skin color as his, as well as how he was treated more fairly than his friends who were a different race. He stated that growing up near South Central wasn’t hard for him, but it was hard for his friends who grew up in South Central.

"I love the constitution, but I don’t worship it” was what Cummings states during his speech. He discussed inequality issues in law enforcement by revealing a verse in the song “Trauma” by rap star, Meek Mill. He also used a verse from the song “Neighbors” by another rap star by the name of J Cole. Cummings challenged the students in the audience to identify with the verses, especially African American males. Cummings used each rap verse to expose inequality, racial profiling, and stereotypes. 

The professor expressed how he wouldn’t want his children to believe that the constitution serves justice when in reality it doesn’t, he feels that it justifies slavery in a sense but is sugarcoated. Being a law professor, Andre Cummings expressed that it was his task and duty to be sure that he educates student bodies about Black America and what the U.S. constitution means for them. The topic of the Constitution Day discussion was "Hip Hop and the Constitution". Cummings joined the law program at UALR in 2018, where he is now teaching entertainment law, corporate justice, the constitution, and hip hop which is why his scenarios were perfectly pointed out during his lecture.

Students that attended the lecture expressed how grateful they were for Professor Cummings to share such knowledge about the constitution and what it really stands for in America. Though Cummings only mentioned few rappers in his lecture, he made it clear to the student body that the injustice in America toward people of color are mentioned by thousands of rappers in their art and songs. Professor Cummings encouraged students to seek more education about Black America by listening to rappers such as Tupac, J. Cole, Jay-Z, Meek Mill, and a lot more artist to name. In conclusion of Andre Cummings speech, he encouraged all students to stay woke, and to continue their education so that they could excel in America to recreate Black America.

 
https://uapbnews.wordpress.com/2019/09/12/constitution-day-event-to-feature-ualr-law-professor/
https://ualr.edu/news/2019/09/16/bowen-professor-serves-as-constitution-day-speaker-at-uapb/
https://www.pbcommercial.com/news/20190916/uapb-constitution-day-to-feature-ualr-professor-sept-17
http://www.thevillagecelebration.com/how-hip-hop-artists-educate-black-america-on-the-u-s-constitution/

Assignment 6- Campus Crime

A lot of talk about College Campus Rape has focused on how much it is happening, how much of it is being hid under the dark shadows of fear of its victims, and how universities are going to prevent the next incident from happening? The reality of it is, sexual assault that happens on most college campuses are often taken lightly rather than seriously. Sexual assault and rape has become common in our country, as well as it has become common on college campuses. The vast majority of sexual assaults and rapes on university campuses has become go unreported and unpunished. The reason to why is because 70% of the victims don’t inform authorities as well as the 25% of reports merely result in an arrest. 

            11.2% of college students experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, and violence. Male college aged students are more likely to experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, and violence. College Campus Rape is believed to happen around certain times of the year, mainly it is believed to happen in the months of August, September, and October. According to the newest date of college campus rape on Texas State University, 21 rapes were reported in the year of 2016. Solutions are consistently trying to be found how to prevent this on-going campus crime that seems to traumatize the lives of innocent students who fail to finish their education because it is hard to recover and heal from sexual assault and carry on the responsibilities as a student at the same time.

https://www.bestcolleges.com/resources/preventing-sexual-assault/ https://m.mysanantonio.com/news/local/crime/article/Texas-State-University-corrects-numbers-of-14483051.php