Josie WardMedium 12/2After examining the materials from the past several weeks, I have gained insight into how the criminal justice system works to bring about…2 min read·Dec 2, 2020--2--2
Josie WardMedium 11/18Prior to engaging with this week’s materials, I was familiar with the prison industrial complex in the context of Michelle Alexander’s…3 min read·Nov 17, 2020----
Josie WardMedium 11/11Before engaging with this week’s materials, I was not extremely familiar with studying the Apocalypse in terms of social justice work and…3 min read·Nov 11, 2020--2--2
Josie WardMedium 10/28Although I consider myself fairly familiar with the Black Lives Matter Movement and several of the different modes activists employ to…3 min read·Oct 27, 2020--2--2
Josie WardMedium 10/21Before watching the documentary Stay Woke, my knowledge of the Black Lives Matter movement stemmed from my personal interactions with news…3 min read·Oct 19, 2020--1--1
Josie WardMedium 10/14Prior to engaging this week’s materials, I continued to attempt to sort out the similarities and differences between the philosophies of…2 min read·Oct 13, 2020--1--1
Josie WardMedium 10/7Although I was familiar with Dr. Martin Luther King and his support of civil disobedience in the fight against racism in the United States…3 min read·Oct 5, 2020--1--1
Josie WardMedium 9/23Before engaging with this week’s materials, I had not encountered the work of Saidiya Hartman or Christina Sharpe’s novel In the Wake: On…2 min read·Sep 22, 2020--1--1
Josie WardMedium Post 9/16Before immersing myself in this week’s materials, I was familiar with Michelle Alexander’s novel The New Jim Crow. As part of my Modern…3 min read·Sep 15, 2020--2--2
Josie WardMedium Post 9/9Before immersing myself in the materials, I had a general understanding of the racial constructs created by the institution of slavery and…2 min read·Sep 7, 2020--2--2